Until It Doesn't,
2016
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Until It Doesn't, Kendall Johnson
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
And I said to my body, softly. ‘I want to be your friend.’ It took a long breath. And replied ‘I have been waiting my whole life for this.’
--Nayyirah Waheed
My artistic explorations of self are fueled by my experiences as a person who has struggled in the past to acknowledge a facet of my identity. Consumed by questions and doubts I’ve rarely wanted to accept the different truths of who I am. I often feel in conflict with myself and sometimes I feel it might always be this way. The struggle is always there until it’s not but …
James Kao Interview,
2016
DePaul University
James Kao Interview, Alice Haller
Asian American Art Oral History Project
Artist Bio: James Kao was born and raised in Houston, Texas. After studying philosophy and focusing on the texts of Ludwig Wittgenstein at the University of Chicago, he worked as a bakery buyer for a specialty foods retail chain in Southern California. In 2001, James forwent his corporate career and returned to Chicago to take classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he received an MFA from the Painting and Drawing Department. He is Assistant Professor of Art at Aurora University in Aurora, IL, and is co-founder and co-director of 4th Ward Project Space in …
Alejandro Acierto Interview,
2016
DePaul University
Alejandro Acierto Interview, Madeline Bolton
Asian American Art Oral History Project
Artist Bio: Alejandro T. Acierto is an artist and musician working in time-based media. He has exhibited his work at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Issue Project Room, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Salisbury University, SOMArts and presented performance works at the Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival, Center for Performance Research, and Center for New Music and Technology. Acierto has held residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Banff Centre, High Concept Laboratories, and Chicago Artists' Coalition. He is currently a FT/FN/FG Consortium Fellow, a Center Program Artist …
Insight: An Invitation,
2016
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Insight: An Invitation, Joyce Bingeman
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
My abstractions originate in my relationships to my mother, father, and self. Visual entry points of whiteness, flatness, and organic shapes become a language and form of communication that speak to my connections with my family. They begin as quiet and contemplative works with minimal use of color and imagery that oscillate around an ovular organic form and shift to more colorful pure abstractions.
Working consecutively with a similar shape in size and appearance came naturally to me as I began putting paintbrush to paper. My impetus was to complete a form and reveal its edges with gesso – lines …
Threshold,
2016
Furman University
Cold Coffee,
2016
Furman University
The Space Between,
2016
Furman University
The Fields That Bind,
2016
Furman University
Ekphrastic. Lavender Misty (1950). Artist: Jackson Pollock,
2016
Furman University
Ekphrastic. Lavender Misty (1950). Artist: Jackson Pollock, Erin Mellor
The Echo
No abstract provided.
Ten Things I Know As Of Thursday, January 21st, 2016 At 8:02 Pm,
2016
Furman University
Ten Things I Know As Of Thursday, January 21st, 2016 At 8:02 Pm, Jake Crouse
The Echo
No abstract provided.
Swamp Rabbit Collection,
2016
Furman University
Mountains,
2016
Furman University
Bruises,
2016
Furman University
Anywhere,
2016
Furman University
Home,
2016
Furman University
Picnic Day,
2016
Furman University
I Feel Time As Hues Branded Behind My Eyes,
2016
Furman University
I Feel Time As Hues Branded Behind My Eyes, Emily Matthews
The Echo
No abstract provided.
Traveling Leaves,
2016
Furman University
Brooding Rebel,
2016
Furman University
Twiggy,
2016
Furman University
