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Ceramics ............................... 4
Sculpture .................................... 40
Glass ....................................... 16
Fiber/ Mixed media ................. 48
Sam Chung Sin-ying Ho Lara Scobie
Clare Belfrage Lisa Cahill Noel Hart Yukito Nishinaka Harue Shimomoto Lino Tagliapietra
Chris Hill Scarlett Kanistanaux
Gugger Petter Lesley Richmond Carol Shinn
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Sam Chung ARIZONA, CERAMICS
Sam Chung received his MFA from Arizona State University and his BA degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He taught at Northern Michigan University from 1998-2007 and is now teaching at Arizona State University in Tempe where he is an associate professor of ceramics. Sam has presented numerous lectures and workshops both nationally and internationally. His work is often based on the ceramic vessel but Chung plays with the balance between form, function and design. “I am interested in the way that pots have the unique ability to serve a multitude of roles and functions. They can exhibit decorative beauty, bring attention to more functional/tactile concerns, and also create historical, cultural and experiential associations. I work within the context of pottery to exploit its universal familiarity and impose my own vision for merging historically and culturally disparate influences. I am curious about the relationships I see among various forms of creative expression from both past and present, and try to bring forth a new language of pottery for the future.” Chung’s work resides in the permanent collections of the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, The American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark, World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Arizona State University, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China. We will be exhibiting three recently completed works at the LA Art Show 2017: two cloud bottles and a cloud bottle set, each exemplary of Chung’s well recognized aesthetic and a beautiful compliment to the gallery program. Visit his artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/sam-chung
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CLOUD BOTTLE #1 Porcelain 18” x 7” x 7”
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CLOUDSCAPE; EMERGENCE Porcelain 18” x 9” x 9”
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CLOUD BOTTLE Porcelain 13” x 17” x 11”
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Sin-ying Ho NEW YORK, CERAMICS
Sin-ying Ho holds a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, an MFA from Louisiana State University and studied in Jingdezhen, China (considered the birthplace of ceramics) at the Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute. In both process and context, Ho’s work continually explores the impact of globalization: new vs. old, technology vs. tradition, communication vs. language, aesthetics vs. cultural identity and economy vs. power. “My work reflects the impact of globalization on the cultural borrowings and interactions in an accelerated “global village”. Ho’s continuous on-site research in Jingdezhen has allowed her to master traditional techniques while her fine art education and continued study of new technology lends a contemporary sensibility to her work using techniques such as digital decal printing. Ho is an assistant professor in the Art Department of Queens College, City University of New York. Her works can be found in permanent collections worldwide including the YiXing Ceramics Museum, YiXing, PR China, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong, Guangzhou, PR China, Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, PR China, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea, Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, Visual Art Collection, Ottawa, Canada Visit her artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/sin-ying-ho
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MADE IN THE POSTMODERN ERA NO 1, 2008 Porcelain 15.5” x 11.25” x 8.5”
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10.11.1985 HONG KONG (Rose Garden), 2010 Porcelain 24” x 14” x 12”
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9.28.2014 HONG KONG (Occupied Central), 2014 Porcelain 23” x 12” x 15.5”
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Lara Scobie SCOTLAND, CERAMICS
Scobie studied at the Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts in London as well as the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. Her ceramic vessels beautifully encompass the realms of fine craft and design, and it is the dynamic interplay of these realms that motivates Scobie’s practice. “Technical expertise and experience are always challenged by each different set of influences, from pragmatic considerations to artistic instinct, and it is this space between that I am most interested in; it is where technique, material and creative insight meet,” Scobie explains. Scobie’s works are included in numerous permanent collections including, Beaches Museum, Kansas State University, MO, McManus Galleries, Dundee, UK, Museum of Auckland, New Zealand, Paisley Museum, Scotland, Shipley Museum & Art Gallery, Gateshead and Triennale de Porcelaine, Nyon, Switzerland. This year we’ve included three collections of vessels in our LA Art Fair exhibition, each completed in fall 2016, which fully demonstrate Scobie’s practice and the underlying theme of balance. By integrating drawing, surface mark making and volume, Scobie’s works exhibit a playful experimentation between space and pattern alongside hue and texture, utilizing both the decorated and void surface areas. Visit her artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/lara-scobie
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ENSEMBLE COLLECTION #1 Porcelain (three pieces) 11” x 4” x 4” Photo credit: Shannon Tofts Photography
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ENSEMBLE COLLECTION #2 Porcelain (three pieces) 11” x 4” x 4” Photo credit: Shannon Tofts Photography
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ENSEMBLE COLLECTION #3 Porcelain (five pieces) 11” x 4” x 4” Photo credit: Shannon Tofts Photography
