STATEMENT

 

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, and, or drawn, painted and photographic images (often coated with layers of encaustic medium), I create visual 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.

 

Laurel Garcia Colvin

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Laurel Garcia Colvin

1000 King Street
Chappaqua, NY 10514
914/773-0273 • fax: 914/773-0327
laurcolv@optonline.net • www.laurelgarciacolvin.com

Second Studio: Studios at Cole Farm
71 Chestnut Ridge Road
Armonk, NY 10504
914/414-8242 (cell)

Selected Exhibitions Solo
	On the Cusp, Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, Spring 2007 Revelations, Westchester Community College Art Gallery, Peekskill, NY, Fall 2006 Viajes del Agua~Viajes del Alma (Water Journeys~Soul Journeys), Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, Spring 2005 Manifestations, The Gallery at R & F, Kingston, NY, Fall 2004 The Language of Hands , Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, Fall 2002 Herstory: Remnants of Memory installation, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, Fall 2001 Remembrance-Reflection installation, Gallery @ 49, New York, NY, Spring 2001
Group
	Artist as Teacher , The Studio, Armonk, NY, Fall 2006 Soulful Expressions of Beauty , Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, Summer 2006 Copilandia “a public art intervention,” sponsored by Centro de Arte de Sevilla and art group Gratis for Seville between Cultures festival, Seville, Spain, Winter 2006 Peekskill Project, sponsored by the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, Fall 2005 Edgy and Elegant, curated by Rosemary Cohane Erpf, Arts Exchange, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY, Fall 2005 Women, Words and Images, curated by Connie Koppelman, Ph.D, Stony Brook University, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY, Spring 2005 Winter Solstice III, The Studio, Armonk, NY, Winter 2004-2005 Real to Unreal , The Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY, Fall 2004 Katonah Museum Artists Association at Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, juried by DeDe Young, Curator, Neuberger Museum of Art, Summer 2004 Westchester Biennial 2004, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY, juried by Kerrie Buitrago, Pollack Krasner Foundation, Judy Kim, American Federation of Arts, Robert Curio and Benjamin Ortiz, independent curators, Spring 2004 Katonah Museum Artists Association at the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, Mt. Kisco, NY, juried by Richard Klein, Asst. Director, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Fall 2003 Illustrated Recipes, curated by Susan Edwards, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, Fall 2003 Art of the Northeast USA , Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, juried by Harry Philbrick, Director, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Summer 2003 The Whole Ball of Wax , Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, Spring/Summer 2003
Exhibition Reviews
	Genocchio, Benjamin, “Those Who Teach, Can,” New York Times , October 29, 2006, Westchester section, p. 15 Gouveia, Georgette, “A Grand opening in White Plains,” The Journal News, October 9, 2005, Life & Style section, p. 6E Genocchio, Benjamin, “Some Rich Pickings For the Art Lover,” New York Times , October 2, 2005, Westchester section, p. 6 Genocchio, Benjamin, “In Peekskill, It Takes a Community,” New York Times , September 25, 2005, Westchester section, p. 10 Eliasoph, Philip, “Getting an eyeful at Silvermine,” The Connecticut Post , May 25, 2003, Arts & Travel section, p. G1, G3 Streitfeld, L. P.,   “54 th ‘Art of the Northeast',” The Greenwich Times , May 18, 2003, Art section, p. D3 Gouveia, Georgette, “Fresh Takes: Westchester Biennial pairs recent favorites and new delights,” The Journal News , June 2, 2002, Life & Style section, p. 3 Gouveia, Georgette, “The Reunited Self: 48 artists reinterpret the figure,” The Journal News, May 31, 2002, Life & Style section, p. 1 – 2
Publications
	Artwork featured on cover of Westchester County Tourism Arts Guide brochure, 2005 “Creations” feature article on Viajes del Agua~Viajes del Alma , UU World magazine, May-June 2005 issue, p. 22 - 23 The Language of Hands: Laurel Garcia Colvin , exhibition catalogue, essay by Rosemary Cohane Erpf, 2002 Feature article on Remembrance-Reflection installation at Gallery @ 49, The China Press , May 23, p. A16 and B3
Grants and Awards and Panels
	Participant in Lee Mingwei's Pantheon Project installation,Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, Fall 2006 Participant in Jean Shin's Unraveling installation for One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now exhibition, Asia Society Museum, New York City, Fall 2006 Peekskill Project 2005:   Discussion Panel: Artist and Community Collaborations, Moderator: Nathalie Angles, Director, Location One International Residency Program, NYC, October 16, 2005, Hudson Valley for Contemporary Art Video! A Power Tool for the Artist, Panel Discussion/ Herstory video presentation, Katonah Museum of Art, September 15, 2005 Westchester Biennial 2002: Artists Panel Discussion/Slide Presentation, Moderator: Wennie Huang, Director, Castle Gallery, May 14, 2002, New Rochelle Library Awarded Ceres Project Room exhibition at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Fall 2001   Received Puffin Foundation Grant for Remembrance – Reflection installation, Spring 2001
Collections
	In private collections in England, Ireland, Brazil, New York, California, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois and Texas
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

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