60-62 Broadway,
Norwich, CT 06360
(860) 887-2789
administration@norwicharts.org
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Graphite Collage, Wire Collage.
My work is about using the essence or basic forms of structure as a metaphor for a universal truth and spirituality. My interest is to distill the shapes that I see in nature and architecture to their most basic forms: the cube, sphere, column, or line. This distillation process and seeking out the foundation, the keystone, "that which is most important," is what propels me forward and leads me to discover time and again that beauty begins in the simplest of forms.
I began my professional career as an oceanographer, and it was during the study of the architecture of microscopic ocean plants that I recognized the importance of structure/sub-structure, both spiritually and philosophically. My process of creating each work reinforces the recognition that seemingly disparate forms can share similar sub-structures; and similarly, that the truths which govern all human experience are composed, at some crucial level, of the same substance. The quiet forms and colors of my work encourage contemplation of these common threads that run through the physical and spiritual world on the micro and macroscopic levels.
Spirituality (truth) and physicality (structure) may manifest in radically different ways, and the challenge to find the essential piece – the common ground – that is the same in all remains the challenge of my work, and my challenge to the viewer.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
(* Solo Exhibitions).2002
SCULPTURE GARDEN at ELAINE BENSON GALLERY, Bridgehampton, NY.
CONNECTICUT WOMEN ARTISTS EXHIBITION, Norwich Arts Council, Norwich, CT.
ANNUAL SPRING MEMBERS SHOW, Norwich Arts Council, Norwich, CT. Members Exhibition.
ANNUAL OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Mather Hospital, Pt. Jefferson, NY. Invitational.
WINTER/TIME, Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon, CT. Invitational.
HARTFORD WELCOME CENTER EXHIBITION, Greater Hartford Arts Council, CT. Invitational.
2001
NAC WINTER SHOW, Norwich Arts Council, Norwich, CT. Members Exhibition.
PEOPLE, Norwich Arts Council, Norwich, CT. Members Exhibition.
ANNUAL OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Mather Hospital, Pt. Jefferson, NY. Invitational.
NOW THAT SPIRITUALITY IS COOL, Stony Brook Union Art Gallery, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Cinema Arts Center, Huntington, NY. Invitational.
HARTFORD WELCOME CENTER EXHIBITION, Greater Hartford Arts Council, CT. Invitational.
ALUMNI & FACULTY SLIDE EXHIBITION, University Art Gallery, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
2000
OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Cinema Arts Center, Huntington, NY. Invitational.
SUMMER REVIEW, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT. Curator: Judy Kim.
SUMMER SELECTIONS, Nese Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, NY. Invitational.
ANNUAL OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Mather Hospital, Pt. Jefferson, NY. Invitational.
WWW.WOMENSWORK.COM, Mills Pond House, St. James, N.Y.
WINTER GROUP SHOW, Nese Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, NY. Invitational.
1999
THE GRID, Nese Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, NY. Invitational.
24th JURIED FINE ARTS COMPETITION, Smithtown Arts Council, St. James, NY. Award.
ANIMALS IN ART, University Art Gallery, Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
MFA SHOW, University Art Gallery, Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
1998
*MEDIAL CIRCLE, Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library Gallery, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
NEW CERAMICS 1998, Stony Brook Union Art Gallery, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
Curated by Kristen Mara Brown and Janice Costanzo.
MEMBERS EXHIBITION, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY.
*NEW RUNESTONES, Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library Gallery, SUNY Stony Brook, NY
EDUCATION
M.F.A. May 1999 Department of Art, State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook NY.
M.S. 1994 Marine Sciences Research Center, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
B.A. 1990 Colby College, Waterville, ME.
1988 Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)
*Justin Petrone, "Summer Sculpture Show Wows the Community", The Port Times-Record, June 22, 2000.
*Phyllis Braff, "Going Exploring on Three Different Trails", The New York Times, December 12, 1999.
*Phyllis Braff, "Moods of the Land and Its Other Inhabitants", The New York Times, July 25, 1999.
*Heather Brent, "Creating Visual Narratives", The Stony Brook Statesman, Feb. 8, 1999.
Rhonda Cooper, "Animals in Art Catalogue", University Art Gallery, Staller Center for the Arts,
University at Stony Brook, 1999.
Rhonda Cooper and James Rubin, "MFA Thesis Show 1999 Catalogue", University Art Gallery,
Staller Center for the Arts, University at Stony Brook, 1999.
Kristen Mara Brown and Nina Salvatore, "Trends in Computer and Technological Art in the
1990’s". Art Criticism vol. 14, no. 2, ed. Donald Kupsit (1999).
GRANTS, AWARDS AND HONORS
2001
UTC Innovation Grant, Greater Hartford Arts Council, Hartford, CT.
Education and Outreach Grant, Farmington River Watershed Association, Farmington, CT.
Above awards for public art and environmental education project; design and installation
of a ceramic mural incorporating children’s ceramic tiles. Installation at Riverfront Plaza, Hartford.
1999 Honorable Mention, Smithtown Arts Council 24th Juried Show, St. James NY.
1998 The Goldberger Fellowship, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook.
The Dorothy Pieper Memorial Purchase Award, SUNY at Stony Brook.
Peter Van Roy Ceramic Art Award, SUNY at Stony Brook.
1997 Peter Van Roy Ceramic Art Award, SUNY at Stony Brook.
1994 National Science Foundation Student Award for NATO Advanced Study Institute.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
OCEANOGRAPHY, ART, AND EVOLUTION, Artists Lecture and Exhibition, Studio 703, Port Jefferson, NY.
Sponsored by the Long Island Chapter of the Women’s Aquatic Network.
ARTISTS LECTURE, University Art Gallery, Staller Center for the Arts, University at Stony Brook, 1999.
COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION, Member, 1996 – 2002.
NORWICH ARTS COUNCIL, Arist’s Cooperative Member, 2001-2002.
NEW HAVEN ARTS COUNCIL, Member, 2000 – 2002.
CONNECTICUT WOMEN ARTISTS, Member 2002.
COLLECTIONS
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Graduate School.
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Union Crafts Center.
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Office of Student Affairs.
Dark Mountain Brewery, Tucson, Arizona.
CSAT America LLC, Corp., Longmont, Colorado.
The Gallery at Studio 703, Port Jefferson, New York.
Private Collections
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