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TRAINING / EDUCATION
Completed Foundation Year at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Dean's List, 2000
Completed Three Year Apprentiship at A.R.T. RESEARCH 2003, a fine art sculpture foundry (Currently still employed) www.thinksculpture.com where my studies and tasks include:
clay enlargement and modeling, mold-making, way patterns, sand-casting, resin-casting, metal chasing, and patina
EXHIBITIONS/ GROUP SHOWS
WEB-BASED:
The Artzenchantress Online Gallery, March 2002 through current
The Galt Guild, January 2002 through June 2005
The Lillith Gallery of Toronto March 2002 through current
The Art Link Swap 2004 through current
1 Million Pixels Art Gallery 2005-current
LOCAL:
LATE NIGHT ART-SOUL ROCK & ROLL EXPLOSION, CHECKERED PAST GALLERY, RED LION, PA, MAY 1ST 2004
MAN VS. WOMAN INSPIRED ART EXHIBIT, CHECKERED PAST GALLERY, RED LION, PA, MAY-JUNE 2004
LANCASTER SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL’S 42ND OPEN ART AWARD EXHIBIT, LANCASTER, PA, JUNE-AUGUST 2004
THE SMALL WORKS EXHIBIT, MJ’S COFFEEHOUSE, ANNVILLE, PA, NOVEMBER 2004
LANCASTER SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL’S 43RD OPEN ART AWARD EXHIBIT, JUNE- AUGUST 2005
LARGE CANVAS EXHIBIT, HARRISBURG GALLERY WALK , HARRISBURG, PA SEPTEMBER 2005
GALLERY WALK- ART IS FREEDOM BAZAAR, STRAWBERRY SQUARE, HARRISBURG, PA, SEPTEMBER 11, 2005
SQUARE ONE COFFEE HOUSE, LANCASTER, PA OCTOBER/ NOVEMBER 2005
Lancaster’s Artwalk Weekend, The Show up and Show Show, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA April 22, 23 2006
Lancaster Art Walk 2006, Keystone Art and Culture Center, Lancaster, Pa April 21, 22, 23 2006
Lancaster Summr Arts Festival’s 44th Annual Open Art Award Exhibit, Lancaster, PA June 2nd -July 30th 2006
MEMBER
Art is Freedom Movement 2002- current
The Arts Network of Harrisburg 2005-current
The Galt Guild 2002-2004
Susquehanna Museum of Art 2004
The Art Link Swap 2004 through current
INFLUENCES
ABOVE ALL ELSE LIFE EXPERIENCE HAS INFLUENCED MY ART, CALL IT MY JOURNAL OF SORTS.
SUCH ART MOVEMENTS and periods HAVE INFLUENCED MY STYLIZATION and concepts as: LOW-BROW ART, NEOCLASSISM, SURREALISM, FANTASY AND GOTHIC SUB-CULTURES, ART NOUVEAU, ART DECO, HIEROGLYPHIC ART OF EGYPTIANS, CLASSIC MYTHOLOGY,
CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTISTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE WORK OF: CAMILLE GARCIA, MARK RYDEN, SALVADOR DALI, FREIDA GALLO, AUDREY BEARDSLEY, MAN RAY, TIM BURTON, DEREK HESS, BROM, SCOTT CHURCH, MICHAEL PARKS, CYN MCCURRY, H.G. GIGER, TARA MCPHERSON, JOE Sorrin
Also, literary works of Kurt Vonnegut, Lewis Carrol, Anne Rand.
MEDIUM
MIXED MEDIA painting INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
OIL PAINTS, ACRYLIC, CLAY, WAX, CHARCOAL, PASTELS, WATERCOLOR PENCIL, ink, embroidery floss, GLITTER, SPRAY ENAMEL, HOUSE PAINT, SHARPIE MARKERS, GLUE, FABRIC...PHOTOSHOP.... I AIM FOR A SHALLOW LANDSCAPE WITH A NARRATIVE, FIGURATIVE FOCAL POINT.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
HERE’S A LONG-WINDED BABBLE ABOUT THE MEANING OF LIFE. SERIOUSLY, MY ART HAS VERY PERSONAL AND PRIVATE AGENDAS WHICH EVOLVE AS I DO. THE STYLIZATION HAS CHANGED, BUT THE FOCUS HAS REMAINED ON A FEMALE FORM IN A SHALLOW LANDSCAPE, REFLECTING A NARRATIVE SITUATION. ABOVE ALL ELSE LIFE EXPERIENCE HAS INFLUENCED MY ART.CALL IT MY JOURNAL OF SORTS. MY OWN ROLE IN TODAY’S POP-CULTURE SOCIETY, AS AN ARTIST and a woman, STRUGGLES TO BALANCE being FEMINIST and being feminine. THESE WORKS HAVE GROWN IRREVERENT LATELY AND HAVE TAKEN ON A MORE FUNHOUSE PERSPECTIVE.
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