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Artist Statement
The pageant of life is composed of narratives from which metaphoric gestures and archetypal symbols can be drawn. Lodged within these narratives are conversations that have long passed, a perception of the world drawn through moments in time, and a sense that memory conjures a tenuous continuity.
My work inhabits that terrain which lies between objective, factual information; and the emotional language of memory, and sensory association. I view art making as a lens through which a perception of the world can be constructed, an intertwining of the familiar and the strange that eludes a simple reckoning.
Over the past eight years I have been working in the form of installation. The creation of an environment populated with multiple objects, images and texts is something that I have gravitated towards because I am concerned with encouraging my audience to physically immerse themselves in the work. The installations are comprised of various objects and images that are metaphoric manifestations of seminal events in my life.
My work is the site of connection between the world and myself where I investigate the evolving nature of common human experience through the lens of personal history.
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CURRENT Position
Associate Professor of Art, Chair Foundations Program
School of Art and Design at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
EDUCATION
MFA Sculpture, Ohio State University, 1997, Columbus, OH.
Diploma of Fine Art Sculpture, Alberta College of Art and Design, 1995, Calgary, Canada
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
they fall asleep and dream
The Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, January 2007, Bloomsburg, PA
My Land
The Ohio Art League, October 2000, Columbus, OH,
Holding Patterns
Truck Gallery, June 1998, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Spectra, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, December 2009, Alfred, NY
Jamestown Community College, October 2008, Falconer, NY
DaDa Domestique
Cazenovia College, September 2006, Cazenovia, NY.
Southern Tier Biennial
Olean Public Library, May – June 2005, Olean, NY,
Centrally Isolated,
Brewhouse Gallery, April 2005, Pittsburgh, PA.
The Human Rights Project,
Chapman Learning Community, January 2005, Bowling Green, OH.
Fresh
Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Jan. – Feb. 2005, Alfred, NY.
Cabin Fever
ArtSite, Dec. 2003, Wellsville, NY.
Intersculpt Ohio
Archetype Gallery, Nov. 2001 - Jan. 2002, Dayton, OH.
Domestic Affairs
City Arts Venue, June 2001, Springfield, IL,.
Beneath the Surface
Triangle Gallery, Nov. 2000 - Jan. 2001, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
RESIDENCIES
Constance Saltonstall Summer Residency
May-June 2010, Ithaca, NY
Cite Internationale des Arts
May – August 2006, Paris, France
Vermont Studio Center
May - June 2001, Johnson, VT.
Arrowmont School of Art
June 1997 - Aug. 1997, Gatlinburg, TN.
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