Artist Donna Hamil Talman

Donna Hamil Talman– Artist Statement

My art has often focused on connection to our historic past: who we are and where we come from. In this series the human connection is made through the line. Ancient Peruvians from the Nazca area for example, made hundreds of miles of mysterious lines on their high plateaus, and contemporary railroad lines and highways seen from the air likely resemble those pre-historic paths.

Earth tones of molten beeswax, an ancient art medium, are brushed on, layer by layer, and the primal element of fire melds the wax. The resulting patterns evoke the effects of the passage of time in nature, bringing to mind winds on desert sands, creating ridges; winds on water, creating waves; cuts in woods, which create rays.

From earliest days art has been meant to guide the eye, body and spirit on journeys--to places within, to places outside, to transcendental places. I invite viewers to empty their minds and follow these lines as a guide on their own journeys through time and across space to the links, connections, and forces, which join and shape us and our world.

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Solo:

2008 Copley Society of Art, Boston, Origins
2007 Regis College, Weston, MA, Danse Ardente
Clark University, Worcester, MA, The Human Tapestry
2007 Berkshire Museum of Art and Science, Pittsfield, MA, Ancient Seas
2006 University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Ancient Life, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA, Danse Ardente
2005 Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Ancestor Portraits
2004 Kayafas Gallery, Boston, Body/DNA
2004 Copley Society of Art, Boston, Linking Back
French Library Gallery, Boston, Origins
2004 Wainwright Gallery Space, Cambridge, MA, New Works
2003 Soho Photo, New York City, Ancestor Portraits
2003 Colorado Center of Photographic Arts, Denver, Archetype
2003 Stevens Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Past Connections
2002 Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Future/Past
2002 Cushing-Martin Gallery, Easton, MA, Primitive Abstractions
2001 Krause Gallery, Providence, RI, New Work
2001 JCC Gallery, Worcester, MA, Fact and Fantasy
1999 Doll-Andstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT, Signs of Time
1998 M.I.T. Sloan School, Deans’ Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Signs of Life
1998 Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA, Recent Work
1997 New England School of Photography, Gallery One, Boston, Multiple Perspectives
1997 Quinsigamond College Gallery, Worcester, MA, Alternative Processes

Group:

2010 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 5th Annual Encaustics Invitational
2009 International Encaustic Conference, Beverly, MA, Beauty and Its Opposite, Prize
2009 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 4th Annual Encaustics Invitational
2009 Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, Ancient Terrain
2009 National Encaustic Conference, Beverly, MA, Beauty and Its Opposite, Prize
2009 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, 4th Annual Encaustic Invitational
2009 Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, Ancient Terrain
2008 National Encaustic Conference, Beverly, MA, On the Edge
2006 Kayafas Gallery, Boston, Cameraless Photography
2005 Copley Society, Boston, Fall Member’s Show, Juror’s Prize
2005 Copley Society, Boston, Black and White, Director’s Prize
2005 WAG Competition, Worcester, MA, Best of Show
2004 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Heat, Juror’s Choice
2003 Denise Bibro Fine Arts, New York City, Summer Group Show
2003 MA Cultural Commission Fellowship Winners Show, Boston
2003 Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, New England Photographers 2003
2003 Artsworcester, Worcester, MA, 2003 Biennial
2003 Benham Gallery, Seattle, Identity
2002 Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Roddy Competition, Prize, regional
2002 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Photo & Sculpture Show, Prize, regional
2002 Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Contemporary Art by Women
2002 Gallery at South Orange, South Orange, New Jersey, Ancient Alchemy
2002 Hallspace Gallery, Boston, Open Season 02
2002 Koelsch Gallery, Houston, New Work
2002 Stebbins Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Annual Photo Show, Prize, regional
2002 Southboro Center for the Arts, Southborough, MA, Photo 2002, Prize, regional
2001 Society of Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Photo 2001, national
2001 Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Alternative Photo Processes, international
2001 Worcester Center for Crafts, MA, Invoking the Source, premier 2001 exhibition
2000 Kingston Gallery, Boston, Charged, invitational
2000 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, New England Sculpture and Photography Show
2000 Babson College, Wellesley, MA, Women: Images and Impressions, invitational
2000 Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA, Photography 2000, regional
2000 South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, Photography Now 2000, regional
1999 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Members Juried Show, Photography/Mixed Media Prize
1999 Photo Resource Center, Boston University, Members Room, Boston, Recent Work
1999 Houston Center of Photography, Houston, Members Juried Show, national
1999 Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT, Paper ‘99, national
1999 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, National Prize Show, national
1999 Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Photographic Competition, national
1998 Quan Yin Gallery, Oakland, Malta and Beyond, national
1998 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, National Prize Show, national
1998 Women’s Caucus for Art, St. Louis, Women: In the Broader Sense, national
1998 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, New England Photography and Sculpture
1997 Maryland Federation of Arts, Annapolis Mary, 7th Nat’l Photo Exhibition, Prize
1997 Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Narratives, national
1997 Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Spectra ‘97 Photography Biennial, national
1997 Eklektikos Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., All Media Works Exhibition, national
1997 Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MA, New Gallery Artists Show
1997 Preservation Worcester, Worcester, MA, Arch. Images IV Biennial, Best of Show
1994-96 Pushkin Museum, Pushkin, Russia, Sister City Cultural Exchange
1994-96 Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT, Photos, Prints, & Drawings Show, Prize

