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Artist Exhibitions:
ARTIST RESUME
Education
BFA, 1979 Art History, with
emphasis on Arts
Administration, Virginia
Commonwealth University,
Richmond, Virginia
Professional Experience in the
Arts
Gallery Assistant, Art Sales
Gallery for Virginia Artists,
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
Richmond, Virginia, 1979-1982
Director, Second Street
Gallery, an alternative arts
space, Charlottesville,
Virginia, 1982-...
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Artist Statement for Virginia Gardner
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My work is all about the materials, combining diverse materials in a way that stimulates a thought or emotion. From my very first experiments with mosaic in the landscape, I recognized the power which is inherent in those materials. I became a facilitator, as the materials did their magic.
In my first two-dimensional pieces, I sought to make the materials do things they wouldn't do naturally. I would combine ceramic ware, and hand cut it in erratic shapes and re-combined with a static background of another "hard" material, such as glass tiles. I wanted the ceramic pieces to become fluid. In one of those first pieces, "Ever So", the china appears to drape itself over and under the glass.
As I worked my way through the technical learning curve, I found myself drawn further to textural materials and the effects which result from combinations of diverse materials. Today, my studio is visual chaos to an observer, but it is a womb for me. While I work, I am surrounded by shelves of kitsch, ceramics and glass, a wall of rocks, stone & crystals... it's a carnival of visual stimuli which is my inspiration.
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