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Artist Reviews:
quote from Columbus Dispatch,
Columbus Ohio
Festival celebrates arts in
Franklinton
Painters toss up murals at
Urban Scrawl
Sunday, September 28, 2008
3:30 AM
By Spencer Hunt
"Sara Adrian had no carefully
thought-out image or design
for the mural she planned to
paint at a Franklinton art
festival ...
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Artist Statement for Sara Adrian
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Iconic art, the symbols of alchemy and the mythology of culture has always held an interest for me. I use color and symbols combined with familiar imagery to talk about social issues and stereotypes. There are specific ideas that I present in my work, but I feel it's very important not to be too specific as I want the viewer to come to their own conclusions as to what my art is trying to say. My purpose is to make the viewer think about what they see and what they believe in, and create a dialogue. The media I use in painting is oil and acrylics mixed in with metallic substances, such as gold or aluminum leafing, iron oxide, or metallic tinted paint, combined with strong design and chroma. I want the work to react to the light changes in the environment, and be an active participant in the space. The strong color combined with the wood I prefer to paint on is to echo the medieval byzantine iconic painting of which I find much inspiration. It's important to me to combine aesthetic with content, and this is what I work to achieve.
Selected Exhibitions (* Solo Shows)
2007
OHIO STATE FAIR, Fine Arts Exhibition, Professional Division, Columbus Ohio
AGORA COLUMBUS,.Junctionview Studios,Columbus Ohio. Curated by the Couchfire Collective
2004
FACES, Gallery 3131, Columbus Ohio
*ALTERNATIVE, The Waiting Room, Columbus Ohio
2003
ART WARS, 32 Bleu, Colorado Springs Colorado. Curated by Gwin Coleman
ART SPLASH, 32 Bleu, Colorado Springs Colorado. Curated by Gwin Coleman
W.O.W., CORE New Art Space, Denver Colorado. Juried by members of the co-op
ATRIUM (member gallery), Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs Colorado. Curated by Amy Clay
2000 WORKS OF LOCAL ARTISTS, The Hub, Columbus Ohio.
1997 *FEMALES, Columbus College of Art Design, Columbus Ohio
Commissions
Portrait of Morgan Weinert, Private Collection, Monument, Colorado. Sponsored by Mrs. Weinert,
Old Blue. Private Collection. San Antonio, Texas
T-Shirt Design, Suscon, Toronto Ontario, Canada. Sponsored by Philip Barbosa
Manitou Landscape, Private Collection, Manitou Springs, Colorado.
Commemorative Wedding Painting, Private Collection, London, UK. Sponsored by Bob Jones.
Bibliography
Morgan Winehert, "Dark Art" Throat Culture Magazine, December 2003
Bettina Swigger, "Cold Fusion, Local artists get together to benefit Fusion Pointe," The Independant, June 2003
Education
Columbus College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, December 1998
Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, Associates Degree in Commercial Art, May 1992
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