Talent mutantsloth

Channel:

Art

Genres:

Abstract, Fantastic Realism, Fetish, Figurative, Gothic, Mixed Media, Morbid, Multimedia, Portrait, Realism, Surrealism

Roles:

Artist, Illustrator - Traditional, Painter

Specialties:

Painting.

BFA. Fine Arts. BA. Art History.

I explore a number of themes in my work, mainly the fragility of the human body and mind; disease and injury. My source imagery often comes from vintage photos I collect, early medical and memorial imagery. I am attracted to the way early photographers blur the line between artistic portraiture and medical illustration. Modern medical images tend to simply show a condition, devoid of the individual. Contrarily, vintage medical photographs portray debilitating physical conditions in a notably artistic way. Often times they are not anonymous, resembling artfully done portraits. If they do attempt anonymity, it has an entirely different effect, giving a leper the appearance of a classically draped nude or giving the subject a fetish-like appearance by awkwardly covering the individual’s features with bands of fabric. My attraction to these images reflects a desire for my work to mirror these sentiments of beauty and distress, but at the same time take them a step further in a way that photography cannot.

I embrace accidental results in my work, as well as the spontaneity and lack of control of some mediums. My experimentation is not always obvious, but I think numerous layers and textures add distinction to a finished painting. I like the effect of these traditionally “abstract” methods of painting alongside classically “accomplished” techniques and I want my work to be a successful blending of the two.

I often use vintage and recycled materials. I collect everything from textiles and paper to antique vials of powdered pigments and oils. I also use antique paper from books that are in disrepair, some as early as the 17th Century. The handmade quality of these items, discoloration from age and well worn textures are welcome deviations from the standard artistic materials. The history and past life aura of these materials offer additional inspiration to my artistic process.

MyArtSpace.com Premium Selection 2/19/08

myartspace WEEKLY FEATURED ART: 10.18.08

People's Choice Award - 2007 NEMAA Fall Fine Arts Show

Puella Selected for Featured Artist work for the Tales from the Black Lodge exhibition.

Red Sky chosen and featureed for 2007 Art-A-Whirl press releases, appearing in such publications as Pioneer Press and L'etoile Magazine.

One of four BFA students from the University of MN selected for the Hopkins Center for the Arts 'Best of Undergraduate Show'.

Best Piece in Show - 2004 CLA art fair, Northrup Auditorium, University of MN.

UPCOMING / CURRENT SHOWS:

May 15th - June 15th, 2008. "Arte Bogota08", Bogota, Columbia. 30 artists invited to show Art in Bogota Colombia from different parts of the world. Esto No Es Una Galería Ltda. Calle 90 # 15-63

ART-A-WHIRL 2008: May 16th-18th. 79 13TH AVE NE # 203.

May - June - Emmons & Olivier Resources Inc. environmental consulting firm.

July 2008 - The Independent.

October 2-25, 2008. "Tales from the Black Lodge: Surreal and otherworldly artwork inspired in part by the David Lynch Subculture" @ Altered Esthetics.

PAST SHOWS

2/15/08 - 3/31/08 Solo Show: Spyhouse Mpls

1/31/08 - 2/28/08 "Anxiety Dreams: How artists respond to the stresses of daily life through the filter of dreams." a juried art show at the Q.armabuilding.

12-9-07 "PROJECTIONS: an experiment in ephemeral space" at El Colegio

Nov 2007 - NEMAA Fall Fine Arts Show
August 1st 2007 - Sample Circuit Event @ Spill the Wine in Minneapolis.

July 21st 2007 - Fallout Gallery Art Fest

June 15 2007 - Jon Oulman Gallery

May 2007 - Spinario Design Gallery

Nov 10th - 12th 2006, NEMAA Fall Fine Arts Show

Oct 13th - Nov 10th, 2006 "The Art of Horror" juried art show at Altered Esthetics

Red Hot Art, Steven's Square Center for the Arts, Steven's Square, Minneapolis, MN, June 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2006

Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis, MN, May through June, 2006

Art-a-whirl, Grainbelt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN, June 19th, 20th and 21st, 2006

4/18/05 - 5/13/05 Regis Center for the Arts, U of M BFA exhibition

1/20/05 - 2/27/05 Hopkins Center for the Arts, Best of Undergraduate Show

11/04 - 12/04 Solomon's Porch

11/04 CLA Art Fair, U of M Northrup Auditorium

1/03 - 2/03 25 Artists Under 25 @ the Babylon

6/03 Gloria Dei Show @ The Fallout

6/24 Fallout Art Fest

8/1 - 9/4 2007 MN State Fair Juried Art Show

Painting.

Vintage photography - especially 19th century post mortem & medical photographs & daguerreotypes, Francis Bacon, Gilbert & George, Egon Schiele, Medical illustrations and photographs - especially vintage ones, Joel-Peter Witkin, too many other contemporary and classic artists to list, the great masters. The brothers Quay.