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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2008
"Michele Guieu: Here it's
Peace", San Diego Art
Institute, San Diego,
California
Juried Exhibitions
2008
- District 117 Gallery:
Photography Show - 20
photographers. San Diego,
California.
2007
- Cabrillo Gallery: "ON/OFF:
Art in the Digital Era", 3
paintings selected. Cabrillo
College, Aptos, California.
Juror: Sheila Malone.
- "The ...
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Artist Reviews:
"Experiential art", by Kinsee
Morlan, Arts & Culture Editor
Our picks of this week's
events / San Diego City Beat /
June 2008
Artist Michele Guieu takes her
daily experiences, mixes them
with contemporary global
events and makes art that
reflects who she is and what
she feels. Usually starting
with photos...
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Artist Statement for Michele Guieu
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For years I have taken photographs of landscapes and of family wherever I go. I am especially interested in close portraits, desert landscapes, plants from the desert, and petroglyphs.
I begin by transforming and compositing multiple photographs using image editing software. Through this technique I produce an image that is nearly-abstract yet one that contains recognizable traits from the source material. I work on two types of digital images: the ones I choose to print and the ones I choose to paint on canvas. The ones I compose to be painted on canvas are usually layered. Layering is a recurring technique in my paintings, a technique that I began employing while working on monotype prints in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
My digital and painted works share a strong sense of unity in character as I express my ideas on the relationship of human beings to the spaces that surround them through my images. I enjoy transforming the digital image from the computer into large paintings on canvas, allowing viewers to conceptually dive into what they are seeing.
I am interested in current world events, staying informed and keeping my eyes opened. And though I do not particularly believe that my art can change the world (I could have chosen to be an activist instead), I feel it is my responsibility as an artist to express my concerns and my views about the world. I recently painted a portrait of journalist Jill Carroll while she was a hostage and several portraits of soldiers who have been prisoners of war during the Iraq war. "Undocumented", "Outbreak" and "Ordinary Americans" are part of a series I am working on about current events in the news. Using photographs that I take of people and texts that I extract from the news, I create images that connect ordinary people to current events.
I am always thinking about the distant places where I once was, the different rhythms of life, the climates, the smells, the colors, the people. I am conscious that the place where I find myself at any given moment may be of little importance to others who are not at the same place. This consciousness gives me a strong sense of the relativity of importance and a feeling of humility.
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