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Artist Statement:
Since December 2003 Colleen AF
Venable has been deep into her
first full conceptual project,
THE STALKING AND MURDERING OF
A CHILDHOOD GIRAFFE, where she
is attempting to take
nostalgic obsession well past
a level of creepiness,
complete with an "explosive"
ending. After one year over
400 photographs have been
created for this project which
is expected to take an
estimated five years for
completion. The final result
will be over 2,000 works of
art. A sampling of images from
this project can be seen in
the final art pages of this
portfolio.
Colleen was born 1980, in
Walden, NY and currently
resides in New York City. More
about process than product,
she thrives on experimentation
is opposed to using negatives
more than once. Her work plays
with subtle fine art taboos:
the smiling face, the
intentional creation of
kitsch, the use of nostalgic
media such as markers,
crayons, and tempera paint,
all encapsulated in raw,
spotted, imperfectly created
images. Also a produced
playwright, her obsession with
words shows through often in
her artwork.
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Artist Reviews:
-Named an "EDITOR'S PICK" by
BUST MAGAZINE June 2005
-"POSITIVE FOCUS" MAGAZINE
DEC-JAN 2003 ISSUE-
A recent addition to
"Artlives," an elite group of
50 international artists,
Colleen AF Venable is on the
brink of losing the tag
"emerging" from her
photoartist status. Featured
in her first solo...
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Collections:
Shary Collection, NJ
KMV Collection, Tempe, AZ
Hybrid Magazine, New York, NY
Wagner College, Staten Island,
NY
Valley Central Photography
Collection, Montgomery, NY...
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Commissions:
Remote Theatre Company, New
York, NY
Valley Central High School
Mural Project, Montgomery, NY
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Exhibitions for Colleen Af Venable:
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Upcoming:
TBA "International Miniart Exchange," Singapore
Previous Shows:
2006 "International Miniart Exchange" Queen B's in Queen Charlotte, BC, CANADA
2004 "International Miniart Exchange" Gomboc Gallery, AUSTRALIA
2003 "Positive Focus-Body of Work" at 13, Brooklyn NY
2003 "International Miniart Exchange" Porto Alegre BRAZIL 2003 "Positive Focus," Southpaw, Brooklyn NY
2003 Artlives "Reconcilable Differences," LONDON
2003 "Positive Focus," Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn NY
2002 Bottom Feeders Gallery December Group Show, NY
2002 Union Fine Art Gallery Solo Show "Imperfect Pictures," NY
2001 Union Fine Art Gallery "The Body Represented" Group Show, NY
2000 Wagner Gallery Spring Exhibition, Staten Island NY
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