ARTIST
STATEMENT
"The urge to create is irresistible to me. The symbols, images, textures and colors in my paintings and collages are my pathway to spirit and truth. My fundamental source of inspiration is my personal heritage: my family is hispanic and native american and has lived in the Southwestern US for many generations. Cultural explorations continue from there by listening to other people's stories, traveling to exotic places, reading and dreaming.
I love to gather, arrange and layer materials. Everything is a potential element: paper and fabric scraps, my own handmade papers, paint, stencils, transfers and photographs. Using cast off "compost" to give new life to art is richly symbolic to me. Creating physical depth through layering allows me to more deeply express ideas and feelings. I hope the layers act as levels to invite emotions, thoughts, memories and meaning for viewers of my art."
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- National Collage Society 23rd Annual Juried Exhibit (2007), Cornell Museum, Del Ray Beach, FL
- Two Moons Gallery, La Conner, WA
- Kaewyn Gallery, Group Show, Bothell, WA
- Northwest Watercolor Society Open 2007, First Place Award
- Northwest Collage Society Juried Exhibit 2007, Eleanor W. Smith Memorial Award
- Eastside Fine Arts Association Show, Bellevue
- LaConner Brewery, LaConner, WA
- Kirsten Gallery, WPW Membership Show, Seattle, WA
- Columbia Tower, WPW Members Show, Seattle
- Daybreak Star Gallery, Three-person Show, NW Indian Cultural Center, Seattle
- Dill & Spowz Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
- Northwest Collage Society Juried Exhibit, WA Convention Center Seattle
- Kenmore Art Show 2003, Kenmore, WA, Second Place
- Eastside Association of Fine Arts Show 2002, Bellevue, WA, Da Vinci Purchase Award
GALLERIES
- The Gallery, Bainbridge Art Center, Bainbridge Island, WA
- Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle, WA
ART EDUCATION
- University of Washington, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design
- Studied with Carla O'Connor, Serge Hollerbach, Polly Hammett, Fran Larson, Karen Guzak, Gerald Brommer, Jan Hart, Frank Webb, Stephen Quilller, Arne Westerman, Pat SanSoucie, Virginia Cobb.
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Esperanza Grundy
Seattle, WA
At the Market
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
JD Salinger's Bedside Table
Pap's Bedside Table
That Opera Night
Things That We Keep
All
artwork is the coprighted
property of the artist.
Esperanza Grundy (pdf)
More
of Espi's artwork
can be seen at
esperanzastudio.com
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