Publications

2008 Photographic Possibilities, 3rd Edition, images in, Robert Hirsch
2008 The Book of Alternative Photo Processes, image, Christopher James (Delmar 2008)
2007 Central Europe Through the Eyes of International Artists (Editor, Beata Szechy)
2005 Art of Seeing, 6th Edition, image in, Paul Zelanski and Mary Pat Fisher
2005 Creative Vision: Digital & Traditional Methods, Jeremy Webb
2001 La Fotografia, Barcelona, Spain, published portfolio, Ancestor Portraits
2001 The Book of Alternative Photo Processes, image in, C. James (Delmar 2001)

Grants & Awards

2006 Massachusetts Cultural Commission, Worcester, MA
2006 Copley Society of Art, Boston, Copley Master
2005 Kinnicutt Award, Worcester Art Museum
2005 Visual Arts Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island
2004 Massachusetts Cultural Commission, Worcester, MA
2004 Hungarian Multi-Cultural Center, Budapest, artist residency
2002 Creative Arts Fellowship, Massachusetts/Worcester Cultural Commission
2001 Vermont Studio Center, month-long residency
1997 Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Worcester, MA
1995 Massachusetts Cultural Commission, Worcester, MA

Curatorial & Other

2004 Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Co-curator, Contemporary Art by Women
2001 Worcester Center for Crafts, Organizer, Invoking the Source, national
2000-8 Copley Society of Art, Boston, Member, Art Committee
200-8 ARTS Worcester, Board of Directors; Chairman, Visual Arts Committee



