Emily Clawson– Artist Statement
Wing series explores the textures, palettes and unique shapes that make up the wings of dragonflies, bees and butterflies. The wings are examined macro and microscopically. Under the microscope elements are found and documented to forge a visual language for the drawn and painted marks. Discovered elements are isolated and brought back together in new configurations within the art.
This work is an invitation to consider concepts of fragility and sustainability through exploration of a tiny world within.
Special thanks to the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers for their help and support during their butterfly show, and for providing butterfly specimens after their natural death and having been frozen, according to USDA protocol.
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Education
2007 MFA, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2006 Certificate, Museum of Decorative Arts, Ateliers du Carrousel, Paris, France
2004 BA Fine Art, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN
2001 Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
2000 AS Science, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN
Solo:
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2009 Navigating Fragments, Café Royale, San Francisco, CA
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2008 Wing Series, University Club, Henry Gifford Hardy Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2007 170 Pieces, installation, Melchor Corporation, Palo Alto, CA
Group:
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2010 Working with Wax; contemporary encaustic painting in Northern California, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
- 2009 Dreams and Revelations, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
- 2009 Bay Area Women Artists, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
- 2009 JURIED@BAC: Works on Paper, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
- 2009 Elemental, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco, CA
- 2009 Metamorphosis, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE (catalogue)
- 2009 Traces + Margins, Pacific Union College, Rasmussen Art Gallery, Angwin, CA
- 2009 Tangible Wax, Prairie State College, Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
- 2008 SF Convention and Visitor Bureau, San Francisco, CA
- 2008 Small Works, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2008 Structured Thoughts, Hang Art annex, San Francisco, CA
- 2008 Translucent: contemporary works in wax, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2008 Red Hot + Cool, Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
- 2007 Bridge Art Fair, Wendt Modern, The Trafalgar Hotel, London, UK Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
- 2007 4th Annual Wabi-Sabi Exhibit, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
- 2006 Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Awards
- 2009 Juror’s Choice award: ArtSpan benefit art show and auction, SomArts Bay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2008 First Place, non-representational painting: ArtSpan benefit art show and auction, Electric Works Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Collections
- The Westin Jersey City Newport, Jersey City, NJ
Publications
- 2009 “Photo Essay,” Plastic Antinomy, Issue No 3
“JURIED@BAC: Works on Paper,” Edy Pickens, DailyServing.com, September
- 2009 “Works on Paper at the Berkeley Art Center,” Peter Seiz, The Berkeley Daily Planet, September
- 2009 “Out There,” A/Journal, Spring
- 2009 “Navigating Fragments” Laura Chenault, ArtBusiness.com, April
- 2009 “Metamorphosis,” Joan Schenk and Margaret Berry, Exhibition Catalogue
- 2009 “Tangible Wax,” Duckett, William, ArtExaminer.com, Vol. 26, Issue 2, February
- 2009 “Three Artists Exhibit,” Lainey Cronk, PUC.edu archives, January
- 2008 “Sunset Artists to Open Studios,” Jonathan Farrell, Sunset Beacon, October
- 2008 “Structured Thoughts,” Connnie Hwong, Flavorpill.com, February
- 2007 “First Thursday Openings,” Jennifer Mullen, ArtBusiness.com, October
Professional Experience
- 2009 Panelist, Leadership Summit, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
- 2009 Visiting Artist, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA
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