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Artist Exhibitions:
Exhibitions/2004-08
[2008] "Intimate Whispers,"
Solo-Show of four new Limited
Edition
Collections of Original
Digital Prints at the Botero
Galleries,
in Naples, FL, Apr.
10-30; accompanied by book
signed of the
artist's book
entitled: Original Giclee
Prints: Intimate
Whispers. 78 pp., 50+
ils. Published by J. ...
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Artist Galleries:
Bailey's work has been shown
at: [see also "Exhibitions"]
Botero Galleries (Naples,
Florida)
Kennedy Studios (Marco
Island, Florida)
Mountain Shadow Gallery
(Tucson, Arizona)
Soho Myriad Gallery
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Guests Gallery (Online
Gallery)
...
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Artist Reviews:
[2007]"Who's Who in World
Art," Art Domain Gallery,
Leipzig,
Germany. [in press]
[2006]"Annual Directory," New
York Arts Magazine, Fall,
il. Eternidad.
[2006]"Estero Artist's Work
Lands in Big Apple," Gulf
Coasting,
The News-Press, by
Charles Runnells, Aug. 16,
pp.1-4, il.
Barnum & Bailey
[Circus...
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Collections:
Botero Galleries, Inc.,
Naples, Marco Island, Florida
Jerry & Dusti Beaubien,
Birmingham, Alabama
Museum of the Americas, Miami,
Florida
Carol and David Nevins, Port
Matilda, Pennsylvania
Robert Berney Miami,Florida
Hilda and Anthony O'Riordan,
Co. Dublin, Ireland
Kimberly Keiser, Atlanta,
Georgia
Berney-Bailey Collection,
Estero, Florida
Anthony and Vida Vrckovnik,...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Statement for Joyce Waddell Bailey
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2008 UPDATE:The artist's new line of ORIGINAL GICLEE PRINTS (four Collections of Limited Edition Digital Images shown below) and book on the same subject have been enthusiastically received and reviewed. Her first solo-show exhibiting the sixteen new prints was held at the Botero Galleries (April 10-30) in Naples, FL (see photos of Opening).
Howling Dog, a new impression from the Purple Passion Collection was selected by curator Audry Leeds for the "Art Envisions Science" exhibit at the Walter LeCroy Gallery, New York Hall of Science (May 18-July 13). The event is co-sponsored by the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) and the Hall of Science.
2007 Update: The Upstream People Gallery (Omaha, Neb.)will exhibit five of Bailey's paintings (Calabacita, Jack in the Beanstalk, Rouge et Noir, Midnight Masquerade, Avant Garden) in the "9th Annual Abstraction International Online Juried Art Exhibition." Juror, Prof. Larry Bradshaw(Univ. of Nebraska), selected Jack in the Beanstalk for a Special Recognition Award. The show will continue online for October and may be viewed anytime in the Exhibition Archive until October 2008.
2007 Update: The Jury for the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA)in NYC has voted Bailey as a new member. She will be formally inducted in November. NAWA is one of the oldest and most prestigious artist's organizations: it was founded in 1889 and has exhibited the work of members such as Mary Cassatt, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. For a brief period, the organization was named the "National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors."
2007 Update: See new DVD: www.YouTube.com search "Kristal Hart" then scroll down to "Bailey." [from Amsterdam Whitney Gallery - NYC]
2007 Update: "Art in Context: An Exhibition of Art and Design," a collaboration between Art and Design (Adrienne Tranter, Designer)in the Robb & Stucky Show rooms/gallery. July 9 - 30. Seminar was conducted on July 12 to consider methods of formal analysis of artwork and discuss the art of naming paintings. Ft. Myers, FL.
2007 Update: "Joyce Waddell Bailey's Organic Inspiration,"
by Ed McCormack, in Gallery & Studio Magazine, [NYC], Apr/May,
p. 25., il. Gloroioso.
2007 Update: New Web Site http://www.joycewaddellbailey.com
2006 Update: N.Y.ARTS magazine featured the artist's work in
the 1st Annual Directory, included as a supplement to the Nov.-Dec.
issue of N.Y.Arts magazine. [il., Eternidad]
2006 Update: Roman Candles appeared in Artists Directory, ARTnews, Dec., p. 164.
2006 Update: Florida International Magazine featured Bailey in
"FIM Artist Showcase," p. 99, 2006, il. Blast Off (O/C, 48" H X 60" W). See also pp. 64 [Blast Off], p. 117 [Gallery Guide, Eternidad,
O/C, 60" H X 96" W], p. 122, "JBailey Studio," and p. 136 [Woodwinds, O/C, 30" X 30"], 2006.
