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My work is all about the materials, combining diverse materials in a way that stimulates a thought or emotion. From my very first experiments with mosaic in the landscape, I recognized the power which is inherent in those materials. I became a facilitator, as the materials did their magic.
In my first two-dimensional pieces, I sought to make the materials do things they wouldn't do naturally. I would combine ceramic ware, and hand cut it in erratic shapes and re-combined with a static background of another "hard" material, such as glass tiles. I wanted the ceramic pieces to become fluid. In one of those first pieces, "Ever So", the china appears to drape itself over and under the glass.
As I worked my way through the technical learning curve, I found myself drawn further to textural materials and the effects which result from combinations of diverse materials. Today, my studio is visual chaos to an observer, but it is a womb for me. While I work, I am surrounded by shelves of kitsch, ceramics and glass, a wall of rocks, stone & crystals... it's a carnival of visual stimuli which is my inspiration.
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| EDUCATION |
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Education
BFA, 1979 Art History, with emphasis on Arts Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Professional Experience in the Arts
Gallery Assistant, Art Sales Gallery for Virginia Artists, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1979-1982
Director, Second Street Gallery, an alternative arts space, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1982-1986
Independent Mosaic Studies
2007, Workshop, "A Lighter Base for 3-D Mosaics: Polystyrene Forms and Polymer Fortified Concrete", with Sherri Warner Hunter
2007, Workshop, "Design for Mosaics", with Emma Biggs
2007, Conference, Society of American Mosaic Artists - Pheonix, AZ
2007, Workshop with Ilana Shafir, Washington, DC
2005, Workshop, "Winterstone for Sculpture", with Heather Dadek
2005. Workshop, "Mosaic Basics", with Shug Jones and Karen Ami
2005, Conference, Society of American Mosaic Artists - Washington, DC
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| REPRESENTATION |
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C’ville Arts, Charlottesville, Virginia
Black Rock Gallery, Wintergreen, Virginia
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| SOLO EXHIBITS |
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2007, Life in Pieces, solo exhibition, C’ville Arts gallery
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| GROUP EXHIBITS |
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2007, A Handmade Season, group show, Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro, Virginia
2006, American Mosaic Project, group show sponsored by the Society of American Mosaic Artists, exhibited at High Risk Gallery, Chicago,Illinois
2005, American Mosaic Project, sponsored by SAMA, exhibited at Eleven-Eleven Scupture Space, Washington, D.C.
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| ARTICLES |
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Art featured with article, “City Styles, Country Miles: Charlottesville, Va., is brimming with art and architecture” by Margaret Lucke, AmericanStyle magazine, April 2008
Mosaic Art Now, New Directions in Modern Mosaic Art: An International Perspective, published by Bill Buckingham and Michael Welch, February 2008
Art featured with article, Daily Progress newspaper, January 2008 (click here for article)
Mosaic Yearbook, 2005-2007, published by Bill Buckingham and Lynn Moor
Art featured with article, “Mosaic: Tesserae,” by Tammy Wise, Glass Craftsman, Aug/Sept 2005
Art featured on EBSQ, Featured Gallery, “Glass”, June 2005
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Organizations
Society of American Mosaic Artists
C’ville Arts: an Artists’ Cooperative
British Association of Modern Mosaicists |
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