ARTIST STATEMENT
EXHIBITION HISTORY
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Artist Statement -



Object vs Voice

In my current paintings I started by bringing forth detailed attention to the face. Our mirror to the world. Revealing its secrets, moods, thoughts, desires. Telling the story of the person, looked at, so close. The subject. Creating a door through their eyes for one to enter. It felt invasive from the start so, I devised a hiding ploy - stripes mainly, but bubbles and veils too. It gave the face a partial haze to float in, a delay before the impact of our investigation. It brought forward the painting's surface and left the depth available for the face alone.
Then my love for and interest in the narratives in classical art paintings delivered another possibility to add to the story. With a two way option. The interpretation of a subject from a classical painting helping to explain the face and the face returning the favor. In some works the story telling is punctuated by objects interacting with the face. The stripes stayed.

Artist Exhibitions



Solo Exhibitions
2007 - L'Artista, Orangeburg, NY
2006 - Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
- L'Artista, Orangeburg, NY
2003 - Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2001 - Anthony Kelley Gallery, Pensacola, FL
2000 - The Downey Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- Soho Gallery, Pensacola, FL
1999 - Bulgarian Consulate, "Breathing", New York, NY
1998 - Kerygma Gallery, "The Romantic Muse", Ridgewood, NJ 1997 - National Palace Of Culture, "Salon of the Arts - '97", Sofia, Bulgaria
1996 - Allen Sheppard Gallery, Piermont, NY
1995 - Demian & Sinclair Gallery, Nyack, NY
1991 - Atelier U. Buckenmaeir, Uberlingen, Germany
- Lehenhof Hall, Deggenhausen, Germany
1988 - G. Papazov Gallery, Yambol, Bulgaria
1986 - Central Theater House, Yambol, Bulgaria


Awards & Grants
2008 - Strategic Opportunity Stipend, NY Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2000 - Strategic Opportunity Stipend, NY Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
- Third Millennium Sculpture Award - finalist, Angelicum, Milano, Italy
1997 - Award of Excellence - NAT - Educational Center, juried exhibition, New York, NY
1995 - Best in Show Award - Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY


Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 - Karen Lynne Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2009 - Karen Lynne Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2009 - Karen Lynne Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2008 - Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
- Karen Lynne Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2007 - Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2006 - Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2005 - Phillips Museum of Art, "Dancing On Embers", Lancaster, PA
2005 - Kelly Writers House , "Dancing On Embers", Philadelphia, PA
2004 - Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
2003 - Alexandria Museum of Art, "Riverfest", Alexandria, LA - The Downey Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002 - Hopper House Art Center, Three Persons Show, Nyack, NY
2002 - Bronx River Art Center, "Artsthma 2002", Bronx, NY
- ArtsForum, "Driving Force", New York, NY
- The Artists’ Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ
2001 - Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
- ArtsForum, "Transformation", New York, NY
- The Artists’ Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ
- Anthony Kelley Gallery, Pensacola, FL
2000 - Third Millennium Sculpture Award, Angelicum, Milano, Italy
- Fulton Street Gallery, "Marking The Millennium", Troy, NY
- Studio 4 West, "The Figure, truthful-vulnerable-erotic", Piermont, NY
- The Artists' Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ
1999 - Soho Gallery, Pensacola, FL
- The Downey Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- The Artists' Gallery, "International Exhibition", Ridgewood, NJ
1998 - The Downey Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 93 South Art Gallery, Nyack, NY
1997 - L’Atelier Gallery, Piermont, NY
- New World Art Center, New York, NY
- NAT - Educational Center, New York, NY
1996 - Allen Sheppard Gallery, Piermont, NY
1995 - Rockland Center for the Arts, "A Rockland Sampler", Nyack, NY
- Polo Gallery, "Storytellers", Edgewater, NJ
- Rockland Center for the Arts, "It's Love", Nyack, NY
1994 - Polo Gallery, "The Soviet Union after the fall", Edgewater, NJ
-Main Street Arts Gallery, Nyack, NY
1993 - G. Papazov Gallery, Yambol, Bulgaria
1989 - Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1988 - G. Papazov Gallery, Yambol, Bulgaria


Selected Publications
2007 - The Hook, by Ernest S. Quick - January/ February, LHV, NY
2000 - The New Mexican, Pasatiempo, by Craig Smith – November 17-23, Santa Fe, NM
- Pensacola News Journal, by Donna Freckmann – September 22, Pensacola, FL
1999 - Nedelnik, by Sarkis Gardjaryan - February 1-7, New York, NY
1997 - The Echo, by Sally Bell - May, Sofia, Bulgaria
1996 - Yambol News, by Dilyana Dobreva - October, Yambol, Bulgaria
1995 - Manhattan Arts International, by Gordon Dane - Fall, New York
1991 - Kultur Blater - February, Bodenseekreis, Germany
1986 - Naroden Drugar - January, Yambol, Bulgaria

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Artist Collections



Numerous private, corporate, museum, gallery and government collections detailed information coming soon.

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