Renee Prisble– Artist Statement
In the piece Orange Jelly, I have recycled an unexpected material into a new form, much like fungi themselves. Orange sweaters from thrift stores were reused to create this large-scale fungal invasion. This sculpture is about transformation, decay, change, and rebirth, ideas echoed in all the steps of making this work. Once Orange Jelly is installed in a gallery space, it symbolically represents a network of transformative decay below the surface of the gallery walls. It is something mysterious, curious, and invasive. In each space it grows uniquely in response to the space in a way an organism would. This keeps the work exciting, pushing me to exhibit repeatedly.
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Education
2000-02 Alfred University School of Art and Design NYSCC
1998 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1995 BA, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Solo:
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2012 Chicago Artists Coalition Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2011 showPods, Chicago IL
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2010 California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
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2009 Ralph Arnold Annex Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago IL
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2008 minidutch gallery, Chicago, IL
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2008 Northeastern Illinois University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2007 NAB Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2007 Biological Cartography, The International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL
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2001 Impression, John Woods Studio, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Two and Three Person:
- 2009 Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, IL
- 2009 Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University Chicago, IL
- 2006 The McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, Chicago, IL
- 2005 Open End, Chicago, IL
- 2004 Open End, Chicago, IL
Group:
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2012 Affordable Art Fair, NYC
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2012 Chicago Artists Coalition Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2011 Chicago Artists Coalition Gallery, Chicago IL
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2011 Morning Glory Studios, Chicago, IL
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2010 Morning Glory Studios, Chicago, IL
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2010 ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2009 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2009 Northeastern Illinois University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2008 Method to Madness, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
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2007 ArtXposium 2007, West Chicago, IL
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2007 Oh My God, South Union Arts, Chicago, IL
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2007 Jay-Walking, The Polish Museum of America, Chicago, IL
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2006 Chicago Prayer Wheel Project, McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, Chicago, IL
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2006 Chicago Prayer Wheel Project, Daley Plaza, Chicago, IL
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2005 Eightfold, Open End, Chicago, IL
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2004 Open End, Chicago, IL
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2003 Broadcast Newspace, Portland, OR
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2002 Somatic Building MFA Thesis Exhibit, Art Site at The Davies Building, Wellsville, NY
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2001 Oscillating Perspectives, Art Site at The Davies Building, Wellsville, NY
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2001 Pieces of the Whole, Art Site at The Davies Building, Wellsville, NY
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2000 Topographies, Art Site at The Davies Building, Wellsville, NY
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1999 New York Mills Sculpture Park, New York Mills, MN
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1998 Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
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1998 Body Builder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Awards
- 2007 Chicago CAAP Grant, Chicago, IL
- 2005 Chicago CAAP Grant, Chicago, IL
- 2004 Chicago CAAP Grant, Chicago, IL
- 2003 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
- 2000 New York State Foundation for the Arts: Special Opportunity Stipend
Publications
- 2008 ArtSlant Chicago, Splendid Surplus by Thea Liberty Nicols , YogaChicago, May-June, p. 60-61
- 2006 Chicago Public Radio interview for Eight Forty-Eight, WBEZ Chicago, IL
- 2006 In These Times, Art Space, Vol. 30, Issue 11
Professional Experience
- 2007 Juror, Mchenry County College Gallery
- 2007 Visiting Artist, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
- 2006 Visiting Artist, University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL
- 2004 Visiting Artist, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
- 2003 Visiting Artist, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
- 2003 Residency, Aspen Guard Station Artist, Mancos, CO
- 1998 Internship, Franconia Sculpture, Park Franconia, MN
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