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Clare Belfrage AUSTRALIA, GLASS
Belfrage has forged an international reputation for her distinguished work with detailed and complex glass drawing on blown glass forms. She’s maintained a vibrant practice as an active member of the glass and artist communities in Adelaide and Canberra, Australia, for over 25 years. A two-time winner of the Tom Malone Glass prize, most recently Belfrage received the 2016 FUSE Glass Prize earlier this year. Dr Robert Bell, Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the National Gallery of Australia since 2000, said Belfrage’s work, “eluded a sense of effortlessness despite the extraordinary technical complexity in its creation.” Belfrage says, “As an artist, my point of view is often looking from close up. The big feeling that small gives me is intimate and powerful. The industry in nature, its rhythm and energy, dramatic and delicate still holds my fascination as does the language and processes of glass.” Belfrage’s work is represented in major public collections including: National Gallery of Australia, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, Museo do Vidro, Marinha Grande, Portugal, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, National Art Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga, ArtBank, NSW, Art Gallery of South Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Museum and Art Gallery of Tasmania and Northern Territory Museum. Visit her artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/clare-belfrage
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CLUSTER IN OLIVE AND TEAL 2015 Blown glass with cane drawing, cold worked 12.6” x 30” x 12” $10,800 Photo credit: Pippy Mount
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IN SIGHT IN GREEN AND BLUE Blown glass with cane drawing, coldworked 18” x 12.6” x 5.5” Photo credit: Pippy Mount
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IN SIGHT IN RED AND GOLD Blown glass with cane drawing, coldworked 20” x 13” x 7.5” Photo credit: Pippy Mount
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Lisa Cahill AUSTRALIA, GLASS
Cahill has been working with Glass for over 15 years and has been awarded numerous times including finalist designation in the Ranamok Glass Prize and the Tom Malone Prize in Australia. Her work can be found in The National Art Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW, The Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denmark, the Northlands Creative Glass Collection, Lybster, Scotland, and Kaplan/Ostergaard Glass Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs California, USA. Inspired by both the natural world and the transitory nature of the urban experience, Cahill’s dreamlike images allow viewers to draw associations with their own remembered landscapes, resulting in a meditative and emotional response. Visit her artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/lisa-cahill
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ROAD TRIP/ RAIN IN THE HUME Kiln formed glass with decals 25.6” x 34.6” x 0.8”
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SAILOR’S WARNING Kiln formed and carved glass panel 35” x 19.5” x 0.5”
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TEMPEST #8 Kiln formed glass with decals 20” x 59.5” x 0.5”
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Noel Hart AUSTRALIA, GLASS
Each of Hart’s handblown glass works command attention: vibrant and independent with well recognized painterly character. So it often goes unrealized that his work is inspired by birds, many of which fly around his rainforest home near Byron Bay in Australia. The precision with which Hart is able to capture the essence of a species using abstract imagery is simply brilliant. Each individual work conveys a sense of commune, empowering the species that inspired it. And through the making process (a closely choreographed team endeavor) a self contained work of art (more than sufficiently beautiful to stand on its own, separate from reference to it’s inspiring species) is also brought into being, further inspiring life and harmony. Hart’s work has attracted a loyal following of collectors worldwide, and is included in the Kaplan-Ostergaard Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA, and the National Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Australia. The works selected for exhibition at the next LA Art Show 2017 represent a partial revert to an earlier period in the development of Hart’s work when color was sparse and cased in clear glass, as opposed to his now characteristic and intense use of narrative color complemented with surface etching. This year’s most recent works represent a combination of both methods, with an etched interior surface diffusing the presence of the verso side. Visit his artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/noel-hart
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ANTHILL PARROT Handblown glass 14” x 10.5” x 2.5”
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ECLECTA Handblown glass 18.5” x 13.5” x 3”
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Yukito Nishinaka JAPAN, GLASS
Nishinaka studied Sculpture and Glass at California College of the Arts, lives in and has exhibited widely in Japan, and recently at the PAD Art Fair in London. “My YOBITSUGI Glass series is inspired by the traditional Japanese restoration technique for ceramic tea bowls. Broken pieces are joined back together with URUSHI lacquer toned with gold dust, emphasizing the cracks as a beautiful decorative feature, rather than hidden repair work. It was the samurai and their Tea Masters in the Edo period who first perceived the potential for beauty in the cracks and devised this special repairing technique. The samurai enjoyed tea ceremonies between their battles, to reach a state of ”ZEN”, and used YOBITSUGI tea bowls with the cracks serving as a metaphor for “death and rebirth”. The aesthetics of this tradition have continued for over 400 years and to this day YOBITSUGI restored tea bowls are valued as National Treasures, celebrating beauty in imperfection. I continue this tradition with a new interpretation of YOBITSUGI, in my glass works to emphasize this Japanese philosophy of Beauty and to encourage harmony with imperfection. I hope you can see the pulsing beauty in the rush of the vein of the vessel cracks.” Nishinaka’s works can be found in permanent collections worldwide including the Daiichi Museum, Nagoya, Japan. Visit his artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/yukito-nishinaka
