For several years I've been building a body of work based on my exploration of found and recycled materials. I've taken up the process of hand grinding pigments, and building on this tradition I'm developing new ways of appropriating this ancient technique. My materials are hand ground with a mortar and pestle and then packed into a rock tumbler for hundreds of hours to produce a powder that can be easily suspended in a liquid binder. Powdered eggshells leftover from my breakfast produce a creamy and versatile white. Mussel shells collected from local beaches are pounded into a lavender gray. From earth gathered at distant locations, to materials collected in my own back yard, my paintings are inspired by place and then made with the place itself.
Education
2007 MFA in process at Otis College of Art and Design
1997 B.A. Art History, U.C.L.A.
1997 University of Georgia Field Excavation, Carthage, Tunisia.
1993 Churchill College of the Arts, Cambridge University, England.
Gallery Affiliation
Galerie Davide Gallo, Berlin, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Bloom, Elizabeth Paige Smith, Venice CA.
2004 Ground, William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles.
2003 Topography, t h e s a n d b o x, Venice, CA.
2003 New Paintings, Highways Upstairs Gallery, Los Angeles.
2003 Cavings, t h e s a n d b o x, Venice, CA.
Group Exhibitions
2008 GLAMFA, CSULB
2008 Best in Show, ISM Long Beach, CA.
2007 Long Beach Museum, Art Auction VII
2007 Family Garden, Elizabeth Paige Smith Atelier, Venice CA.
2006 Flow, curated by Peter Frank, Riverside Art Museum
2005 Flow, Curated by Peter Frank, Berman Turner Projects,
Bergamot Station
2005 Twenty One, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA.
2005 California Visions, Art AuctionXI, Long Beach Museum
2004 The Art of Paint, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA.
Art Fairs
2007 Art Fiera, Bologna, Italy.
2006 Preview Berlin, Emerging Art Fair, Berlin Germany
Scholarships and Awards
1997 UCLA Department of Classics Travel Grant for fieldwork in
Classical Archaeology.
Bibliography
Peter Frank, "Going With The Flow"
ART LTD, March 2008
Shana Nys-Dambrot, “Made in Los Angeles”
Tema Celeste, January/February 2006.
Peter Frank, “Ground at William Turner Gallery,”
Art Week, December/January, 2004-2005
Shana Nys-Dambrot, “What if Vermeer Were an Abstract Expressionist,”
Coagula Art Journal, Spring, 2003
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