Artist Lois Epeerson Gale

Lois Epperson Gale- Artist Statement

My interests lie in the natural world and particularly in the complex structures and functions of the human body. In my work I explore how our wellbeing is related to our actions, non-actions, and the health of our environment.

I contemplate change and states of being: stagnation, transformation, flux, motion, regeneration, decay, disintegration, and preservation. I examine dualities and coexisting oppositions: micro and macro, deficiency and excess, repulsion and attraction, balance and imbalance, perfection and imperfection, control and chaos, fragility and strength, hope and despair, seen and unseen, interest and apathy, illness and wellness. I search for the spaces in between extremes.
For this series, Lacuna (Plastic Zone), I began collecting plastic that was destined for the landfill. I had previously read about the plastic islands in the sea, as well as the relationships between continuous small exposures to synthetic particles and human health.

I found myself preoccupied with saving all of the plastic from my consumption habits. I began tearing the pliant material and crafting the sheets, as one would a basket, into cocoons, structures for erythrocytes, breeding healthy cells within a repurposed plastic landscape. The constant reuse allays my guilt while the obsessive stitching allows me to think with my hands.

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Education

2006 BFA, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Summa Cum Laude

1993-95 College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

1989-90 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Exhibitions

Solo:

2006 Dendritic Landscape, Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2005 Beneath the Surface, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Group:

2010 Corporealities: The Body in Question, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2010 United, international invitational print portfolio and exhibition, pending
2010 From all Directions, invitational print portfolio and exhibition, pending
2009 Salvage, The Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College, PA
2009 Tallahassee International, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL, catalogue
2009 Tallahassee International, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2009 Continuum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2009 Working in Wax, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2008 Realities and Illusions, juror Kenneth Baker, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, CA
2008 Encore, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
2008 Compelling Matter, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2008 3rd Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson AZ
2007 Per Square Foot, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2007 She Objects! II, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2007 Full Circle: International Gathering of Printmakers, Rueff Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2007 Second Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2007 A Gathering of Printmakers, University of California-Davis Carl N. Gorman Museum, Davis, CA
2006 27th Annual Auction and Exhibition, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
2006 Rising From Instinct, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2006 First Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2006 BFA Exhibition, The University of Arizona Union Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2005 26th Annual Art Auction and Exhibition, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
2005 Ripple, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
2005 Fire, Fremont House Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2004 Todd Walker Gallery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2004 Todd Walker Gallery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2004 Painting Matters, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1998 The Art House, Open Studio Tour, Oak Park, IL

Awards

2006 Graduated with academic distinction, Summa Cum Laude, University of Arizona
2005/06 Fine Arts Resident Achievement Scholarship, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2003 Steven Langmade Scholarship, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1994 Outstanding Designer Scholarship, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

Collections

Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland, special collections, pending
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, special collections, pending
University of Wales, School of Art, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Permanent collection, Christchurch, New Zealand
University of Colorado-Boulder, Special Collections
University of California-Davis, Carl N. Gorman Museum
Richard F. Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Permanent collection, Canton, NY
Proyecto’ace Print Collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pending

Publications

2009 Tallahassee International, FSU Museum of Fine Art, catalogue
2008 Third Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, March, catalogue
2007 AZ Illustrated, “Encaustic Painting; A Resurgence,” March
2006 Downtown Tucsonan, Issue 50, July



	Lois Epperson Gale- Artist Statement My interests lie in the natural world and particularly in the complex structures and functions of the human body. In my work I explore how our wellbeing is related to our actions, non-actions, and the health of our environment. I contemplate change and states of being: stagnation, transformation, flux, motion, regeneration, decay, disintegration, and preservation. I examine dualities and coexisting oppositions: micro and macro, deficiency and excess, repulsion and attraction, balance and imbalance, perfection and imperfection, control and chaos, fragility and strength, hope and despair, seen and unseen, interest and apathy, illness and wellness. I search for the spaces in between extremes. For this series, Lacuna (Plastic Zone), I began collecting plastic that was destined for the landfill. I had previously read about the plastic islands in the sea, as well as the relationships between continuous small exposures to synthetic particles and human health. I found myself preoccupied with saving all of the plastic from my consumption habits. I began tearing the pliant material and crafting the sheets, as one would a basket, into cocoons, structures for erythrocytes, breeding healthy cells within a repurposed plastic landscape. The constant reuse allays my guilt while the obsessive stitching allows me to think with my hands. Resume Education 2006 BFA, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Summa Cum Laude 1993-95 College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL 1989-90 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Exhibitions Solo: 2006 Dendritic Landscape, Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2005 Beneath the Surface, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ Group: 2010 Corporealities: The Body in Question, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2010 United, international invitational print portfolio and exhibition, pending 2010 From all Directions, invitational print portfolio and exhibition, pending 2009 Salvage, The Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College, PA 2009 Tallahassee International, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL, catalogue 2009 Tallahassee International, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL 2009 Continuum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2009 Working in Wax, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 2008 Realities and Illusions, juror Kenneth Baker, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, CA 2008 Encore, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson 2008 Compelling Matter, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2008 3rd Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson AZ 2007 Per Square Foot, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2007 She Objects! II, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2007 Full Circle: International Gathering of Printmakers, Rueff Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2007 Second Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2007 A Gathering of Printmakers, University of California-Davis Carl N. Gorman Museum, Davis, CA 2006 27th Annual Auction and Exhibition, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ 2006 Rising From Instinct, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2006 First Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2006 BFA Exhibition, The University of Arizona Union Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2005 26th Annual Art Auction and Exhibition, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ 2005 Ripple, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ 2005 Fire, Fremont House Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2004 Todd Walker Gallery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2004 Todd Walker Gallery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2004 Painting Matters, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1998 The Art House, Open Studio Tour, Oak Park, IL Awards 2006 Graduated with academic distinction, Summa Cum Laude, University of Arizona 2005/06 Fine Arts Resident Achievement Scholarship, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2003 Steven Langmade Scholarship, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1994 Outstanding Designer Scholarship, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL Collections Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland, special collections, pending University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, special collections, pending University of Wales, School of Art, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Permanent collection, Christchurch, New Zealand University of Colorado-Boulder, Special Collections University of California-Davis, Carl N. Gorman Museum Richard F. Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Permanent collection, Canton, NY Proyecto’ace Print Collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pending Publications 2009 Tallahassee International, FSU Museum of Fine Art, catalogue 2008 Third Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, March, catalogue 2007 AZ Illustrated, “Encaustic Painting; A Resurgence,” March 2006 Downtown Tucsonan, Issue 50, July





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