Cutting Deep
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Cutting Deep
Project Description Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep: Project Description EXHIBITION DATES: University Art Gallery Sewanee: The University of the South Sewanee, TN, USA February 29th – March 30th, 2008 additional US tour dates pending for March-December 2008 Paper Museum Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA, USA January 8th – February 20th, 2009 CURATOR/EXHIBITION ORGANIZER: Julie Püttgen, Assistant Professor of Art Department of Art and Art History Sewanee: The University of the South ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATION: Ms. Giosia Berri, Intern Swiss Consulate General Atlanta, GA PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Working in Switzerland: Elisabeth Bottesi-Fischer Ueli Hofer Ernst Oppliger Beatrice Straubhaar Bruno Weber Working in North America: Humberto Duque Michelle Forsyth Jessica Owings Julie Püttgen Alison Slein Lane Twitchell EXHIBITION SYNOPSIS: The University Art Gallery at Sewanee: The University of the South is proud to present Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep, which will introduce viewers to parallel, complementary worlds of environmentally focused cut-paper art. The exhibition, organized and curated by Sewanee art professor Julie Püttgen, showcases artists from the Swiss Scherenschnitt (literally: “scissor cutting”) tradition together with contemporary artists working in North America, and considers their responses to human interaction with the natural and man-made environment. Drawing from traditional papercutting techniques, Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep artists create silhouettes, dioramas, paper lacework, pop-up drawings, and complex symmetrical designs. The resulting narratives present striking contrasts and similarities: from Ernst Oppliger’s profound environmental love affair with Swiss pastoral life, to Humberto Duque’s absurdist figures in dismembered landscapes; from Lane Twitchell’s crystalline homages to American ephemera, to Ueli Hofer’s mythical Edens. All of these are linked together by explorations of human interrelationships with the natural and manmade world, as well as by the radically simple starting point of paper and blade. The act of cutting paper requires clarity of mind and physical patience, as well as a certain confidence in reductive and often hidden processes. As a result, each piece in the exhibition bears a palpable presence born both of its maker’s practiced hand, and of the conviction required to create it. Bringing together this small group of Swiss and North American artists for the first time, Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep presents a unique opportunity to consider different papercutting traditions in the context of heightened environmental awareness. As part of Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep, the University Art Gallery at Sewanee: The University of the South will present a series of workshops and presentations by exhibiting artists from Switzerland and North America. An exhibition catalogue published by The University of the South will also be available. Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep will tour onwards to the Paper Museum in Atlanta, GA as well as other educational and non-profit venues in the US and Switzerland in 2008-2009. PRINCIPAL SPONSORS: Pro Helvetia Kuehne + Nagel Tennessee Fine Arts Commission New York Foundation for the Arts Artists Working in Switzerland Elisabeth Bottesi-Fischer About myself I was born on 25 June 1960 in Gstaad where I spent my childhood together with 4 brothers. After my apprenticeship in Aarau as furrier I moved to Zurich, where I met my husband Moreno. In 1987 we moved to Oetwil am See, got married in 1988 and in 1989 our first son, Ramon, was born. Our second son, Mauro, was born in 1992. Since 1997 I own of a nice studio where I can paint, cut and also exhibit my work. I also organise painting evenings and courses on regular basis. Paper cuttings The handicraft in general was passed on to me by my parents. My father, a carpenter, decorated his self made furniture with carvings and my mother painted old furniture in a traditional style called "Bauernmalerei". On the wall above my bed hung a heart-formed paper cutting with Anemones and wildlife, a cutting by Christian Schwizgebel. Already as a small child I admired this kind of art. Painting and handicraft were therefore my favourite subjects in school. When, at the age of 13, I had to lie in bed at home for one month due to a ski accident, I searched for the smallest scissors we had at home - it was a small, bent nail scissors. My mother organised black, gummed paper and that's how some paper cuttings with horses, cows and wildlife were created. A neighbour thought I was gifted and organised a meeting with Christian Schwizgebel. Finally, I met my idol. I sat with him in his living room and he showed me how he cut, without drawing any lines or preparing a sketch. This seemed nearly impossible to me. From him I learnt some important things that helped me greatly. A big coloured, three-dimensional paper cutting was leaning against the wall in his living-room. Finally, I saw what kind of scissors was used for paper cutting and my teacher gave me 10 pieces of special paper for paper cutting. Several months later, he was filmed by TV with me as his apprentice - I was very proud! As we didn't have a television at home, I only saw the film many years later. For a long time I didn't know what profession to choose. I would have liked to become a potter but the careers advisor thought it was a worthless job. As my mother bred rabbits for a long time, I finally decided to become a furrier. I passed my apprenticeship in Aarau where I lived on a farm in the "Fricktal" with my aunt and my uncle. During this period, I only created few paper cuttings. In 1981, I joined the association "Verein Künstler und Kunstfreunde" (VKK). From then on, I exhibited my paper cuttings regularly, mostly at community expositions. Due to professional reasons I moved toZurich and in 1992 I began with a new technique. Up to then I mainly created black, folded paper cuttings. I couldn't get away from the traditional themes but wanted to do something different from the others. Furthermore, I couldn't stand the amount of black anymore. Then I remembered the coloured paper cutting collage at Christian Schwitzgelbel's home and began to create coloured paper cutting collages. My technique (coloured paper cutting collages) Usually, I prepare a rough sketch first and create then a folded cutting. Then I choose the colours. The coloured paper I use is mainly out of news papers and catalogues. I selectively glue the finished black paper cutting to the back ground material; on or under it I glue coloured flowers, leaves, grasses and the like, which gives the three-dimensional effect. For the cutting I only use a special scissors for paper cuttings (brand: Kürsteiner, Zollikerberg). AUSSTELLUNGEN VON ELISABETH BOTTESI Seit 1981 regelmässige Einzel- oder Gruppenausstellungen in Bern, Basel, Zug und Zürich sowie Ausstellungen im eigenen Atelier. Jahr Name der Ausstellung/Ort 1992/94/96 Zürcherische Scherenschnittausstellung 1993 Galerie Leepünt, Dübendorf ZH 1994 Bernische Scherenschnittausstellung, Unterseen 1995 Heimatwerk Rudolf Brun Brücke, Zürich 1996 Galerie Pflug, Rafz ZH 1997 Galerie Milchhütte, Zumikon ZH 1996/97 Schweizerische Scherenschnittausstellung, Liestal BL 1997 Galerie