http://www.caprarioart.com Caprario Art Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:01:24 +0000 http://www.caprarioart.com en http://www.caprarioart.com/283654/Achievements-of-James-E-Ulrich http://www.caprarioart.com/283654/Achievements-of-James-E-Ulrich Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:01:24 +0000 Caprario Art 283654 The Estate of JAMES E. ULRICH Email: caprariok@lanecc.edu EDUCATION 1987 M.F.A. degree in painting and drawing, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. Studies also included Art History sequences in Romanesque, Renaissance, and Modern art 1975-76 Art Students' League, New York City, New York. Studied painting with Theodoros Stamos 1967-71 B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Studied with William Bailey, Bernard Chaet, Richard Lytle, and Jack Lembeck SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2004 “presence: absence” Lane Community College, Eugene, OR 2003 “Library Commission Artists” Gallery at the Airport, Eugene, OR 2002 “Works of Faith” First Presbyterian Church, Portland, OR, Charles Froelick, juror 2001 31st Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition, Bruce Guenther, juror. Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR “All in the Family” invitational show, Gallery at the Airport, Eugene, OR “Reading Islands” commission for the New Eugene Public Library, Eugene, OR 2000 “Winners” invitational show of former winners of the Mayor’s Art Show, Gallery at the Airport, Eugene, OR 1999 “Legends and Myths” juried exhibition, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK 1997 “The Artful Box” invitational exhibition, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR “Works of Faith” juried exhibition, First Presbyterian Church, Portland, OR 1996 “Ninth Annual Human Form” juried exhibition, Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR “Mayor’s Art Show” Jacob’s Gallery, Eugene,OR 1995 “The 25th Annual Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition” Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR “Mayor’s Art Show” juried exhibition, Jacob’s Gallery, Eugene, OR 1994 “The Millennium” invitational exhibition, New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR 1993 “Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition” juror: Terri Hopkins, Corvaliis Art Center, Corvallis, OR “Lane County Juried Show” New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR 1992 “This is how things feel…” William White Gallery, Two-person exhibition, Eugene, OR “Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition” juror: William Jamison, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR “Human Form” juried exhibition, Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR 1991 Oregon Bach Festival; Work selected for Festival poster, cover of program, and exhibition in Hult Center, Eugene, OR “War and Peace” invitational exhibition, New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR 1989 “Celebration of the Arts in Oregon” juried exhibition, State Capitol Building, Salem, OR "Faces" invitational exhibition, New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR 1988 “Non-Objective Landscape” Curator: Terri Hopkins, Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR Gallery 141, Annual faculty show University of Oregon, Eugene, OR “Small Works” invitational exhibition, Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, WA 1987 “Oregon Biennial” juried exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR “Oregon Biennial” State-wide touring exhibition, l987-88 “All Oregon Art Annual” Armory Auditorium, Salem, OR “Introductions” invitational exhibition, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR “M.F.A. Exhibition” University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR “Eighth Annual Exhibition” juried show, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR 1986 “Western Visions” invitational exhibition Hemingway Western Studies Center, Boise State University, Boise, ID 1986 “Oregon 2-D” juror: Sherwin Simmons, Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR “The Artist Interprets the Landscape” invitational exhibition, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 1984 Lane Community College Art Gallery, Two-person exhibition, Eugene, OR “Western Region Painting and Drawing Exhibition” juror: Terry Melton, Stevenson Union Art Gallery, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR “Coast to Coast” invitational exhibition, Public Image Gallery, New York City, NY Group Show, Project Space Gallery, Eugene, OR 1983 Group Show, Artists' Union Gallery, Eugene, OR “Five Eugene Artists” invitational exhibition, Lane Community College Art Gallery, Eugene, OR LECTURES AND AWARDS 2001 “Reading Islands” Percent for Art Integrated Art Commission ($20,000.), New Eugene Public Library, Eugene, OR 1993 Best of Show Award, New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR 1991 Bach Festival Poster Selection and Award, Eugene, OR 1988 Artist Residency Award, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY 1987 Alternate, McDowell Colony Fellowship Program, Petersborough, NH Finalist, Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship Program, OR Juror's Prize, “All Oregon Art Annual”, State Capitol, Salem, OR 1986 Purchase Award and work reproduced in WesternVisions catalog, Hemingway Western Studies Center, Boise State University, Boise, ID Juror's Award, “Oregon 2-D”, Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR Philip Johnson Awards for