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matter unmasked:
In these photographic collages everyday, familiar images are transformed into compositions that hint at invisible, underlying structures.
Individual photographs have been fractured and reassembled to symbolize the building blocks of matter. Integrating these photographic shards with intact images has created recognizable but dynamically altered scenes.
It is as if surfaces have been stripped away to expose what is underneath: configurations suggestive of fundamental molecular structures or the frenetic motion at the subatomic level.
Kathryn Dunlevie
August 2007
more than meets the eye:
Inspired by a space, I photograph it segment by segment from various vantage points. Next, I arrange and rearrange the images until a coherent composition emerges. The result—a photographic equivalent of a Cubist collage—is uneven, with visual jumps occurring wherever the edges of two photos meet. Finally, I paint, blurring the borders between photos and smoothing the abrupt shifts in perspective.
This knitting together of the disjunctive parts seems to coax the space into giving up its secrets. It is as if a plateau's sunken river bed were to unfold and rise up into the viewer's line of sight, or as if a "mirror-on-a-stick" spy-toy allowed a look straight ahead to reveal details from outside the viewer's visual scan.
The interweaving of various perspectives creates a space with twists and ripples, revealing unexpected nooks and crannies and peeks around corners. The initial photo-collage is transformed, through the act of painting, into a pictorial space where weird transitions and subtle spatial anomalies emerge.
The depiction of this new space is not just a record of what we see while moving in space over time, but includes elements that have appeared as if from beyond the customary four dimensions. Amidst the reorganization of the various perspectives, the viewer catches sight of details not visible in the original space: details suggestive of the extra dimensions posited in contemporary theoretical physics.
This new pictorial space is not just a composite of things we see as we move through space and time. It also offers glimpses of what may actually exist around us that we do not see.
Kathryn Dunlevie
September 2004
not at first glance:
Our media-saturated lives, punctuated by cell phones and computer screens, have forced us to develop a new type of perception. The rapid connect/disconnect we experience both firsthand through our senses, and vicariously through news and entertainment, creates a barrage of simultaneous and often conflicting flashes of data.
We have adapted to this overload by instantly filtering out the extraneous and assembling the relevant into ad hoc composites. In our visual sweep through the contemporary world, we no longer perceive things as “still”, but as “caught” in transit for that instant after they have registered and before they are replaced. Innumerable stimuli demand our attention and force us to step up our level of pattern formation: choosing what to keep, what to discard and how to make sense of what remains.
Integrating photography and painting, my work is a visual rendering of the structure of this new perception—not a linear catalogue, but a synthesis of pertinent images extracted from the ceaseless bombardment. The camera stands in for our eyes, recording random hits of visual information. Selection and assembly of key images function like the contemporary subconscious: editing and organizing only the most significant elements into compositions whose apparent harmony masks incongruities not obvious at first glance.
Kathryn Dunlevie
September 2001
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Kathryn Dunlevie is an artist based in Palo Alto, California. She is a two-time recipient of the Arts Council Silicon Valley Fellowship in Photography. Dunlevie's art has been featured in Artweek, A Journal of Art Criticism, San Jose Mercury News, Palo Alto Weekly, ArtLies, ArtShift San Jose, The New York Times-- among other publications.
Dunlevie has exhibited internationally-- her extensive exhibit history includes exhibits at Vertigo Gallery in London, at Studio Thomas Kellner in Germany, and at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery.
A graduate of Rice University, Dunlevie also studied film at the University of Paris, photography in Madrid, and painting at California College of Art. |
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| A graduate of Rice University, Dunlevie also studied film at the University of Paris, photography in Madrid, and painting at California College of Art. |
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| SOLO EXHIBITS |
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2008-
FotoFest 2008: Matter Unmasked, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas
2006-
FotoFest 2006: More than Meets the Eye, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas
Double Take, Chelsea Art Gallery, Palo Alto, California
2005-
Arts Council Silicon Valley Visual Artist Fellowships in Photography, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
2004-
FotoFest 2004: Glimpses, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas
Not at First Glance, Toronto Photographers Workshop: Gallery TPW, Toronto, Canada
2003-
Urban Entree, Anita Seipp Gallery, Palo Alto, California
2002-
Double Take, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas
FotoFest 2002: Urban Revisions, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Radius Award Exhibition, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California
Urban Landscapes, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri
2001-
Arts Council Silicon Valley Visual Artist Fellowships in Photography, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
2000-
Paintings, Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, California
1995-
Past Times Three, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University, Stanford, California
1994-
Recent Works, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
1993-
Radius Award Exhibition, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California
Obsessions, San Jose Art League, San Jose, California
The New Baby's Dreams, Acme Glass Building, Palo Alto, California
1992-
New Works, Studio Raid, Los Angeles, California
1990-
Recent Works, Union Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
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(selected group exhibitions)
2008-
Rising Stars, Belgravia Gallery, London, England
Objects of Power and Devotion: Contemporary Photography from the Americas, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.
