Lori del Mar- Artist Statement
My paintings represent an inquiry into aspects of time and perception, and the sense of beauty that I find in moments of awareness of time and of being.
Filter is a series of 10 paintings -- each with subtle compositions of color, space, light, and structure. This particular series chronicles my perspective of experience regarding the phenomenological effects of light and space as observed through moments of solitude within the architectural space of my home and studio.
My subject through all of my painting is most often about “seeing”. This includes the viewer and the viewer’s attentive participation in looking and seeing the works. The works offer a space of discovery and reflection. As such the paintings request (and thus reward) ample time given in their experience. They shift, much like a freshly darkened room shifts, after a paused moment for optical adjustment. Their subtle modulations of dynamic pigment relationships invite the viewer to relinquish any immediate visual expectation - often evoking a question of uncertainty as to what is being seen/perceived.
At first glance, the paintings may read as subtle fields of silence. As time is given for the eye to adjust, submerged transitions of color and form begin to emerge. In this sense, the works are experientially time-based. Their seemingly visual absence performs much like a whisper, compelling sustained participation into an intimate, sensory encounter.
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2007 San Francisco Art Institute, MFA in Painting
1995 San Francisco Art Institute, BFA in Painting
Exhibitions
Solo:
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2010 Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2009 SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2006 The Sensual Memory, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2004 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2002 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2000 Belcher Studios Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1997 Cinta Gallery, San Francisco, CA,
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1995 Music Annex, San Francisco, CA
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2010 Oasis, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2009 Metaphyiscal Abstraction, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
SFAI Revisited, Part I, Togonon Gallery, San
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2009 Francisco, CA
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2008 Root Division, San Francisco, CA
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2007 Cream, from the Top, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA
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2007 SomART, 2007, Root Division/Afi +Associates, San Francisco, CA
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2007 Taste 2007, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
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2006 Berkeley Art Center 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Juried by Paule Anglim, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
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2006 Untitled, SFAI - Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA
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2006 3rd Annual Chow Fun Ho Down, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2005 Summer Group Show, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2005 Murphy Cadogan Awards Exhibition, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2005 Nine Square, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2005 Neo Mod, Monterey Art Museum, Monterey, CA
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2004 Neo Mod, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
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2004 2nd Annual Chow Fun Ho Down, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2004 Playwrights Foundation Annual Festival collaborative artist exhibition, Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
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2003 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2003 R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA
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2001 California Small Works, Juried by Kenneth Baker, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
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2001 New Visions 2001, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
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2001 Reflections, Forms, Patterns, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
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2000 New Visions 2000, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
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1996 SFAI BFA Exhibition, Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA
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1995 SFAI Annual Juried Spring Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
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1995 Miniature’s, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1993 Annual Juried Spring Exhibition, CCSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2007 Art Benicia Annual Auction, Art Benicia, Benicia, CA
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2007 Root Divisions 6th Annual Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
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2006 PONCHO Invitational Fine Art Auction, Seattle, Washington
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2006 Crocker Annual Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
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2005 PONCHO Invitational Fine Art Auction, Seattle, Washington
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2005 Crocker Annual Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
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2005 AAF New York City, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
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2005 Playwrights Foundation Invitational Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
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2004 SFMOMA Annual Art Auction, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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2004 AAF New York City, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
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2004 Hospitality House 19th Annual Art Auction, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2002 Hospitality House 17th Annual Art Auction, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2010 The Kindle Project, Maker’s Muse Award, Santa Fe, NM
- 2009 Tao Fund, Print Grant, San Francisco, CA
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2007 Graduate Assistantship, Amy Ellingson, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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2007 Teaching Assistantship, Pegan Brooke, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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2006 Graduate Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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2005 Murphy Cadogan Fellowship Award, SF
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2005 Foundation Center, San Francisco, CA
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2005 Graduate Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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2004 Graduate Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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2001 Juror’s Award, Reflections, Forms, Patterns, Sebastopol Center for the Arts,
Sebastopol, CA
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1996 Studio Award, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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1995 Juror’s Award San Francisco Art Institute, Annual Juried Spring Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
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1995 Studio Award, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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1995 BFA Merit Scholarship Award, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
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1994 Studio Award, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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Baker, Kenneth.Three Artists at Fort Mason, San Francisco Chronicle, (July4, 2009)
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Baker, Kenneth. Lori del Mar at Schwartz, San Francisco Chronicle, (June 3, 2006)
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Baker, Kenneth. Lori del Mar at Schwartz, San Francisco Chronicle, (March 9, 2002)
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Cheng, Dewitt. Imminent Domain, East Bay Express, (October, 2009)
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Cohn, Terri. Lori del Mar: Reflections, (May, 2007)
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Selz, Peter. Lyric Representations of sacred, Unattainable words, The Berkeley Daily Planet,
(October, 2009)
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Levy, Mark. Metaphysical Abstraction, BAC, No-Thing Press, (October, 2009)
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Tanchelev, Gloria. SFAI MFA 2007, Stretcher.org (May, 2007)
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Visual Art: Lori del mar, Flavor Pill, (February 2004)
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