Artist Statement:
My family origins were in Los Angeles and I was raised in Oregon. I divide my life between Los Angeles and Portland. I am always working on new images and visual vocabulary to express within my large abstract paintings. I am fascinated by the layering of history and experiences, and the visual memories left behind in the cultural and architectural landscape. The textures and forms in cities and streets create a visual landscape to be interpreted into the lines and notes. One of my greatest influences is a life-long love of Jazz. My work is a visual soundtrack, calligraphic in nature, and fused with the emotions of color. Created with successive layers of images, written messages, texture and color, they fuse techniques of painting and drawing, and represent the excavating of secrets and unrevealed life. I lived and exhibited in England, Canada and the US . Works are represented by Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Amy Caplan Arts in Portland and ArtPool LA, in Los Angeles, Image Conscious San Francisco.
Education:
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
Awards & Distinctions:
Peripheral ARTeries International Art Review Interview Nov. 2013
http://issuu.com/artpress/docs/peripheral_arteries_art_review_-_no
Exhibitions:
EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS:
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM GALLERY - Four From Portland Show -April 2015
BURBANK ARTS FOUNDATION BENEFIT INVITATIONAL Nov. 2014 /2015
ARTSLANT , Showcase Winner Oct & Nov 2014
HANSON SCOTT GALLERY Seattle , Washington April 2013
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM GALLERY. "New Introductions 2013" March 2013
AMY CAPLAN ART {Portland, Oregon- 2010-2015 Solo Shows
KARPELES MUSEUM Santa Barbara, California- Solo Exhibition 2009
NAESTVED DENMARK Art and Culture Center International Exhibition of Contemporary Prints 2008 -
Traveling exhibition - Permanent Collection
GALLERY 111 -Vancouver BC, Canada
ART EXPOS - New York- Dallas- Miami- Birmingham, England
GALERIE INTERNATIONAL - Torquay, Devon England
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FINE ARTS -Beaconsfield, England
WYCOMBE GALLERY - High Wycombe , England
GANGO GALLERY - Portland Oregon
ATTIC GALLERY - Portland Oregon
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM - Artists of Oregon Invitational
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Western States Traveling Exhibition,
Permanent Collection
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY - Women Artists of Oregon Invitational
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY - White Gallery
ARTSPLACE - Portland Oregon
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE - San Francisco, California
SOHO GALLERY -Los Angeles, New York
NORTHWEST ARTISTS WORKSHOP - Portland Oregon
NORTHWEST EDITIONS GALLERY - Portland Oregon
REPRESENTATION:
Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle , Wa www.seattleartmuseum.org
Studio Art Direct, Portland , Or www.studioartdirect.com
ArtPool LA, Los Angeles , Ca www.artpool.la
Amy Caplan Arts, Portland, Or www.caplanartdesigns.com
Image Conscious Publishers, San Francisco www.imageconscious.com
PUBLICATIONS:
PERIPHERAL ARTERIES ART REVIEW
PORTFOLIO MAGAZINE London, England ARTWEEK San Francisco , Ca
SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS, Santa Barbara, Ca
WILLAMETTE WEEK Portland, Ore
THE OREGONIAN Portland , Ore
Artistic Influences:
French Lyrical Abstract Artists, Jazz, Miro, Grafitti Art,
Artist Tags:
abstract, contemporary, graphic, acrylic, large