scholarship, University of Oregon 1985 Philip Johnson Awards for scholarship, University of Oregon Lecture and panel discussion, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS 2004 Register Guard, February 22. “presence:absence” review by Bob Keefer 1988 The Oregonian, November 5. Review by Barry Johnson Artweek, December 3, vol. 19, no. 41. Review by Lois Allen, “Looking At The Land” 1987 The Register Guard, December 11. Review of Oregon Biennial exhibition The Oregonian, July 24. Review by Barry Johnson Willamette Week, July 23-29 issue, “Getting To Know You” 1987 What's Happening, June 11-17, vol. VI, no. 22. Review by Elizabeth Brinton 1986 University News, October 27. Boise State University, review by Jeanette Ross The Oregonian, August 14. Review by Barry Johnson, “Landscape Show Broadens The Terms” The Oregonian, August 8. Photograph of work selected for gallery section The Torch, November 29. Review by Jackie Barry, Lane Community College Western Visions, Hemingway Western Studies Invitational Exhibition Catalog, Boise State University, ID 1984 Western Region Painting and Drawing Exhibition, exhibition catalog SELECTED COLLECTIONS New Eugene Public Library, Reading Islands, Percent for Art Commission, Eugene, OR Hemingway Western Studies Center, Boise State University, Boise, ID Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY TEACHING AND ART-RELATED EXPERIENCE 2001 Adjunct Instructor in drawing, University of Oregon 1990 Adjunct Instructor in drawing, University of Oregon 1989 Adjunct Instructor in drawing, University of Oregon Adjunct Instructor in drawing, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR 1988 Adjunct Instructor in watercolor painting, University of Oregon 1986-87 Graduate Teaching Fellowship in watercolor painting and drawing, University of Oregon 1980-83 Co-op member of both Project Space and Artists' Union Galleries, Eugene, OR http://www.caprarioart.com/283654/Achievements-of-James-E-Ulrich http://www.caprarioart.com/283652/Works-of-James-E-Ulrich http://www.caprarioart.com/283652/Works-of-James-E-Ulrich Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:00:36 +0000 Caprario Art 283652 Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 14)<img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/283652/Ulrich_Artist-as-Model2.jpg" border="0" width="401" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/283652/Ulrich_Dreams-of-the-Millennium2.jpg" border="0" width="432" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/283652/Ulrich_Exodus2.jpg" border="0" width="435" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/283652/Ulrich_Journey2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="499" align="left" /> <img 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src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281924/Lane-Community-College_3a_4.jpg" border="0" width="667" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281924/LCC-Show-2007a_5.jpg" border="0" width="667" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281924/2009_State-Fair-Art-Installation1_1.jpg" border="0" width="667" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281924/RSG-Fall-a_6.jpg" border="0" width="667" height="520" align="left" /> http://www.caprarioart.com/281924/Exhibition-Documentation http://www.caprarioart.com/281895/About-James-E-Ulrich http://www.caprarioart.com/281895/About-James-E-Ulrich Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:34:12 +0000 Caprario Art 281895 IntroductionThis area is dedicated to the work and memory of my late husband, James E. Ulrich. He died in 2001, at age 51 from suicide after years of severe clinical depression. James was an extraordinary artist, intellect and visionary thinker. The works presented reflect part of an oeuvre that includes oil paintings, pastels, graphite drawings, watercolors and mixed media. In addition to his visual artworks, James also wrote screenplays, essays and short story fiction. For more information regarding the life and work of James E. Ulrich, please contact The Estate at: caprariok@lanecc.edu About James E. Ulrich Visionary Painter James E. Ulrich (1949-2001) was an artist of tremendous emotional intellect who created visual symbols that expressed the predicament of being human and existing in the world, or as he would say, “…this is how things feel.” Intuitively drawn and conceived through the process of his studio practice, Ulrich’s work is a journey so deeply felt and personal as to become universal in its ability to resonate and connect empathetically with the viewer. The images are iconic in their presentation and the semiotics of the work enriched by the various metaphoric references and relationships depicted in his compelling compositions. Ulrich’s oeuvre was influenced by his extensive readings in literature and philosophy as well as his own writings. Many classical and allegorical quotes may be gleaned from experiencing the work, as well as juxtapositions that question and revise that which might be initially assumed. However, the history of each work--rather than being a planned illustration of a particular concept--involved suspending his rational and erudite mind in favor of an automatic method of working and subliminal extrapolation. The images were allowed to emerge from his subconscious and trigger the emotions suggested, honestly and personally before being fixed in an artwork. There is sometimes humor, but little irony in the work. Ulrich explored his vulnerabilities and risked all in the studio in his quest for authentic