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artist statementFor the past two years I have been exploring the structural components, visual imagery, and social implications of human adipose tissue, or fat cells. I have visually explored these aspects by merging representational fashion imagery, text and mixed media with abstract, cellular forms. While the current issues of body image, the media, and America’s ever widening waistline are peripheral components; my focus is on the literal manifestation of human expansion. I am interested in the juxtaposition of mass consumption and the growing of the body, which is frequently seen as ugly, or distasteful, with the often beautiful, vibrant scientific documentation of fat cells. I am also interested in the materiality of human fat. It can be manifested as a gelatinous belly, as a flapping arm or as a yellowish gray matter in a high resolution MRI. I am experimenting and discovering how that materiality can translate successfully into a painting while still referencing the ideas-the structure, imagery, and social implications of fat cells that I find to be the unifying theme of these paintings. education2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and DrawingThe Ohio State University, Summa Cum Laude 2003 February-June Prague Academy of Fine Arts Czech Republic Painting Studio Workshop grants and awards2007 DC Commission on the Arts and HumanitiesYoung Artist Program Grant, Washington, D.C. 2004 Lead Artist Wright Dunbar Neighborhood Mural Project, Dayton, Ohio 2004 Commission for featured artwork Culture Works, Dayton, Ohio 2003 Edith Fergus Gillmore Scholarship in the Arts The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio solo exhibits2003 Measured ClaritySpace Lab, Columbus, Ohio group exhibitions2007 ArtomaticCrystal City, Virginia 2006 Much Ado About Nothing, The Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, D.C. 2006 Measure for Measure The Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, D.C. 2006 Faculty Show The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, D.C. 2003 Foreigner’s Apartment Show Prague Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic 2003 Click: Digital Works Policka Fine Arts, Policka, Czech Republic teaching positions2007 Youth Instructor varied mediaLevine School of Music Arts Camp, Washington, D.C. 2004-2007 Adult and Youth Instructor Painting & Drawing The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, D.C. 2004 Youth and Adult Instructor Painting & Installation Art Rosewood Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio 2003-2004 Youth Instructor Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Mixed Media K-12 Gallery for Young People, Dayton, Ohio |