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Artist Statement:
Having traveled widely and
always hungry for new
experiences, my paintings
serve as reminders of all that
is good about life's
encounters. When you walk into
a good restaurant with
ambience, the evening's
experience is forever etched
into your memory as a special
event. I think it's ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2009 Forty-Forty Vision,
Herron Alumni Show, Cultural
Arts Gallery, Indianapolis,
IN.
2008 Annual Area Artists Show,
The Butler Institute of
American Art, Youngstown, OH
2005 Urban Passages, Gallery
West, Cuyahoga County Comm,
College, Parma, OH.
2004 The Summer Show, Woodburn
& Westcott Gallery of Fine
Art, Indianapolis, IN
2002 The ...
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Artist Reviews:
"Urban Passages," review by
Zachary Lewis, Cleveland
Scene. September 2005.
"Industrial Shadows," review
by Julianna Thibodeaux, The
Nuvo, August 18, 2004.
Indianapolis.
"Mahoning Valley Native's Art
Depicts Glory of the Rust
Belt" by Laurie Fisher. The
Youngstown Vindicator.
September 20, 2001.
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Collections:
Booze Allen Hamilton,
Cleveland, OH
Support Net Inc, Indianapolis,
IN
Indiana University Foundation,
Indianapolis, IN
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William Chill Biography:
| Biographical information for William Chill can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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44
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
2
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Fitness, wine tasting, physics & the sciences. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Abstract Expressionism - (1940 - 1955)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
There are many
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| Favorite Work of Art |
The Shroedinger Equation
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
I continue to grow and morph as an artist as I age and mature. Art occurs in the moment and I respond to what I see and experience in the present with my past superimposed over it. Some things that have influenced my art are jazz, wine tasting, travel, and quantum physics. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I believe I was born one and had no choice in the matter. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Armed with a physics degree from Purdue University and a short stint in the US Army, William Chill landed in Indianapolis, IN where he became a teller of short stories of wit and wisdom. Having drawn and painted from an early age, it was through art that he most effectively chronicled his ideas. He eventually enrolled at Indiana University's Herron School of Art and earned a BFA in painting with Highest Distinction.
Right after art school, he began to explore the decaying industrial landscapes of his native northeast Ohio - mostly because the subjects represented to him something that was real and authentic. His paintings were exhibited in galleries throughout the Midwest and purchased by private collectors. In 2004, William was commissioned by United Airlines to execute paintings that were used in United's annual promotional calender and international in-flight menus.
As he progressed down the path of realism, his works became more than just depictions of places, the subjects themselves began to evolve as metaphors - they began to represent something more, something deeper.
It wasn't long until the artist began to blend a physics education with his artistic abilities to create colorful abstractions that explored the contemplative qualities of each. Searching for these parallels became his driving force. "My paintings explore the relationship between the empirical and the mystical. I see abstractions and color fields as meditations on experience. If the paintings are real, then the experience was real - the paintings are evidence."
William Chill, lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife and two children. Among his interests which fuel his work are travel, wine tasting, and jazz music. |
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