AWARDS
Studio Artist, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 2006 - 2009
Graduate Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute, 2003 - 2005
Communication Arts Photography Annual, August, 2001; series of 5 images selected and published in world wide competition annual

EXPERIENCE
Photography Assistant, Kathy Wolfe Photography, Atlanta, Georgia 1992-1995
Instructor, Studio Photography, University of Texas Informal Classes, Austin, Texas, 1998
Freelance Photographer specializing in fashion, corporate, editorial and fine art, Atlanta Georgia and Austin, Texas 1994 – 2000
Instructor, Studio Photography, Advanced Studio, Portraiture, and Tintype Printing; classes and workshops, The Showcase School, Atlanta, Georgia 1996 - present

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

John Tribble, 764 Miami Circle, Suite 122, Atlanta, Georgia 30324
Cole Pratt Gallery, 3800 Magazine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115

ARTIST STATEMENT

The ghosts of past centuries find undisturbed refuge from the foothills of the Southern Appalachian Mountains down to the fertile flatlands of the Coast. They inhabit the remains of yesterday while lingering stubbornly in the world of today. In my photography the past resides in the present in many forms - land, crops, architecture, and people. I seek out those images that harbor these ghosts and, acting as icons, deliver a modern interpretation of such themes as religion, home, loss, ritual, birth, and death.

For almost two decades I have lived in the Southeast and traveled the back roads with a Polaroid Land Camera and a digital camera, photographing in both rural and urban settings. Incorporating photographic printing processes from the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries, I mount archival pigment prints onto metal plates and paint these with varnish and stain. The final pieces vary from single images to larger, multiple image collages and range in size from small to large-scale.

My desire is to document those structures and landscapes that carry with them not only strong connotations of the past but also thematic symbols of the present. I want to create from these images narratives that explore the Southern experience – an experience that remains, in part, unwontedly bound to yesterday in a region whose present is as peculiar and as haunted as its past.

BIRTHPLACE Kingsport, TN
PHONE 404.561.4066
EMAIL info@benroosevelt.com
WEBSITE www.benroosevelt.com
IMAGES click here
IN ATLANTA Since 7/06
MEDIUM Multimedia
EDUCATION
2006 Master of Fine Arts, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland.
2004 Master of Theological Studies, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
1998 B.A. Religious Studies, University of the South, Sewanee, TN, USA.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Legion, Ard Bia Gallery, Galway, Ireland.
2004 Five Intimations, St. Andrews-Sewanee Gallery, Sewanee, TN, USA.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 AquaArt Miami, Art Fair with Romo Gallery, Miami Beach, FL, USA.
2007 Rigor Mort, Basement Gallery, Dundalk, Ireland.
2007 Subversion and the Domestic, House Projects, 22 River Oaks, Claregalway, Ireland.
2007 Utility Trances 2, Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, Asheville, NC, USA.
2007 Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2007 Utility Trances, Bolm Studios, Austin, TX, USA.
2006 Brochure, Tulca Season of Visual Arts, Galway, Ireland.
2006 Vending Machine Project, Dublin Fringe Festival, Project Arts Centre, Connolly Station, Crawdaddy, Dublin, Ireland.
2006 If We Drew on Eve, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland.
2005 Anthropos, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland.
2005 Interim, Tulca Season of Visual Arts, Barons Self Storage, Galway, Ireland.
2005 Shifting Ideas, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
2003 Switchyard, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN, USA.

SELECTED PRESS / REVIEWS
2007 Kurzner, Lisa. “Artist Profile,” Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, August.
2007 Fox, Catherine. “Diverse Biennial an awkward mix,” The Atlanta Journal- Constitution, June 24.
2007 Feaster, Felicia. “The gang’s all here,” Creative Loafing, June 14-20.
2007 Tagami, Kirsten. “Q&A / STUART HORODNER,” The Atlanta Journal- Constitution, June 3.
2007 Parker, Virginia. “Spring arts preview,” Atlanta Magazine, April.
2006 Dunne, Aidan. “The Ticket,” The Irish Times, October 13th.
2006 Waugh, Katherine. “Tulca 2005, Galway City,” Circa Art Magazine.
2005 Dunne, Aidan. “Looks like team spirit at Tulca,” The Irish Times, November 16th.
2005 Mahoney, Donald. “Interim – A Remarkable Show,” Galway City Tribune, November 4th.
2003 Judge, Victor. “Painting Without Borders,” The Spire, December.

