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Artist Exhibitions:
2009
Recesselation, SPOKE Gallery,
Chicago, IL
Spring BFA Exhibition,
Sullivan Galleries, Chicago,
IL
2008
Naestved International
Exhibition of Contemporary
Mini Square Prints, Naestved
Roennebaeksholm Art & Culture
Center, Denmark (permanent
collection)
Black Moon Lilith, CB:AG,
Phoenix, Arizona (solo)
Black Moon Lilith, Einstein
Bros. Bagels, Tempe, Az (solo)
2007
Coup de ...
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Collections:
Naestved Roennebaeksholm Art &
Culture Center Permanent
Collection, Denmark
Printmaking Student
Association collection,
Arizona State University ...
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Commissions:
Ashton Dykert, commissioned
painting
Elena
Sarn, commissioned painting
On the “By the Wayside”
album/CD label.
Commissioned for mural in New
York, New York.
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Artist Statement for Kim Leutwyler
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I create large scale figure paintings of queer-identified women and transgenders, particularly those who have become mainstream, depoliticized and assimilated into a commodity. In order to meet the needs of their social environment, they modify their bodies and take on various permutations of androgyny and femininity in order to become palatable to both sexes. One aspect of my most recent work I consider significant to my artistic practice is my use of artificial flowers.
Generally speaking, flowers in fine art raise more questions than they answer. Though their visual appeal is straightforward, the interpretation of their bewildering array of meaning is complicated, and often contradictory. The flower can function as a vehicle for contemplating concepts of sex, decay, gender politics, our environment, decadence, ceremony, and the mutability of life, love and death. Since flowers are the sexual expression of a plant, they can function as a subtle vernacular to portray the layers and complexities of sexuality that I deal with in my work.
I use primarily recycled/rescued silk flowers that each have a history of their own to build an iconic arrangement upon which the viewer can cast their own interpretations. However I do not deny my own complex allusion to art history. By combining the traditions of painting and floral ornamentation, I have created a sumptuous visual feast for lovers of art history, while retaining a beauty for anyone to appreciate. The use of white silk flowers in particular, gives me total control over their final color, and allows me to explore flower politics in an artificial gesture. When fused with my paintings, they speak to the transient nature of life and ‘beauty’. These flowers and the painted image will outlive both you and I.
I am dedicated to my studio practice and intend to continue making art throughout the course of my life, no matter what path my career may take. In the future, I see my artwork marking a sexually fluid presence and stimulating dialogue in both the feminist and mainstream art worlds.
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