Melinda Barnes
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Salt Shaker Cozy, graphite, 2008 |
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Unidentified Man on Roof With Cookie, graphite, 2008 |
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Small Model of Viburnum Institute, graphite, 2008 |
ARTIST STATEMENT
My drawings are pictorial fiction. Each one is a piece from a larger, somewhat fragmented and nonlinear but ongoing narrative that includes both visual diaries from the perspectives of different characters and a third person view of those same people and the landscapes they live in. I try to create a kind of pseudorealism for this narrative by mimicking qualities of snapshot-documentary photographs and combining those elements with what one might call a comic art style, which, I hope, suggests to viewers the fictitious nature of the work.
BIOGRAPHY
b. Austin, Texas 1971
Lives and works in Portland, Maine
Education
1994 BFA, University of Iowa
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Center for Maine Contemporary Art
2006
New Work, Whitney Art Works
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Considerable Thinking, Whitney Art Works
2008
Juried Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art
2007
TINY, Whitney Art Works
2006
Holiday Mixer, Whitney Art Works
Mix Tape: an Artists’ Portfolio, Local 188, Portland, ME,
A Fine Line, Whitney Art Works
2004
Invitational Salon of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown, Pennsylvania
2003
2-person Show, Gilmore Gallery, Peacham Library, Peacham, VT
Group Show, Gilmore Gallery, Peacham Library, Peacham, VT, 2001
American Drawing Biennial, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2000
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA,
Artist Registries and Other Venues
Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Art-o-Mat, various locations
Awards
Juror's Prize,
Juried Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art
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