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El Sueño Final (The
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Terce Monday (9am), States
of Grace series Click image to view enlargement. |
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Lauds
Thursday (sunrise), States of Grace series
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Other work by Laurel Garcia Colvin may be viewed by going to her web site at The narrative and symbolic aspects of images have been the focus of my work for a number of years. By juxtaposing images, in both individual works and installations, I suggest a multitude of possibilities, depending on the viewer’s state of mind and experiences, rather than “tell” a story. Mixed media provides me the best medium for exploring my visual concerns. Using sculptural elements, video, sound, and, or drawn, painted and photographic images, (often coated with layers of encaustic medium) I create visual and audio statements with both personal and public meanings. My recent work has been concerned with the interaction of the natural and human realms, both sacred and profane, and the often hidden, and evocative forms of flora and fauna. By building up and then scraping through some layers of encaustic medium, I reveal only some areas of the images more clearly. The works evoke the enigmatic nature of a dream, and imply emotional, psychological or spiritual states. "Most of the best works...are led by Laurel Garcia Colvin's installation that features a small boat filled with sea salt, shells, books and pearls, accompanied by four two-dimensional works that blend color photography with encaustic paint on wood. These surreal images depict women and girls floating on beds in water, sometimes accompanied by Aztec symbols (The titles are in Spanish and English). It's heartening to see an artist create a dream world so completely her own..." Georgette Gouveia, The Journal News "In both art and literature, often the most effective way to address themes of universal scope and significance is, paradoxically, to examine one element that functions as a part standing for the whole. The hands in Laurel Garcia Colvin's mixed media works, though small, still, and self-contained, are synecdochical symbols of our humanity, the process of non-verbal communication, emotional and spiritual states, and a particular moment in history to which we stand witness." —Rosemary Cohane Erpf, PhD., independent curator, exhibition catalogue essay, The Language of Hands: Laurel Garcia Colvin, 2002 "Laurel Garcia Colvin is a wonderful artist whose encaustic works,
sculptures and assemblages draw people in by their sheer beauty,
their spiritual depth and romantic nature and their meticulous
proficiency. I have now visited Ms. Garcia Colvin's studio a number
of times as well as having attended several of her exhibitions.
I have seen a consistent positive reaction on the part of the viewing
audience. Her works bridge the classical school of art with contemporary
technology and genre."
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Education: University of Texas at Austin, M.F.A. with Highest Honors University of Texas at Austin, B.F.A. with Honors Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York Selected Solo
Exhibitions: 2006
2005 New York NY 2004 Manifestations The Gallery at R & F Kingston NY 2002 Ceres Gallery New York NY 2001 Herstory: Remnants of Memory installation Ceres Project Room Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts New York NY 2001 Remembrance - Reflection installation Gallery @ 49 New York NY Selected Group
Exhibitions: 2008 Collaborative Concepts: At The Hat Factory Peekskill NY 2008 Women's Work Morgan Stanley Purchase NY Curator: Denise Mullen, Dean, Purchase College School of Art + Design 2006 2006 2005 Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art: A Benefit Auction of Significant Works Robert Miller Gallery New York NY 2005 Offerings/Ofrendas Peekskill Project, site specific installation sponsored by the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Peekskill NY 2005 Women, Words and Images Mills Pond House/Smithtown Township Arts Council St. James NY 2005 Winter Solstice III The Studio Armonk NY Curator: Tedd Stratis
Night of 1,000 Drawings Artists Space New York NY 2004 Real to Unreal The Hammond Museum North Salem NY 2003 Illustrated Recipes Katonah Museum of Art Katonah NY 2003 The Whole Ball of Wax Woman Made Gallery Chicago IL 2002 Message in a Bottle Celebrity Art Show and Auction; for Elton John AIDS Foundation and ICROSS The Shelbourne Hotel Dublin Ireland 2000 The Human Presence: Interpretations Westchester Arts Exchange White Plains NY curator: Rosemary Cohane Erpf 2000 Gallery B.A.I. Barcelona Spain 1998 Art as Spectacle Katonah Museum of Art Katonah NY Juror: Thelma Golden, Director, The Studio Museum of Harlem Grants, Awards,
Associations Fall 2006 2004 Castle Gallery The College of New Rochelle New Rochelle, NY 2003 Art of the Northeast USA Silvermine Guild Galleries New Canaan CT Juror: Harry Philbrick, Director, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art 2002 Selected for Westchester Biennial Castle Gallery The College of New Rochelle New Rochelle NY
installation; received grant; Puffin Foundation Gallery @ 49 New York NY Artist Archival file The National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington D.C. Artist Member: Ceres Gallery New York NY Publications/Professional
Activities 2002 Collections: Private Collections: England, Ireland, New
York, California, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania,
Florida, Illinois, and Texas |
Copyright: The Studio 2008