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YOBITSUGI 908 Glass, gold leaf, silver leaf 7.75” x 19” x 18”
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YOBITSUGI G848 Glass, silver leaf 14” x 8” x 7.25”
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YOBITSUGI G854 Glass, silver leaf 13” x 8” x 7”
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Harue Shimomoto RHODE ISLAND, GLASS
Shimomoto arranges glass into sculptural tapestries examining the aesthetic possibilities in fusing methods and concepts from the mediums of glass and fiber. Shimomoto studied glass as a special student at Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. After 2 years she moved to Wisconsin for graduate school and received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin. She recieved her BFA from Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan. Harue has worked as a teaching assistant at Pilchuk, assitant to artist Brent K Young and is currently the Director of Large Scale Projects for artist Toots Zynsky. “My work is inspired by nature. I appreciate the feelings I get from even the most unspectacular nature, and the small things in everyday life. I find the small beauties of nature are the ones that most change my view.� Visit her artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/harue-shimomoto
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CRAZY MOON Fused, slumped glass, suspended by wire with hooks 48” x 48” x 7
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KOMOREBI 49 Fused, slumped glass, suspended by wire with hooks 36” x 36”
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Lino Tagliapietra SEATTLE, GLASS
Recognized internationally as the Maestro of contemporary glass and considered the “greatest glass blower of all time” by his peers, Lino Tagliapietra has been working with the material for over seventy years. Starting at the age of 11 as an apprentice on the island of Murano it was only a decade later, when he was working for some of the most prestigious glassworks companies in Murano, that he was given the title of Maestro. His breathtaking blown and fused glassworks demonstrate a stunning combination of technically complex production skills and an incredible creative mind. As both creator and executor of his works, he has developed a personal style that is unmistakable and easily recognized, and his exemplary practice is followed by many as a great source of inspiration. “Glass is a wonderful material. Why? Glass is alive. Even when it is cool it is still moving. It is connected with fire, it is connected with water, it is…my life”, Tagliapietra explains. Tagliapietra’s work is featured in numerous museum collections throughout the world, including the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, The De Young Museum in San Franscisco, the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, the Metropolitan Museum of New York, and many more. Visit his artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/lino-tagliapietra
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SPIRALE 2016 Glass 20.5” x 6.75” x 6.75”
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BOTHNIA 2012 Glass 29.75” x 16”
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Chris Hill NEW MEXICO, SCULPTURE
While best known for his large scale wall sculptures, Hill works in a variety of sizes fusing painting & sculpture together with a designer’s eye. After constructing a metal form with precise craftsmanship, he takes a painterly approach and hand paints the finished colors and gradations in a palette inspired by travels as far-flung as Tallinn, Estonia to Valparaiso, Chile; Porto, Portugal to Rotorua, New Zealand. Most recently, the beauty of the American Southwest has inspired his latest body of work; Hill recently relocated from Chicago to Santa Fe, NM. Hill studied design and graduated from the American Academy of Art in Chicago where he also taught digital design for many years. He began exhibiting his sculpture in 1990, and has since exhibited in SOFA Chicago, New York & Miami, Art Chicago, Art Palm Beach, Art of the 20th Century: New York and Expo Chicago. His work is held in public and private collections worldwide. Visit his artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/chris-hill
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DAYSPRING Steel and acrylic 60” x 36” x 12”
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ZIA RISING Steel and acrylic 14.5” x 13.5” x 8”
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SPANISH MOON Steel and acrylic 21” x 19” x 10”
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Scarlett Kanistanaux COLORADO, CERAMICS, SCULPTURE
Scarlett Kanistanaux resides and works from her studio in Colorado where she sculpts simple, powerful portraits of young monks and nuns inspired by the Buddhist tradition. Coupling the medium of ‘natural’ clay with her unique method of sculpting from the ‘inside out’, seems to breathe life into these still ones. Relatively new to the contemporary art scene, Scarlett’s work has been consistently recognized as special by established fairs, competitions and venues ranging from local competitions to international art fairs. But the true power of her work lies in the impression it leaves on the individual viewer, transcending the realistic portrait each work presents. While her works range in scale from around 24” to 6’ in height, every piece exudes a powerfully disarming yet calming and serene presence. Kanistanaux herself feels blessed to be a part of their creation and joy filled in their presence. “By sharing these quiet sculptures, my hope is that others might also feel a similar inspiration. Perhaps these sculpted beings can serve to mirror our own potential for inner calm and peace,” Kanistanaux explains. Visit her artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/scarlett-kanistanaux
