Steam Roller Print by Kim Bishop
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Artist: Kim Bishop
Bio: Artist Statement from "Art to the Third Power" website: Growing up in Austin, Texas, during the 1960’s and 1970’s – the only daughter of civil rights activists and writers, and the granddaughter to the Dean of Communication at the University of Texas – I was allowed to explore social/political communication through the arts. My mother’s community of friends included the first vendors on the Drag where we would produce arts and crafts and sell them to help fund activist functions and organizations. As a "hippie child" I was fortunate to be surrounded by artists, musicians and writers and allowed the freedom to experience childhood in a tolerant non-traditional setting. My first show was at Les Amis, across from UT at 9 years old. As an adult I have sought to communicate my own experiences as a woman, artist, art teacher, and parent through my works. I received my BFA in Commercial Art in 1985 from Southwest Texas State University, my teaching certificates in 1989, and my MA in 2003 from Texas State, all the while raising two amazing young men Timothy and Dillon.
My art is visual communication through the production of installations with paint, color, light and objects that allow the viewer to experience rather than just observe the work. In each of my solo exhibitions my intent has been to create a visual narrative in which the viewers own experiences are combined with visual aesthetics to provoke a behavioral reaction, impress new experiential memories and spark existing memories. In my latest solo exhibition, May 2012 at High Wire Art Gallery, I illustrated a poem that I had written using 8 large scale mixed media installations. The exhibition was called "Original Sin" and I explored the myths and eventual truths about gender, sex and sexual abuse and the roll that religious dogma has played in its' conception. Much of it was based on actual life stories. This is an ongoing series that I am developing.
I am the Illustrator of my life.
Price: $400
Bio: Artist Statement from "Art to the Third Power" website: Growing up in Austin, Texas, during the 1960’s and 1970’s – the only daughter of civil rights activists and writers, and the granddaughter to the Dean of Communication at the University of Texas – I was allowed to explore social/political communication through the arts. My mother’s community of friends included the first vendors on the Drag where we would produce arts and crafts and sell them to help fund activist functions and organizations. As a "hippie child" I was fortunate to be surrounded by artists, musicians and writers and allowed the freedom to experience childhood in a tolerant non-traditional setting. My first show was at Les Amis, across from UT at 9 years old. As an adult I have sought to communicate my own experiences as a woman, artist, art teacher, and parent through my works. I received my BFA in Commercial Art in 1985 from Southwest Texas State University, my teaching certificates in 1989, and my MA in 2003 from Texas State, all the while raising two amazing young men Timothy and Dillon.
My art is visual communication through the production of installations with paint, color, light and objects that allow the viewer to experience rather than just observe the work. In each of my solo exhibitions my intent has been to create a visual narrative in which the viewers own experiences are combined with visual aesthetics to provoke a behavioral reaction, impress new experiential memories and spark existing memories. In my latest solo exhibition, May 2012 at High Wire Art Gallery, I illustrated a poem that I had written using 8 large scale mixed media installations. The exhibition was called "Original Sin" and I explored the myths and eventual truths about gender, sex and sexual abuse and the roll that religious dogma has played in its' conception. Much of it was based on actual life stories. This is an ongoing series that I am developing.
I am the Illustrator of my life.
Price: $400