Tenne, Zürich 1997 Appenzeller Volkskundemuseum, Stein AR 1997/98 Kirchgemeindehaus, Gstaad BE 1998 Galerie Sprungbrett, Niederglatt ZH 1998 + 2000 Galerie Bireboum, Zimmerwald BE 1999 Heeb’s Wohngalerie, Henggart ZH 1999 Bernische Scherenschnittausstellung, Bern 2000 Restaurant Hüsy, Blankenburg BE 2000 + 2002 Galerie Allegri, Flendruz VD 2000 Werkgalerie, Maur ZH 2000/01 Ortsmuseum Wiedikon, Zürich 2001 Boutique Potpourri, Gstaad BE 2001 FORUM, Glattbrugg ZH 2002 Mountain Top Art Gallerry, Wengen BE 2002 Schweiz. Scherenschnittausstellung, Bulle FR 2002 Zelgli-Trotte, Hettlingen ZH 2002 Galerie Bireboum, Zimmerwald BE 2003 Hand Art-Gallerie, Rapperswil SG 2003 STREBA, Wohlen AG 2003 Zelgli-Trotte, Hettlingen ZH 2003 Bernische Scherenschnittausstellung im Kornhaus, Burgdorf BE 2004 + 2007 Stall-Lädeli, Dübendorf ZH 2004 Galerie du Jorat, Mézières VD 2004 Kunststube, Kollbrunn ZH 2004 Haus-Wäckerling, Uetikon ZH (Aquarelle) 2005 Chäller-Galerie, Gstaad (permanente Ausstellung) 2005 Swiss Beauty & Art Galerie, Zürich (permanente Ausstellung) 2006 University-Museum, Hong Kong 2006 Gastro-Galerie, Interlaken-Ost 2006 Grand-Casino, Baden (Aquarelle) 2006 + 2007 Modernes-Kunsthandwerk im Ritterhaus, Bubikon 2006 Chinesisch-schweizerische Scherenschnittausstellung, Macao 2007 Schweizerische Scherenschnittausstellung im Museum Château Prangins, Prangins 2007 „Selenpflästerli“ Papierschnitte aus der Schweiz im Klingenmuseum, Solingen (Deutschland) 2007 Alex’s Art Galerie, Klosters 2007 Galerie „Quattro“, Glattfelden 2007/08 „Schnittzauber“ Papierschnittkunst aus China und Europa in der „Burg Zug“, Zug Ueli Hofer Ueli Hofer Ueli Hofer wurde 1952 in Lütiwil geboren, im Emmental, wo ihn die natur zu schöpferischer Tätigkeit anregte. Nach der Prüfung zum BäckerKonditorenmeister schlug Ueli Hofer schon bald einen künstlerischen Weg ein. Erste Kleinode geschnittenen Papiers entstanden und in kurzer Zeit zeugten erfolgreiche Ausstellungen im In- und Ausland vom grossen Können des Autodidakten. Öffnet Ueli Hofer heute seine Ateliertüren, weht daraus ein Wind von langem, entwicklungsreichem künstlerischem Schaffen. Spritziges, Unkonventionelles findet der Besucher in Form von Collagen. In ihnen lässt Hofer alles zu, vom Rost des Lebens bis zum letzten Wort. In diese Richtung neu inspiriert hat ihn ein halbjähriger Aufenthalt in New York, den er im Jahr 03 als Kulturpreis des Kantons Bern empfangen konnte. Das Pulsierende dieser Stadt und das Finden von Merkwürdigkeiten in materieller und geistiger Richtung liessen ihn Idee um Idee umsetzen, so entstand zum Beispiel täglich ein spontanes Bild. Dem Spektrum von Kuriosität bis zu tiefgründiger menschlicher Erfahrung setzt Ueli Hofer nie Grenze, alles darf sich zeigen und kombinieren. In dieser Weise erschafft Hofer auch seine Skulpturen aus Alteisen. Da werden grobe Haken mit feingeschwungenem Gitterwerk oder Figuren zusammen zum Objekten geschweisst, die noch Ewigkeiten überdauern werden. An Ausstellungen trifft man aber neben modernen Techniken auch immer wieder auf Scherenschnitte. Seiner eigenen Tradition treu bleibend, komponiert Ueli Hofer mit der Schere feinste und kostbarste Werke geschnittenen Papiers. Ausdrucksstark, mystisch und von unglaublicher Schönheit zeigt sich da das künstlerische Empfinden Hofers in Genauigkeit und es wiederspieglet das Können jahrelangen Eintauchens. Zentrale Themen und Fragen der menschlichen Psyche zwischen Leben, Traum und Tod werden in die Formen und die Vollkommenheit der Natur eingebettet. Im Atelier Ueli Hofers findet man die gekonnte Paarung von langer Geschichte mit zeitgenössischer Präsenz. Zeittafel UELI HOFER 1952 1959-68 1968-71 1971 1975 1976 ab 1978 1978-82 1982 1983 1984 1986 1988 ab 1988 1990 2002 2003 2006 2006 2007 geboren am 17. Mai in Lütiwil, Arni bei Biglen Schulen in Lütiwil und Biglen Lehre als Bäcker-Konditor in Grosshöchstetten Weiterbildung an der Bäcker-Konditoren Fachschule Luzern Erster Scherenschnitt Meisterprüfung als Bäcker-Konditor Definitiver Entscheid, den gelernten Beruf aufzugeben und eine künstlerische Laufbahn einzuschlagen Wohn-Atelier in Lütiwil. Intensives Arbeiten an seinem Stil und Ausdruck des Scherenschnitts Umzug ins Meiental nach Trimstein bei Worb Heirat mit Verena Bühlmann Geburt des Sohnes Matthias Geburt der Tochter Anina Geburt der Tochter Vera zu den Scherenschnitten kommen Collagen und Objektplastiken hinzu Bau des Atelierhauses neben dem Wohnhaus in Trimstein Herausgabe des Buches „Geschnittenes Papier und Collagen“ Berner Atelier in New York für 6 Monate Chinesisch-schweizerische Scherenschnittausstellung in Macao Chinesisch-schweizerische Scherenschnittausstellung in Hong Kong 6. Schweizerische Scherenschnitt-Ausstellung im Museum Chateau de Prangins Seit 1978 zahlreiche Ausstellungen im In- und Ausland. Ernst Oppliger ERNST OPPLIGER – SCHERENSCHNITT Seine Vorliebe für das Tierzeichnen aus der Vorstellung, zusammen mit der vom Vater übernommenen Volkskunst führte den Autodidakten Ernst Oppliger zum Scherenschnitt. Um seine Beschäftigung mit dem Alpaufzug zu „legitimieren“ verbrachte der nicht von einem Bauernhof stammende Ernst Oppliger einen Sommer als Alpgehilfe. Bald gestaltete er mit den erarbeiteten Volkskunstformen Märchen und biblische Geschichten, später kamen barock ausgeschmückte Einzeldarstellungen von Vögeln, Bäumen, Schwingern etc. dazu. Eine weitere Reihe von umweltkritischen, satirisch-ironischen Werken folgte. Wählte er früher seine Motive nach ornamentalen Darstellungsmöglichkeiten aus, so beeinflusst ihn heute mehr die direkt erlebte Landschaft des Berner Mittellandes. Die reine Schattensilhouette der Alpaufzüge und Geschichten ist grafisch vereinfachten, fein strukturierten Flächen gewichen, welche einen gewissen Holzschnittcharakter aufweisen. Typisch für den Scherenschnitt ist jedoch der feine Schatten der durch das lose Auflegen des Scherenschnittes auf den Untergrund entsteht und eine besonders weiche Wirkung ergibt. Ein Effekt der leider durch Reproduktion verloren geht. Das Thema Baum begleitet Ernst Oppliger durch all seine stilistischen Veränderungen. Neuste Arbeiten sind nicht mehr auf einem weissen Untergrund geklebt sondern schweben zwischen zwei Glasscheiben. Neue Themen sind grosse Tierdarstellungen, Schneelandschaften und Ausschnitte aus Naturstrukturen (Baumäste, Blattadern, Felsen, etc.). Biografische Daten 1950 geboren in Meikirch 1967 Vorkurs Kunstgewerbeschule Bern 1967-1971 Lehre als Photolithograph 1971 Erster Scherenschnitt mit Taschenmesserschere 1973 Mithilfe im Sommer auf einer Alp zum Erleben der traditionellen "Scherenschnittwelt" 1975 Heirat Eröffnung eines gemeinsamen Ateliers für Bauernmalerei, Kerbschnitzerei und Kalligraphie 1976 Erste Scherenschnittausstellung, Galerie Aarequai, Thun darauf folgend alle zwei Jahre, später alle drei Jahre eine Einzelausstellung im Raum Bern Teilnahme an allen Ausstellungen des schweizerischen Vereins Freunde des Scherenschnitts; alle vier Jahre eine Schweizerische, dazwischen jeweils eine Bernische Ausstellung 1976,1979,1982 Geburt von drei Kindern 1984 Aufgabe der Bauernmalerei zugunsten des Scherenschnitts 1988 ab 1993 2003 Monographie von Albert Schneider, Verlag Paul Haupt Bern Ein mal jährlich Leitung eines Wochenkurses für Scherenschnitt an der Heimatwerkschule Richterswil, ab 1996 Ballenberg Herausgabe des Bilderbuches "Der Vogelkopp" von Albert Wendt mit Scherenschnittillustrationen Ausstellungen 2007 2007 2006 2006 Schweizerische Scherenschnittausstellung im Landesmuseum in Prangins Kulturmühle Lützelflüh, Gemeinschaftsausstellung