Member Profile - Natalya Aikens

fiber artist

www.artbynatalya.com                       

www.artbynatalya.blogspot.com

natalya@artbynatalya.com

917 414 7969

Artist Statement

  

My art is an exploration of my heritage.  I grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia listening to my dad read Russian fairytales to me, and then reading them voraciously myself. Life has allowed me many ways to try my hand at art; I’ve been a fashion designer, an illustrator, a costume designer. In fiber art, I have found the way to meld my love of fabric and paint and all things textural. My current work focuses on my fascination with sheer, translucent effects and creative recycling.  I love the cloud-like softness of chiffon, the crisp lightness of silk organza, the intriguing texture of a dryer sheet.  I paint or dye my materials and then freehand machine-embroider them with fanciful images that come from my imagination, influenced by Russian fairytales. I then add hand stitching to further enhance the piece.  Layering sheers with muslin, velvet or a recycled element, I tear and manipulate until I have found the most satisfying way to display the delicacy, fragility and textures of the materials and bring forth the beauty of the image.

 

 

Member Exhibit - Natalya Aikens

detail from Derevnya/Russian Fairytale Village II

Viridian Artists Gallery
19th Annual International Juried Exhibition
July 1st through July 18th, 2008

Opening reception July 10th, 5P-8P

530 W 25th street, #407
NYC
212.414.4040
Tuesdays through Saturdays 10:30A to 6P

Member Profile - Jeanne Williamson

mixed media artist

http://www.jeannewilliamson.com
508-655-4560
jeanne@jeannewilliamson.com

My artwork is a combination of monoprinted textures of orange construction fences, with painted and hand stamped shapes, on one large piece of fabric. The fabric is stitched to highlight different lines and patterns. Over the past few years I was working to combine the grids of the construction fence in at least one of three ways; with other building textures and repeats, with nature that grows around the construction, and/or to create the illusion of how one fence pattern is reacting with another pattern. Currently, my focus has been abstractions of the geometric patterns of local building construction.

Member Profile - Julia Blaukopf

photography

http://www.juliablaukopf.com/

Art Statement:

I am intrigued by both the unfamiliar and the ordinary. For the past four years I have traveled throughout Italy, Eastern Europe, Kenya and Ghana. Much of my work centers about new ways of depicting foreign places. Blurring the lines between fine art and documentary, my focus is on workers, farmers, families and other emblems that compose the everyday. As a guest in another country, I remain an outsider looking in, but my goal is to break through the line between foreign traveler and inquisitive visitor.
I use my passion as an artist to raise awareness and foster a mutual understanding between communities on an international level. I intend to do this by working as a creative partner with non-profits, ethically-minded businesses, media outlets, and educational institutions.

Bio:

Julia Blaukopf received a BFA in photography from University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She has studied painting, batik and photography in Boston, Italy and throughout the Philadelphia area. In October, 2006 Blaukopf traveled to Ghana to photograph for Women in Progress, a non-profit group that empowers women of the community through a sustainable business of clothing manufacturing. The photographs have exhibited in Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore most notably at Nexus Foundation for the Arts; the Icebox Gallery; The Camera Club in New York; Moore College of Art Gallery; Maryland Art Place in Baltimore, and in solo shows at the 2007 First Person Arts Festival and Kelly Writers House. Blaukopf has been honored with the First Person Arts Fellowship, the Center for Emerging Artists Fellowship, The Camera Club of New York Resident Artist Award, and the Oregon College of Art & Craft Resident Photographer’s Award. She has spoken about her international photographic work at School of Visual Arts, The Art Institute, University of the Arts, and Oregon College of Art and Craft. Publications include The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Weekly, Shots Magazine, and the ASMP Bulletin.

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Please send me a short blurb about yourself as Margaret did below and I'll post it here on the group blog!

New Member Event and Profile

New member:

Margaret Danielak

DanielakArt - Art Sales & Consulting Services 
www.danielakart.com 
626-683-9922 
Author: A Gallery without Walls: Selling Art in Alternative Venues (ArtNetwork Press) 

I am an art rep, lecturer and am also the author of the handbook for fine artists: 
A Gallery without Walls: Selling Art in Alternative Venues which was published by ArtNetwork Press. The book was a featured selection of North Light Book Club and given a "must buy" rating by the Midwest Book Review which reviews books for librarians across the country. 

I have a great event coming up...a teleclass on July 8 on "Finding Effective Representation" sponsored by the Artist Career Training (A.C.T.) Details on registration are on my website www.danielakart.com and on A.C.T.'s website www.artistcareertraining.com .

Good Resource

Here's a resource that I found today. It's called the Artist Help Network and has a listing of organizations and books that are helpful for corporate artists.

I've started listing the artists' media for the link listings to the right. If I have the medium wrong, please let me know. If you haven't sent me your link, please do so.

Between Facebook and LinkedIn, we now have just under 100 members!

-Joanie