Artist Carrie Seid

Carrie Seid - Artist Statement

In my work I attempt to convey the anatomy of human emotions and sensations through form, structure, and the glow of saturated color.

The human experience of being simultaneously tenacious and vulnerable is referred to through the use of silk, a material which is delicate yet possesses a tensile strength greater than steel. Tension is built, both physically and metaphorically, as two elements quite opposed in character meet to form the surfaces and contours of the work. By combining these translucent and reflective materials, I solidify and objectify ephemeral qualities of light.

The tension between geometric and biomorphic forms in my work allows me to explore the tension between order and chaos, constancy and change.

“The physical description reduces their ephemeral qualities unjustly, failing to re-create the diaphanous veils of melting color, fusing from one space to the next. A simultaneity of resilience and vulnerability is created through the metal and membranes, like scars emerging from the interior of a cloud…
Painting and sculpture are too categorically limited for the emotional states of being that Seid so elegantly conjures up. Smoke and shadow, dissipation and loss, energy and anatomy- these physical references bring us closer to the ineffable life forces at the core of these mysterious assemblages.”

-Gerry Craig, Sculpture Magazine July/August 2000

Resume

Education

1991 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1984 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Public Art Commissions

2008 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Flowing Wells Community Center courtyard floor design, Tucson, Arizona

2006-07 Phoenix Arts Commission, Terrazzo Floor Design for Fire Station 56, Phoenix, Arizona

2006-07 Oro Valley Arts Council, Oro Valley Public Library entry project, Oro Valley, AZ

2004 Oro Valley Arts Council, Five distinct projects for Northwest Medical Center, Oro Valley, Arizona

2003 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, El Presidio Neighborhood Association, wall design, Tucson, Arizona

2002 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Udall Senior Center lobby sculptural installation, Tucson, Arizona

2001 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Orange Grove Road noise walls design, Pima County, Arizona

Exhibitions

Solo:

2009 “Different Light,” Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona

2008 “Emergent Features I,” Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, California

2008 “Emergent Features II,” Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona

2007 Lucas Gallery, Telluride, Colorado

2006 Lucas Gallery, Telluride, Colorado

2005 “The Jacquard Series,” Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

2004 “Luminous Structures,” Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

2003 “Objects and Abstractions,” Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

2001 R.Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1999 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
Soumi College of Art and Design, Hancock, Michigan

1997 "Unplugged," Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1996 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1994 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan

1992 "Gathering Light," Daemen College, Amherst, New York

2009 Art Miami International Art Fair, Miami, Florida

2009 Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

2009 “Arizona Biennial,” Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

2009 “Works on Paper,” Park Avenue Armory, New York City

2009 Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California

2008 Group Exhibition, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona

2007 Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

2006 “Ectasis,” three-person exhibition, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

2006 “Rising From Instinct,” Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2006 “Sculptural Elements,” Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth, Maine

2005 “She Objects,” group exhibition, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona

2003 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

2003 “Flat Art,” Gallery of Functional Art, Los Angeles, California

2002 “Works on Paper,” Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

2002 Vanier Gallery, exhibitions of gallery artists, Tucson and Scottsdale, Arizona

2001 Arizona Biennial Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art,Tucson, Arizona

2001 SOFA International Expo, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois

2001 "Figurative Metaphors," four person exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota

2000 Arizona State University Faculty Exhibition, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona

1999 SOFA International Expo, Sandy Carson Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York City

1998 SOFA International Expo, Sandy Carson Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois

1997 "Illuminating," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

1997 SOFA International Expo, Sybaris Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois

1997 Members Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1996 "Chicago Abstraction," Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois

1995 Artemisia Exchange Exhibition, The Living Arts Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

1995 "Pleasure (Beyond Guilt)" Group Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1993 "In Western New York," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

1993 "X-Sightings," Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York

1991 "18 X 1," Michigan Design Center, Troy, Michigan

1991 "Recuerdos," Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan

1991 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1990 "17 Alumnos," Universidad Ibero Americano, Mexico City, Mexico

1989 American Craft Council Juried Exhibitions: Baltimore, Maryland and Springfield, Massachusetts

1989 "Crafts at the Castle," Boston, Massachusetts

1988 American Craft Council Juried Exhibitions: Baltimore, Maryland and Springfield, Massachusetts

1988 "The Art of Craft," Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island

1988 "Crafts at the Castle," Boston, Massachusetts

1987 American Craft Council Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland

1987 "100 Craftsmen," Morristown, New Jersey

1986 "Crafts at the Castle," Boston, Massachusetts

Professional Experience and Awards

2006-present Professor of Practice, Art Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

2004 Juror, Arizona Student Sculpture Competition

2003 Purchase Award, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiber Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

2000 Visiting Artist, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan

2000 Curriculum Developer, Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois

1998-2000 Instructor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Departments of Art History, Foundations Program, and Fiber and Material Studies.