Kulturspycher Meikirch Scherenschnittausstellung von Künstlerinnen und Künstler aus der Region, Kultur-Estrich, Wohlen BE 2006 Schweizerisch - Chinesische Scherenschnittausstellung in Hongkong 2005 Ausstellung zum Unspunnenfest, Galerie Kunstsammlung Unterseen mit 10 ScherenschneiderInnen 2004 Ausstellung Mensch und Vogel, Bauernmuseum Jerisberghof, Gurbrü bei Kerzers 2003 Galerie Ramseyer&Kaelin, Bern 2000 Holzminden(D), Ausstellung des Deutschen Scherenschnittvereins (Beteiligung) 2000 Kulturspycher Meikirch 1999 Landwirtschaftsschule Hondrich, Kunstausstellung "Weg und Steg" (Beteiligung) 1998 Landwirtschaftsschule Hondrich, Kunstausstellung "Bäume" (Beteiligung) 1998 Freilichtmuseum Ballenberg, Bernische Stiftung für Angewandte Kunst und Gestaltung, "Vom Baum zum Lebensbaum" (Beteiligung) 1997 Bauernmuseum Jerisberghof, Kerzers, Gemeinschaftsausstellung mit Ursula Schenk 1994 Könizer Galerie Walter Loosli, Köniz 1991 Bauernmuseum Jerisberghof, Kerzers, Gemeinschaftsausstellung mit Ursula Schenk und Bruno Weber 1988 Karikaturenausstellung, Warschau (Beteiligung) 1988 Könizer Galerie Walter Loosli, Köniz 1987-1990 Diverse Veröffentlichungen in "Der Nebelspalter" 1986 Museum Haifa (Israel), "World Papercutters" (Beteiligung) 1985 Gassacker Meikirch, Familienausstellung 1985 Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York (USA), "World Papercutters" (Beteiligung) 1983 Galerie Claude Allegri, Gstaad 1980 Galerie Aarequai, Thun 1978 Gassacker Meikirch, Gemeinschaftsausstellung mit drei lokalen Künstlern 1976 Galerie Aarequai, Thun öffentliche Ankäufe Kanton Bern, 1982: Schlange Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, USA,1985: Arche Noah Schweiz. Verein Freunde des Scherenschnitts: Diverse Einwohnergemeinde Meikirch, 2001: Arche Noah Mitgliedschaften Schweizerischer Verein Freunde des Scherenschnitts Deutscher Scherenschnittverein e.V. Guild of American Papercutters Nederlandse Vereinigung voor Papierknipkunst Werkverzeichnis Das Werkverzeichnis führt zur Zeit ca. 800 Werke auf Beatrice Straubhaar Kurzbiografie Name: Geburtsdatum: Adresse: Straubhaar Beatrice 05.10.1956 Chalet Rou-Rife 3782 Lauenen b. Gstaad Telefon: Mobile: Fax: e-mail Homepage Beruf: +41 (0)33 765 34 71 +41 (0)79 650 64 71 +41 (0)33 765 34 11 [email protected] www.scherischnitt.ch kaufm. Angestellte seit 1988 Scherenschneiderin Hobbys: mein grösstes Hobby wurde mein Beruf, Hobbys heute sind. Katamaran segeln, Motorrad fahren, das Leben geniessen…… Erster Scherenschnitt: 1984 Bevorzugte Motive: Traditionelle Alpaufzüge, Alpleben, Sport-, Alltags- und Festtagsszenen Kinder, Jagdmotive, 4 Jahreszeiten u.v.m. Mit meinen Scherenschnitten möchte ich vielen Menschen Freude bereiten sowie ein faszinierendes Kunsthandwerk und eine alte wunderschöne Volkskunst aufrechterhalten. Oft werden die Scherenschnitte als „heile Welt“ belächelt. Ich persönlich hatte das grosse Glück, im wunderschönen Saanenland aufzuwachsen und im Jahre 1979 ist durch den Umzug nach Lauenen, meine Umgebung geradezu perfekt geworden. Der Ausblick aus meinem Fenster zeigt mir eine „heile“ und faszinierende Welt mit wunderschöner Natur und Wildtieren in unmittelbarer Nähe. Es gibt im Saanenland wohl kaum ein Haus - vom Bauernhaus bis zum Luxus-Chalet - in welchem nicht ein Scherenschnitt von früheren oder noch aktiven ScherenschneiderInnen zu finden ist. Die meisten Scherenschnitte die ich verkaufe werden persönlich bei mir in Lauenen gekauft oder bestellt und so sind schon sehr viele interessante und zum Teil freundschaftliche und langjährige Kontakte entstanden. Zu wissen, wer einen Scherenschnitt kauft und wo er einmal einen Platz finden wird ist für mich wertvoll und wichtig. Nebst den Original-Scherenschnitten habe ich in meinem Angebot verschiedene gedruckte Karten, Keramiktassen, Handtücher, Tischset mit Servietten, Kleiderbügel aus Holz, diverse Karten u.a. Für die Ausstellung Scherenschnitt 99 im Schweiz. Alpinen Museum in Bern wurde mein Scherenschnitt mit dem Titel „Sommerplausch im Saanenland“ zur Gestaltung der Plakate und des Kataloges ausgewählt. Im Jahre 2002 hatte ich die Gelegenheit in Zusammenarbeit mit GST Gstaad-Saanenland Tourismus in Sendungen über das Saanenland mit kurzen Fernsehauftritten mitzuwirken. (SF1 Fensterplatz, ARTE, DSF Deutsches Sportfernsehen, Bayern etc.) Hauptsächlich die Sendung Fensterplatz unter der Regie von Sabine Grossrieder wurde für mich zu einem unvergesslichen Erfolgserlebnis. Im Mai 2007 konnte ich auch in der Sendung „Bsuech in...“ vom Schweizer Fernsehen mitwirken welche am 2. Juli 2007 ausgestrahlt wurde. Mit meiner eigenen Homepage konnte ich ein weiteres Ziel erreichen und freue mich auf viele Besucher und Zuschriften. www.scherischnitt.ch Bisherige Ausstellungen: 1988 1989 2.Schweiz. Scherenschnitt-Ausstellung in Bern Schweiz. Scherenschnitte im Plantahaus in Zuoz/GR 1989 Heimatwerk in Saanen 1990 4. Bernische Scherenschnitt - Ausstellung in Unterseen 1991 Heimatwerk in Saanen und Gstaad 1992 3. Schweiz. Scherenschnitt-Ausstellung in Winterthur und Bulle/FR 1993 Schweiz. Scherenschnitte im Plantahaus in Zuoz/GR 1989 – 2000 jeden Sommer Teilnahme an der Kunst- und Antiquitäten-Verkaufsausstellung in der Curlinghalle in Gstaad Da ich im Oktober 1996 meinen Tennisellbogen (vom Scherenschneiden) operieren lassen musste, habe ich auf eine Teilnahme an der 4. Schweiz.ScherenschnittAusstellung in Liestal verzichtet. 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Scherenschnitt 99 im Schweiz. Alp. Museum Bern Museum Chateau-d’Oex und Scherenschnittzentrum Claude Allegri in Flendruz (Alpleben 2000) 20. Dezember 2000 bis Ostern 2002 Restaurant Sonnenhof in Saanen 5.Schweizerische Scherenschnitt-Ausstellung im Musée gruérien in Bulle / Fr 15. Februar – 31.März Doppelausstellung mit Wendy Perren in Sammy’s Piano Bar, Hostellerie Alpenrose, Schönried 5. September – 30. Oktober Simmental/Saanenland im Galerie Restaurant Hüsy 3771 Blankenburg 14. Februar – 29. Februar Seiler Hotel Nicoletta in 3920 Zermatt 26. November – 19. Dezember 2004 Galerie du Jorat, 1083 Mézières/VD L’art du papier découpé mit Heinz Pfister Ursula Schenk Wendy Perren-Novell Elisabeth Bottesi-Fischer 3.2.-26.2.2005 Modefrühling im LOEB, Bern Alpaufzug als Schaufensterdekoration 2006 4.6.2005 Neu-Eröffnung unserer Chäller-Galerie im Heimatwerk in Gstaad permanente Verkaufsausstellung! Restaurant GASTRO GALERIE Schiffländte Nr. 2 3800 Interlaken-OST Gemeinschaftsausstellung mit Wendy Perren-Novell und Elisabeth Bottesi-Fischer Vernissage, Sonntag 19. März 2006 ab 10.30h 2007 9. Februar – 8. März 2007 Seiler Hotel Nicoletta in Zermatt PERMANENTE AUSSTELLUNG IN DER CHÄLLER-GALERIE GSTAAD Bruno Weber Artists Working in North America Humberto Duque Humberto Duque Mexico City. 1978 [email protected] www.humbertoduque.com education Visual Arts. E.N.P.E.G. La Esmeralda. Centro Nacional de las Artes. Mexico City residencies Agentur. Amsterdam. 2007 (currently attending this residency) Onoma. Fiskars, Finland. 2007 Can-Serrat. Barcelona, Spain. 2007 Montalvo Arts Center, California. 2007 Artist in Residence-Vienna. Bundeskanzleramt. Austria. 2006 ISCP . International Studio and Curatorial Program. New York. 2005 Riverpal Gokasegawa. Nobeoka, Japan. 2005 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Germany. 2003 awards La Colección Jumex. Grant. 2006 Art Biennial of Yucatán, Mexico. 1st prize. Category: Video. 2005 FONCA. Jovenes Creadores. 2004. solo shows Revenge of the lawn Galeria Ramis Barquet. New York. 2007 Wiggle it a little it’ll open MCO Arte Contemporanea. Porto, Portugal. 