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- Artist Name:
- Terry Matarelli
- Statement:
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My life is all about process. It’s the getting there that interests me. My art is similar in that I like the process of making something from nothing. I’ve spent years landscaping and building a cabin in the woods, as well as doing artwork, and I love taking a bare piece of nothingness and making it something, walk away and don’t look back. I strive for a nice finished product, but it’s the getting there that keeps me going.
I’m not interested in pretty. Be real. Painting is paint on a surface. Any materials, for that matter, have their own essential being, and bring that spirit to the work. I look for that material to speak to me, say something to the viewer, and say whatever it wants. My work is mostly figure ground relationships. I’ve been drawn to the figure all my life.
I’m interested in the drama of life and living, and the endless possibilities of the interaction or isolation we encounter. I’m not looking to represent surface reality, but rather emotional or spiritual reality. I want to get under the skin and see what’s going on. I like to represent that with whatever materials I’m using
- Biography:
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Cream of the Crop Exhibition, ASU, 1982
Built custom house, including design and all aspects of construction, 1982-2002
Owner/Operator of Landscaping Business, 1982 - 2002
AAUW Exhibition, Grants Pass, OR Best of Graphics, 1995
AAUW Exhibition, Grants Pass, OR 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Rogue Community College, “Art in Oregon”, publication, Catfish over Madison, digital assemblage, 2004
PACO Gallery, Oct. 2006 “Green Show”,
PACO Gallery, Nov. 2006, Member Show
Artlink Show, Feb. 2007
PACO Gallery, Feb. 2007, “Love Show”
Herberger Theater, April 2007, “Layers of meaning”
PACO Gallery, May 2007, Member Show
Level Framing and Gallery, June 2007, alone with Eddie show
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