Monthly Archives: January 2014

Melissa Dorn Richards – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Posted on January 11, 2014 by greymattergallery

Briefly describe the work do you do. I’m intrigued by man-made landscapes, from piles of materials to built structures. The piles of materials change daily as they are being used or affected by weather, giving me the sense they are … Continue reading →

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Connie Noyes – Chicago, Illinois

Posted on January 10, 2014 by greymattergallery

Briefly describe the work do you do. Using unconventional materials, often found or recycled, in combination with high gloss enamel or metal paint and resin, I create seductive surfaces to entice the viewer from a distance and draw them in … Continue reading →

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Charmaine Ortiz – Carolina Beach, North Carolina

Posted on January 9, 2014 by greymattergallery

Briefly describe the work you do. I work with graphite and seek to challenge its capabilities through new applications including object making, printing, and airbrushing. I make my own graphite pencils and also incorporate factory-made graphite pen cils into my … Continue reading →

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Jay Batista – Grafton, Wisconsin

Posted on January 8, 2014 by greymattergallery

Briefly describe the work do you do. My work is primarily acrylic collage integrating Asian papers and foreign script calligraphy (Russian, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, etc.) in works exploring the design concepts of texture, color and rhythm. I paint detailed negative … Continue reading →

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John Chang – Southern California

Posted on January 7, 2014 by greymattergallery

Briefly describe the work do you do. The themes of my works are the relationship between language and its environment, the role that language has played in contemporary art, and the positive and negative effects that contemporary art has brought … Continue reading →

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Erin Coleman-Cruz – Salt Lake City, Utah

Posted on January 6, 2014 by greymattergallery

Briefly describe the work you do. My work is about the personal accumulations of mixed- and multi-media approaches. I can separate my work into two separate, yet overlapping approaches. The first one is the mainstay of my identity as an … Continue reading →

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Vicki Reed – Cedarburg, Wisconsin

Posted on January 5, 2014 by greymattergallery

Briefly describe the work do you do. I capture images with a variety of cameras from a simple pinhole, vintage and plastic cameras to the iPhone. I then use the images in different ways. With film images I often print … Continue reading →

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Scott Ziegler – Southern Pines, North Carolina

Posted on January 4, 2014 by greymattergallery

Briefly describe the work you do. When developing my ceramic work, I use a variety of building techniques—throwing, slip-casting, and hand-building—and allow the work to become bone dry. At this point, I use a variety of grades of sandpaper to … Continue reading →

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John Kowalczyk – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Posted on January 3, 2014 by greymattergallery

Briefly describe the work do you do. I call myself a painter but my work inhabits a space between 2D and 3D. I use anything and everything in my paintings, sculptures, and installations which are layered collaged surfaces with paint … Continue reading →

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