expression. This level of intimate knowing was, however, far from self-indulgent. Ulrich offers us the gift of his awareness and invites us to a personal and collective dialog on life, anxiety and hope—an apt conversation that is both timeless and contemporary. The depth of his investigation is supported by his unwavering attention to the materiality of his media whether it was oils, watercolor or pastel. He studied as an undergraduate at Yale University (B.A., 1971) and the lessons learned there from William Bailey among others is evident in his consummate handling of paint and intentional use of composition to create a dramatic visual narrative--he is a painter’s painter--as well as a poignant and articulate storyteller. Born in Minneapolis and raised in the Midwest, Ulrich lived and worked as an artist in New York City during the mid-1970’s before moving to Oregon in 1977. He realized his mature work there, influenced by the atmosphere and mystical aesthetic of the Northwest. Recurring thematic subjects such as the wayfarer, the holy fool, candles, illuminated trees, wounded protagonists and vanitas objects populate Ulrich’s canvasses like archetypes in a medieval Passion play. They are his actors in a visually stunning choreography of the duality and dependency between light and dark.” The piece is finished when there is the correct balance between despair and hope.” (Ulrich) For additional information on the life and work of James E. Ulrich, please contact the Estate of James E. Ulrich by email at: caprariok@lanecc.edu or by phone at (541) 554.9932. Thank you. http://www.caprarioart.com/281895/About-James-E-Ulrich http://www.caprarioart.com/281890/Transition-Zones-2003-2007 http://www.caprarioart.com/281890/Transition-Zones-2003-2007 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:30:37 +0000 Caprario Art 281890 Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 12)<img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281890/Breath-of-Dawn.jpg" border="0" width="502" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281890/Luminous-Moment.jpg" border="0" width="505" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281890/Genesis-Installation1.jpg" border="0" width="509" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281890/Light-Shade-After-Turner.jpg" border="0" width="448" height="500" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281890/Transition-Zone.jpg" border="0" width="497" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281890/Migration_View1.jpg" border="0" width="544" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281890/Red-Eclipse1.jpg" border="0" width="501" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281890/Sacred-Cut.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281890/Somewhere.jpg" border="0" width="502" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281890/The-Effects-of-Weather copy.jpg" border="0" width="502" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281890/The-Enchantment1.jpg" border="0" width="498" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281890/Emergence1.jpg" border="0" width="498" height="520" align="left" /> "presence:absence" 1:36 minutes; 2006 Project Details I hear the murmurings of poetry in each mark and brushstroke I make; the paint itself, completely plastic and full of possibility is the perfect vehicle for metaphor and essentially poetic in its material nature. While it can depict that which is empirical and observational it always holds out part of itself for the expression of what is known without words and felt without reason. By eliminating recognizable references in favor of a rigorously reduced and abstracted construction of space, color is used to create atmospheres that aspire to the intangible weight of the sublime while simultaneously acknowledging the hierarchy of the surface structure and the materiality of the experience. I do not mean to depict an illusionist and chiaroscuro interpretation of space whose task is to seduce the viewer into believing in something which is not but rather to identify the spatial movements that map and quantify a potential experience not necessarily observational but physical nonetheless -- a story of space. The paintings may be installed as individual pieces or effectively grouped panoramically or in a grid-configuration to create an expanded composition and dialogue. http://www.caprarioart.com/281890/Transition-Zones-2003-2007 http://www.caprarioart.com/281892/Illuminations-mid-1980-s-2001 http://www.caprarioart.com/281892/Illuminations-mid-1980-s-2001 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:30:36 +0000 Caprario Art 281892 Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 12)<img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281892/Caprario-03-Light-Beyond-the-World_11.jpg" border="0" width="367" height="529" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281892/Caprario-04-Night-Star_12.jpg" border="0" width="347" height="529" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281892/Caprario-07-Tides-of-Memory.jpg" border="0" width="542" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281892/Caprario-09-Hidden-Passage.jpg" border="0" width="317" height="530" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281892/Caprario.02.CITY-OF-ROCKS_13.jpg" border="0" width="346" height="529" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281892/Caprario.01.OCEAN-ARCH.jpg" border="0" width="362" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281892/Caprario-12-Storm-Watch-2a.jpg" border="0" width="515" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281892/Caprario.07.TIL-THE-MOON-BE-NO-MORE.