HONORS, AWARDS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
2007 Winner, Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award, Atlanta, USA.
2006 Studio Artist, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center Studio Program, Atlanta, USA.
2006 €15,000 Project Grant Recipient, Arts Council of Ireland.
2006 Visiting Lecturer, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
2006 Short listed for co-curating the exhibition Interim, Allianz Business2Arts Awards, Ireland.
2005 Michael Greene Scholarship Student, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland.
2005 Panelist, Visual Art in Galway, Nuns Island Studio, Galway, Ireland.
2003-2004 Journal Painting Coordinator, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, USA.

The Vending Machine Project

STATEMENT
I make work about urban and suburban environments, visual codes, and existential confusion. I look for the tensions that exist between individuals and their surroundings, both natural and synthetic. Using a variety of materials, I have made works on specific topics like waiting rooms, social statistics, or the spatial dynamics of buildings and cities. My gallery-based works include wall-sized installations and sculptures, sound pieces, videos, drawings, paintings, and prints. Other activities include selling socially ambiguous stickers and making covert changes to actual cityscapes.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
*Solo Exhibitions*
2007
New Work, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA (upcoming)
2006
Suspension, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2005
Scintilla, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Microscopia, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004
Efflorescence, Ruby Green Contemporary Art Center, Nashville, TN
Accrescere, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Group Exhibitions
2007
PalmBeach3 <http://palmbeach3.com/>, West Palm Beach, FL (w/ Jennifer
Kostuik Gallery <http://kostuikgallery.com/>)
Young Movers and Shakers of the Georgia Art Scene, curated by Annette
Cone Skelton, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Printmakers Studio Members Exhibition, /Swan Coach House
Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2006
Bridge Art Fair <http://bridgeartfair.com/>, Miami, FL (w/ Pentimenti
Gallery)
Art(212) Fair <http://art-212.com/>, New York, NY (w/ Pentimenti Gallery
<http://www.pentimenti.com/>)
Au Courant, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ
Takeout, Pentimenti Gallery , Philadelphia, PA
APS Printmaking Exhibition, Roy C. Moore Art Gallery, Gainesville State
College
ArtPapers Annual Benefit, Atlanta, GA
2005
Small Sketches and Drawings, Swan Coach House
Transatlantic 2005/, Atlanta, GA
SkateRDie II, Invitational, Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004
TransAtlantic, Gallery Twenty-Four Berlin, Germany and ArtFarm, Atlanta, GA

Selected Press

New American Paintings_ <http://laurabellstudio.com/nap.html>,(vol. 58)
June 2005,/ Open Studios Press/, juried by Beth Venn
_ Best of the AAF Show / Art Within Reach_
<http://laurabellstudio.com/domino.html>,
<http://laurabellstudio.com/domino.html> May 2005,
<http://www.accessatlanta.com/>/ Conde Nast Domino Magazine/, Natasha
Boas <http://www.accessatlanta.com/>
_ The Intimate Structure of Hidden Worlds Revealed_
<http://laurabellstudio.com/ajc.html>_;
<http://laurabellstudio.com/ajc.html>_ June 2004/,/ /Atlanta Journal
Constitution//, <http://laurabellstudio.com/ajc.html>/ Catherine Fox

STATEMENT

This current work explores the possibilities for disruption and
fluctuation that grow out of an orderly structure.
The images reference the natural, physical world, drawing on forms from
deep-sea flora and fauna, microscopic organisms and cellular structures,
and cryptogamous plants such as algae, lichens, fungus, and mold.
The astonishing and often unsettling beauty found in natural phenomenon
is explored through the use of imaginary, hybrid, and existent imagery.

