Artist Statement
My own personal memory as a dancer contributes to the existing space I am creating through experiences of discipline, practice, balance, and relaxed fluid faculty of control. I try to capture this through various materials, the movement of my own body as well as the memory of movement that can become distorted and transparent.
I enjoy using various materials such as charcoal, chalk pastel, acrylic and textured surfaces.
As a performer myself, I am struck at the apt abstract representation of the disconnect between onstage and offstage, the surreal juxtaposition of the brightly lit and on display world with the magical darkness and creativity that lives behind the scenes, just a few inches or feet away. The elimination of either world would result in the destruction of that beautiful illusion which is live theater - Katherine McDaniel, Editor Synkroniciti Magazine
Bio:
Lubbock resident, with her husband Scott, and son Luke
CASP Artist in Residence, Work Studio A
408 Ave J
Lubbock, TX 79401
Flatlands Dance Theatre Board Member, Spring 2019-Present
Work:
Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, South Plains College- Levelland TX
Fine Arts Gallery Director, South Plains College- Levelland TX
Education:
MFA-Painting, Texas Tech University- Lubbock, TX 2015
BFA- Studio Art, Texas Tech University- Lubbock, TX 2012
Publications:
Synkroniciti, Vol. 2, No. 4 "Hidden"
2020
https://synkroniciti.com/the-magazine/
American Artwork
Edition 14 & 15 2017 & 2019
Studio Visit Magazine
Vol. 34 2016
See my works published in the following art magazines:
Solo Exhibitions:
2020. Choreographic Sequences, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
2019 physical articulation, Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX
2018 sequential gestures, Christine Dewitt Art Gallery SPC, Levelland, TX
2017 restraint, Clamplight Gallery & Studio, San Antonio, TX
2016 concealed/fragmented/redefined, Garden & Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
2015 ballerina: standard of beauty, Texas Tech University’s School of Art Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2015 the mark, Peachtree Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2015 the choreography of painting, CASP 5 & J Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Lubbock, TX
Performances:
2022 hours, artist in residence, Ole' Miss University / collaborative performance with composer Cecil Price Walden & Vocal Professor Alice Anne Light, Nutt Auditorium
2022 hours, a collaborative performance with composer Cecil Price Walden & Vocal Professor Alice Anne Light, Hemmle Recital Hall, Texas Tech University
2012 DECA Dance, Firehouse Theatre LHUCA, Lubbock TX Flatlands Dance Theatre Collaboration
2018 “The Happening” SPC Theatre/Live Painting Collaborative Performance, SPC Theatre
Group Exhibitions:
2022 There's no "I" in Cactus, Texas Tech University Museum, Lubbock TX
2022 CCAN Juried Exhibition
Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene TX
2021: Motherly: an intersection of motherhood and the creative practice, Texas Tech University School of Art Satelite Gallery, Lubbock TX
2021 All Abstract, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
2021 Women in Art, Reflections: Nuu Muse Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2020 CCAN Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, Texas
2020 Abstract Only! 10th Anniversary Exhibition at Wailoa Center in Hilo, Hawaii Collaborative Performance, Lubbock, TX
2019 CLIP: An International Exhibition of Works on Paper, 5 & J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2019 Artspace111: 6thAnnual Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace Gallery, Dallas, TX
2019 Collectors Choice 2019, Studio Channel Islands Gallery, Camarillo, CA
2018 Texas & Neighbors, Irving Art Center, Dallas TX
2018 resonate & render, LHUCA Gallery Firehouse Theatre, Lubbock, TX
2017 document, Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX
2016 passage, Texas Tech School of Art Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2016 lines & light“an evening of performance & visual arts”, LHUCA Gallery Firehouse Theatre, Lubbock, TX
2015 your move: dance photography, Art House Productions Gallery, New Jersey, NJ
2015 abstracts, ArtSpace Gallery, Round Rock, TX
2015 ink this: curation of prints, Texas Tech University South Gallery, Lubbock, TX
