Josepha Gutelius
Artist Statement
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Painting for me is a constant, energizing connecting of opposites -- place/displacement, certainty/mystery. As a former playwright, I tend to see the figures in my paintings as characters with an implied before and after, where “identity” itself is relational and in flux. My primary interest is to capture layers of consciousness, the precarious balance of time/ timelessness, the overlap of memories. These can be personal, historical, cultural memories. I usually work in series, with different subject matter brought together under one theme, such as “School Days,” “The Shape of Water,” “Silence of Nowhere.” My practice often involves taking the same scene and varying it slightly in different panels, like frames of a film, to signify the passage of time. I start with ink or charcoal and add
Note: After decades of being a poet and playwright, I began a new journey as a visual artist in 2015 at the age of 62. Thus my CV consists of only four years.
Awards, Publications, Grants, Reviews:
Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for Visual Artists (grant), 2018
1st prize, International Juried Competition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ, 2016
Silver Award in Painting, ArtForward/ Blouin International Gallery Guide, 2016
2nd prize, “Works on Paper,” RHCAN, Red Hook, NY., curated and judged by president and director of Woodstock School of Art, 2015
Honorable Mention, Annual Juried Regional Show, Arts Society of Kingston, curated and judged by Carrie Haddad, Carrie Haddad Gallery
Honorable Mention, Circle Foundation Art Expo, NYC, 2017
Roll Magazine, “Emerge Emerged,