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="506" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281892/Caprario.12.STILLNESS-BEFORE-THE-DARK1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="343" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281892/Caprario.15.SILENT-MESA.jpg" border="0" width="618" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281892/Caprario.17.CAIRN.jpg" border="0" width="498" height="505" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281892/Caprario.18.AT-THE-EDGE-OF-DAWN1.jpg" border="0" width="520" height="520" align="left" /> Project Details These works are representative of a fifteen-year period between the mid 1980’s and 2001. Wood panels have been my painting support since the 1980’s. I prefer the firmness of the surface to that of canvas for painting on and the opportunities for patterned embellishment and leafing on the edges. That patterning is done using leather stamping or homemade tools and is intricately designed and applied—thousands of “punches” are worked on each piece. The leafed area surrounding the central image is an integral part of the piece and provides a separation between the interior image and the outside world in much the same way as medieval artists used gold leaf as “light materialized” in the creation of icons. For the drawings, Lenox 100 rag paper is used as the support and an ebony pencil, rather than oil paint, creates the central image. My paintings and drawings are windows that open onto a familiar, yet different view of reality and evoke a dream-like journey of the imagination. Eons have passed since the land depicted was formed and we, the viewer, can imagine all of it in one glance. What is not visibly presented in real-time is as salient and palpable as what is actually seen: the dichotomy between presence and absence and an elongation of time are explored and questioned. http://www.caprarioart.com/281892/Illuminations-mid-1980-s-2001 http://www.caprarioart.com/281893/Artist-Statement http://www.caprarioart.com/281893/Artist-Statement Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:30:35 +0000 Caprario Art 281893 Raised in New Jersey and trained there and in New York City, I began my painting career working from observation and then abstractly. After moving to Oregon in 1977, Western landscapes have been a continual source of imagery in my work; real canyons have replaced the concrete and steel caverns of the city. The once-architecturally inspired abstract forms that reflected the experience of living and growing up in the New York area have been transformed over time into the architectonic shapes of high desert and coastal rock formations and the openness of the seemingly infinite space. Light is used as an element that creates a sense of expectancy—a waiting for some drama to unfold with the viewer being the solitary witness to that event and time. In art school, I studied as a textile designer as well as a fine artist and worked for several years in New York’s Garment District as a printed fabric designer. One of my original designs during that time was the first printed repetition of the splatter, distressed jeans look; it sold thousands of yards, was printed on every sort of material imaginable and made into pants, shirts, skirts and the like—“ready-to-wear Pollock.” Even though my subject as an artist since that time has focused heavily on landscape, atmospherics and the fixed vs. the far-reaching gaze, the pull of pattern and fractal repetition has been a reoccurring interest in my work and conceptual development. I have an eclectic interest in design and reference the repetitive structures and motifs of Italian Renaissance decorative arts, Native American art and Byzantine mosaics in the work. http://www.caprarioart.com/281893/Artist-Statement http://www.caprarioart.com/281894/Curriculum-Vitae http://www.caprarioart.com/281894/Curriculum-Vitae Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:30:35 +0000 Caprario Art 281894 KATHLEEN CAPRARIO Email: caprariok@lanecc.edu Work represented by the Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR ART EDUCATION 2005 University of Oregon, Zelij design workshop with Jean-Marc Castera 1973 New York Studio School, summer semester, Paris, France. Studied with Elaine deKooning, Wayne Theibaud, Nicolas Carone, George Spaventa 1973-76 Art Student’s League, New York, NY. Studied painting with Theodoros Stamos 1969-73 Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts, NJ. Certificate of Completion awarded in Fine Arts and Textile Design; studied painting with Mary Abbott 1967-69 Newark Museum School, NJ. Studied painting while in high school. AWARDS AND GRANTS 2009 Artist Residency—Three Weeks, The Morris Graves’ Foundation, Loleta, CA, juried 2008 Juror’s Award, 6th Around Oregon Annual, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR 2007 Artist Residency—One Month, Jentel Foundation, Banner, WY, juried 2006 Juror’s Award, “4th Around Oregon Annual” The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR 2001 The Modesto Lanzone Mostra 99 Exhibition Award Winner, Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, CA 1999 First Place Award, “1999 Works on Paper...” Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA President’s Award, “National Works on Paper” University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX Juror’s Award, “Dreamscapes” Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ 1998 President’s Award, “National Works on Paper” University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX 1991 Juror's Award, "Mayor's Invitational" Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR 1989 Individual Artist's Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission Purchase Award, "Border To Border" Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 1988 Honorarium, "Nuclear Visions", Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, Newport, OR 1985 Artists' Residency, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY 1976 Award in painting, Art Students' League, New York, NY CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Copeland, Landye, Bennett and Wolf, Portland, OR Eugene Water and Electric Board, Eugene, OR Justice Building,Salem,OR. One Per Cent for Art Purchase Larson Drawing Collection, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN Microsoft Corporate Collection, Redmond, WA Public Services Building, Hillsboro, OR Saks Fifth Avenue, Portland, OR, and Phoenix, AZ Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones and Grey, Portland, OR Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY University Of Washington Hospital, Seattle, WA University of Oregon Knight Law Center, Percent for Art purchase Oregon State University Medical Center, Corvallis, OR Washington State Arts Commission Percent for Art Collection: Various locations throughout the State SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2005 “Transition Zones” Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, OR 2001 Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, CA 1998 “Windows on Another World” Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, OR 1997 Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR 1996 "Light and Stone" Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR 1994 "Illuminations" Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1993 "Looking Towards the Light" Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1992 "Art In The Governor's Office" State Capitol, Salem, OR William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1989 Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 1988 Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 1986 University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2005 Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR 2004 “presence:absence” Lane Community College, Eugene, OR. 1990 Northview Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 1984 Mayer Gallery, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR 1983 Jackson Street Gallery, Seattle, WA GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS 2009 “On the Cutting Edge” Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, juried “All Oregon Art Annual” Salem, OR. Jurors: Jane Beebe, George Johanson, Ronna Neuenschwander “7TH Around Oregon Annual” the Arts Center, Corvallis, OR. Juror, Beverly Soasey Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery Spring & Fall Exhibitions, juried. 2008 “Drawing is a Fine Art” Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL “National Small Works Painting” The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY, juried “All Oregon Art Annual” Salem, OR. Jurors: Charles Froelick, Lucinda Parker “6th Around Oregon Annual” The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR. Juror, Nancy Lindberg “Introductions” Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR, juried “Spirited Journey: Women Artists” Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR “Introductions” Beppu Wiarda, Portland, OR 2007 “28th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition” Columbia College, Columbia, MO. “Small Rays of Hope & Fragments of a Larger Idea” Rhonda Schaller Studios, NYC, NY, Juried “Confluence” Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Portland, OR 2005 “Ever-Changing Landscape” Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY. Curated. “Works of Faith” First Presbyterian Church Gallery, Portland, OR, Julie Ann Poncet, juror “ Gifts of the Spirit” First Presbyterian Church Gallery, Portland, OR Julie Ann Poncet, juror 2004 “Jacobs’ Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition” Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR, invitational 2000 “What is Drawing Now?” Weber State University, Ogden , UT, juror: Jane Fudge “20th Annual NW International Art Competition” Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA 1999 “Mostra 99” Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, CA, juried “Dreamscapes” Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, juror: Julie Sasse “Re-Presentation” Boise State University Art Gallery, Boise, ID, juror: Vicki Halper “National Works On Paper” University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, juror: Karl Umlauf “Works on Paper: Recent Drawings, Prints, and Photographs” Louisiana State University, LA 1998 “Contemporary Landscape” Museum of Arts Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA “National Works On Paper” University of Texas at Tyler,Tyler, Texas, juried 1997 “True Art” Tacoma Art Museum,Tacoma,WA. Juror: Donald Roller Wilson “Miniatures” Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR “20th Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition" Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 1995 "Fifteen Years" Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR "Pacific NW Annual Juried Exhibition" Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA. “Texas