Curator
Curator’s Statement
Art is making something out of nothing. Art is asking the big questions. Art is Drawing a line somewhere. Art must make us think and feel something when we encounter it, wherever we encounter it. Art is a passion to create. Art is many different things to many different people.
As a curator I look for those qualities that are original, experimental, thought provoking, innovative, passionate and executed with the highest quality, skill and professionalism. I prefer to view art initially from E-Media then follow up with a visit to the artist studio. All Art Matters.
Fees
Starting from $250 per exhibit and depending on the following factors.
Curator Process - Portfolio review through E-Media only or combined with a studio visit.
Curator Travel expenses
Curator Secretarial expenses
Curator Printing expenses
Curator Writing expenses
Curator Computing expenses
All prices are negotiable and I work with a signed contract provided by Martinart Studios and/or the Client.
2023 Exhibits
Two Moons Exhibit Series: “The Surrealist Dreamers of New Mexico.”
This exhibit focused on artists in New Mexico who reflect the historical art movement from the 1920s known as Surrealism. They work from the unconscious and the dream world, and their art reflects that.
Two Moons Exhibit Series: “Fabric of New Mexico.”
This exhibit stretched the limits of fiber art to celebrate the full range of innovative creativity in fabric, including quilting, macramé, embroidery, rug hooking, and work with plastics, paper, metal, and wire.
Two Moons Exhibit Series: “Protest. See Something, Say Something.”
This contemporary exhibition focused on a select group of artists whose works speak to a social consciousness. Included are fiber arts, sculpture, painting, graphite, mixed media, written word, video, song, and other new and innovative means of communicating social commentary. Work in a wide range of styles matches the breadth of subjects addressed, including racism, sexism, economic inequality, climate change, violence, political upheaval, war, disease, and hatred.
2008 - 2012
Curator for Tri-Mission Art Gallery - Rome, Italy
US Embassy to Italy, United Nations, and the Vatican
Monthly changing exhibits, including groups and solo shows.
2003 - 2008
Curator for Consulor Art Gallery - Athens, Greece
US Embassy to Greece and Athens
Monthly changing exhibits, including groups and solo shows.
2020
Curator for The Sense of Wonder Virtual Art Exhibit
Albuquerque, New Mexico
2022 Exhibits
Two Moons Exhibit Series: “Mosaic & Mosaic-Like”
The exhibit, Mosaic And Mosaic-Like, features contemporary traditional Mosaics and work created in a Mosaic-Like style. All of the artists work and reside in Albuquerque unless otherwise noted.
Mosaics have a long history, with evidence of their existence beginning in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BCE. A traditional mosaic is a pattern or image of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass, or ceramic, held in place by plaster or mortar, and covering a surface.Today, mosaics are made by artists and craftspeople all around the world. Many materials other than the traditional are utilized by contemporary artists.