photographers : network, Studio Thomas Kelner, Seigan, Germany
Realities and Illusions, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin, California
2007-
Faith Placed, DeSaisset Museum, Santa Clara, California
Things that Roll, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California
Opposite City Hall, Pacifica Art League, Palo Alto, California
Four Artists; Four Approaches to Art, Anita Seipp Gallery, Palo Alto, California
Photography / San Francisco, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC
Spring Exhibition, Bill Gould Design, San Jose California
An Affair with Art and Artists, Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art, Redwood City, California
2006-
ArtLondon, Vertigo Gallery, London, England
Curator’s Incubator: The Photograph as Representation and Reflection of Cultural Objects, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland
Obsessive Nature, Heritage Fine Arts Collaborative, San Jose, California
photographers : network, Studio Thomas Kellner, Siegen, Germany
Photography, Paul Allen Center for Integrated Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, California
2005-
The Diorama, Mission 17, San Francisco, California
The Diptych, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas
Site Creations Mural Project, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, California
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts
New American Talent, Arthouse, Austin, Texas
Photo San Francisco: San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
Thirty by Thirty, Vertigo Gallery, London, England
Truth and Lies, Mission 17, San Francisco, California
2004-
The Art of Exchange, Burnes Institut, Stuttgart, Germany
Fresh Work IV: Actualities, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida
Kathryn Dunlevie, Jessica Dunne, Judy Krasnick, Toru Sugita, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
Public Art Commission Exhibition, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, California
Thirty by Thirty, Vertigo Gallery, London, England
2003-
Bytes and Pieces: the Art of Contemporary Collage, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
25th Anniversary Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
Recreated Realities, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado
Miniatures, Hooks Epstein Galleries, Houston Texas
2002-
Round One, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas
2001-
Current Works 2001, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri
Objects Considered, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek , California
2001 Narration: Emblem and Sequence in Contemporary Art, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut
The Box, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas
2000-
Timekeepers, San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, California
Inspired by Title, Terrain, San Francisco, California
1999-
Regional Artists, San Jose Art League, San Jose, California
1998-
Bay Area Video, YLEM at the Exploratorium, San Francisco, California
Bay Area Art, The Heritage Fine Arts Collaborative, San Jose, California
The Female Gaze: Women Looking at Men, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
1997-
Finding the Fulcrum, 111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, California
Bra-haus West, Anita Seipp Gallery, Palo Alto, California
1996-
Recast: The Image Transmuted, Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, California
1995-
On Oscar Wilde, Terrain, San Francisco, California
Chair-ished Memories, Anita Siepp Gallery, Palo Alto, California
1994-
Women and the Body, Works/San Jose, San Jose, California
Visual Cymbals, San Jose State University Art Gallery, San Jose, California
Homage to the Bard, Terrain, San Francisco, California
Syntex: 50 Years, Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, California
1993-
Gallery Artists, Terrain, San Francisco, California
Icons, Objects, Fetishes, Studio Raid, Los Angeles, California
Defying Assumptions: Women and Age, Works/San Jose, San Jose, California
1992-
Small Works: Jewels to Behold, Studio Raid, Los Angeles, California
1991-
Addressing Images, San Jose Art League, San Jose, California
Introductions, Peter Lembcke Gallery, San Francisco, California
Bedford Biennial, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
Art First, City of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
1990 -
Two Dimensional Reality, San Jose Art League, San Jose, California
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2008-
Allen. “Flights of Fancy at Hooks-Epstein”, Bayou Dawn, March 11
Fielder, Garland. “Kathryn Dunlevie at Hooks-Epstein”, ArtLies, No. 58, Summer
Goodwin-Guerrero, Erin. “Silicon Valley Printmakers Shine at the San Jose ICA”, ArtShift San Jose, Summer
Goodwin-Guerrero, Erin. “Art Party par Excellence”, ArtShift San Jose, Spring
Kellner, Thomas. “women”, photographers : network 2008, June
2007-
Goodwin-Guerrero, Erin. “Spring Exhibition at Bill Gould Design”, ArtShift San Jose, Spring
Nimrod International Journal: Crossing Borders, Spring Summer, Vol. 50, No. 2, The University of Tulsa Press, pp. 95, 190.
2006-
Gerwers, Thomas. “Photographers:Network, Selection 2006: Imagine”, Profifoto, Nr. 6, juni, pp. 14-21.
Goncalves Borrega, Fabian. “The Object as Representation and Reflection of Cultural Objects”, Maryland Art Place Fourth Annual Curators’ Incubator, pp 2-8.
Kellner, Thomas. “imagine”, photographers:network selection 2006, June 24.
Morris, Barbara. “Double Take at Chelsea Art Gallery”, Artweek, Volume 37, Issue 6, July/August, pp 12-13.
Wallace, Rebecca. “Modern Cubist”, Palo Alto Weekly, Vol. XXVII, No. 66, May 19, p. 11.