National '95" Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX. Juror: Leon Golub 1993 "4th Annual Art Equinox" Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT. Juror: Vicki Halper "The Art Of Microsoft" Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Chris Bruce ,juror 1992 "Sign of the Cross" Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1991 Artquake, Portland, OR. Juror: Henry Hopkins "Landscape: Three Views" Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1990 "Drawing Power" Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA "Introductions" William Traver Gallery, Seattle, OR "Iconic Images" Susan Cummings Gallery, Mill Valley, CA 1989 "Oregon Biennial 1989" Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR. Juror: Mary Jane Jacob Artquake, Portland, OR. Juror: Mary Beebe "Oregon/Washington Juried Exhibition" Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA. Jurors: Gerald Bolas, John Olbrantz "Border To Border" Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay University, TN. Juror: Richard Field "Art About Agriculture" LaSelles Stewart Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Juried, 1988-91 "Nuclear Vision" Oregon Coast Council for the Arts Newport,OR. juried. National Touring Exhibition sponsored by Visual Arts Resources. 1988 "Non-Objective Landscape" Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR "All Oregon Annual" Salem, OR. Juried. 1986 "Western Visions" Hemingway Western Studies Center,Boise State University,Boise, ID. juried Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School Of Arts And Crafts, Portland, OR 1985 San Jose Institute Of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 1983 Jackson Street Gallery, Seattle, WA 1982 "Kouroi & Kourai At Kouros" Kouros Gallery, New York, NY 1978 "Artists of Oregon" Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR. Juror: Wayne Thiebaud PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS 2009 “Community College Moment” Spring issue, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR 2008 “Community College Moment” Cover image, Spring issue, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR 2005 Springfield News, Article, October 12 2004 “presence:absence,” Register Guard, February 22, review by Bob Keefer 1999 Springfield: Between Two Rivers, Dorothy and Mara Velasco, Community Communications, Inc. 1998 New American Paintings, vol.#19,The Open Studios Press (Pacific Coast Edition) “City of Rocks” Eugene Weekly, September 10, review by Lois Wadsworth 1996 "20th Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition" catalog 1988 "Looking At The Land" Artweek, December 3, vol. 19, #41, review by Lois Allen 1987 "Wyoming Revisited" Artweek, June 23 1986 "Western Visions" Hemingway Western Studies Center, catalog TEACHING & ART RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE 2005-current Oregon State University, Adjunct Professor, Studio Foundations 2000-current University of Oregon, Adjunct Instructor, CORE Studio 1995-current Lane Community College, Part Time Instructor, Studio Foundations 1973-76 Textile Designer, freelance and studio artist, New York, NY http://www.caprarioart.com/281894/Curriculum-Vitae http://www.caprarioart.com/281888/Losing-Boundaries-2007-2009 http://www.caprarioart.com/281888/Losing-Boundaries-2007-2009 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:28:00 +0000 Caprario Art 281888 Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 12)<img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281888/Flux.jpg" border="0" width="502" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281888/Echo2.jpg" border="0" width="501" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281888/Heat-Haze.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281888/Losing-Boundaries.jpg" border="0" width="504" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281888/Jentel_2_5.jpg" border="0" width="502" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281888/Jentel_3_6.jpg" border="0" width="501" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281888/Journey-Song.jpg" border="0" width="499" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281888/Lunar-Moment.jpg" border="0" width="503" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281888/Thousand-Acres.jpg" border="0" width="504" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281888/CAPRARIO_-02_Lake-Abert-Pathways_1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="505" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281888/CAPRARIO_01_Harney-County-Pathways1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="511" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/281888/CAPRARIO_03_Malheur-Lake-Pathways.