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Featuring work by:
Tammy
Rae Carland
Eliot K Daughtry
Kriss De Jong
Teri Claude Dowling
Jordy Jones
Jenny Michals
Hien Nguyen
Rev. Tim Taylor
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Artist
Statement
A multimedium
artist working in art and technology.
Neither
nor. Either or. None of the Above. All of the Above. Depends on the
day. Muppet identified. Gender is a limitation. A box that I don’t
fit in and don’t care to. My identity doesn’t require a gender.
I don’t feel a need to change my body, but I don’t feel an
allegience with the gender my body apparently details. My choromosonal
makeup fades the lines of gender, though it doesn’t make me intersexed.
I don’t fit into any of the black and white categories that gender
presumes to lay out.
Dangerously pegged as a freak in small town Iowa, I escaped in my teens
to Belgium where I found myself much freer to co-exist with the creative
force. From that distance I began to develop my visual voice.
Titling is important to the methodology of my paintings. Titles almost
always come before the paintings. Most of my works are fully composed
in my head before I paint them. The drawings that are the foundation
of my paintings are often done independently, but they exist just as
drawings until there is a title. As soon as there is a title, I can
see the piece in its entirety.
My figures are austere forms, line drawings with direct broad strokes
that I can not help but draw. I immerse myself in the transformation
of these figures into a work, intuitively painting the time and place
for them. Interpreting their story without limiting it or isolating
its meaning. These works comment on the world around me.
Visually, I am primarily self taught. Most of my education was in a
musical vein. My visual work is influenced by the performance and musical
work. The improvisational nature of my compositions and the experiences
of many years of involvement with collaborative music environments on
the internet have made their mark.
My works deal with raw emotion addressing potential violence, violation
and vulnerability. They touch on the fight for respect and control in
life. Degrees of loss of control over one’s existence. The force
of will required to move beyond the fragility of physical existence.
They are executed in digital collage realized on Giclée Canvas
and as acrylic on panel with 3-D sculptural elements forcing their way
out of the 2-D painting.
Art and technology are inseparable, and working digitally is a new medium.
Painting digitally or with acrylic, the creative process is the same.
My drawings begin with paper and ink, forming the basis of my paintings
that are created in the digital realm. My computer is an extension of
me. I am tied to it in a way that makes it more than a tool or assistant.
The finished works return to the physical world as Giclée canvas
or photobase & live projection.
Bio
Solo and Duo Exhibtions
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO 2004
Killer Banshee Studios, The State of the Studio, Oakland, CA 2003
Dance Mission, Displacement/Flux, San Francisco, CA, November 2002
SomArts, Flux, San Francisco, June 2002
Group Exhibitons
MoMo, Kansas City, MO 2003
SomArts, National Queer Arts Festival, EG: (r)Evolution of Gender, San Francisco, CA 2003
Pro Arts, East Bay Open Studios 2003, Oakland, CA 2003
Richmond Art Center, Members Only, Richmond, CA 2003
Bucci’s/Heritage Square, Right Mind(s), Emeryville, CA, 2003
Killer Banshee Studios, East Bay Open Studios, Oakland, CA, 2002
Noodle Factory, West Oakland Day of Art, Oakland, CA, 2002
Noodle Factory, Land of Frienz, Oakland, CA, 2002
Pilsen Art Walk, Boxes in Depth, Chicago, CA, 1996
Book Art
The Bainsi‚ Book & CD-Rom (ed of 30, with Eliot Daughtry & AJ Elledge), 1997
Ltd. Edition Engagement Calendar (with Eliot Daughtry & AJ Elledge), 1998
Ltd. Edition Wall Calendar (with Eliot Daughtry), 1999
Performances
Digital Video Projects
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF G&L Intíl Film Festival, Straightsploitation,
Steakhaus Productions, San Francisco, CA, 2002
Sundance, SXSW, Sydney, London, Oslo, Paris & 50 other festivals worldwide, 10
awards By Hook or By Crook, Steakhaus Productions, Various Locations 2001
Roxie Theater, Steakhaus Night at the Roxie, San Francisco, CA 2001
Live Video Improvisational Performance
Sacrafice, 40 at Sacrafice, San Francisco, CA, 2003
40th Street Space, 40 at 40th, Oakland, CA, 2003
Dance Mission, Displacement, San Francisco, CA, 2002
Oakland Metro, World HomoHop Fest, Oakland, CA, 2002
Live Audio Performance ëPassiondollí (A collaborative experimental music project with Eliot Daughtry)
111 Minna Gallery, Red as part of Aural Fixation: Sonic Voyagers 2.0, San Francisco, CA 1999
The Lab, Red as part of Aural Fixation: Sonic Voyagers, San Francisco, CA, 1999
Club Lower Links, Joan Jett Blakk for Mayor (with Gurlene & Joan Jett Blakk), Chicago, IL 1993
Live Audio Online Collaboration Group ìBad'n'Wrongî
(A collaborative experimental music project existing exclusively in Cyberspace with Eliot Daughtry)
On the Boards Studio Theater, Electromuse II, Seattle, WA, 1999
Gemini, John Perry Barlowís 50th Birthday Party, New York, NY, 1998
Musik Messe, Performance Demonstration, Frankfurt, Germany, 1998
Wembley Stadium, New Music Festival, London, England, 1997
Centre Pompidou, New Music Center, ircam, Paris, France, 1997
Dance
Vickers Theater, Michigan Arts in a Co-Production between Killer Banshee Productions and Abiogenesis, Do
you have special needs? Site specific on disability & nuclear emergency Planning, Three Oaks, MI, 1998.
