Juli Adams

  Michelle Anderst

  Carole Barrer

  James Caudle

  Daniel Cautrell

  Sara Everett

  Cristin Ford

  Mattie Iverson

  Lisa Jacoby

  Weston Jandacka

  Kathy Liao

  Doug Mandt

  Liz Maxfield

  Janet Nechama Miller

  Teresa Morani

  Aimee Mori

  Erik Owen

  Jim Pirie

  Kate Protage

  Grego Rachko

  Stan Raucher

  Lee Richmond

  Lanae Rivers-Woods

  Angela Scott

  Chris Sheridan

  Rick Simpson

  Jason Stauffer

  Leslie Stoner

  Brad Strain

  Ken Van der Does

  Misha Van de Veire

  Chris White

  Harry Woods

  Rebeqa Rivers

  James "Shoes"

  Walker

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Artist Statement:

Art reflects the process of its manufacture. Like Paul Klee, I make work to discover what I don't know. I make art to live more intensely, to learn something about myself and the human condition, and to change.

My approach to the creative act in the studio can be summed up in four words: expression through methodological formalism. This formula encapsulates my belief that form and content are inseparable, that formal analysis is a means of discovering content, and that content matures and becomes clarified though the internal pressure of form.

By “expression” I do not mean the encoding of consciously held ideas in visual form; or emoting, the spontaneous outpouring of feelings. “Expression” in my sense of the word is a function of an artist’s character and his entire working life, which includes his failures and his choice of models.

My purpose as an artist is ultimately to communicate meaning to the viewer, to engage them in a process which is both existential and cognitive. The most significant meanings I find in my work are the ones I discover through the process of making the work. These milestones are what make the journey fulfilling.

Biography:

Education

1991  MFA, University of Washington (Painting and Drawing); Seattle, WA

1987  BA, Indiana University at South Bend (Philosophy/Art minor); South Bend, IN

Selected Exhibitions

2008    

Blache Ames National Art Exhibition. Juror: Richard Whitten. Work accepted: Your Move. 2007.

Art Center of Northern New Jersey. Juror: Stacey Goergen, Curatorial Department, Whitney Museum of American Art. Work exhibited: Trinity, 2007.

2007    

Will's Creek Survey, Allegany Art Council. Juror: Jeffrey W. Allison, Paul Mellon Collection Educator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Coordinator of Statewide Programs for the Museum. Work exhibited: Whose Move? 2006

(2) Alexandria Museum of Art. Juror: Peter Jones, Professor of Art, Louisiana Tech University. Work exhibited: (1) Whose Move?, 2006. (2) Crossing # 2, 2006

Texas National, Stephen F. Austin University. Juror: Roger Shimomura. Work Exhibited: Whose Move?, 2006.

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