statement To pierce can be an act of rebellion.
Recognition of the power to convey meaning through marks and lines is the foundation of visual communication.
The artist pierces the surface of the walls to create the three-dimensional drawing, "Secret Garden", where the lines and marks are made of manufactured, found and discarded materials. Pins, nails, wire, blades, steel ties, thread, and shadows become drawings of, "leafless stems, clumps of bushes, long tendrils, some things sticking out, so many sharp points," – all descriptions taken from "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett –
"It isn't a quite dead garden," she cried out softly to herself.
bio
born: 1957, Greenwich, Connecticut
education
Florida International University, MFA, 2004
Florida International University, BFA, 2000
selected awards/honors
Best in Show, Art of Our Time- Appleton Biennial 2012 Florida Installation Art, Appleton Museum, of Art, College of Central Florida, Ocala, Florida, 2012
People's Choice Award, Art of Our Time- Appleton Biennial 2012 Florida Installation Art, Appleton Museum, of Art, College of Central Florida, Ocala, Florida, 2012
selected publications
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest Press, International Drawing Annual (INDA), 2012
Edgezones Press Miami, Supermix: Union of the Diverse/ Contemporary Art in Miami, 2008
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest Press, National Drawing Annual, 2006
selected solo or two-person exhibits
Pyramid Studios, Wall Piercing, Miami, Florida, 2014
Villa 221, Underground Miami, Fertile Earth 'Invasivores' Event, Miami, Florida, 2012
Pyramid Studios, Eat Lionfish, Miami, Florida, 2011
Pyramid Studios, Ephemeral Mapping, Miami, Florida, 2010
selected group shows
MAC FINE ART, Sidetracked, (by invitation), Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 2014
Vita Art Center, Draw, Drawing, Drawn, Ventura, California, 2014
The Armory Studios, Miami Independent Thinkers; Art Basel Satellite Fair, Miami, Florida, 2012
Appleton Museum, of Art, Art of Our Time- Appleton Biennial 2012 Florida Installation Art, College of Central Florida, Ocala, Florida, 2012 |
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