Works on Paper: A Growing Life

Thursday, May 27, 2010

A Growing Life

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Artist Statement

My work has grown from the uncontrollable process of markmaking that has overtaken my visions and style of creation. Exploring the details of nature to find my marks mimicked in the existence of life has convinced me that this unexplored force needs to be a focus in my work.

The automatism of my style of creation allows my mind to concentrate on itself, while letting the image produced become a visual representation of my thought process and ideas. By exerting this type of creation into a printmaking process I was able to develop a vessel of prints over time and save every mark I make. Untraceable depth and uncountable layers make each print a one of a kind work on paper, a monotype.

Artist Bio

Audrey, artist and printmaker, is a 2007 BFA graduate from Ohio University. During her course there she participated in a number of print and art educational opportunities, including print conference attendance and multiple showings of her work. In 2006, she was a scholarship recipient of the Brookes Fellowship Award from Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado. With this award she was able to study with Lifetime Achievement Printmaker Karen Kunc. Taking away more than expanded knowledge and inspiration, Audrey developed a focus, style and direction in her means of creation. During her last year of school Audrey focused on her thesis and took responsibility as student coordinator and promotional representative of the 2006 Mid-America Print Council's bi-annual print conference. Gaining a perspective of preparation and display, she used her knowledge of space and gallery layout for her final thesis exhibition. In realization that her grand idea was way out of budget, she applied for the Provost Undergraduate Research Fund, and began to carve out her thesis. Receiving enough money for supplies and paper, she was able to transform the space into an unknown world in which the viewer would loose the concept of being in a gallery and realize how much they impacted the work and space. Upon the success of her thesis exhibition, she took the opportunity to continue working on her new discovery and a accepted a position as print studio intern at Castle Hill in Cape Cod. There she assisted with the running of the print shop and was available to visiting artists. Through the summer Audrey continued to create and participated in a woodcut course with printmaker Tom Huck. After the summer, she move to Crested Butte, Colorado and taught snowboarding and prepared work from the summer for her solo show Invasive Life. Since the move to Portland, Audrey has became a working partner of Radius Studio as well as a workshop instructor of monotype. Now she has moved from paper to fabric to see how far she can push this medium.

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A Growing Life

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