Burkholder - Two of a Kind

Silvermine

Dan Burkholder Jill Skupin Burkholder

Two of a Kind January 7 - February 4, 2018

Dan Burkholder

“I’m constantly looking for new approaches, subject matter and chemical or digital technologies that will push me into the next exciting and beautiful way to express the photographic image. Engaging both archival inks and precious metals in my prints, I try to meld technology with aesthetics to capture my surroundings, making the final print a reflection of both my personal vision and photography’s ever-evolving path.”

Dan Burkholder was one of the first photographic artists to embrace digital technology in the early 1990’s. Melding his unique vision with mastery of both the wet and digital darkrooms, his platinum/palladium and pigmented ink prints are included in museum and private collections internationally. Dan earned his B.A. and Masters degrees from Brooks institute of Photography. Dan lives in Palenville, New York, with his wife Jill Skupin Burkholder and their three cats and two dogs.

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Vaqueros Tending Horses at Dawn, Vinales, Cuba Pigmented ink; ed. 1/5, 33.5” x 41.75”

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Barbershop at Night, Havana Pigmented ink; ed. 3/9, 21.25” x 25.25”

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Fire Breather, Trinidad, Cuba Pigmented ink; ed. 2/9, 21.25” x 25.25”

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French Medical Team Mixed media, vintage items, pigmented ink and mica, 12� x 6�

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German Officers at Table with Gas Masks Mixed media, vintage items, pigmented ink and mica,10� x 5�

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Jill Skupin Burkholder Jill Skupin Burkholderis a photographer/artist whose work includes handcrafted techniques such as bromoil printing, an alternative photography process using brushes and lithography ink to create an image, and encaustic techniques using beeswax and resin.

She began working with photography in 1985 and studied both traditional and digital photography experimenting with various alternative photography techniques. Recent work work includes the series, Circus of Memories, surrealistic images from junk stores and warehouses; and the series, Hidden Worlds, ethereal photographs of animals taken using a motion-activated trail camera

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Coyote, Catskills Encaustic; ed. 2/12, 12” x 12”

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Running Deer, Catskills Encaustic; ed. 1/9, 24” x 24”

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Little Bear, Catskills Encaustic; ed. 1/9, 24” x 24”

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Man in Glass Encaustic; ed. 2/12, 16” x 24”

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Fryman Encaustic; ed. 3/12, 24” x 24”

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Silvermine has been a place for artists to gather since 1906 when visionary sculptor Solon Borglum moved to Silvermine and held annual exhibitions in his studio and weekly artist-critiques called the Knockers Club. In 1922 The Silvermine Guild of Artists was incorporated as a not-for-profit to provide a permanency to the community of artists.

Guild members represent artists that have a high level of artistic accomplishment and are selected through a jurying process. Today the Guild membership stands at about 300.

Silvermine Galleries has a 95 year reputation of exhibiting and involving art luminaries such as Joseph Albers, Gabor Peterdi, Milton Avery, Elaine deKooning, Clement Greenberg, Louise Nevelson, Larry Rivers, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, James Rosenquist, Chuck Close, Philip Johnson … and the list goes on. Silvermine today is recognizing our heritage by expanding the borders of our contemporary exhibitions to include recognized emerging artists from across the USA to exhibit at Silvermine.

These exhibitions highlight contemporary art trends and broaden the community’s understanding and appreciation of art by bringing some of the most influential pundits in contemporary art to Fairfield County.

Silvermine Galleries continually strives to rethink what a not-for-profit gallery can do and where it belongs in the larger context of the contemporary art world. Through the curation of outside exhibitions, creative partnerships and programming, and thoughtful guest curation, the galleries work to enrich the history of Silvermine by drawing from its past roots, all the while looking to Silvermine’s future. Silvermine has five galleries and a sculpture walk as a backdrop for an ambitious calendar of over 20 exhibitions annually, drawing roughly 10,000 visitors.

Silvermine is grateful to its donors of art who have made possible an extensive permanent collection of fine prints, ever-changing outdoor contemporary sculptures for public appreciation and acquistion, all located throughout our campus.

The Gabor Peterdi International Print Collection, begun in 1956, includes master works from Picasso, Matisse, Dali, Peterdi, and Calder, along with many other influential printmaking luminaries from the 20th century, and is exhibited on a rotating basis.

For information on becoming a guild member - www.silvermineart.org/guild/member

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Silvermine Silvermine Arts Center

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