BIO
Artist Statement
Seijaku Series:
Tranquility in the midst of daily turmoil. The Japanese have a word for it: Seijaku.
Seijaku isn’t an escape from the world that surrounds us. Rather, it is the seeking of serenity in the midst of chaos; the finding of true inner quiet as the world churns around us.
I have always been fascinated by the dichotomy between order and chaos—especially in today’s constant barrage of media and technology. The use of binary code in this series is not about the code itself. Rather its distortion and randomness are symbols of the tumult from which we move toward peace, order and simplicity.
In Seijaku I suggest to the viewer that the journey to serenity can start with a break from the routines of an active life. A move toward simplicity, order and balance. A discovery of the calm pond at the heart of us.
A way to stillness.
Retina Series:
Sight is the artist’s connection between idea and execution, between the inner and outer world. Change one and the other must follow.
"In the months of healing that followed emergency retina eye surgery, I turned to my canvas with brutal honesty, to express my fear of losing my vision. Far from the meditative harmonic palette of my previous work, the Retina Series speaks to a very different set of emotions. Vivid color. Energetic flashes. The black spots and gestural lines that owned my vision. Open fields like the white of the eye. Paint given to the surface by hand, not brush—an intimate connection to the canvas both visceral and personal."
In the Retina series, a confessional: an authentic revealing of self that turned adversity into inspiration. And a will that turned frustration to redemption.
Selected Solo, Invitational, and Juried Exhibitions
2021 Lone Tree Arts Center, Commissioner’s Choice Exhibit, Into The Rearview Mirror: A Look
Back At 2020, Inviational, Lone Tree, CO.
2020 Space Gallery, Serenity in the Midst of Chaos, Solo Exhibit, Denver, CO
2020 R Gallery, Meaning in Abstraction, Group Exhibit, Boulder, CO
2019 Valdosta State University, Valdosta National 2019, Juried Exhibit, Dedo
Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, Georigia
2019 ART Squared, A Two Person Exhibit Seijaku, Boulder, CO
2019 Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Colorado Abstract +10: A Survey, Invitational
Exhibit, Arvada, CO
2018 Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, 46th Internatioanl Art Show, Juried group
Exhibit, Brownsville, TX
2018 K Contemporaray Gallery, Seijaku, Solo Exhbit, Denver, CO
2017 Space Gallery, White, Invitational Group Exhibit, Denver, CO
2017 Globe Fine Art, Translucency, Solo Exhibit, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Yokohama Civic Gallery, 25th International Exhibit, Yokohama, Japan