1998-2000 Visiting Sculptor, The International Sculpture Conference, Chicago, Illinois

1996-97 Instructor, Marwen Foundation, Chicago Illinois

1996-97 Instructor, Providence St. Mel, Chicago Illinois; studio art and art history, K through 12th grades

1995-97 Co-President, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1995 Co-Curator, "Pleasure" group exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1993-1998 Principal, Stender + Seid Design, Inc., product design for Tag, Inc., Modulus, Inc., and Terragrafics, Inc.

1993 Instructor, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

1992-93 Instructor, Niagara County Community College, Daemen College, State University College at Buffalo

1991 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1986-89 Sole Proprietor, SEIDLINE Jewelry, a company which sold nationally through both wholesale and retail markets

1987 Freelance Textile Designer, Burlington Industries, New York City

1984-86 Stylist, Burlington Industries, New York City

2008 Regan, Margaret. “Pure Beauty,” The Tucson Weekly, July 24th
2008 DarConte, Lorraine A. “Four Artists, One Cause,” The Desert Leaf, November
2006 Regan, Margaret. “Movement and Metamorphosis,” The Tucson Weekly, August
2006 Regan, Margaret.“She Objects”, The Tucson Weekly
2003 Lowe-Bailey, Charlotte. “Three of a Kind,” Tucson Home Magazine, Fall issue
2003 Sasse, Julie. “Carrie Seid: Luminous Structure”, Tucson Museum of Art Guide, December
2001 Artner, Alan. "Carrie Seid's Magic," The Chicago Tribune, April 13th
2001 Lowe-Bailey, Charlotte., 'Biennial Has Its Standouts," The Arizona Daily Star, June 29th
2001 Regan, Margaret, Arizona Biennial Review, The Tucson Weekly, June
2000 Craig, Gerry. Sybaris Exhibition Review, Sculpture Magazine, July/August
2000 Guten Cohen, Keri. "Sculpture Evolves on the Wall," The Detroit Free Press, January
2000 DiDonna, Liz. Sybaris Exhibition review, The Detroit Metro Times, December 22nd
1998 Levy, Marge. SOFA Chicago review, Sofaexpo.com, June
1997 Glatt, Cara. “An Engaging Display of Optical Dazzle,” The Hyde Park Herald, December
1997 No Author. The Chicago Tribune Weekend section, October
1996 Hawkins, Margaret. "Exhibit Conjures Emotion The Chicago Sun-Times, October 18th
1993 Huntington, Richard. “An X-hibition to Remember,” The Buffalo News, May 21st
1993 Duffes, Melissa. “X-Sightings,” Buffalo Art Voice, June 16-29
1989 "Small Wonders´ The Providence Journal Bulletin
1988 Accessories Magazine. "TALENT," March issue

Lectures

2007 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2000 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1999 The Art Institute of Chicago, "IKATS of Central Asia," Chicago, Illinois
1999 Governor's State University, "IKATS of Central Asia," University Park, Illinois
1998 DuPage Textile Arts Guild, DuPage, Illinois
1997 SOFA International Exhibition, "Flexible Materials Transformed Into Art," Chicago, Illinois
1997 The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1996 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1994 The Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
1994 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1992 State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
1991 Daemen College, Amherst, New York
1990 Universidad Ibero Americano, Mexico City, Mexico