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="515" align="left" /> Project Details The acrylic on wood panel paintings presented are part of a series initiated at a month-long artist residency in 2007 at the Jentel Foundation in Northeast Wyoming; the beautifully rugged and ever-changing landscape of the area served as both observational and conceptual inspiration for the resulting work. I approach the work from the point of view of materiality, process and freely exploring the plasticity of the acrylic media. Working topographically, paint is layered, flooded and removed often mimicking the natural effects of erosion and sedimentation. The haze produced by regional forest fires filtered into the work becoming a veil that seductively separated that which is clear, spatial and present from that which is obscured, absent or diminished. Force and matter combine to generate images conceived without intentionality and suggest a loss of boundaries—those areas being transition zones between control and chaos, and the internal and external realities of existence. Geometric stripes aid in quantifying and organize the visual information presented, a mapping system, of sorts. The graphic gestalt of the stripes allows for the perception of patterns and spaces that were painted without a predetermined outcome in mind—chaos organized. http://www.caprarioart.com/281888/Losing-Boundaries-2007-2009 http://www.caprarioart.com/280834/The-Lake-Maps-2009-Current http://www.caprarioart.com/280834/The-Lake-Maps-2009-Current Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:52:56 +0000 Caprario Art 280834 Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 19)<img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_8.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="510" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_9.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="511" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Drift-Map-3_Graphite-copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="363" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Drift-Map_4.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="512" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Drift-Map_5-bigger2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="352" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Drift Map_6 copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="507" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Lake-in-Fog_Ink_bigger2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="184" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Lakeview_Ink_bigger.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="179" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Late-Afternoon-Lake_Ink_bigger.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="339" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Lake Map_1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="367" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Shadow Map 1_Watercolor- Graphite.jpg" border="0" width="667" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Shadow-Map-2_Watercolor--Graphite.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="511" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Shadow Map 3_Watercolor- Graphite.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="508" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Shadow Map_4 copy.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="501" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Shadow Map_5.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="512" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Shadow Map_6.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="513" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Waterbodies 1_Watercolor.jpg" border="0" width="368" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Waterbodies 2_Watercolor.jpg" border="0" width="669" height="520" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/24640/280834/Caprario_Waterbodies 3_Watercolor.jpg" border="0" width="355" height="520" align="left" /> Project Details Initiated while on an awarded retreat in June, 2009 at The Morris Graves’ Foundation, Loleta, CA., several simultaneous routes of inquiry are explored in resulting work. Landscape and the relationship of Self to Nature have been at the core of my work. It is the wonder of things and that moment when beauty overwhelms the senses and quietly infiltrates and transforms the viewer’s perception that compels me. My work is a response to the sublime through observational research and the identification of landscape motifs that are re-imagined as a dynamic union with place. Viewer location, the relationship of the far reaching vs. the fixed gaze, the simultaneity of presence and absence, as well as the cultural and fractal dynamics of pattern are all areas of overlapping concern. An interest in the mathematical patterning of Zellij design (I took a course with Jean-Marc Castera in 2006) and Penrose tiling as well as fractal expressionism and the inquiry into Jackson Pollock’s oeuvre by Richard Taylor has also informed the work. There is a familiarity with patterning and shadows that references the iconography of the photographic negative as well as the repetition of wallpaper—often a benign and innocuous component in a room or space. In our perception the patterns that exist in the nature are frequently relegated to the role of backdrop. By isolating the patterns that exist in nature, that which in context may be overlooked and disregarded, the viewer is afforded a new point of view and an appreciation of the textures and fractal patterning of self-similarity that while often relegated to the role of backdrop resonates deeply within our experience of the world. Both the Drift and Shadow Map series were realized plein-aire and in real-time as the position of the sun, clouds and the wind impacted their making and material handling—a mapping system of that moment in time. My interest in pattern can be traced back to my work as a textile designer in New York City in the 1970’s while my 30+ years of working in Oregon has seen the work evolve conceptually, materially and rooted uniquely in a Northwest mystical tradition. http://www.caprarioart.com/280834/The-Lake-Maps-2009-Current