2016 Metropolitian State University Center for the Visual Arts, Colorado Woman in
Astraction, Invitational Exhibit, Denver, CO
2016 Nagasaki Art Museum, International Exhibit, Nagasaki, Japan
2016 Center for the Visual Arts, Colorado Woman in Astraction, Invitational Exhibit, Denver, CO
2016 Highline Gallery, Two Woman Show, Boulder, CO
2016 Space Gallery, Group Exhibit, Denver, CO
2015 Riverside Art Museum, California Dreaming, Riverside CA
2015 Nagasaki Prefectual Art Museum, International Exhibit, Nagasaki, Japan
2015 The Painting Center, The Writing on the Wall, New York City, NY
2015 Space Gallery, Nature’s Line, Denver, CO
2015 40 West Gallery, Black, White & Metal, Lakkwood, CO
2014 Ice Cube Gallery, Ice Breaker 5, Juried Exhibit Denver, CO
2014 Space Gallery, Fusion V, Invitational Exhibit, Denver, CO
2014 Palazzo della Provinic di Frosinoe, California Dreaming, Frosinone, Italy
2014 Oceanside Museum of Art, California Dreaming, Oceanside, CA
2013 Republic Plaza, Total Abstraction, Denver, CO
2013 Space Gallery, Mind Over Matter, Denver, CO
2013 Arvada Center for the Arts, Art of the State, Juried Exhibit, Arvada CO
2012 Space Gallery,The Other Primary Colors; White Black Grey, Denver, CO
2012 Cultural Arts Council Fine Arts Gallery, Abstract Expressions, Invitational Group Exhibit, Estes Park, CO
2011 Lowery Gallery, Poetic Synthesis, Invitational Exhibit, Community College of Aurora, CO
2011 Chelsea Art Museum, 1st International Juried Peace Art NYC Exhibition, International Juried Exhibit, NYC, NY
2010 Spark Gallery, Biennial Juired Exhibit, Big Themes/Small Work, Denver, CO
2010 Museum of Modern Art, International Juried Exhibit, A Book About Death, Wales, UK.
2010 National Museum of Brazil/Museu Brasilerio da Escultura 2010,
International Invitational Exhibit, A Book About Death, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2009 The Dairy Center for the Arts 2009, Juried Exhibit, Enso The Circle, Boulder, CO
2008 Curtis Art & Humanities Center, Juried Exhibit, 25th (2008) , 20th (2003), 17th (2000), 16th (1999) Annual All Colorado Art Show, Greenwood Village, CO
2007 Denver Public Library, Santa Fe Art District Exhibit, Denver, CO
2004 Susan K. Arndt Gallery, Mountain Valley Women Artists 2004, Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, CO
2004 The Lincoln Center, NCAA13th National Art Exhibition 2004, Fort Collins, CO
2004 Evergreen Arts Center, Contemporary Art Exhibit, Evergreen, CO
2002 Museum of Contemporary Art, Regional Juried Exhibit, Rocky Mountain Biennial, Fort Collins, CO
2000 Canyon Road Contemporary Art, National Invitational, Juried Exhibit, Santa Fe, NM
Museum and Corporate Collections
2016 Envision Healthcare, Denver, CO
2014 Willow Creek Dental, Lonetree, CO
2012 Dean Evans & Associates, Greenwood Village, CO
2010 Flux Museum, Fort Worth, TX
2010 Museum of Modern Art, (MOMA), Wales, UK
2010 National Museum of Brazil/Museu Brasilerio da Escultura (MUBE), Sao Paulo, Brazil
2009 Marriott International Inc., Renaissance Hotel, Charleston, SC
2009 Kentler International Drawing Space Permanent Collection, Brooklyn, NY
2008 AMS Health Inc., Denver, CO.
2008 DCG Law Firm, Broomfield, CO
2007 Towne & Country Real Estate Company, Denver, CO
2007 Law Firm of Castle, Meinhold & Stawjarski LLC, Denver, CO
2000 Law Firm of Huttner & Huttner, Denver, CO
1998 Summit Financial, Englewood, CO
1998 Mississippi Dental, Aurora, CO
1998 Stephens Finanical, Denver, CO
Awards and Recognition, Publications
2018 Publidhed Review in Westword Magazine by Michael Paglia, Seijaku, Solo
exhibit, K Contempoaray, Denver, CO
2018 Publish Article in ARTBEAT Magazine, Carlene Frances, Non-Referentially Speaking,
Denver, CO
2015 Published Review in Westword Magazine by Michael Paglia, Natures’s
Line Exhibit, Space Gallery Denver, CO
2015 6th, 2015 Artslant Prise Showcase Competition winner.
2013 Recognition by Westword’s Best of Denver, “Best Group Show”, The Other
Primary Colors; White Black Grey, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2013 Published Review in Westword by Michael Paglia, Mind Over Matter
Exhibit, Space Gallery, Denver CO
2013 Recognition by Westword’s Best of Denver 2013, “Best Big Show
Colorado Art”, Art of the State, Arvada Center For The Arts, Arvada, CO
2013 Arvada Center For The Arts Exhibit Catalog, Art Of The State, Arvada, CO
2013 Published Review in Westword by Michae Paglia, Art of the State, Arvada
Center For The Arts, Arvada CO
2012 Space Gallery Exhibit Catalog, The Other Primary Colors; White Black Grey
Denver, CO
2012 Published Review in Westword by Michael Paglia, The Other Primary
Colors; White Black Grey. Denver, CO
2011 Space Gallery Exhibit Catalog, Fusion IV, Denver, CO
2011 Published, Tao Te Ching, by RZ Foster, Painting on Book Cover
2010 Flux Museum Exhibit Catalog, FluxFace in Space, Fort Worth, TX.
2008 Home & Gardens TV, 22 Paintings featured and filmed in Denver, Designed
by architect Suzette Evans for HGTV series, “My Amazing Renovation”
2007 Orbitz Design Published, Corporate Calendar, Denver, CO
2007 Published Article, Art of the Four Corners Magazine, Fall Issue, Full page
article on Fusion Exhibit, page 68
2007 Published Book, Fusion: Painting and Poetry
2006 Curators Choice Award, Art for Aids Exhibit, Denver, CO
2004 First Place Award, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Evergreen Center for the Arts,
Evergreen, CO
2002 Award of Merit, 3rd Annual Artful Women Exhibit, Fremont Center for the Arts,
Canon City, CO
2000 Award of Excellence, National Invitational, Canyon Road Contemporary Art
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1997-2001, RMCAD Published Mural, Integration of Space, Rocky Mountain
College of Art & Design College Catalog, Denver, CO
Education
1998 BFA, Painting and Drawing, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
1972 Kendal College of Art and Design of Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, MI
1970 Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI