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Artist statement: Paper Dolls "I started using books in my work about six years ago. In my earlier sculptural pieces the books were more about the form, the vessel they created to house my images. But the longer I worked with the pages, the more it became about the words, how could it not? The layering of images over the text seemed to bring more depth and meaning to the work. After creating the early flat pieces using Xerox copies instead of actual pages, I became more interested in making one-of-a-kind pieces with original book pages. I had been collecting old reference books for years, not really knowing why, beyond admiring them for their antiquated beauty. Now, I love bringing new life to these pages. I was invited into “Paper Chase” at Guestroom Gallery; a showing of artists using paper in ways other than it was originally intended. This was the birth of Paper Dolls, a series of transparent images of a young woman spinning, layered over vintage book pages. The books vary from cookbook to anatomy book to dictionary, encyclopedia, songbook and vintage stock pages. The words and images begin to act as her clothing or tattoos that tell a story, a story of life and love revealing the trials and tribulations of being a woman." Heidi Kirkpatrick (March 2007) Solo exhibitions 2007 Blue Prints, WhiteBird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR 2006 Celebrating 10 Years, Studio 2507, Portland, OR 2005 Botanical Photograms, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR 2004 A Kiss, Standard Arts Window, Curated by Eva Lake, Portland, OR 2004 Girlie-Women as Objects, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR 2004 Women, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH 2003 From My Window Seat, Alysia Duckler Gallery, for Photo Americas, Portland, OR 2003 From My Window Seat, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA 2002 New Street Photography, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR 2002 Iceland, Torrefazione Italia NW, Portland, OR 2000 Modern Goddess, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR 2000 Clearly Female, Ona Gallery, Portland, OR 2000 Women, Garage Gallery, Portland, OR 1999 Flesh and Stone, Macri Gallery, Portland, OR 1997 Windows, Garage Gallery, Portland, OR 1997 Flesh and Stone, Garage Gallery, Portland, OR 1995 Two Women Exhibition, Silver Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR Group exhibitions 2007 Paper Chase, Curated by Jenny Strayer, Guestroom Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 Bestiary, Froelick Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Portland, OR 2006 Self Portrait, Alexander Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, Oregon City, OR 2005 First Person, Froelick Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Portland, OR 2005 Gallery Artists, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR 2004 PCNW Permanent Collection, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA 2004 The Curated Collection, Trimet Interstate MAX, Public Art Project, Portland, OR 2004 Flesh and Stone, White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR 2004 The Clown Show, Froelick Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Portland, OR 2004 Jekyll Island Art Show, Goodyear Gallery, Jekyll Island, GA 2003 Factories and Toys, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA 2003 Other Waters, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA 2003 Pacific Northwest Photography NOW, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA 2003 Celebrating Women in the Arts Northwest Women Photographers, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA 2002 Toyland, Curated by Sean Elwood, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 Theater of the Mind, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 Erotica, Ona Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 50 Northwest Women Artists, Berbatis Gallery, Portland, OR 2000 Erotica Show, Brian Marki Fine Art, Juried Exhibition, Portland, OR 2000 Open Walls, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR 1998 Flesh and Stone, Macri Gallery, Portland, OR 1997 The Camera Obscured, FotoCircle Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Seattle, WA 1996 Uncommon Perspectives, Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA 1995 Eight Women Photographers, Silver Gallery, Portland State University 1995 Women in Photography, Silver Gallery, Portland State University Collections Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA OHSU Corporate Collection, Portland, OR |
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