I am thrilled to have my work recently added to Kolaj Magazine’s Artist Directory. It is a great privilege to be added to this directory alongside so many other fantastic collage artists. Kolaj Magazine does much fine work towards the progression and furtherance of the Collage as a vital, involving and highly relevent movement in contemporary art. This is acheived both by the immense quality of the publication itself, as well as through their exciting initiatives such as Kolaj Fest and The Kolaj Institute.
A Statement About My Work:
Over the last number of years my work has spoken on a vast array of different topics, all of which have been drawn together by my own meandering passions and ideas; and somehow centrally bound by a deep interest in fostering human growth. I believe the arts have an essential role in the maturation and the restorative humanization of our society; by providing us with a means to share lived experiences, reflect on the harsh realities of today, and to imagine infinite possible futures through the vehicle of creativity.
Collage has always felt like the most apt means for reflecting on our fractured society. By providing an opportunity to hijack the narratives and imagery of advertising, newspapers and other sources of mass printed and digital media, collage delivers to us a possibility. The possibility to repurpose and restructure mass media messaging; creating unified reflections that emerge from our own experiences, unconscious processes, hopes, struggles and dreams.
Whether I am working with digital or analog collage, or whether the topic at hand is political, personal, comical or purely experimental; I am following a deep intuitive response to my own processes of selection, placement and commitment to a final composition. I believe that any time one of us engages in this kind of process the result is a unique piece of work, drawn from our creative alchemical selves and delivered through the medium of collage.
Check out my featured listing by clicking here
More About the Artist Directory
Kolaj Magazine‘s Artist Directory is a tool for organizing and cataloguing artists who work in the medium of collage. Its audience includes the general public as well as independent curators, art venues, and writers.
The editorial staff of Kolaj Magazine uses the Artist Directory to select artists to feature in the publication and to select artists for various curatorial projects.
The Doug + Laurie Kanyer Art Collection uses the Artist Directory to learn about artists for their collection. Members of the Artist Directory are permitted and encouraged to refer to their Listing when responding to Calls to Artists as a way of facilitating their response.
The Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory is the primary online gateway of the Kolaj Institute Artist Archive and is used to organize online information about artist members.
The Artist Directory exists as a public resource for those interested in collage as a medium and is designed to put interested parties in direct contact with artists.
