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Artist Statement:
The act of painting for me is
both playful and subversive.
I construct liquid spaces that
are subject to ruptures and
abrupt shifts in scale.
Wormholes or portals are forms
that I have “borrowed” from
quantum physics based on their
nature as passageways between
parallel universes. For me
they are tears in the fabric
of reality or violent
intrusions of the heavens into
the earthly realm. Yet there
is a tinge of irony in my use
of wormholes, as they have
never been seen.
The wormhole represents a
mysterious event; something
unstable in the atmosphere.
It puts the viewer in a place
where they can temporarily
suspend reality and enter a
world that is more mysterious
and dreamlike. Benign objects
like flowers, mushrooms, and
children’s toys take on a
multi-referential quality,
alluding to sensuality or more
disturbing themes like wartime
destruction. Narratives are
implied by the relationships
between objects and their
surrounding spaces, but a
clear story becomes difficult
to discern. At this point the
viewer is dislocated.
Ideally, they will sense that
the imagery functions as an
analog to larger themes like
relational conflict, tragedy,
and the frailty of human life.
The work reflects my own
struggle ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO Exhibitions
2007 "As Skin: Portals,
Wormholes, and Breaches in the
Levee"
MFA Thesis Exhibit
Hiestand Gallery
Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio
2004 “Kenneth Hall”
BFA Thesis Exhibit
Columbus College of Art and
Design, Columbus, Ohio
“Spatial Energies”
Arts Annex, Grandview,
Ohio
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 "Resistance to Vision"
Manifest Creative ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
“Bright Potential Makes for
Exciting Display”, Columbus
Dispatch, August 10, 2003
“Media, Messages Run Gamut at
Yearly Show”, Columbus
Dispatch, August 11, 2002
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Collections:
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Commissions:
2004 (January-September)
William Smiley, Gahanna, Ohio,
USA. 11-painting assemblage
for residence, which included
scenery from Tuscany, Italy,
abstract imagery, and
references to art history.
The overall scale of the
assemblage is 8 ft x 8 ft.
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