2005-
"ACSV Awards", Artweek, Vol. 36, Issue 4, May, p.2
de la Vina, Mark. "Seven Bay Area Artists Win Arts Council Fellowships", San Jose Mercury News, Mar. 19.
"New American Talent at Arthouse", ...might be good, a project of fluent-collaborative, Issue 47, June 24, Austin, Texas.
Nimrod International Journal: Metamorphosis: the Power of Change, Fall/Winter, Vol. 49, No. 1, The University of Tulsa Press, p. 90.
2004-
"Auction Action: San Jose", International Art Treasures Web Magazine, October.
Murphy, James, PhD. Fresh Work IV: Actualities-New Photographic Art Engaging the Themes of Representation, Reality and Illusion, Southeast Museum of Photography.
Nimrod International Journal: Awards 26: Fabulae! What Work Is, Fall/Winter, Vol. 48, No. 1, The University of Tulsa, pp 23, 101, 123.
Simon, Kim. "Kathryn Dunlevie-California", SCANS, Vol. 1, Issue 6, November 21.
Snyder, Don. "Not at First Glance: The Images of Kathryn Dunlevie", Gallery TPW Panascopic Journal, January.
2003-
Bravo, Monica. “Revisiones urbanas”, La Fotografia Actual, Ano 15, No. 95, pp. 6-9.
Fischer, Jack. “Cutting Edge Collage”, San Jose Mercury News, 13 March, p. 1F, 7F.
Paglia, Michael. "Art Beat", Westworld, Sept. 18-24.
2002-
Reiley, Laura. “Circle Stars”, Palo Alto Weekly, Vol. XXIII, Number 66, May 17, p. 26.
Urban Revisions”, FotoFest 2002: Classicism and Beyond, p.226
2001-
Zimmer, William. “Creative Works With a Political Edge”, The New York Times, June 24, p. CT 11.
"Arts Council Names Photography Fellows”, Artweek, Vol. 32, Issue 3, March, p. 24.
2000-
Golonu, Berin. “Previews: Kathryn Dunlevie”, Artweek, Vol. 31, Issue 9, September, pp. front cover, 6.
Fischer, Jack. “P.A. Artist Blends Art, Photography”, San Jose Merury News, 1 October, pp. 1E, 9E.
Coleman, Sarah. “Critic’s Choice: Art”, The San Franciso Bay Guardian, Jun 7-13, p. 104.
Knight, Heather. “Artist’s Quirky Vision”, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 September, p. PN3.
"Hot Tickets”, San Francisco Magazine, September.
Hunt, Bill. “Photo SF”, Photo Metro, Vol. 18, Issue 160, September, pp. 24, 28.
Coleman, Sarah. “Timekeepers at SF Camerawork”, Artweek, Vol. 31, Issue 7/8, July/August.
Helfand, Glen. “The Bends”, Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Art -Timekeepers, Volume 27, No. 1, Spring/Summer, pp. (-18), (+18), (+19).
1996-
Thoma, Marta.“Issues of Power and Control: The Art of Kathryn Dunlevie”, (detail) A Journal of Art Criticism, Fall.
"Cutting Edge Art for a Silent Night”, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 December.
1995-
Wykes, S. L. “Layering in Her Meanings”, San Jose Mercury News, 3 November.
Hayde, Monica. “An Exhibit to Chair-ish”, Palo Alto Weekly, 29 December.
1994-
Davis, Randal. “Cacophony”, Artweek, Vol. 25, No. 21, 3 November.
McQuaid, Sally. “Visual Cymbals: High and Low Notes”, Artist/Writer, November.
Sobel, Ceevah. “Visual Cymbals”, South Bay Area Women's Caucus for Art Newsletter, December.
Miller, Judith. “Allegories of Fragmentation”, (detail) A Journal of Art Criticism, Fall.
1993-
Sherman, Ann Elliott. “Art of Ages”, Metro, 15-21 July.
Hayde, Monica. “Finding the Radius”, Palo Alto Weekly, 22 July.
McQuaid, Sally. “PACC First Annual Juried Exhibition” Artist/Writer, July.
1992-
Howell, George. “Exposed and Withholding: Kathryn Dunlevie's Spiritual Progress”, June.
McMaster, Kady. “These Artists are All Heart”, San Jose Mercury News, February 12.
1991-
Sherman, Ann Elliott.“Clothes Make The Women”, Metro, 8-14 April.
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AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
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Arts Council Silicon Valley: Visual Artist Fellowship in Photography
City of Palo Alto: Award for the Arts
2003-
Peninsula Community Foundation Artists Fund: Grant Recipient
2002-
Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka Fellowship Award: Nominated Artist
Palo Alto Art Center: Radius Award
2001-
Houston Center for Photography Annual Photography Fellowships: Honorable Mention
Adelide Kent Award: Nominated Artist
2000-
Arts Council Silicon Valley: Visual Artist Fellowship in Photography
1993- Palo Alto Art Center: Radius Award
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