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ART MEDIUM:
Raw pigment and Oil on canvas
ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
In my attempt to depict abstract forms of nature, I have discovered that nature is not solely visible to the eye, it also includes the inner ruminations of our souls. We have our own, quite personal and extraordinary, inner landscapes. My hope is to encourage the viewer to look within, and break free from the outside constructs we use to define ourselves.
ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY:
Largely influenced by the color field movement, Naiman began exploring the atmospheric effects of vast expanses of color. She became particularly interested in color relationships and how color stimulates our own, more personal landscapes. By 2005, Naiman changed her approach from the non-objective to a more literal approach to the landscape. Her goal was to capture the mood provoking elements of the color field artists with the mystical qualities of earlier schools of landscape painters such as the Hudson River School artists, the Barbizon artists and the Tonalists. Although still abstract in approach, Naiman's intention is to depict the landscape as a luminous, and awe-inspiring force that she believes has a tremendous impact on our inner experiences and how we relate to the world around us.
CAREER BACKGROUND:
Carolyn Naiman was born in Cleveland Ohio in 1970. Naiman received her B.F.A. from New York University in 1992. In 1996, she attended Antioch University and received her MA in psychology. She practiced psychotherapy for five years while attending Otis School of Art and Design where she continued to study fine art. Naiman changed careers in 2002. She now pursues art full time. She currently lives in Boulder, Colorado.
EXHIBITIONS:
Current Exhibitions:
SPACE Gallery: Denver, CO
Upcoming Exhibitions:
SPACE Gallery: Denver, CO 2010
Past Exhibitions:
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1/04 Santa Fe Arts Assembly Denver, CO
Solo Show
"The Reality of Color"
7/04 The Annex Denver, CO
(two person show)
"Speaking in Rhythms"
3/05 The Den Gallery Denver, CO
Solo Show
"Through The Doorway"
7/05 Kevin Saehlenou Gallery Denver, CO
Solo Show
"Forces of Nature"
11/05 REMMI Fine Art Denver, CO
Solo Show
"New Works"
8/06 REMMI Fine Art Denver, CO
Solo Show
"The Abstract Landscape"
11/07 Enso Gallery Denver, CO
Solo Show
"An Evening with the Artist"
5/09 Space Gallery Denver, CO
Solo Show
PUBLICATIONS:
Chimera Review
Spring Issue, Vol. IV
The UCD Advocate
Nov. 12, 2003
"Scene, Not Herd"
Art District on Santa Fe Magazine
June, 2005 Featured artist of the DEN Gallery
"The Den"
STC Magazine 2005, Savoring the City:
Published Annually by Pearl Publishing Media
Featured Artist of THE COLLECTION
Denver Post, Your Hub
Thursday, March 2nd 2006
Bob L. Thomas, "50 years of Painting" by Carolyn Naiman
"Treasures of Colorado"
Published by Morgan & Chase Publishers, 2007
"Remmi Fine Art, Featured Artist"
"Landscapes of Colorado"
Published by Fresco Publications, 2007
Southwest Art Magazine
"Best of the West"
July, 2007
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