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Artist Statement:
Artist Statement
“Pulse”
Beki Borman
Everything is connected. We
see the connections in forms
such as mathematics, symmetry,
and pattern, as we observe
these things around us. The
persistent presence of pattern
and symmetry would suggest an
interwoven framework below the
surface of all things, a
consistent pulse that is the
life line of the universe.
There is a common vein
composing every atom, apple,
ant, and ape. Patterns are
the symptoms that reveal this
profound truth. . My work
seeks to portray glimpses of
these patterns and express the
sense of a single unified
pulse throughout the cosmos.
Working mostly with acrylic
or watermedia, I use the
subjects of animals and
landscapes often as a platform
with which to investigate
these concepts. The animals
in my work are usually
isolated and fragmented, yet
visually connected by pattern.
They are merging worlds of
representation and abstraction
into a balance of creation
that speaks much to the
balance of life we experience
in the natural world. Pattern
serves as a vehicle of both
concept and composition,
emphasized to merge the
animals to their environment
or ground. My landscapes use
pattern often similarly. I
seek out the distinctive
rhythm of a landscape and...
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Beki Borman Biography:
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Age
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24
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
0
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| Religion |
agnostic |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Art and science |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Watercolor
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Abstract Expressionism - (1940 - 1955)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Barnett Newman
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Beki Nadine Borman
“...art is an outlet toward regions which are not ruled by time and space”
-Marcel Duchamp
Beki Borman was born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin in 1982. This is where she was raised. In a corner bedroom of a two-story house on Belle Avenue, Borman spent much of her childhood at her little paper-roll easel, with acrylics, pencils, and markers. On Sunday afternoons her father took her to The Palette Shop, an art store that once existed on Capitol Drive. It was there that she would collect all the brightly colored bottles of paint. She would then go home and paint countless pictures for her family, teachers, and friends.
Borman attended grade school at Saint Monica's and then was on to Whitefish Bay High School. Borman's first year at High School was one of change, loss, and learning. She temporarily set art aside at this point in her life while her father was dying of cancer. As with all significant life changes, this event did much to shape the future of her philosophy and her painting. By the end of Sophomore year, Borman had reclaimed her motivation and, in addition to other class work, studied art adamantly under teacher and artist Julia Bresnahan. For the next few years, Bresnahan would become a mentor to Borman, helping to unravel some of the difficulties and roadblocks in both Borman's art and in her life. At that time, Borman's primary mediums were acrylic and pastel. She did, however, also have a love for ceramics, and spent long afternoons in the ceramics room of the school hunched over a potter's wheel.
After graduating High School in 2000, Becky Borman moved on to The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. As a new freshman, Borman had already decided on a major in painting. While she knew she wanted to paint, the real motivations for her painting had yet to reveal themselves. It was not until her sophomore year, while taking a required liberal studies course entitled, History of Scientific Thought, that Borman found what she was looking for. The course went over the basics in the history of science, covering names like Aristotle, Ptolemy, Darwin, and Einstein. It was really modern science, however, that struck a chord with Borman. Fascinated by all the possibilities and discoveries in modern science, Borman was hooked. She was struck by the theoretical basis of contemporary thinking. She searched for new theories on the origin of life and read every book she could get her hands on in the topics of theoretical physics, cosmology, creation theory, and astronomy. Borman had found a theme for her work.. Just about all of Borman's art after this point reflects some aspect of scientific theory, using subjects such as fractals, cells, animals, or planets. Her thesis show, for example, in 2004, combined cellular imagery with geometric squares, presenting a conflict of the organic and the artificial. This show, entitled Origins, consisted of ten oil paintings and ten watercolor paintings done of this subject.
After graduating from MIAD, Borman joined the working world, but maintained a steady art production. She spent some time in Chicago, visiting galleries and painting, and was in Milwaukee regularly as well. During this time she did much revisiting of her interests in science through her art, but was now finding very new ways to express them. Things began to change in her work very quickly. Becoming a bit looser and more experimental, Borman continued to find more interesting ways to present her passion. For the first time in her life being without an academic structure, Borman felt more confident to try things she had hesitated in trying before.
Today Beki Borman lives in Cudahy, south of downtown Milwaukee. Her current body of work, that she hopes to continue with for at least the next year, focuses on patterns in nature, specifically animal patterns. She finds imagery of pattered animals, and by observing how those patterns interact with the environment of the animal, Borman creates colorful, unique compositions. She currently does paintings in oil, acrylic, and watermedia. Her watermedia paintings are often the most exciting, combining watercolor, gouache, ink, and even pencil. Borman's work provides us with an interesting perception of the natural world. By seeing it differently, and being aware of things like pattern and conflict in nature, we can get a sense of the rhythm that is all around. It is only through such rhythm that we can begin to sense an origin or purpose. While very scientific in initial approach, Borman's work ultimately calls upon the spiritual, for when we encounter her paintings, we are not bombarded with scientific facts, but instead a feeling of something bigger then us. Clearly there are no finite answers. Borman merely attempts to provide brief insight of possibility concerning existence. |
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