	Donna Hamil Talman– Artist Statement My art has often focused on connection to our historic past: who we are and where we come from. In this series the human connection is made through the line. Ancient Peruvians from the Nazca area for example, made hundreds of miles of mysterious lines on their high plateaus, and contemporary railroad lines and highways seen from the air likely resemble those pre-historic paths. Earth tones of molten beeswax, an ancient art medium, are brushed on, layer by layer, and the primal element of fire melds the wax. The resulting patterns evoke the effects of the passage of time in nature, bringing to mind winds on desert sands, creating ridges; winds on water, creating waves; cuts in woods, which create rays. From earliest days art has been meant to guide the eye, body and spirit on journeys--to places within, to places outside, to transcendental places. I invite viewers to empty their minds and follow these lines as a guide on their own journeys through time and across space to the links, connections, and forces, which join and shape us and our world. Resume Education & Career History 1999- Workshop Instructor/ Guest Lecturer: Worcester Center for Crafts, Blackstone Print Studio, Northeastern University, Worcester State College; U of Rhode Island; speaker, National Encaustic Conference, 2008 1990- Mass College of Art; MFA School, Boston; Maine Photo Workshops; Art New England; Anderson Ranch; Worcester Art Museum School; International Center of Photography 1984- Anna Maria College, adjunct faculty, Master’s program Worcester Center for Crafts, Photography, 1988-97; Ceramics Clark University, Master’s, University of Colorado, Bachelor’s Exhibitions Solo: 2008 Copley Society of Art, Boston, Origins 2007 Regis College, Weston, MA, Danse Ardente Clark University, Worcester, MA, The Human Tapestry 2007 Berkshire Museum of Art and Science, Pittsfield, MA, Ancient Seas 2006 University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Ancient Life, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA, Danse Ardente 2005 Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Ancestor Portraits 2004 Kayafas Gallery, Boston, Body/DNA 2004 Copley Society of Art, Boston, Linking Back French Library Gallery, Boston, Origins 2004 Wainwright Gallery Space, Cambridge, MA, New Works 2003 Soho Photo, New York City, Ancestor Portraits 2003 Colorado Center of Photographic Arts, Denver, Archetype 2003 Stevens Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Past Connections 2002 Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Future/Past 2002 Cushing-Martin Gallery, Easton, MA, Primitive Abstractions 2001 Krause Gallery, Providence, RI, New Work 2001 JCC Gallery, Worcester, MA, Fact and Fantasy 1999 Doll-Andstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT, Signs of Time 1998 M.I.T. Sloan School, Deans’ Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Signs of Life 1998 Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA, Recent Work 1997 New England School of Photography, Gallery One, Boston, Multiple Perspectives 1997 Quinsigamond College Gallery, Worcester, MA, Alternative Processes Group: 2010 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 5th Annual Encaustics Invitational 2009 International Encaustic Conference, Beverly, MA, Beauty and Its Opposite, Prize 2009 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 4th Annual Encaustics Invitational 2009 Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, Ancient Terrain 2009 National Encaustic Conference, Beverly, MA, Beauty and Its Opposite, Prize 2009 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, 4th Annual Encaustic Invitational 2009 Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, Ancient Terrain 2008 National Encaustic Conference, Beverly, MA, On the Edge 2006 Kayafas Gallery, Boston, Cameraless Photography 2005 Copley Society, Boston, Fall Member’s Show, Juror’s Prize 2005 Copley Society, Boston, Black and White, Director’s Prize 2005 WAG Competition, Worcester, MA, Best of Show 2004 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Heat, Juror’s Choice 2003 Denise Bibro Fine Arts, New York City, Summer Group Show 2003 MA Cultural Commission Fellowship Winners Show, Boston 2003 Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, New England Photographers 2003 2003 Artsworcester, Worcester, MA, 2003 Biennial 2003 Benham Gallery, Seattle, Identity 2002 Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Roddy Competition, Prize, regional 2002 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Photo & Sculpture Show, Prize, regional 2002 Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Contemporary Art by Women 2002 Gallery at South Orange, South Orange, New Jersey, Ancient Alchemy 2002 Hallspace Gallery, Boston, Open Season 02 2002 Koelsch Gallery, Houston, New Work 2002 Stebbins Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Annual Photo Show, Prize, regional 2002 Southboro Center for the Arts, Southborough, MA, Photo 2002, Prize, regional 2001 Society of Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Photo 2001, national 2001 Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Alternative Photo Processes, international 2001 Worcester Center for Crafts, MA, Invoking the Source, premier 2001 exhibition 2000 Kingston Gallery, Boston, Charged, invitational 2000 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, New England Sculpture and Photography Show 2000 Babson College, Wellesley, MA, Women: Images and Impressions, invitational 2000 Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA, Photography 2000, regional 2000 South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, Photography Now 2000, regional 1999 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Members Juried Show, Photography/Mixed Media Prize 1999 Photo Resource Center, Boston University, Members Room, Boston, Recent Work 1999 Houston Center of Photography, Houston, Members Juried Show, national 1999 Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT, Paper ‘99, national 1999 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, National Prize Show, national 1999 Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Photographic Competition, national 1998 Quan Yin Gallery, Oakland, Malta and Beyond, national 1998 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, National Prize Show, national 1998 Women’s Caucus for Art, St. Louis, Women: In the Broader Sense, national 1998 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, New England Photography and Sculpture 1997 Maryland Federation of Arts, Annapolis Mary, 7th Nat’l Photo Exhibition, Prize 1997 Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Narratives, national 1997 Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Spectra ‘97 Photography Biennial, national 1997 Eklektikos Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., All Media Works Exhibition, national 1997 Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MA, New Gallery Artists Show 1997 Preservation Worcester, Worcester, MA, Arch. Images IV Biennial, Best of Show 1994-96 Pushkin Museum, Pushkin, Russia, Sister City Cultural Exchange 1994-96 Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT, Photos, Prints, & Drawings Show, Prize Publications 2008 Photographic Possibilities, 3rd Edition, images in, Robert Hirsch 2008 The Book of Alternative Photo Processes, image, Christopher James (Delmar 2008) 2007 Central Europe Through the Eyes of International Artists (Editor, Beata Szechy) 2005 Art of Seeing, 6th Edition, image in, Paul Zelanski and Mary Pat Fisher 2005 Creative Vision: Digital & Traditional Methods, Jeremy Webb 2001 La Fotografia, Barcelona, Spain, published portfolio, Ancestor Portraits 2001 The Book of Alternative Photo Processes, image in, C. James (Delmar 2001) Grants & Awards 2006 Massachusetts Cultural Commission, Worcester, MA 2006 Copley Society of Art, Boston, Copley Master 2005 Kinnicutt Award, Worcester Art Museum 2005 Visual Arts Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island 2004 Massachusetts Cultural Commission, Worcester, MA 2004 Hungarian Multi-Cultural Center, Budapest, artist residency 2002 Creative Arts Fellowship, Massachusetts/Worcester Cultural Commission 2001 Vermont Studio Center, month-long residency 1997 Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Worcester, MA 1995 Massachusetts Cultural Commission, Worcester, MA Curatorial & Other 2004 Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Co-curator, Contemporary Art by Women 2001 Worcester Center for Crafts, Organizer, Invoking the Source, national 2000-8 Copley Society of Art, Boston, Member, Art Committee 200-8 ARTS Worcester, Board of Directors; Chairman, Visual Arts Committee





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