2006 Update: "Best of Florida Artists Registry,"
City Arts Factory, Orlando Arts District, Orlando, FL., Oct. 20-
Nov.10, 2006. [Woodwinds]
2006 Update:"Paintings inspired by the Peten Rain Forest," [Jack in the Beanstalk and Greensleeves] are on exhibit at Botero Galleries, Inc., Naples, FL. Please call Kathy Botero, 239-596-4644 for more information and a Free Trial in the Naples-Ft.Myers, FL. area.
2006 Update: The artist's work, Avant Garden (see below), was selected as a winner in the Chelsea Global Showcase 2006 exhibit, sponsored by the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery(511 West 25th St., Chelsea, MYC, Aug. 4-25).The purpose of the Showcase, according to Executive Director-Curator Ruthie Tucker,is to introduce the collector and art professional "...to the most promising, dynamic and innovative talent in the international art world." (Amsterdam Whitney brochure)
In a recent solo show (Feb.-Mar. 2006, Kennedy Studio, Marco Island, FL)entitled "Encounter with Nature: Aerated Abstractions," the artist explored a variety of technical treatments and compositional configurations that enhance the expressive quality the oil paintings.
ARTISTS STATEMENT - Philosophically, the artist strives to create an experience of beauty--a positive aesthetic experience in the mind of the viewer. This experience may be perceived on various levels but will be enhanced with continued formal exposure to the artist's work. The notion that beauty is not knowable, or is suspect, is a generational anomaly. As a matter of fact, the striving for beauty is one of the universal qualities in the history of the vusual arts--the artist may not know any of the ancient Mayan languages, for example, but the formal communication is clear and immediate.
There is, in other words, a formal continuum in the visual arts that ebbs and flows in various channels of perception--some formal complexes are exhausted, others continue. One of the conditions of being an "artist," according to Bailey, is to be sensible to this
continuum.
Bailey's work, for the most part, is inspired by observation of unique forms in Nature (especially florae). This "observation" triggers an avalanche of visual associations that may be recorded
in sketches, photographs, actual cuttings from the subject under
observation. From the multitude images pooled in this way, only a few make to the preparatory compositional stage. The compositions are transferred to canvas by a grid-system that enlarges forms from a one to four inch ratio. If, during the first two weeks of painting on the canvas, the images develop in a manner satisfactory to the artist's intention, then the canvas set-up in the studio for further work--if not, the painting is scraped and sanded and prepared for an entirely new composition.
DESCRIPTION OF RECENT PAINTINGS:
The new paintings--Blast Off (48"H X 60" W) and Moon Glow (60" H X 48" W)--divert the viewer to the modalities of outer space. Rouge et Noir unfolds giant red containers on a scultpured black armature. Hall of the Mountain King (48" H X 60" H) and Eternidad (60" H X 96" W) address otherworldly experiences.
Technically, Bailey pushes oil glazing to a new level to achieve the luminosity of tropical colors; her brushstrokes sweep through the forms suggesting subtle breezes or dance movements(Melonberries, Roman Candles, Merengue, Plum Pudding, Avant Garden, Green Tusks).
In Star Brite the viewer is placed inside the bougainvillea bracts and is privy to the feeling of warm, glowing shapes articulated by sunlight outside. The scattered damage caused by the moth larvae, is converted to clumps of glowing stained glass, The viewer has a private showing of the unfolding of a dark spike into a beautiful tiny white flower. Every painterly technique is used to create a beautiful intimate space to see the everyday magic of the
bougainvillea's existence. Green Tusks shares the same type of
intimacy with the viewer.
Roman Candles anid Fourth of July were inspired by the same Tillandsia plant. The latter surges out of a small space (about 1/8") in a mature, imaginary plant. The light floods in behind the stiff petals, which glow like silk. In the mature plant, the tiny spikes adopt the paraphernalia of aged prophets and Navy Lieutenants with a lot of "brass" (yellow petals).
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Academically her studies included studio art, history of art, anthropology, archaeology and arts administration with degrees from:Yale University (M. Phil., Ph.D), Tulane University(M.A.), Youngstown University with study courses at the Butler Institute of American art (B.A. cum laude). and a 2 year Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Harvard University.
Bailey has taught studio and art history at, among others, Southern Connecticut State University, Mt. Holyoke College, Smith College, Amherst College, University of Massachusetts, and Hampshire College. She was also Curator of the Berney-Bailey collection (a portion "Mexican Graphics") was sold at Christie's Auction <7788 (New York).
She served as General Editor and Principal Investigator for the
Handbook of Latin American Art, the first research tool in the field of Latin American Art (1978-1986). This project, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and numerous research teams throughout the Western Hemisphere, was published by ABC CLIO: Santa Barbara, CA. (3 Vols. 1984-6).
Additional information on Bailey's exhibitions, collections, catalogs, publications, honors, awards and grants is available on request.
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