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Artist Statement:
Being an artist and a nurse, I
am interested in what it means
to be human and what
constitutes illness, health,
and wholeness. In addition to
being influenced by science, I
am inspired by futurist and
evolutionary theories,
spirituality, mythology,
nature, transpersonal
psychology, and women’s
studies. These disciplines
inform my creative process and
provide interesting insights
into the end results. I am
curious about the effects of
change and loss on our bodies,
minds, and spirits, how we
transform and heal, and what
the role of hope is in the
process. So in my paintings,
found object sculptures,
music, and writing, I am
constructing, deconstructing,
recycling, and reconstructing
information and materials in
ways that encourage and open
internal and external
dialogues. I have just
started exhibiting, “She is So
Composed”, a grouping of works
inspired and loosely related
to studies I did of the
twelfth century mystic,
Hildegard de Bingen; American
woman composer, Amy Beach; and
performance artist, Laurie
Anderson. I see the exhibit
as a living organism. I am
looking forward to allowing it
to change with each showing;
growing, reducing, altering,
and evolving in time and space
as I see myself doing.
Through all these
explorations, I ...
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Artist Reviews:
USF Alumni Magazine (July
2008)
WUSF, Tampa, Florida, USA 2006
American Art
Collectors-Southeast, Alcove
Books, 2006...
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Collections:
South Carolina State Parks,
USA
Best Western Westshore Hotel,
Tampa, Florida, USA
City of Clearwater,
Clearwater, Florida, USA
Our Place Restaurant & Garden
Patio, Rehoboth Beach,
Delaware, USA
RMF Care Management, Palm
Harbor, Florida, USA
Less Stress Massage, Palm
Harbor, Florida, USA
Blue Orchid Accupuncture, Palm
Harbor, Florida, USA
Captains Quarters, ...
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Commissions:
Best Western Hotel, Tampa,
Florida, USA
Our Place Restaurant & Garden
Patio, Rehoboth Beach,
Delaware, USA
Captain's Quarters, Dunedin,
Florida, USA
Dr. Carole Medveskey,
Clearwater, Florida, USA
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Exhibitions for Kathy Iwanowski:
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Selected exhibitions:
EcoVisions, PlatformArt, Polk Community College (Mar/Apr 2009)
Gallery620, St Petersburg, FL (Mar/Apr 2009)
Artist's Way Coop Gallery, Clearwater, FL (Feb.4-28, 2009)
Polka Dot Tour, Florida 2007
H.Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 2006-2007
Bright House Networks, St. Petersburg, FL 2005-2008
Seminole County Arts in Public Places, Sanford, FL 2006
Patel Foundation for Global Understanding, Tampa FL 2005
City Hall of Safety Harbor, Florida 2004
Lofts of Winter Park Village, Winter Park FL 2004
Empty Bowls, Tampa, Florida 2003
City Hall of Hollywood, Florida 2003
Tampa Bay Tour of Turtles, Florida 2002
Marie Selby Gardens,Sarasota,Florida,2001
Syd Entel Galleries,Safety Harbor,Florida,2001
East West Gallery,St Petersburg,Florida,2000
Sarasota Visual Arts Center,Sarasota,Florida,1999
Oncology Nursing Conference,Washington,DC,1998
Southeast Florida Exhibition,Tuscaloosa,AL,1998
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