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February 28-March 23, 2014
Essentially Yours
Jonpaul Smith
mixed media constructions
Main Gallery
Opening Reception for the Artists
Fourth Friday, February 28, 2014
7:00-10:00 pm
Free and Open to the Public
Smith is inspired by the complex relationships of systems and patterns that control and dictate the world in which we live. He approaches his woven and constructed paper pieces from a variety of perspectives but common to all are the processes of disassembly and reassembly. His materials can be his original traditional and non-traditional prints, gouache paintings, smoke transfers, and the packaging of everyday household items. No matter what material he chooses, the process begins with cutting the materials into strips of various sizes, then painstakingly overlapping or weaving them into meticulous, intricate compositions. His complex, tapestry-like constructs, make use of (and, in a sense, refine) pop culture imagery.
Smith received his M.F.A. and Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies from the University of Cincinnati. His B.A. is from Hanover College in Indiana and he also studied fine arts at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Smith frequently conducts visiting artist seminars, has received numerous grant awards and scholarships, and completed a residency and exhibition in Budapest, Hungary and Paducah, Kentucky.
The artist has exhibited in California, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, Missouri, Virginia, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, South Carolina, Australia, Canada, England, France, Spain, Budapest-Hungary, Kyoto-Japan, Penang-Malaysia and Sofia-Bulgaria along with other venues. He has been featured in many prominent solo exhibitions, and was selected for the 2006 "New American Paintings Juried Exhibition-in-Print," No. 65 along with their 15th anniversary issue. Collections include University of Cincinnati; Purdue University Print Archive; Avalere Health; Kyoto International Woodprint Association; Universiti Sains Malaysia print archive; Art-O-Mat; Hungarian Multicultural Center; Knowledgeworks Art Collection; Hanover College; Language Logic; U.S. State Department; M. L. Greiner, among others.
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