The repeating marks and forms are derived from patterns of repetition
found in biological systems, as well as by the regularity and repetition
found in computer generated fractals and lace patterns. While the images
are built on symmetrical and orderly forms, the drawings evolve and
develop into a semi-chaotic tangle of ropy vines, bulbous growths, and
spiky creatures. This rampant growth could recall the enchanted, yet
sinister world of a child's fairy tale, the strange and unsettling
beauty of deep-sea life, or the mutation of a cellular structure by a
virus or disease. The delicate intricacy in the drawn and painted marks
lures one in for a more intimate experience, and presents a dream-like,
interior world populated by forms that are both familiar and mysterious.

BIRTHPLACE Atlanta, GA
PHONE (770) 587-3231 or
(404) 488-7722
EMAIL laura@lauranoel.com
WEBSITE www.lauranoel.com
IN ATLANTA Atlanta native
returned in 1994 after living several other places.
MEDIUM Photography
EDUCATION BA from Duke University

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2004: PURE, University Center Gallery, University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama
(up coming June 2004)
2001: ALIAS AMERICA, Zone VI Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
ALIAS AMERICA, Community College of Southern Nevada Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
2000: ALIAS AMERICA, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta
ALIAS AMERICA, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo, Texas
ALIAS AMERICA, Buckhead Gallery, Atlanta

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003: SOUTHERN POP: FIVE ATLANTA PHOTOGRAPHERS VIEW CULTURE, Art Walk at Lennox
MODERN ICONOGRAPHY, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE NEW SOUTH, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia
TEN, The Seen Gallery, Decatur, Georgia
2002: 25TH ART ON PAPER EXHIBITION, curated by Stephen Phillips, Associate Curator of The Phillips Collection, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
JERRY CULLUM CURATES, Moving Spirits Gallery, Atlanta
ONLY IN 2002, Curated by Jane Jackson, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery
2001: AMERICAN EYES, Gallery Eleven50, Atlanta, Georgia
FAY GOLD SELECTS, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
THE MORNING AFTER SHOW, The Wagon Works, Atlanta, Georgia
SOUTHERN COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, curated by Jean Caslin, Executive Director, Houston Center for Photography
FIFTH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Nexus Gallery, New York, curated by Dana Miller, Whitney Museum
2000: PHOTOSPIVA 2000, George Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri
THROUGH THE VIEW FINDER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY BUFFY HOLTON,ALAN LEMIRE AND LAURA NOEL, Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University
ONLY IN 2000, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, curated by Jane Jackson
ARTSTRAVAGANZA, curated by Helene Seeman, Director of the Prudential Art Collection, Hunter Museum
of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1999: OUT OF THE ORDINARY: A SURVEY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS BY ATLANTA BASED PHOTOGRAPHERS, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
NATIONAL EXPOSURE, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
PHOTOGRAPHY 99, The Nexus Gallery, New York, New York
A MOMENT IN TIME, Fredericksburg Center for the Arts, Fredericksburg, Maryland

STATEMENT
I find emotion through the cleanliness of form.

I boil the distractions out of a landscape designed by chance to create images that are difficult, beautiful, humorous, and suffused with feeling. I use a camera as a drafting tool to pare the jumble of the urban landscape down to its interesting elements. I am essentially editing the world with my camera to create meaning.

My work touches on many aspects of modern life, such as the compulsion to leave private messages in public places and the cycle of man subduing nature only to find nature reasserting itself. The common thread that unites the images in Trace Contour is my use of structure to bring out meaning in the individual pictures.

In my photographs, I am amassing proof that America, despite the march of conformity, is still a place of singular moments and personal visions. I am uilding an argument for this new modernity image by image.

I am quite literally tracing the contours of America.

