Pleased to announce that I have been accepted
into this group exhibition at the Painting Center ( New York)
Patterns
of Influence: Artists Who Teach
Curated
by Andrea Kantrowitz, Sue Collier and Barbara Laube
Above image: Line, 2018, Mixed media on canvas, 32.5cm W x 43cm H ( framed)
How does your artistic practice
inform your teaching practice? How does observing
and nurturing your student’s artistic growth and development impact your own
art?
Statement
I seek to create abstract forms that
are connected to a visceral essence. Whilst my work values formalism,
Tachist processes are important to enable connections to the subconscious.
Informal approaches to creating art have enabled insight for students with
mental health challenges and university students who deny their
creativity. When risk-taking, play and personal connection between
form and medium is explored, students remind me that art is embodied feeling
and is driven by inner necessity.
The Painting Center presents Patterns of
Influence, a group exhibition that brings together diverse works by 45
contemporary artists who teach in settings ranging from preschools to high
schools, community centers, prisons and universities. Their art and teaching practices
influence each other in myriad ways as well, competing for time and attention,
but also energizing and inspiring each other.
Patterns of Influence manifest in dense and layered
materials and images; both abstract and representational. In bronze relief,
wood, glass, paper, or oils on canvas, each work records a personal journey of
discovery. Underlying the rich variety of the artworks in this exhibition is a
palpable delight in art making that mirrors the mutual give and take of student
and teacher. Artist Marta Cabral explains, “I listen to my students and
help them figure out ways of relating to the world. In the studio, I try to do
the same, by exploring and listening to materials.”
These artists are reminded by their students to
stay attentive and open to experience and to others. Even in the most abstract
pieces, there is a shared sense of human presence, relatedness and adventure
that animates the work. Artist and pre-school teacher Brittany Miller writes,
“I’m going to keep trying to uncover the unknown… following the children
wherever they lead me. That’s the most exciting thing about teaching, and about
making art--we don’t know where we are going yet.”
Artists include: Peter Bonner, Alexandra Rutsch
Brock, Marta Cabral, Dionsio Cortes, Carlo D'Anselmi, Adrian Deva, Alanna Dunn,
Anne Finkelstein, Andrew Fish, Celia Gerard, Gregory Gomez, Mary Hafeli, Fiona
Halse, Vic Honigsfeld, Joseph Iacona, Leeah Joo, Melissa Joseph, Somayeh Kashi,
Franziska Klotzler, Erin Koch Smith, Melanie Kozol, Judith Kruger, Eunji Lee,
Bonnie Levine, William Low, Deborah Lutz, Karen McGarry, Samantha Melvin,
Edmund Merricle, Brittany Miller, Patricia Miranda, Kayla Mohammadi,
Katherine Mojzsis, Alan Montgomery, Indira Morre, Lotte Petricone, Jessica
Poser, Lisa Pressman, Julia Rooney, Jo Ann Rothschild, Dena Schutzer, Reuben
Sinha, Susan Stillman, Jamie Treacy, Deborah Winarski.
Exhibition Dates: July 16 – August 10, 2019
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 18, 6 - 8 pm
Panel
discussion: 10
August 2019
Exhibition
and location details: The
Painting Center, 547 West 27th Street, suite 500, New York, NY
212-343-1060
Hrs: Tuesday – Saturday 11am –
6pm
