My art is psychological archeology. Immersing myself in a personal experience from the past, allow me to connect and unlock my subconscious thoughts. Embodying these emotional occurrences, I become liberated from self-censorship. Through the process of free writing, I am able to release repressed memories and explore my own subconscious thoughts, feeling, and behaviors that exist in my mind. I attempt to invite the viewer back to earlier psychological strata in processes of decomposition and movement. Explore the process of creating and releasing ones affectively charged, abstract concepts before the splitting of word, meaning, and affect. The movement of forms becoming dialogue is constructed through a habitually active process of repeating gestures, mentally processing and physically regurgitating the decomposition of emotion. Words give tangible, limited, and discrete meaning to abstract ideas. I intend to reverse the process, giving the abstract idea back to the word. Clarity is unimportant.
It has been a long year that has finally come to a successful ending. I have graduated from the College for Creative Studies with high honors and awardee of the Fine Arts Senior Select. Senior Select is given to one student from each department representing the best of their class. Along with this title, we are given space in the Center Galleries to present our Senior show. The 2008 Exhibition is now open to the public, please take the time to visit the College for Creative Studies and see all of the students work. The entire campus is open as a gallery setting showcasing all of the 2007-2008 work. My work is in the Manoogian building, inside the Center Galleries. All the of the students have worked hard this year, producing amazingly beautiful art. If you have any questions please feel free to ask! Thank you!
i get inspired from life and all the experiences, i start thinking about a time or incident and start writing or painting about it. all the emotions and feelings that are connected to that time come pouring out of me.
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Experience 2005 Orion Art Center Lake Orion, MI Assistant Teacher Volunteer • Taught a mono printing class to ages 5-12. Helped and cleaned before and after classes. 2006-2007 U245 Gallery Detroit, MI
Gallery Manager • Created artist/designer contract and proposal form. Developed exhibition calendar with CG director. Draft and distribute a call for proposals prior to each semester. Set-up/tear-down and manage each opening reception and event. Promotion and marketing of the gallery and events. Prepared space for exhibition including spackling, painting, sweeping, lighting, and documentation. Managed internet site for gallery. 2006-2007 Museum Of Contemporary Art Detroit Detroit, MI
Volunteer/Internship • Responsibilities include opening and closing, greeting and directing visitors, answering general questions, taking donations, selling museum memberships, tickets to lectures, classes, and performances. Other duties include tracking ticket sales and maintaining lists for will-call. Filling memberships, entering guest book information into data, and handling sales for bookstore. Created: Exhibition Proposal, Event Proposal with Checklist (submit for having/holding committee described events such as film/performance, etc), Artist Contract. Updated databases and website calendar, sent e-mails. Took Programming Committee notes, created calendar of events and festivals.
Education 1999-2003 Harper Woods High School Harper Woods, MI • Cumulative GPA 3.852. • Activities: Student Council 2 years, Winter Guard two years- Captain senior year, Marching Band 4 years (Drum Major for 3 years), Youth Advisory Club- senior year, National Honor Society, Art Club. 2003-Current College for Creative Studies Detroit, MI • Majoring in Fine Arts, Minor in Art Therapy. Deans list 7 Semesters. Internship at MOCAD 07/WI. • Student Government, Fine Art Rep. • Junior yr. 06/WI • Recycling Committee. • Senior yr. President (2006-2007) • Nominee for Yale Fellowship by Gilda Snowden, 07/WI.
Exhibitions 2003 Coca-Cola Art in Harmony Detroit, MI • Honorable Mention. 2003-4 CCS Student Show Detroit, MI • Sold two of three pieces. 2004-5 CCS Student Show Detroit, MI • Sold four of six pieces. 2005-6 CCS Student Show Detroit, MI • Sold ten of seventeen pieces. One NFS. 2006 Studio Seen, Take One Detroit, MI • One night show, Oct. 14th, 2006. Two pieces in. 2006 What I Did On My Summer Vacation Detroit, MI • September 14-30th, College for Creative Studies, U-245 Student Gallery. One oil painting 24x24 inch. Pure 2006-7 CCS Student Show Detroit, MI • Sold seven of twelve pieces. Three NFS. 2007 new EXPRESSIONS Detroit, MI • June 23rd- September 22, 2007, Cass Cafe. Two person show, artists: Stephanie Sturton and Andrew Blake. Twelve works. One NFS.
