Conrad Wilde Gallery presents artist Carrie Seid

Carrie Seid - Artist Statement

In my work I attempt to convey the anatomy of a feeling 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 posesses 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 am able to solidify and objectify ephemeral qualities of light.

My approach to structure reflects the progression and transformation seen in natural growth systems such as the chambered nautilus which leaves an ordered record of is its development, organic yet regular in design. The work captures the evanescent, while at the same time offering glimpses of that which is emerging to take its place.

The pieces are constructed using a plywood base, cut and formed sheet metals (copper, brass and aluminum), and silk. The metal forms an understructure which supports a taughtly stretched layer of silk. Modulated color (in the form of underpainting or dyed silk) is sometimes used to enhance depth, structure and dimension. The additional step of oiling the fabric “skin” creates various degrees of translucence, allowing the outer layer to be visually penetrable- a watercolor rendered in three dimensions.

“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 vulnerablity 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

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Education

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

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

Selected Exhibitions and Awards

2005 SOFA NYC exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York City

2004 Oro Valley Arts Council Public Art Commission, Northwest Medical Center: five Individual commissions including interior art and exterior furniture

2003 Pima County Public Art Commission, El Presidio Neighborhood Association, wall design

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

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

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

2002 Pima County Public Art Commission, Udall Senior Center lobby sculptural Installation

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

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

2001 Pima County Public Art Commission, Orange Grove Road noise walls design, Tucson, AZ

2001 Purchase Award, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

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

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

2001 Solo Exhibition, R..Duane Reed Gallery, 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

1999 Solo Exhibition, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan

1999 Solo Exhibition, Soumi College of Art and Design, Hancock, Michigan

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 Solo Exhibition, "Unplugged," Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

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

1996 Solo Exhibition, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan

1996 Solo Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1996 Members Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

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

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

1994 Solo Exhibition, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan

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

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

1992 Solo Exhibition, "Gathering Light," Daemen College, Amherst, 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 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy 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

1986 First Prize, Jewish Community Center Holiday Exhibition, Providence, Rhode Island

Professional Experience

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

1998-00 Instructor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Departments of Art History, Foundations Program, and Fiber and Material Studies.

1998-00 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

1993-98 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

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

2004 Arizona Republic, “Viewer Finds Artist’s Work Mysterious and Alive,” by Ernest McIntyre

2003 Tucson Home Magazine, “Three of a Kind,” by Charlotte Lowe-Bailey

2001 The Chicago Tribune, "Carrie Seid's Magic," by Alan Artner, Chicago, Illinois

2001 The Arizona Daily Star, 'Biennial Has Its Standouts," by Charlotte Lowe Bailey

2001 The Arizona Weekly, Arizona Biennial Review

2000 Sculpture Magazine, Review by Gerry Craig

2000 The Detroit Free Press, "Sculpture Evolves on the Wall," by Keri Guten Cohen

1999 The Detroit Metro Times, review by Liz DiDonna

1998 Sofaexpo.com, Review by Marge Levy

1997 The Chicago Tribune, Weekend section, October

1996 The Chicago Sun-Times, "Exhibit Conjures Emotion," by Margaret Hawkins

1989 The Providence Journal Bulletin, "Small Wonders"

1988 Accessories Magazine, "TALENT," March issue

2003 Tucson Museum of Art, “First Tuesday’s” lecture series

2003 Phoenix Public Library, “First Mondays” lecture series

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

1997The 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 - Artist Statement In my work I attempt to convey the anatomy of a feeling 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 posesses 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 am able to solidify and objectify ephemeral qualities of light. My approach to structure reflects the progression and transformation seen in natural growth systems such as the chambered nautilus which leaves an ordered record of is its development, organic yet regular in design. The work captures the evanescent, while at the same time offering glimpses of that which is emerging to take its place. The pieces are constructed using a plywood base, cut and formed sheet metals (copper, brass and aluminum), and silk. The metal forms an understructure which supports a taughtly stretched layer of silk. Modulated color (in the form of underpainting or dyed silk) is sometimes used to enhance depth, structure and dimension. The additional step of oiling the fabric “skin” creates various degrees of translucence, allowing the outer layer to be visually penetrable- a watercolor rendered in three dimensions. “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 vulnerablity 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 Selected Exhibitions and Awards 2005 SOFA NYC exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York City 2004 Oro Valley Arts Council Public Art Commission, Northwest Medical Center: five Individual commissions including interior art and exterior furniture 2003 Pima County Public Art Commission, El Presidio Neighborhood Association, wall design 2003 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona 2003 “Flat Art,” Gallery of Functional Art, Los Angeles, California 2003 “Objects and Abstractions,” solo exhibition, Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 2002 Pima County Public Art Commission, Udall Senior Center lobby sculptural Installation 2002 “Works on Paper,” Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 2002 Vanier Gallery, exhibitions of gallery artists, Tucson and Scottsdale, Arizona 2001 Pima County Public Art Commission, Orange Grove Road noise walls design, Tucson, AZ 2001 Purchase Award, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona 2001 Arizona Biennial Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art,Tucson, Arizona 2001 SOFA International Expo, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois 2001 Solo Exhibition, R..Duane Reed Gallery, 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 1999 Solo Exhibition, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan 1999 Solo Exhibition, Soumi College of Art and Design, Hancock, Michigan 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 Solo Exhibition, "Unplugged," Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1996 "Chicago Abstraction," Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois 1996 Solo Exhibition, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan 1996 Solo Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1996 Members Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1995 Artemisia Exchange Exhibition, The Living Arts Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 1995 "Pleasure (Beyond Guilt)" Group Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1994 Solo Exhibition, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan 1993 "In Western New York," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York 1993 "X-Sightings," Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York 1992 Solo Exhibition, "Gathering Light," Daemen College, Amherst, 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 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy 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 1986 First Prize, Jewish Community Center Holiday Exhibition, Providence, Rhode Island Professional Experience 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 1998-00 Instructor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Departments of Art History, Foundations Program, and Fiber and Material Studies. 1998-00 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 1993-98 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 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 2004 Arizona Republic, “Viewer Finds Artist’s Work Mysterious and Alive,” by Ernest McIntyre 2003 Tucson Home Magazine, “Three of a Kind,” by Charlotte Lowe-Bailey 2001 The Chicago Tribune, "Carrie Seid's Magic," by Alan Artner, Chicago, Illinois 2001 The Arizona Daily Star, 'Biennial Has Its Standouts," by Charlotte Lowe Bailey 2001 The Arizona Weekly, Arizona Biennial Review 2000 Sculpture Magazine, Review by Gerry Craig 2000 The Detroit Free Press, "Sculpture Evolves on the Wall," by Keri Guten Cohen 1999 The Detroit Metro Times, review by Liz DiDonna 1998 Sofaexpo.com, Review by Marge Levy 1997 The Chicago Tribune, Weekend section, October 1996 The Chicago Sun-Times, "Exhibit Conjures Emotion," by Margaret Hawkins 1989 The Providence Journal Bulletin, "Small Wonders" 1988 Accessories Magazine, "TALENT," March issue Lectures 2003 Tucson Museum of Art, “First Tuesday’s” lecture series 2003 Phoenix Public Library, “First Mondays” lecture series 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 1997The 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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