Carrie Seid • Double Bubble •14x14 Carrie Seid • Overleaf • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum, Acrylic and Silk Carrie Seid • Cabachon #2 • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum, Acrylic and Silk Carrie Seid • Cabachon #3 • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum, Acrylic and Silk Carrie Seid • Cabachon #6 • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum, Acrylic and Silk Carrie Seid • Double Bubble • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum, Acrylic and Silk Carrie Seid • Whirl • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum, Acrylic and Silk Carrie Seid • Overleaf (detail) • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum, Acrylic and Silk Carrie Seid • Float #4 • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum, Acrylic and Silk Carrie Seid • Watercolor • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum and Silk Carrie Seid • Dip • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum, Acrylic and Silk Carrie Seid • Push • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum, Acrylic and Silk Carrie Seid • Word Search • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum, Acrylic, Vinyl and Silk Carrie Seid • Hand-Colored • 2011 • 14x14x3 • Aluminum, Acrylic and Silk
	Carrie Seid - Artist Statement In my work I attempt to convey the anatomy of human emotions and sensations through form, structure, and the glow of saturated color. The human experience of being simultaneously tenacious and vulnerable is referred to through the use of silk, a material which is delicate yet possesses a tensile strength greater than steel. Tension is built, both physically and metaphorically, as two elements quite opposed in character meet to form the surfaces and contours of the work. By combining these translucent and reflective materials, I solidify and objectify ephemeral qualities of light. The tension between geometric and biomorphic forms in my work allows me to explore the tension between order and chaos, constancy and change. “The physical description reduces their ephemeral qualities unjustly, failing to re-create the diaphanous veils of melting color, fusing from one space to the next. A simultaneity of resilience and vulnerability is created through the metal and membranes, like scars emerging from the interior of a cloud… Painting and sculpture are too categorically limited for the emotional states of being that Seid so elegantly conjures up. Smoke and shadow, dissipation and loss, energy and anatomy- these physical references bring us closer to the ineffable life forces at the core of these mysterious assemblages.” -Gerry Craig, Sculpture Magazine July/August 2000 Resume Education 1991 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1984 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island Public Art Commissions 2008 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Flowing Wells Community Center courtyard floor design, Tucson, Arizona 2006-07 Phoenix Arts Commission, Terrazzo Floor Design for Fire Station 56, Phoenix, Arizona 2006-07 Oro Valley Arts Council, Oro Valley Public Library entry project, Oro Valley, AZ 2004 Oro Valley Arts Council, Five distinct projects for Northwest Medical Center, Oro Valley, Arizona 2003 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, El Presidio Neighborhood Association, wall design, Tucson, Arizona 2002 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Udall Senior Center lobby sculptural installation, Tucson, Arizona 2001 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Orange Grove Road noise walls design, Pima County, Arizona Exhibitions Solo: 2009 “Different Light,” Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona 2008 “Emergent Features I,” Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, California 2008 “Emergent Features II,” Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona 2007 Lucas Gallery, Telluride, Colorado 2006 Lucas Gallery, Telluride, Colorado 2005 “The Jacquard Series,” Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 2004 “Luminous Structures,” Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona 2003 “Objects and Abstractions,” Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 2001 R.Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1999 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan Soumi College of Art and Design, Hancock, Michigan 1997 "Unplugged," Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1996 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1994 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan 1992 "Gathering Light," Daemen College, Amherst, New York Group: 2009 Art Miami International Art Fair, Miami, Florida 2009 Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona 2009 “Arizona Biennial,” Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona 2009 “Works on Paper,” Park Avenue Armory, New York City 2009 Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California 2008 Group Exhibition, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona 2007 Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona 2006 “Ectasis,” three-person exhibition, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 2006 “Rising From Instinct,” Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2006 “Sculptural Elements,” Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth, Maine 2005 “She Objects,” group exhibition, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona 2003 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona 2003 “Flat Art,” Gallery of Functional Art, Los Angeles, California 2002 “Works on Paper,” Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 2002 Vanier Gallery, exhibitions of gallery artists, Tucson and Scottsdale, Arizona 2001 Arizona Biennial Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art,Tucson, Arizona 2001 SOFA International Expo, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois 2001 "Figurative Metaphors," four person exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota 2000 Arizona State University Faculty Exhibition, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona 1999 SOFA International Expo, Sandy Carson Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York City 1998 SOFA International Expo, Sandy Carson Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois 1997 "Illuminating," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois 1997 SOFA International Expo, Sybaris Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois 1997 Members Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1996 "Chicago Abstraction," Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois 1995 Artemisia Exchange Exhibition, The Living Arts Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 1995 "Pleasure (Beyond Guilt)" Group Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1993 "In Western New York," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York 1993 "X-Sightings," Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York 1991 "18 X 1," Michigan Design Center, Troy, Michigan 1991 "Recuerdos," Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan 1991 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1990 "17 Alumnos," Universidad Ibero Americano, Mexico City, Mexico 1989 American Craft Council Juried Exhibitions: Baltimore, Maryland and Springfield, Massachusetts 1989 "Crafts at the Castle," Boston, Massachusetts 1988 American Craft Council Juried Exhibitions: Baltimore, Maryland and Springfield, Massachusetts 1988 "The Art of Craft," Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island 1988 "Crafts at the Castle," Boston, Massachusetts 1987 American Craft Council Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland 1987 "100 Craftsmen," Morristown, New Jersey 1986 "Crafts at the Castle," Boston, Massachusetts Professional Experience and Awards 2006-present Professor of Practice, Art Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 2004 Juror, Arizona Student Sculpture Competition 2003 Purchase Award, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona 2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiber Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 2000 Visiting Artist, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan 2000 Curriculum Developer, Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois 1998-2000 Instructor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Departments of Art History, Foundations Program, and Fiber and Material Studies. 1998-2000 Visiting Sculptor, The International Sculpture Conference, Chicago, Illinois 1996-97 Instructor, Marwen Foundation, Chicago Illinois 1996-97 Instructor, Providence St. Mel, Chicago Illinois; studio art and art history, K through 12th grades 1995-97 Co-President, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1995 Co-Curator, "Pleasure" group exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1993-1998 Principal, Stender + Seid Design, Inc., product design for Tag, Inc., Modulus, Inc., and Terragrafics, Inc. 1993 Instructor, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 1992-93 Instructor, Niagara County Community College, Daemen College, State University College at Buffalo 1991 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1986-89 Sole Proprietor, SEIDLINE Jewelry, a company which sold nationally through both wholesale and retail markets 1987 Freelance Textile Designer, Burlington Industries, New York City 1984-86 Stylist, Burlington Industries, New York City Reviews and Publications 2008 Regan, Margaret. “Pure Beauty,” The Tucson Weekly, July 24th 2008 DarConte, Lorraine A. “Four Artists, One Cause,” The Desert Leaf, November 2006 Regan, Margaret. “Movement and Metamorphosis,” The Tucson Weekly, August 2006 Regan, Margaret.“She Objects”, The Tucson Weekly 2003 Lowe-Bailey, Charlotte. “Three of a Kind,” Tucson Home Magazine, Fall issue 2003 Sasse, Julie. “Carrie Seid: Luminous Structure”, Tucson Museum of Art Guide, December 2001 Artner, Alan. "Carrie Seid's Magic," The Chicago Tribune, April 13th 2001 Lowe-Bailey, Charlotte., 'Biennial Has Its Standouts," The Arizona Daily Star, June 29th 2001 Regan, Margaret, Arizona Biennial Review, The Tucson Weekly, June 2000 Craig, Gerry. Sybaris Exhibition Review, Sculpture Magazine, July/August 2000 Guten Cohen, Keri. "Sculpture Evolves on the Wall," The Detroit Free Press, January 2000 DiDonna, Liz. Sybaris Exhibition review, The Detroit Metro Times, December 22nd 1998 Levy, Marge. SOFA Chicago review, Sofaexpo.com, June 1997 Glatt, Cara. “An Engaging Display of Optical Dazzle,” The Hyde Park Herald, December 1997 No Author. The Chicago Tribune Weekend section, October 1996 Hawkins, Margaret. "Exhibit Conjures Emotion The Chicago Sun-Times, October 18th 1993 Huntington, Richard. “An X-hibition to Remember,” The Buffalo News, May 21st 1993 Duffes, Melissa. “X-Sightings,” Buffalo Art Voice, June 16-29 1989 "Small Wonders´ The Providence Journal Bulletin 1988 Accessories Magazine. "TALENT," March issue Lectures 2007 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona 2000 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 1999 The Art Institute of Chicago, "IKATS of Central Asia," Chicago, Illinois 1999 Governor's State University, "IKATS of Central Asia," University Park, Illinois 1998 DuPage Textile Arts Guild, DuPage, Illinois 1997 SOFA International Exhibition, "Flexible Materials Transformed Into Art," Chicago, Illinois 1997 The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 1996 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1994 The Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan 1994 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1992 State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 1991 Daemen College, Amherst, New York 1990 Universidad Ibero Americano, Mexico City, Mexico





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