Artist Russ Orlando

Russ Orlando - Artist Statement

Through working in organic materials like encaustics, beeswax, raw wool, and resin, I’ve become fascinated by what can be captured in the medium, how something physical can be culled from the intangible, or conversely, how the tangible leaves behind a remnant of having been there at all.

Attempting to cast personal expression- like mood and emotion- into visible form has become a preoccupation for me, internal energy that to the outside world so often seems invisible. The medium allows this private interior activity to be harnessed, worked to the surface, then frozen, carefully preserving moments ranging from personal turbulence to sober reflection. The resulting forms can be studied and analyzed, leaving behind undeniable proof that the forces that created them really exist; through their examination, they offer me a better understanding of the human condition and a better understanding of myself.

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Education

BFA Wayne State University – Detroit, MI

2005 MFA Finalist Cranbrook Academy of Art - Bloomfield Hills, MI

2006 Juried Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

2006 Member’s Select Juried Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

2005 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Center - Birmingham, MI Juror: Susan Wilczak, Director of The Krasl Art Center

2005 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA - Juror: Joseph Thompson, Director of Massachusetts Museum of
Contemporary Art (Mass Moca)

2005 Great Lakes Region: Juried Exhibition, River Gallery Chelsea, MI - Juror: Sean Ulmer, Curator Of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University Of Michigan Museum of Art

2005 73rd Annual Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI



	Russ Orlando - Artist Statement Through working in organic materials like encaustics, beeswax, raw wool, and resin, I’ve become fascinated by what can be captured in the medium, how something physical can be culled from the intangible, or conversely, how the tangible leaves behind a remnant of having been there at all. Attempting to cast personal expression- like mood and emotion- into visible form has become a preoccupation for me, internal energy that to the outside world so often seems invisible. The medium allows this private interior activity to be harnessed, worked to the surface, then frozen, carefully preserving moments ranging from personal turbulence to sober reflection. The resulting forms can be studied and analyzed, leaving behind undeniable proof that the forces that created them really exist; through their examination, they offer me a better understanding of the human condition and a better understanding of myself. Resume Education BFA Wayne State University – Detroit, MI 2005 MFA Finalist Cranbrook Academy of Art - Bloomfield Hills, MI Exhibitions 2006 Juried Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 2006 Member’s Select Juried Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 2005 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Center - Birmingham, MI Juror: Susan Wilczak, Director of The Krasl Art Center 2005 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA - Juror: Joseph Thompson, Director of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass Moca) 2005 Great Lakes Region: Juried Exhibition, River Gallery Chelsea, MI - Juror: Sean Ulmer, Curator Of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University Of Michigan Museum of Art 2005 73rd Annual Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI





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