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PlatteForum’s
Creative Residencies!
| Residency
Dates: |
September 27 – November 24, 2004 |
| Exhibition: |
Landscraps and Scrap-Escape
November 5 – 24
Noon – 4:00pm, Tue – Sat or by appointment,
303.893.0791 |
| Opening
Reception: |
November 5, 5:30 – 8:00 pm |
Portfolio
Artist Statement
I am an installation artist and like to promote art
and visual culture as agents of change through aesthetic
practice. I was born next to an imaginary line, Parallel
0°0’0”, which gives my homeland its
name, Ecuador. Inspired by human interaction and cultural
dialogue, my work questions the feelings of alienation
and confusion and how perception alters our senses
of place. Collaboration is a critical component in
my creative process; it challenges the paradigm of
the isolated artist and establishes dialogue between
the artists, the subjects, and the audience. In my
installations, I use distorted proportion and different
scales that combine with patterns and repetition,
then change notions of perception. My sculptures and
installations have rich color and a variety of textures
obtained through the use of different mixed media
sculptural techniques and a multiplicity of materials.
During my residency I will be creating
a site-specific installation titled Landscraps and
Scrap-Escape – a series of small, medium and
large scale “sculptural objects made with scraps,
leftover and recycled materials. The sculptural objects
will reference the body in proportion and size, what
we wear and where we live. The objects work as fragments
of a whole: they are evidence of what they were before,
while suggesting alternatives to their lifecycle.
The work examines issues of environmental concerns
and recycling. Youth will work with off-loom weaving
techniques and 3D sculptural approach that will be
integrated into the large installation.
Artist Bio
Patrica is a dual citizen
of Ecuador and Boulder, CO. She has exhibited Internationally,
including Ecuador, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, France and
Iceland, and has received numerous awards including
1st Place at 2003 Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver
10+10 Colorado Biennale for her installation entitled
“Virga”. She has completed several artist
residencies, most recently at the Sculpture Space in
Utica New York. Several of her projects have been supported
by grants, most notably for work on “Carry On:
Homeless Project” 2002-2004 supported, in part,
by Boulder Arts Commission, and Arts Alive. She has
an upcoming exhibit this October 2004 in Boston at Studio
Soto as a continuation of the “Carry On: Homeless
Project.”
| PlatteForum’s
Creative Residency Program builds on
the tradition of artist residency programs around
the world and is unique to Denver. The program
offers the public an opportunity to see a body
of work being developed by an artist, and then
experience the culmination of that work in exhibitions
and performances. Each residency incorporates
an intensive workshop for under-served youth,
which builds on the artist’s forms and for
concepts. The artists share their passions for
the creative process with the youth. This collaboration
is the cornerstone of our learning programs. |
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