Listening to Still Keys Play their Silent Prose is a recent assemblage that I have constructed with tin, found objects, collage and wax.The work is currently on exhibit as part of the "Three-Fold" female group show on display at Ghost Gallery through July 5th. It is currently paired with Krisna Schumann's oil painting, In the First Place. It has also been recently featured on SFMOMA's On The Go Blog.
In an effort to make positive interactions and possibilities arise from the doomed fate of a multifaceted home that housed and supported artists in the Capitol Hill community, a pop up gallery of twenty local artists will be exhibited. On the corner of John and 12th St, hidden behind the shrubbery, sits 1123 Studios - a place that we intend to celebrate one more time in honor of its many years of provided service with affordable studios and office space. I am excited to announce that I will be to be exhibiting in Art Invasion: Round II. The pop up gallery will be open Thursday June 11th from 5-10 pm and then again on Sunday June 14th from 12-5 pm.
This June I am exhibiting at my old stomping ground. On June 4th as part of the First Thursday Pioneer Square Art Walk, I will be participating once more in the second round of the 100 under 100 exhibition held at the 57' Biscayne Artist Studios, located on 1st and Cherry St. For more information on the show visit the 57' Biscayne Artist Studio's event page.
Left: Carmen Neely, Shelly & Patrick Right: Krisna Schumann, Where Once Was
Collaboration and participation in art communities is an integral part of my artistic practice. For several years I have had the privilege of collaborating with former studio mates and fellow artists, Carmen Neely and Krisna Schumann. We are all painters manipulating and combining different media with distinctly different intentions and purposes. Three-Fold is an exhibition focused on creating interpretive dialogue between pairings of artworks. The works chosen utilize painting, collage and assemblage to demonstrate dynamic sexual, poetic and nostalgic comparisons. Each work of art simultaneously stands by itself, and becomes an essential element to the pair. The show will run from June 11th to July 5th at Ghost Gallery. The opening reception will be held on the second Thursday in June, during the Capitol Hill Art Walk from 5-9 PM.
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I identify myself as a painter, despite the fact that I do not always use paint in my work. I enjoy taking part in the Seattle Print Arts Open Portfolio because I often use printmaking processes in my mixed media work. This will be the second year in a row that I have the privilege of taking part of the Seattle Print Arts Open Portfolio held at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. This years event will take place on May 3rd from 2-4 pm. It is an open and free event for the public, allowing you to come chat with a variety of printmakers and view a multitude of portfolios. I will be showing how I layer and combine printmaking into my mixed media work.
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I would be lying if I said I wouldn't miss having Krisna Schumann as a studio mate or the quirkiness of working in an old building in the heart of Pioneer Square. I loved the entrance with the green staircase and red walls that at night, as the street lights shine in, resonate a moody eeriness found in an Edward Hopper painting. I worked in a long hallway of a former darkroom studio, characterized by only a window into the next studio and a slightly askew brick wall that swallows and spits out nails.
I am excited to be participating in the Spring 2015 Bemis Arts show for the second year in a row. The Bemis building, located south of Pioneer Square in the Industrial District of SoDo in Seattle is an historic century old factory building. What once use to house a textile manufacturing plant now houses thirty live/work artist lofts. Every year Bemis Arts hosts a Spring Arts Show that invites artists to install and transform the 12-17 ft tall walls of its corridors. Today and tomorrow I will be exhibiting some of my most recent assemblages as well as a site specific hanging installation.
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I recently traveled to Southeast Asia and visited several cities in Cambodia and Thailand. During my journey I used my time in transit, which included several buses, many cabs or tuk tuks and a total number of ten planes, to fill my sketchbook. I like creating fictional characters based loosely from my observations. I invent their mysterious past or detailed drama in my mind and then draw a moment or scene from their story and write only a suggestive title. I also enjoy recording my surroundings, mostly snippets of banal places, often overlooked. I collect their simplified structures and forms or zoom in on specific details. In drawing while traveling I attempt to capture the quirks and cultural findings of my adventures to take home with me.
Currently I have miniature collage works such as the piece Gasworks, as seen above, displayed at Ghost Gallery for their 9th Annual Miniature Art Extravaganza. Opening is December 11th from 5-9 pm during Capitol Hill's Art Walk. Work will be on display through February 9th. For more information check out Ghost Gallery or their event page.
I am excited to announce that I now have a studio space at the 57′ Biscayne Artist Studios in Pioneer Square. For the first time I will be sharing some new assemblage works as well as exhibiting work in the 100 under 100 exhibition for this Friday’s Pioneer Square Art Walk.
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