2006 Purpurando Garash Galería. Mexico City. 2005 Video Animación: 2002-2005 Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. 2005 Al final, Muca Roma. Mexico City. 2002 group shows The acceptance world Rachmaninoff´s. London, England. 2007 Transparent Fiskars Ruuki Bruk Village, Finland. 2007 Group show Galerie Mezzanin. Vienna, Austria. 2007 Zoo art fair 2006. London, England. Garash Galeria. Art 212 contemporary art fair 2006. Agro'/Glickman Step (1) N.Y. Same ghost every night White Club. Salzburg, Austria. 2006 Artists in Residence. Palais Porcia. Vienna, Austria. 2006 Balelatina. Contemporary art fair. 2006. Basel, Switzerland. Garash Galeria. Ventifacto Garash Galeria. Mexico City. 2005 Arco 2006. Madrid, Spain. Ramis Barquet Gallery, N.Y. Intermittent Territory for Alienated Figures Outrageous Look. Brooklyn, N.Y. 2005 Inscriptions Murales Piano Nobile. Geneva, Switzerland. 2005 Deck the walls Exit Art. New York. 2005 Artissima contemporary art fair 2005. Turin,Italy. Garash Galeria Killing me softly Ramis Barquet, New York. 2005 Come Closer. Aktuelle Videoarbeiten aus Mexiko. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. 2005 KO Video. First Durban Video Festival. Durban, South Africa. 2005 September Back Up Isola Art Center. Milan, Italy. 2005 Voraz Fuego Ebrio Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City. 2005 Declaraciones . Ciclo de Video Mexicano. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Madrid, Spain. 2005 Breve Historia Contada a Mano Centro de Arte Joven. Madrid, Spain. 2005 Arco 2005 Garash Galeria. Mexico City. Madrid, Spain, 2005 Septima Galería Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain. 2005 This is not a love song Ramis Barquet. Mty. Mexico 2005 Group show Poly Gallery. Karlsruhe, Germany. 2004 L.A. Freewaves’ 8th Biennial Festival of Experimental Media Arts. Los Angeles, CA. 2003. Alarma! Raid Projects. Los Angeles, CA 2003 Group show Gallery On. Poznan, Poland. 2003 Erasmus Ausstellung Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Germany. 2003 Inter Sections. Galou Galery. Brooklyn.N.Y 2003 Panorámica. Pasajes. Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo. Mexico City 2003 Bondarchuk Art & Idea. México City. 2003 Lascas: mexican contemporary art Le Lieu . Centre en Art Actuel. Québec, Canada. 2002 10th. International Small Art Exhibition Suzuhiro Kamaboko Board Painting Contest.. Japan. 2001 Caída Libre. Nuevas Generaciones. Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño. México D.F. 2001 Michelle Forsyth Michelle Forsyth Bio Born in Vancouver BC in 1972, I hold an MFA from Rutgers University and a BFA from the University of Victoria. I currently reside in Pullman, Washington where I teach painting and drawing at Washington State University. In the studio, I am most concerned with the visceral qualities of the hand-made and the power it holds to counter the potential dehumanization of rapidly transmitted, and publicly consumed images of spectacle. My work has been widely exhibited across Canada and the US, at venues including Shift Gallery (Seattle, WA); Lorinda Knight Gallery (Spokane, WA); Third Avenue Gallery (Vancouver, BC); The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (Spokane, WA); The Charleston Heights Arts Center (Las Vegas, NV); Mercer Union (Toronto, ON); Truck Contemporary Art (Calgary, AB); the Kirkland Art Center (Seattle, WA); and Hogar Collection (Brooklyn, NY). I recently received second prize in the William and Dorothy Yeck award for young painters competition at Miami University in Oxford, OH. My work will be featured in a solo exhibition at Deluge Contemporary Art (Victoria, BC) in January 2008, and in the spring of 2009 I will be a visiting artist in residence at the University of Southern Maine (Gorham, ME). Michelle Forsyth | Curriculum Vitae 355 NE Olsen Street, #205 Pullman, WA 99163 Home Tel: 509.332.2694 Office Tel: 509.335.3278 Email: [email protected] Web: www.michelleforsyth.com EDUCATION ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS GRANTS & AWARDS RESIDENCIES SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2001 MFA, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA 1996 BFA, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada 1993 Associate of Visual Arts, Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada 2002- Assistant Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA 2007 Artist Mentor, Wells Artists’ Project, Island Mountain Arts, Wells, BC, Canada 01-02 Adjunct Professor, Pratt Institute (Manhattan Campus), New York, NY, USA 00-02 Adjunct Professor, Raritan Valley Community College, Somerville, NJ, USA 00-01 Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, USA 2007 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA, USA 2007 Project Award, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada 2007 Second Prize, Miami University Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA 2006 Edward R. Meyer Project Award, College of Liberal Arts, WSU, Pullman, WA, USA 2005 Professional Artist Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada 2004 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts c/o the Banff Centre 2004 Edward R. Meyer Project Award, College of Liberal Arts, WSU, Pullman, WA, USA 1996 Helen Pitt Graduating Award, Vancouver Foundation, UVic, Victoria, BC, Canada 2009 Visiting Artist in Residence, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME, USA 2006 Self-Directed Residency, Centrum, Port Townsend, WA, USA 2004 Intra-Nation, Banff Thematic Residency, Banff, Alberta, Canada (Tuition Award) 2008 Solo Exhibition, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC, Canada 2007 Solo Exhibition, Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY, USA (catalogue) 2007 Marking Time, Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA, USA 2006 Routine Incidents, Charleston Heights Art Center, Department of Culture, Las Vegas, NV, USA 2006 Loops and Dashes, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 2005 Tracing Absence, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC, Canada 2004 Trace Evidence, Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA, USA 2000 Upper Crust, Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2000 MFA Thesis Show, MGSA Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ, USA 1997 It's a dog eat dog world, Gallery Sansair, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1997 Jetsam, Havana Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1997 Flotsam, xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada Michelle Forsyth | Curriculum Vitae SOLO EXHIBITIONS GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1996 Mint, Rogue Art, Victoria, BC, Canada 1995 Daydreaming of a Transparent Landscape, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada 1993 Recent Work, Rogue Art, Victoria, BC, Canada 2007 Drawn to the Wall, Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane WA, USA 2007 Sundays (2 person exhibition), Kirkland Arts Center, Seattle, WA, USA 2007 The War on Terror; Abstract Painting in Today’s World, Miami University Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA. (Juried by Jerry Saltz). 