EDUCATION
2005-2007 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Fiber
2004-2005 BFA Candidate, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sculpture and Fiber and Material Studies
1972 BS Louisiana State University

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Exhibitions
2008 Emory Visual Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Solo Exhibition opening June, 2008
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Emerging Artist Showcase Nov2007 through Feb2008
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit, MI, ArtWorksII
November 2007 through January 2008

2007 Daimler-Chrysler Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
Emerging Artist Exhibition, October 2007
Hothouse: Expanding the Field of Fiber Online Exhibition
www. Cranbrookart.edu/ hothouse/alumni/vandevender07.php
ArtWorksll, Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI
What’s Next: Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook AcademyArt
About the Book, Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI
Tracing Residue, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Two-person exhibition with Suk Jin Choi

2006-2007 DaimlerChryslerServices Loan Collection, Farmington Hills, MI

2006 With What We Can Carry, Annex Art Center, Toronto, ON, CA
On Your Remark, Gallery 8542, Grand Rapids, MI
Obsession, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art

2005 Historic Memory, Memorable History, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook
Designed for Living, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta
Wrestle the Rest, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

2004 The Whole Carcass, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The Beet Show, Siragusa Gallery, SAIC, Chicago
Art Papers Benefit, City Gallery East, Atlanta
Bi-State Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS

2003 Art Papers Benefit, City Gallery East, Atlanta

2002 Off the Wall Pin-Up Show, MOCAga, Atlanta
Collier Mausoleum Installation, Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta
Art Papers Benefit, City Gallery East, Atlanta

2000 Return, Autrey Mill, Atlanta
H2O, Gulf Coast Community College, Biloxi, MS
Water, Atlanta College of Art, Gallery 100, Atlanta
Art Papers Benefit, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta

1999 What I’ve Been Up To, Atlanta College of Art, Gallery 100
Confidences, Atlanta College of Art, Gallery 100, Atlanta

RELATED AWARDS AND EXPERIENCES
2008-2011 Studio Artist,The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta ,GA
2007-2008 Emerging Artist, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Emerging Artist Exhibition, Daimler-Chrysler Berlin, Germany
2006-2007 Teaching Assistant, Jane Lackey, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Curatorial Assistant, Brian Young, Cranbrook Museum of Art
Teaching Assistant, Mike Paradise, Media Lab, Cranbrook
1999-2000 Atlanta College of Art, Mentoring Program, Deanna Sirlin

STATEMENT

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My current work is a continuation of my thesis research Interior and Image as Historical and Fictional Stage. This subject is realized through large-scale digital prints used as wallpapered interiors, photographs taken within the interiors, and props that turn the spaces into sets. The underlying theme is the use of the forum as a place to speak while also providing a place for a viewer to associate. I am looking at how cultural, racial, and sexual identities are melded, transferred, exchanged through sets, props, and characterizations.

Two layers of inquiry are the basis of my work: (1) historical events as literal backdrop, serving as a model for how information is transferred socially and culturally; and (2) fictional events and visual components that are put together as staged backdrops to transfer meaning through art.

Relating to the historical and decorative, I am exploring how Victorian and European influences filtered into the Harlem Renaissance, and how in turn that era paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement. How the parlour was used for social change—the projection of image through photography and print, public and discreet conversational use, and theatrical platform —is drawn upon.

Dressing parlour, tattoo parlour, performance parlour, parlour games…layering marks on skin, cloth, and papered surroundings, history is diffused by fictionalizing the present. Suggesting the intricacies in deciphering truth, the body, the interior space, and the stage become platforms for altering assumptions and playacting.

BIRTHPLACE Atlanta, Georgia
PHONE 404-876-5062
EMAIL 1thunter@bellsouth.net
IMAGES click here
IN ATLANTA Forty one years. Lived in San Francisco ten years as well.
MEDIUM Asphalt on cement ("Birds in Peril" series). Also, large woodcut prints.
EDUCATION BFA, Printmaking, California College of the Arts
MFA, Painting, Georgia State University

