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The Choice2001 Etching/Aquatint 22 3/4" x 26 7/8" Price: 290.00
Kate Bender
kt9794@juno.com
Artist's Statement
August 2002
My images are conceived from the sum total of all psychological,
physical, intellectual and spiritual life experiences. I cannot escape
my past, nor do I want to. It replays wantonly in my dreams and turns up
as the basis for much of my art.
When I am able to give the subconscious free reign to input
images into my mind, I then temper those images with direct observation.
With this combination my works hopefully communicate essence as well as
substance. Michaelangelo believed that each piece of marble already
contained a form that he was releasing. I also believe that when I
approach a plate there are things to be said visually that I need to
capture and express.
In Printmaking, the process of creating a print can snuff the
very life out of what would otherwise be an intriguing image. To
counteract this I make the zinc plates my sketch pad. In conquering the
medium there is ample freedom of the voice of the subconscious. It is a
battle against process. If some works appear stiff, then process took
precedence. If, on the other hand, images flow and are captivating, the
Printmaking processes have been surmounted.
Etching and Aquatinting are a performance - an action art. The
process of making miniature bais relief is as exhilarating as using a
chisel and hammer on marble. It is a dance of the acids across a
pristine plate creating pits and gooves that will hold the inks to be
transferred to fine paper. It is creating 2 D effects by manipulating
minuet 3D materials in subtle ways.
The battle is then to find a voice and a visual vocabulary that
is distinctively mine. To find a voice as an artist, I must continue to
shout not until I am heard but until my visual voice and images reflect
my passions. It is a race against myself, against mundane mortality and
against preconceived images, to secure profound, important messages and
express them in ways that communicate effectively. When this sub-current
of thoughts, images, and reflections is tapped, poetry flows, images
coagulate, my hand follows what my passions dictate. Art becomes music,
music sings the visual dance and people sense what you are saying.
Education
Edinboro University - MFA - Printmaking (Minor - Sculpture)
Millersville University - Masters Drawing / Printmaking
Penn State University - Lost Wax Bronze Casting
Wilkes University - BA - Fine Arts
Gallery Shows and Representation
1990-1995 Representation by Ted Schell Gallery
1995 National Drawing Competition and Exhibition
1995 The McDonough Competition: Works on Paper
1996 Edinboro University Student Art Exhibit (Artist's SpecialTouch Award)
1996 Lakeside Gallery - Group Show
1997 Lakeside Gallery - Group Show
1997 Bates Gallery - One person show
1998 Martha Gault Gallery - Three person show
1998 Aromas - One person show
1998 Cafe Ole - One person show
1998 Veroglass Gallery - Two person show
1999 Erie Art Museum Spring Show
1999 Erie Art Museum Frame Shop Gallery - Group Show
2000 Erie Art Museum Spring Show
2001 Aromas - One person show
2001 Schuster Gallery - Northwest Pennsylvania Artist AssociationGroup Show
2001 Representation by the Glass Growers Gallery
2002 Glass Growers Gallery - One person show
2002 Erie Art Museum Spring Show
2002 Edinboro University Print Sojourn (Traveling Show)
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