2006 Installation, Bridge Art Fair @ the Catalina Hotel & Beach Club, Miami, FL USA 2006 The Whole is the Sum of its Parts, Hogar Collection Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA 2006 Spitting Images, Truck Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2006 Disaster, Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA, USA 2006 The Antholgy of Art, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Budesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany (catalogue) 2005 Little Shift: Small Works, Shift Seattle, WA, USA 2005 New Members Exhibition, Shift, Seattle, WA, USA 2005 The Antholgy of Art, ZKM/ Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany 2004 The Anthology of Art, Akademie der Künst, Berlin, Germany (catalogue) 2004 The Mac Collects: Art for the New Millenium, Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA, USA 2004 The Faculty Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, HongIk University, Seoul, Korea 2004 Spokane River and Gorge Falls, Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA, USA 2003 Faculty Exhibition, Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA 2003 Northwest Contemporary Figuration, Northwest Musuem of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA, USA 2003 Push Play, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON, Canada (in conjunction with Toronto’s Images Festival) 2003 Stop and Go, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, USA 2002 Seasonal Exhibition, Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2002 Faculty Exhibition, Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA 2002 Deluxe, Community Gallery, 111 First St, Jersey City, NJ, USA 2001 Faculty Exhibition, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, USA 2000 Faculty Exhibition, Raritan Valley Community College, Raritan, NJ, USA 2000 Hit & Run 4, Pier 40 Warehouse, New York, NY, USA 2000 CAA MFA Exhibition, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2000 Y2K Solution, Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD, USA 1999 Passions of Art, Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA 1999 Gifted, Rogue Art, Victoria, BC, Canada 1999 Swap Meet, Sol Koffler and Market House Galleries, RISD, Provinceton, RI, USA 1999 Exchange, Patricia Doran Gallery, Boston, MA, USA 1999 Y2K Solution, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA 1998 Untitled, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA 1997 Gifted, Rogue Art, Victoria, BC, Canada 1997 art.com, Rogue Art, Victoria, BC, Canada (catalogue) 1997 Harvest, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1996 It's a Beautiful Thing, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada 1996 Trout, University of Victoria, BFA exhibition, Victoria, BC, Canada (catalogue) Michelle Forsyth | Curriculum Vitae GROUP EXHIBITIONS CONFERENCES & LECTURES BIBLIOGRAPHY 1995 Colette Parras, Michelle Forsyth, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada 1995 Gifted, Rogue Art, Victoria, BC, Canada 1994 Bumper Crop, Federal Building,, Victoria, BC, Canada 1994 Exquisite Corpse, Buzzard's Lunch, Victoria, BC, Canada 1994 14, Big Art Society, New Era Social Club, Victoria, BC, Canada 2006 Visiting Artist, Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada 2005 Visiting Artist, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2003 Panelist, Artist Trust Media Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA, USA 2003 Lecturer, “The Lure of the Visible”, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in conjunction with the Push Play Exhibition and the Toronto Images Festival) 2003 Visiting Artist, Gu Xiong’s Painting Class, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2002 Lecturer, “Painting and Artifice”, Faculty Exhibition, Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA 2002 Lecturer, “Color: In Theory and Practice”, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA 2001 Artist Presenter, Slide Slam, Art in General, New York, NY, USA 2001 Guest, Graduate Critiques, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, USA 2000 Visiting Artist, University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, BC, Canada 2000 Artist Presenter, “Painting in the Era of Cyberspace”, The Changing Role of the Artist, Bi-Annual Conference, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Comox, BC, Canada 1999 Panelist, “What its Really Like to Teach in the Fine Arts”, Teaching Assistant Project, Annual Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA 2007 Brian Shwerwin. “Art Space Talk: Michelle Forsyth,” myartspace.com, posted May 23, 2007 2006 Anania, Katie. "Death and Praxis: Michelle Forsyth's Presentation of Incidents is Hardly Routine," City Life, Las Vegas, NV, April 27, 2006 2006 Peterson, Kristin. “Mad, Mad Media,” Las Vegas Sun. April 7, 2006. 2004 Gerz, Jochen. The Anthology of Art: in Theory and Dialogue, DuMont Verlag, Cologne, Germany. p 224 (image) 2004 Crane, Julianne. “MAC Collection Once Again Unveiled; Exhibit Features Tucked-Away Art,” The Spokesman-Review. Friday, November 19. 2004 Hurowitz, Lila. “ North of the Border: The Banff Centre”. Artist Trust Journal. Volume x1. No. 1, Spring 2004. p.5 2004 Boggs, Sheri.“Ghosts of Salmon,” The Pacific Northwest Inlander, Friday August 4 2004 Crane, Julianne. “Young Artist Profile: Michelle Forsyth,” The Spokesman-Review Friday July 23, p. 26 2004 Boggs, Sherri. “Inlander Picks: Pattern and Dissolution,” The Pacific Northwest Inlander, April 1, 2004, p. 42 2003 Boggs, Sheri. “Figures Reinvented,” The Pacific Northwest Inlander, July 17, 2003p. 21-22 2003 Purdum, Grant. “Keynote Speaker to Discuss Climate of Art, Technology,” The Daily Evergreen. Friday, January 17, 2003. p. 11 2003 Stocker, Gerfried. “Unplugged: Art as the Scene of Global Conflicts,” ARS Electronica 2002 Katalogue. 2002 McGlynn, Tom. “Surface Considerations,” Deluxe. (URL: www.orangesideout.org) 2001 Photograph in the Hudson Reporter, Art Tour Inset. 2000 Gustafson, Paula. Review with photograph. Asian Art News. September/October 2000, p. 103-104 Michelle Forsyth | Curriculum Vitae BIBLIOGRAPHY 2000 Keegan, Kelly. “Master Thesis of the Universe,” Inside Beat, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA, March 9, 2000. p. 12. 1999 “Visions of New Brunswick,” Inside Beat, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA 1998 Moorhouse, Meghan, “State of the Arts,” Inside Beat, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA December 10, 1998, p. 10-11. (photographs). 1996 Mint. Interview, CFUV Radio, Victoria, BC, Canada 1996 art.com, exhibition catalogue, Rogue Art, Victoria, BC, Canada 1996 Trout, exhibition catalogue, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC 1992 Amos, Robert. “Stroll Reveals Depth and Breadth of Victoria's Creativity,” The Times Colonist Victoria, BC, Canada, August 8, 1992. p. c6 (photograph). Jessica Owings Jessica S. Owings 4128 Holmes Street, Kansas City, MO 64110 816.835.6801 [email protected] Related Experience 2007-present Assistant Printer Skylab Letterpress, Kansas City, MO 2005-present Lecturer Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO 2002-present Freelance Artist & Designer Selected Exhibitions Solo 2007 City, MO 2004 Poster, Advertisement, and Invitation Design; Fine Art Prints and Drawings 2005-2007 Conference Coordinator Southern Graphics Council Conference 2007 Kansas City, MO 2004-2007 Studio Assistant 2003 Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Kansas City, MO 2004 Arts Specialist 2003-2004 Arnstein Jewish Community Center/ Milton Collins Day Camp, Knoxville, TN Faculty Senate Graduate Assistant University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2003 Summer Arts Institute Internship Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY Education Department Internship Knoxville Museum of Art, TN Artist in Residence 2001 “New Work” Borders Books & Music Café, Knoxville, TN “Where are you going, and how will you get there?” Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery, Knoxville, TN “From Here to There” MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN “Hand-carried Work” Natalie Campbell New York City, NY ”Clustering Cards/ Creating Clouds” site specific installation, The Sound Space, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Music Hall Collaborative 2003 Household Affairs” Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY Group 2007 “Sketchbook” The Late Show Gallery, Kansas City, MO “Here and Now” Back Room Gallery at Leedy-Volkous 2005 ”Winka Boutique” Winka Press Holiday Show Sequoia Elementary School, Knoxville, TN Kansas City, MO Letterpress Shop Internship ”2005 Kansas City Flatfile” H&R Block Artspace Yee-Haw Industrial Letterpress, Knoxville, TN Student Gallery Coordinator Gallery 1010: The Candy Factory, Knoxville, TN Published Writings 2006 “In Sight, to Memory” The Late Show Gallery, Kansas “Tom Huck at Sherry Leedy Center for Contemporary Art” Kansas City, MO Curated 2007 “Culture of the Copy” 10@BNIM, Kansas City, MO Public Presentations 2004 Bookbinding workshop: University of Tennessee, Knoxville Engraving demonstration: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in conjunction with the McClung Museum “Gerhard Richter” University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in conjunction with the International Studies program (exhibition review) R e view, May, p. 58-61 “Grant Miller and James Woodfill at Byron C. Cohen” (exhibition review) R e view, March, p. 62-63 2005 2004 “Michael Krueger and Don Ed Hardy at Dennis Morgan” (exhibition review) R e view, Feb, p. 46-49 “Extra/ordinary” (Interview with curator Maria Buszek) R e view, Surface Design Conference Special Edition “Tim Dooley, Aaron Wilson, Ed Wilcox, & John Donovan at Fugitive” (exhibition review) Art Papers, SepOct, p. 43-44 “An Interview with Charlotta Westergren” Number, Spring “Didi Dunphy and Niki Kriese at Ruby Green” (exhibition review) Art Papers, May-June, p. 44 Education 2001-2004 1997-2001 University of Tennessee, Knoxville Master of Fine Arts: Studio Art, Printmaking Bradley University, Peoria, IL Bachelor of Fine Arts: Printmaking & Drawing, minor Art History Selected Grants and Awards 2003 Arts and Culture Alliance Legacy Grant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2002 Herman H. Spivey Fellowship, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2000 College of Fine Arts Printmaking Award, Bradley University, Peoria, IL Julie Püttgen Julie Püttgen SPO, 735 University Avenue k Sewanee, TN 37383 k USA k [email protected] k 931 598 1256 k www.turtlenosedsnake.com Education GEORGIA STATE U NIVERSITY M.F.A. in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking, 2003. Primary focus on installation work. YALE U NIVERSITY B.A., Studio Art, 1994. Concentration in Photography, Painting and Printmaking. Solo Shows and Collaborative Works 2007 ⋅ ⋅ 2006 ⋅ 2005 ⋅ 2003 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 2002 ⋅ ⋅ 2001 ⋅ ⋅ 2000 ⋅ 1994 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Internet Mandala Project and Animal Voids. McIlheny Gallery, Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville, FL. Land Mark / Coming Soon / Historic Prevention. Public art collaboration with Heather Layton. Volcano Series. Ruby Green Contemporary Art, Nashville, TN. Intuitive Landscape: Recent Paintings. City Issue, Atlanta, GA. An Infinite Variety of Similar Things. Artist book collaboration with poet JS van Buskirk. Becoming the City That Planted Trees. Youth Art Connection Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Internet Mandala Project. GSU Gallery II, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Coming Soon. With Stuff and Nonsense: Vinyl lettering on downtown Atlanta shopfronts. 100 Names Project (Phase II). Gallery II, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Pilgrim Pictures/Yale-China Centennial Celebration. Yale-China Association, New Haven, CT. 100 Names Project (Phase I). 60 Site-specific shrines installed around downtown Atlanta. The Vashita Project. Group processional street performances around Vashita the Sacred Cow. Alumni Artists Series: Shikoku 88. The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA. Shikoku 88: Photographs of a Japanese Pilgrimage. Maya's Room, New Haven, CT. B.A. Exit Show. Yale University School of Art Gallery. New Haven, CT. Selected Group Shows 2008 ⋅ 2007 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 2006 ⋅ ⋅ 2005 ⋅ ⋅ 2004 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep. University Gallery, Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, TN (2008) Cine Capellini 2007, Cine Capellini screenings, New York, NY. NurtureArt New 07, CUE Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY Emerging Artists Show. Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA. Ladylike? Women Artists Working in the South. Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA. Green Art on the Mountain. Sewanee-St. Andrew’s School Gallery, Sewanee, TN. pink days, azure nights. Dalton Galleries, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA. Beyond Words. University Art Gallery, Sewanee: The University of the South. Sewanee, TN. Small Works Show. City Issue, Atlanta, GA. Finding Vanished Atlanta. With Shelter at Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA. Finding Indra’s Net. with Visions and Encounters, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT. Works on Paper. Temple Gallery, Decatur, GA. Tender Landscape. Curated by Lisa Alembik. Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA. 2003 ⋅ 2002 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 2001 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Atlanta Biennial. Curated by Franklin Sirmans. The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. Group Photography Show. Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Collusion. Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA. All Small. Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA. Fresh. NoNo. Atlanta, GA. Not for Sale. TUBE ArtSpot, Atlanta, GA. Software: The Vagina Show. TUBE ArtSpot, Atlanta, GA. What’s so Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding? TUBE ArtSpot, Atlanta, GA. Random Channels. Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Groundwords. Published in Flaneur, NY online literary magazine, www.flaneur.org. Our Visions/Our Voices: Current Works by Atlanta Women Artists. Seen+Heard: The Atlanta Women’s Arts Festival/Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Georgia Works on Paper. Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA. Feminine Images of God. Individual Visual Artists’ Coalition (IVAC)/Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA. Selected Writings 2007 ⋅ 2006 ⋅ 2005 ⋅ ⋅ 2004 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 2002 ⋅ “Profession, Confession, Joy,” Ratsalad DeLuxe (www.ratsaladeluxe.com), February. Interview with Cindy Loehr, Ratsalad DeLuxe, February. Review of Atlanta Biennial, Ratsalad DeLuxe, June. “Our Night in the Panty Hideaway Unit,” with Kristin Gorell. Ratsalad DeLuxe, February. “Kalimera Blue,” Ratsalad DeLuxe, September. “On Vampires and the Pleasure of Painting,” with Paul Galloway. Ratsalad DeLuxe, April. “Shared Magic: The Lights Out Show,” Eyedrum in Print #4, January. “Coming Soon: Space Reclaimed,” Atlanta Indymedia (www.indymedia.atlanta.org), May 21. Selected Publications about My Work 2007 ⋅ Diana McClintock, “Emerging Artists 2007,” Art Papers, September-October 2007, p.58-59. ⋅ Jennifer Brett, “View Spruill Works for Bold Statements,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, 05/25/07 2006 ⋅ Beyond Words exhibition catalogue, Sewanee: The University of the South ⋅ “Burp,” published in online journal Drain, Spring 2006 issue (www.drainmag.org). ⋅ David Maddox, “Igneous Art,” Nashville Scene, 6/1/06 2005 ⋅ Jerry Cullum, “Warped Patterns Tickle the Senses,” AJC Access Atlanta, 05/26/05. 2003 ⋅ Richard Gess, Review of 2003 Atlanta Biennial, Artpapers, July/August, p.34. ⋅ Catalogue of 2003 Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. ⋅ Lila King, “Reciprocal Art,” 2 community radio broadcast reviews of Becoming the City that Planted Trees on WRFG Atlanta. Radio Rock Stars (www.radiorockstars.com), April and June. ⋅ Published From the Heart, “Becoming the City that Nourished Innovative Art,” guerilla insert, Creative Loafing, 4/16/03. 2002 ⋅ Felicia Feaster, “Good Things Come in Small Packages,” Creative Loafing, 7/3/02. ⋅ Felicia Feaster, “Fresh Pork: Socially Conscious Pranksters Liven Up the Scene,” Creative Loafing, 5/29/02. 2001 ⋅ Denny Lee, “New York Online: How to Be a Boulevardier,” New York Times, 9/29/01. ⋅ Kathy Janich, “Women’s Fest Pairs Arts, Activism,” in Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2/6/01. ⋅ Kourtney Eidam, “Girls Kick Ass in the Arts,” Creative Loafing, 2/3/01. Curatorial and Community Work Ongoing ⋅ Editor, designer and publisher, Ratsalad DeLuxe quarterly online arts journal since April 2004. 2008 ⋅ Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep. University Gallery, Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, TN. 2007 ⋅ Sewanee Sesquicentennial Mural. Downtown Sewanee, TN. Collaborative mural with Advanced Painting class. ⋅ Moonshine Maggie’s Mural. Moonshine Maggie’s, Monteagle, TN. Collaborative mural with Intermediate Painting class. 2003 ⋅ As Seen By Teens. Youth Art Connection Gallery, Atlanta, GA and Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. 2002 ⋅ Four Seasons Mural. GSU Child Development Center, Atlanta, GA. Collaborative mural with 2D design students. ⋅ Not For Sale. TUBE ArtSpot, Atlanta, GA. Exhibition of local and national artists and organizations whose work in some way defies or subverts the model of art as a commodity. ⋅ STUFF & NONSENSE. Core member of Atlanta artists’ collective, dedicated to humor in highlighting the excesses of consumer culture and suggesting possible alternatives. 2001 ⋅ SEEN AND HEARD: THE ATLANTA WOMEN'S ARTS FESTIVAL. Co-Curator, Our Visions / Our Voices: Current Works by Atlanta Women Artists. Solicited submissions, secured exhibition space at Barbara Archer Gallery, wrote grant applications, juried show, publicized events, and organized an all-night quilting bee for the opening night. Work Experience and Fellowships 2006 to present ⋅ SEWANEE: THE U NIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH. SEWANEE, TN Assistant Professor of Art. Teach drawing and painting classes, and interdisciplinary Senior Seminar to Art majors in all fields. Administer drawing/painting budget and direct studio assistants. Share gallery management with other Studio Art faculty. 2005-2006 ⋅ SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN-ATLANTA. ATLANTA, GA Professor of Foundations and Painting. Taught drawing, design, and color theory classes for students in undergraduate programs. Advised students in graduate painting program. 2005 ⋅ BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CLUB YOUTH ART C ONNECTION GALLERY. ATLANTA, GA Tech CREATIVE Visiting Artist. Consulting artist in new media and digital imaging course. 2003-2005 ⋅ THE MARIST SCHOOL. ATLANTA, GA Visual Arts Instructor. Taught drawing, design, painting, darkroom and digital photography; AP Studio Art; and computer art classes. Co-moderator of nationally recognized Rapier magazine. 2003 ⋅ GEORGIA STATE U NIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN. ATLANTA, GA Adjunct Instructor. Invited by faculty to teach a special-topics book arts class, emphasizing binding styles and sequential content in the design of artists’ books. 2002 ⋅ ATLANTA C ONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, AS SEEN BY TEENS PROGRAM. ATLANTA, GA Photography Instructor. Taught and designed a digital photography course for youth at the Boys and Girls’ Club. Artist Mentor, Family History Art Book Project, Fall 2001, Fall 2002. Worked with a child to create a book representing his family history and self-image. ⋅ CITY OF ATLANTA BUREAU OF C ULTURAL AFFAIRS. ATLANTA, GA Written Project Coordinator, ArtsReach Program. Worked with high school students to create an oral history of Atlanta’s inner-city Pittsburgh neighborhood. 2001-2003 ⋅ GEORGIA STATE U NIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN. ATLANTA, GA Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 2001-Spring 2003 Taught and designed two years’ worth of drawing and 2D design classes. Graduate Research Assistant, Fall 2000 – Spring 2001. Worked with Gallery Director to organize exhibits. Edited catalogue for Larry Walker: Four Decades retrospective. 2001 ⋅ CITY OF ATLANTA BUREAU OF C ULTURAL AFFAIRS. ATLANTA, GA Artist Mentor, ArtsCool Program. Designed and taught mixed-media studio course for teen apprentices. 2000-2001 ⋅ CHASTAIN ART CENTER. ATLANTA, GA Painting Instructor. Designed and taught classes for adult students. 1996-1999 ⋅ ENGLISH FOREST SANGHA Anagarikaa (Eight-Precept Novice Nun). Lived and trained full-time in monastic communities in England in the Thai Buddhist forest tradition. 1996 ⋅ CITY ART C ENTRE. DUBLIN, IRELAND Administrative Assistant, Education Department. Assisted with programming for inner-city community arts center. Focus on ACT II integrated disability arts project. 1994-1996 ⋅ YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Yale-China Association Teaching Fellow. Two-year teaching and cultural exchange fellowship in Hong Kong. Designed and taught literature and writing seminars. Co-taught American Culture and Society lecture class. Extensive travel in Asian countries. 1991-1994 ⋅ YALE U NIVERSITY ART GALLERY. N EW HAVEN, CT Research Intern, Department of Prints, Drawings and Photographs. Catalogued recent acquisitions and researched works already in the Department’s collections. 1993 ⋅ CHASE COGGINS MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP. SHIKOKU ISLAND, JAPAN Fellowship Recipient. Awarded photography fellowship grant for “wandering the wilderness with artistic, scientific, or philosophical intent.” Undertook and completed one round of the 88-temple Buddhist pilgrimage on Shikoku Island, Japan. Other Skills ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Native bilingual French speaker Proficient in German Varying degrees of skill in Italian, Mandarin and Pali Bookbinder Webmaster Alison Slein Alison Slein PO Box 341 Buffalo NY 14207 alisonslein.com [email protected] ph. (716) 873-2828 / (716) 864-4277 EDUCATION 1996 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. MFA. Imaging Arts. 1991 Boston University, Internship Programme in the Arts, London, England 1993 University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, BA., Art History, BFA, emphasis in photography SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2003 The Invitation, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York 2001 Sanguine, The William Marten Gallery, Rochester, New York 1999 Crossings, The Armory