Natíl Womenís Music Fest & venues in Chicago & Madison, Trip Hop Tango on disability & sexuality, 1996-98
Very Special Arts-Chicago Schools Dance>Detour mixed abilities dance company, Chicago, IL, 1997-1998.
Chenin Center for the Arts Dance>Detour mixed abilities dance company, Chicago, IL, 1998.
Recordings
Composition
Red - Passiondoll (with Eliot Daughtry), (compilation Aural Fixation: Sonic Voyagers), 1999
Live Soundscapes vol. 1, BadíníWrong, 1997
Vicious Ambience, Passiondoll (with Eliot Daughtry), 1996
Have a Nice Day, See You, Passiondoll (with God is My Co-Pilot), 1996
Sound Design
By Hook or By Crook (as Killer Banshee Studios, with Eliot Daughtry) a
film by Harriet Dodge and Silas Howard, Steakhaus Productions, 2001.
1061 Knapsack (as Killer Banshee Studios with Eliot Daughtry), a film by Ross Schuman, 2001.
Score
Godspeed (with Eliot Daughtry), a multimedia performance by Lynn Breedlove of Tribe 8, 2002.
Technical Production
Res Rocket/Rocket Network
Prix Ars Electronica 1999
NAMM Rocket Network official launch party, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, Wah
Wah Watson, and Chico Freeman, Los Angeles, CA, 1999
BBC Tomorrowís World Mega Lab ë99, Them Belly Full War Child Charity Single with
SinÈad OíConnor, Brinsley Forde, Lucky Dube, Thomas Dolby Robertson, Coldcut, a.o. London, England 1999
Eíxpressionís Music Center, Music Business 2005 Conference, Steve Miller, Jerry
Harrison, David Kahne, David Pack, and Arne Frager, Emeryville, CA, 1999
Davestewart.com, Sly-Fi Network Release in conjunction with Res Rocket, San Francisco, CA, 1998
EQ Blue Ribbon Award 1997
The Lab, Silent Night, Holy Noise, an evening of very quiet sound, Kathy Kennedy, San Francisco, CA 2000
111 Minna & The Lab, Aural Fixation, San Francisco, CA 1999
Hotel Utah, Queer Cultural Center, Harvey Milk, Venue 9, Red Doraís Bearded Lady Truckstop CafÈ,
Godspeed, Lynn Breedlove, San Francisco, CA, 2002
Noodle Factory, Land of Frienz, Wendy-O-Matik, Fly, Bucky Sinister, Oakland, CA 2002
Glama-Rama, 100% Fruit, BHOBC Fundraiser, San Francisco, CA, 2001
CD Production & Recording
Godspeed Books on CD 2003
Womperlandia Childrenís Recording 2002
Sini Anderson Spoken Word Recordings 2002
Godspeed Tour CD 2002
Tribe Spit Deep Tour CD 2002
Zero Contents Greatest Fckn Hitz 2002
Tribe 8 @ Paradise Lounge 2001
Silent Night, Holy Noise 2000
Aural fixation 1998, 1999
Audio Post, ADR, Voice Over & SFX for Digital Video
Miss Hell, Mr. Cross, Steakhaus Productions, 2002
Fumbling Toward Rock, Tara Jepson & Beth Lisick, Steakhaus Productions, 2002
By Hook or By Crook, Harry Dodge & Silas Howard, Steakhaus Productions, 2001
1061 Knapsack, Ross Schuman, Steakhaus Productions, 2001
Tour/Performance Support
Godspeed, Lynn Breedlove 2002
TSDí02 Tribe Spit Deep 2002
Sister Spit 1999-2001
Tribe 8 1996-2002
Deep Dickollective 2002
Website Design & Graphic Design (community/non-commercial)
Killer Banshee Studios 1994-Present Tribe 8 2000-Present
Lesbian Avengers 1995-Present Steakhaus Productions 2001-Present
Sister Spit 1999-Present Godspeed 2002-Present
Private Collections
Jim Renz - San Francisco, CA Mark & Mary De Jong - Pella, IA
Debra Hemrich - San Francisco, CA Isabella Jane De Jong - S. Pines, NC
Thurston Graham - Oakland, CA Craig & Hinton De Jong - S. Pines, NC
Fly - New York, NY Nick Winterhalter - Oakland, CA
Graham Lloyd - Bay Area, CA
Education
Taking the Leap, A professional practicum for Visual Artists, Emeryville, CA
Bachelors of Music, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
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