photo courtesy of Katja Leibenath |
Artist's Statement Liminality is central to my work. I am constantly exploring connections, transformations, boundaries between things, the fuzzy edges of definitions, and paradox. Sometimes this comes out in the medium (such as the sculpted canvases), but more often it comes through in the concept (as in Identity Tapestry). Most recently I am exploring the connections which we share as human beings and the definitions we place on ourselves and each other. |
My processes are as diverse as the resulting work. Usually it starts with a contradiction or connection that catches my attention. Sometimes it’s visual, sometimes cultural, sometimes both. Then I work out how to put it into a visual form. This often involves research into a wide range of subjects. In the case of interactive work, part of that research is talking to strangers to get the different perspectives and reactions that are outside my own sphere. I consider it part of making a truly participatory piece.
Like many contemporary artists, I do not limit my materials. I choose the medium which best suits the concept, historical reference and sensory experience for the piece. My work includes painting, sculpture, installation, performance, digital work, fiber, and anything else that will suit the piece.
I think all good art is visually engaging at a bare minimum. My ideal is creating work which gets people to think new thoughts about things that may be background noise, to challenge the defined, to make art which is a mirror with something new in it- if only because of the perspective. To that end my work is often deliberately open-ended. I want people to engage in it with their own story, to see their own world, but in a new way. It is not generally about imposing my own view so much as it is about inspiring a dialogue.
From the Studio (artist's Blog)
Flickr Images of Works in Progress
CV
Education
Diploma, Harvard-Westlake, LA, Ca. May, 1995.
best possible score in all AP courses: Art History, Studio Art, and English Language. National Merit Semi-Finalist.BA in History of Religions, May 1999 Earlham College, Richmond IN.
Diploma in Fine Arts, Dec 2002 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA.
MA in Integrated Arts Education, May 2004, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH.
Art Affiliations-
Member of The Drawing Center's Viewing Program (since 9/04/07)- The Drawing Center, New York. about New York's Drawing Center
Member of Artmesh.org (since 2007)- an invitation-only international online group for artists and members of the arts community.
Resident Artist at Gallery One (2007-2008)- Gallery One was an artist-run Gallery hosting studio space to several bay area artists.
Member of Rhizome
Shows-
Upcoming:
"Here there and everywhere"- Transcultural Exchange Center, Boston, MA. (April 2011)
Past:
Scales- Participatory Installation , TI Music Festival, San Francisco (October 2009)
New Work- Semi-Solo show at the Rathbone Gallery, Sage College, NY (April 2009)
Exquisite Corps- Collaborative Piece shown by Constantin Severin at the Biblioteca Bucovine Suceava, Romania (April 2009)
Here, There and Everywhere: Anticipating the Future of Art The Transcultural Exchange Center's exhibition/conference (4/2009), Boston. http://transculturalexchange.org/conference_2009/overview.htm
Identity Tapestry (9/08) TI Music Festival.
Alchemy (4/26/08) an installation of "Identity Tapestry", Cellspace, San Francisco.
Shaman (10/07-11/07) Gallery One, San Francisco.
Works on Paper (7/07-8/07) Gallery One, San Francisco.
featured artist (8/06-3/07) The Artist's Alley, San Francisco.
The Postcard Show (12/2/05) The Lab, San Francisco.
Huis op de bodem van de zee (9/03) AKI University, Enschede, Netherlands.
Iconoclasm (11/02) Harvard University. (Painting and performance piece.)
Ceramic Sculpture Show (2000) School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Press-
Romanian Media including Adevarul, News Bucovina (1) , News Bucovina (2), Evenimentul (April 2009)
Mention in Make Magazine, 4/22/2008
Interview and cover of Mission Arts Monthly (3/05) link to interview (text version), link to pdf version