Gallery, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 1998 I...between them.,The Cell Gallery, Writers and Books, Rochester , New York TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION 2004 New Work, Pratt at Munson-Wilson-Proctor Institute, School of Art Gallery, Utica, New York JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 2007 Selections from the CCNY Darkroom Residency Program, Camera Club of New York, New York, NY 2006 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Saltonstall Foundation, The Johnson Museum at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Monroe and Vicinity Biennial, State University of NY at Brockport, Brockport, NY 2005 Soho Photo National Competition, Soho Photo, New York, New York 2004 Home on the Edge, Spaces Gallery, Clevland, Ohio Wegway Magazine International Photography Exhibition, Steam Whistle Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2003 V Salon Internacional De Arte Digital, Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Havana, Cuba 2003-2005 New American Talent 18, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas 2002 In Western New York, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Planet Earth, New Gallery, Univeristy of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 2001 3rd National All Media Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC 4th Biennial Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York 2000 Photographic and Digital Media, Eklektikos Gallery, Washington DC 2000 Abstraction, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1999 3D-DC, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC Digital Art 1999, Nexus Gallery, New York, New York From These Hills, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon,VA ( also in 2001) City Art Exhibition, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia 1998 Biennial Art Exhibition, Roanoke College, Olin Hall Galleries, Salem, Virginia 1998 ArtText, Sawtooth Galleries, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1997-1999 Luminous Code, Traveling exhibit. Texas Fine Arts Association. Austin, Texas AWARDS / GRANTS 2004 NYFA Fellowship for Photography, New York Foundation for the Arts 2004 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellow, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation 2003 Special Opportunity Stipend Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts 2002 Individual Artist Grant: Photography, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts 1997 Jurors Merit Award: Luminous Code: Juror, Jennifer Blessing RESIDENCIES 2007 New York Camera Club, Darkroom Residency, New York, New York 2004 Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York 2002 Artist-in-Residence, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New Yo Lane Twitchell LANE TWITCHELL (1967- ) Born in Salt Lake City, UT; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY EDUCATION 1995 MFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 1993 BFA University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2007 Revelation: Lane Twitchell drawing & painting Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn NY, travels to the University Art Museum, SUNY Albany, The Gibson Gallery SUNY Potsdam (catalogue) 2005 Here & There, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY 2004 American Paradigms: David Opdyke and Lane Twitchell, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington DC Foursquare, G Fine Arts, Washington D.C. 2002 Private Property, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY 1999 State of the Union, Deitch Projects, New York, NY 1995 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY 1993 Park Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006 The Searchers, White Box, New York, NY Drawing III (Selected), G-Module, Paris, France Small Painting Show, organized by the General Store, Milwaukee, The Ulrich Museum, KS Loveless (the shoegazer show), Team, New York, NY I Love the Burbs, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY 2005 The Early Show, curated by Elysia Borowy-Reeder, Scott Reeder, and Tyson Reeder, White Columns, New York, NY One of a Kind, curated by Thomas Woodruff, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY Group Loop, curated by Christoph Cox, G Fine Art, Washington DC 2004 Beginning Here: 101 Ways, curated by Jerry Saltz, Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 2003 Perforations, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY Terrible Beauty, Satellite, a division of Roebling Hall, New York, NY 2002 The Nature of the Beast , Caren Golden Gallery, New York, NY Some Assemblage Required: Collage Culture in Post-War America, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York; Madison Art Center, Madison, WI; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL Snapshot, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR Print Publisher's Spotlight: Solo Impression, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA Past Tense: a contemporary dialogue, The Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Order of Things, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund, New York, NY The Norman Dubrow Biennial, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY On Architectural Atmosphere, G Fine Art, Washington DC 2001 It’s a Party and We’re Having a Great Time, Paul Morris Gallery, NY New Prints 2001 – Winter, International Print Center, NY 2000 Good Business is the Best Art: 20 Years in the Artist Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum of Art, New York, NY (catalogue) Faith-The Impact of Judeo-Christian Religion on Art at the Millennium, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield,CT (catalogue) 1999 1999, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY Cut Paper-Contemporary and Traditional, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY 1998 Scape, Artists Space, New York, NY Utopia, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY Summer White, (two person), Steffany Martz Gallery, New York, NY Scale: Relatively Speaking, Art in General, New York, NY Take this Job and Shove it, Here, New York, NY 1997 17th Annual Artists in the Marketplace Exhibition, Bronx Museum, NY 1994 MFA Exhibition, School of the Visual Arts, New York, NY 1992 Intercollegiate Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT; first place drawing, Dave Hickey, juror COMMISSIONS 2006 New York City Percent for Art Program for the Emergency Assistance Unit of the Department of Homeless Services in conjunction with Polshek Partnership Architects, Bronx, New York 2005 Starbucks Coffee Company Black Apron Exclusives packaging 2003 Chicago Public Art Program Commission 1999 Department of Cultural Affairs Percent Art Program, commissioned work for P.S.1 161 Richmond Hills, Queens, New York SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Art Bank Program, US State Department, Washington DC Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC The Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY The Neuberger Berman Collection, New York, NY SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Calamos Holdings, Chicago, IL The Progressive Corporation, Mayfield, OH AWARDS & RESIDENCIES 2003 New York Foundation for the Arts, Craft Fellowship 2000 Residency, Wier Farm Trust, Wilton, Connecticut 1999 New York Foundation for the Arts, Drawing Fellowship 1998 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant P.S.1 National Studio Program 1986 Special Departmental Scholarship; University of Utah