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Huntsville Museum of Art "Red Clay Survey" (Museum Purchase)
Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science "Art and Ecology"
(Tallahassee Florida)
Swan Coach House Gallery "Birds" (with Michael Murrell)
Atlanta Arts Council Mural Commission (Hapeville Senior Center)
National Park Service Mural Commission (Atlanta)
Artist Residency Grant (Atlanta)
"New American Paintings" (Publication)
"Southeastern Regional Invitational" (Macon Museum of Art)
"New Orleans Tiennial" (New Orleans Museum of Art)
"Atlanta Biennal" (Nexus Contemporary Art Center)
"Artists in Georgia" (Georgia Museum of Art)
"Stone's Throw" (Greenvile Museum of Art)

BIRTHPLACE Oceanside, CA
PHONE 404-347-8661
EMAIL awrowles@mindspring.com
IMAGES click here
IN ATLANTA 10 years, 20 years in Durham, NC.
MEDIUM Mixed Media Sculpture
EDUCATION B.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.F.A. in Sculpture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Cut to Size, Chelsea Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Closet Installation: Memory & Fantasy, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
Gallery A, Raleigh, NC
Center/Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Cone Galleries
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hanes Art Center
Brevard College, Brevard, NC
Meredith College, Weems Gallery, Raleigh, NC

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Refusing to Dance Backward, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2005
A Reflection on Women, Chaney Gallery, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD, 2005
Undercurrents, Moon Gallery, Berry College, Mt. Berry, GA (Two person exhibit with Jennifer Julian), 2004
Sculpture on the Grounds: Ann Rowles and Danielle Roney, The Cultural Arts Center, Douglasville, GA, 2004
Identity Crisis, Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, 2004
Lore, Ballroom Studios, Atlanta, GA, 2004
It’s Better Live: Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC. 2003
The Emory Chair Project, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Spring 2003
Not Just a Pretty Face, Fine Arts Gallery, Seminole College, Sanford, FL, 2003
Normal/Abnormal: Bodies & Minds, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL. 2003
I See London, I See France, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL. 2003
Crossing the Line, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA. 2002
Change of Space, SOHO20/Chelsea, New York, NY. 2002
2000 + 1, Washington Square, Washington, DC, 2001
Connections, SOHO 20 Gallery, New York, NY
Blurring the Lines, William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon, VA, 1999–2000
Body, Gallery 100, Atlanta College of Art, Woodruff Center, Atlanta, GA , January 1999
Kerek Zold/ Circle Green, Budapest Galeria, Budapest, Hungary, and Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC, 1997
Defining Ourselves, Radford University Galleries, Radford, VA, 1995
Fabulous Figures, Shirley Fitterman Gallery, City University of New York, New York, NY, 1994
The Cutting Edge, Gallery 10, Washington, DC, 1994
North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowships, 1993-1994, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC, 1994
Extended Boundaries, Arts Festival of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 1992
Working Title: Pants, Vests, and Shirts, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, 1989
Emerging Artist Grant Recipients Exhibition, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC 1985

GRANTS AND AWARDS
Fulton County (GA) Arts Council grant, 1997-98, ArtSHARE Mentoring Program
North Carolina Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowship, 1993-94
Associate Artist Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL, March–April 1992
“Indy” Triangle Arts Award in Visual Arts, presented by The Independent Weekly, Durham NC, 1990
Smith Graduate Research Award, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1990
North Carolina Arts Council Scholarship to Public Art Dialogue Southeast, 1989
Emerging Artist Grant, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC, 1984

COLLECTIONS
William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon, VA
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Cullowee, NC

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Western Carolina University, Cullowee, NC
North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Creative Loafing, Felicia Feaster,” My So-Called Life," 6/10/04
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Campus Sit-In”, Catherine Fox, 3/28/03
Creative Loafing, “Phat FAT,” Cathy Byrd, 5/22/1999
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Fabulous ‘Fat’ is heavy stuff’,” Jerry Cullum5/14/1999
Raleigh News and Observer, “Fashioning a body language,” Chuck Twardy, 7/17/1994
Atlanta Journal -Constitution, “Witness an artist’s take on the world,” Catherine Fox 9/21/1992
Art Papers, “Ann Rowles: Threads,” Bonnie Arant Ertelt, March-April 1992
Independent Weekly, “Full-bodied beauty,” Kate Dobbs Ariail, 2/ 15/1990
Preview, “Working Title: Pants, Vests, and Shirts,” Huston Pascal, The North Carolina Museum of Art, Spring 1989
Independent Weekly, “Profiles in Plumage: Four Artists/Artisans Who Are Making or Mocking Their Medium,” Allison Jones, June 18-July 1, 1987

CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS
Emory Chair Project 2003, Visual Arts Program, Emory University, 2004
Just Racin’: Art on Wheels, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, 1999
A Paen to the Puny, Roger Manley, (catalogue: The Think Dinky International Invitational Exhibition,) The Meta Museum, 1997
Kerek Zöld/Circle Green, Budapest Galéria and Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, 1997
Defining Ourselves, M. Anna Fariello, Radford University Galleries, 1995
North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowships 1993-94, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1994
Working Title: Pants, Vests, and Shirts, The North Carolina Museum of Art, 1989

STATEMENT
My work investigates the human body as it intersects with culture, history, and psyche. I work in a variety of media according to the dictates of the idea.

As a sculptor, the material substance of the body intrigues me. I am especially interested in fat, aging, and otherwise culturally despised bodies. I am both attracted and repulsed by the desire to re-form the body through the self-inflicted bodily trauma of surgical intervention.

I use the garment form as a framing device to present selected portions of the body and to reference cultural associations. The resulting sculptures appear to be both clothing and parts of bodies. This ambiguity implies similarities between the relationship of a person to her or his body and that of the body to its clothing. It contends that a contemporary person wears her or his body as a decorative object separate from the self. Like clothing, the body can be altered or made over to suit various cultural needs. Its attributes can be carefully accented or altered, obsessively planned and compulsively maintained.

My current sculptural process involves layering small pieces of sheer fabric with acrylic medium into negative plaster body casts to produce a positive with a skin-like appearance. I cut and sew these laminated fabric “skins” to transform the original. I add materials such as wire mesh, crepe hair, rubber, and bone, or combine them with silk-screened, painted, or photo-based imagery and video sequences. The results are fantasies on the reconstruction of the body.

BIRTHPLACE: Waycross, Georgia
PHONE: 404.964.7680
EMAIL: info@sheilapreebright.com
WEBSITE: www.sheilapreebright.com
IN ATLANTA: since 1997
MEDIUM: Photography
EDUCATION MFA Georgia State University 2003

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2006 Santa Fe Prize for Photography
http://www.sfcp.org/programs.cfm?p=SFPrize06
2002 Fellowship
The International Photography Institute
New York, New York
2001 Bronica Award
Tamron USA, New York
1999 New Work Photography Award
Enfoco, Inc., New York

Publications:
- Reflection in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to The Present, Deborah Willis-Kennedy: W.W. Norton, New York. 2001
- Black: A Celebration of Culture. Deborah Willis-Kennedy: Hylas Publishing, NY 2004

STATEMENT
Artistically, my goal is to capture thought provoking subject matter, which examines “projected images” of contemporary culture. Through style, concept, and the use of traditional photography and digital technology, I aspire to document stereotypes and challenge perceptions of identity, showing universal commonalities.

ANGELA WEST
STUDIO 13

BIRTHPLACE Dahlonega, GA
PHONE 678-522-8603
EMAIL alwest71@hotmail.com
IMAGES click here
IN ATLANTA 95-98 then grad school 2000 through present
MEDIUM primarily photography
EDUCATION BFA University of Georgia 1995
MFA Yale University 2000

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2007 An Instinctive Eye: A Selection of Contemporary Photographs from The Sir Elton John Collection, Pinchuk Art Centre Kiev, Ukraine
Still Life, Modern 07, Munich, Germany
Double X: Women Representing Women, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

2006 Photo Forum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX
New Photography, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Introductions, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA
Angela West--Photographs, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Little Deaths, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

2005 Works from the Permanent Collection, The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington,DC
Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Photography, The Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA

2004 So Atlanta, The Contemporary, Atlanta, GA