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STILLNESS BEHIND THE SILENCE Bronze 15” x 15” x 28”
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LUMINOUS Bronze 7” x 8” x 13”
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SANGUINE REGARD Bronze 23.5” x 12.5” x 10.5”
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Gugger Petter CALIFORNIA, MIXED MEDIA
Petter’s work continues to grow each year in popularity and is currently collected in high demand with continued high profile commissions, the most recent, a portrait of US President Bill Clinton unveiled in Washington, DC last summer at a ceremony attended by Mr. Clinton. Petter’s works are made from newspaper, hand woven using a unique technique developed by the artist specifically for the material, which she selects for each work and rolls into tubes. The artist explains, “I have always been inspired by challenge, so when I decided to work with newspaper, it was in fact due to the limitations/difficulty this material presented - both in regard to color palette and fragility. My manipulation of the tubes makes my work very strong, and the color limitation is a challenge that inspires me for each work I create”. The informative aspect of newspaper adds an important element of historicism to each work, holding within it world and local news of the particular time frame it was made within. This year’s exhibition includes two major Gugger Petter works, both large female portraits, the most highly sought after from Petter collectors although her “Street Scenes” are also highly sought after and widely recognized - many are owned by Nordstom’s and displayed in flagship stores in major US cities. Petter’s work is highly collected worldwide and can be found in numerous permanent collections including the Danish Embassy, Washington DC, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Royal Danish Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico, The Museum of National History (Fredricksborg Castle), Hillerod, Denmark, and The White House Collection, Washington, DC. Visit her artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/gugger-petter
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WOMAN WITH PEARLS Newspaper, mixed media 67.5” x 54”
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WOMAN WITH RED HAIR Newspaper, mixed media 72” x 52”
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PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN #16 Newspaper, mixed media 42” x 31.5”
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FEMALE HEAD/ MAESTÁ #42 Newspaper, mixed media 7.5” x 5.5”
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FEMALE HEAD/ MAESTÁ #43 Newspaper, mixed media 7.5” x 6”
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Lesley Richmond VANCOUVER, FIBER
Richmond constructs textiles that simulate organic surfaces by changing the structure of the fabric, rather than imposing a design on the surface of the cloth. She uses distressing techniques and chemical processes to change the surface structure of the fiber into an illusion of organic decay, creating beautiful tree and forest scapes that are highly collectable. Inspired by the architectural elegance of trees, tranquil and timeless, Richmond is interested in the symbolic significance of trees in human culture- their long lives allowing them to watch over many changes in history. Richmond’s work, which has been included in the Triennial of Tapestry in Ludz, Poland, is collected internationally, including Art in Embassies, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, and The Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland. Her work has recently been exhibited at the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, Choengju International Craft Competition, South Korea and Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM. Visit her artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/lesley-richmond
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DEEP FOREST 2 Cotton / silk fabric, kozo fiber, heat reactive base, metal patinas, acrylic paint 59” x 43”
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DISTANT FOREST 10 Cotton/silk fabric, Kozo, metal patinas 36” x 76”
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SILVER FOREST 3 Cotton/silk fabric, Kozo, metal patinas 46” x 96”
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MYSTIC FOREST 2 Cotton/silk fabric, Kozo, metal patinas 39” x 74”
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Carol Shinn COLORADO, FIBER
Shinn’s photo-realistic machine-stitched images are known and highly regarded internationally. She has taught across the United States in programs including Arrowmont, Penland and Haystack, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ. Her current work focuses on the natural landscape as well as on the aging and decay of buildings and other human artifacts. “My work is about not only seeing, but examining how humans see; how details and surfaces add up to create a thing or place, how those things are illuminated. I am interested in the control and isolation of information given by points of view, and how moods are perceived by the quality of light within the composition,” Shinn explains. Her work is in numerous public and private collections, including the Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, and the Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY. Visit her artist page on our website for more information and to preview more works: www.tanseycontemporary.com/artists/carol-shinn
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YELLOW WALL WITH DOOR Freestyle machine stitching on fabric 26.75” x 21.25” framed
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OVERHANG Freestyle machine stitching on fabric 17.25” x 14” | 24.25” x 21” framed
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RED SPEED Freestyle machine stitching on fabric 21.25” x 27.5”
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HEADBOARD AND SHROUDS Freestyle machine stitching on fabric 19” x 15” | 26” x 21”
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NORTH FACE Freestyle machine stitching on fabric 20.5” x 15.5” | 27.5” x 22.5” framed
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