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| DESTINY ALLISON |
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| My work
is conceptual. I began each piece with a question, usually
related to human roles or relationships. I examine myths,
symbols, and the origins of how we
define ourselves. For me, art is a process of discovery where
the work teaches me as much
as I shape it.
The language I use is the language of shape. I have discovered,
through years of
teaching and practice that sculptural expression takes
its root in the symbolism of geometric form.
The shapes I
emphasize reflect a personal philosophy about my journey in
life. The subjects I choose
to sculpt are the landmarks that illuminate my path.
Steel is exciting to me as a medium because it can have
an exceptional softness in the final finish. I achieve a combination
of organic forms and geometric shapes through the use
of my MIG welder and my oxygedacetylene torch. I create my
colors by
applying acid patina and heat to the raw metal, after the form
has been completed. The
combination of techniques allows me the freedom to explore
relationships between
emotional and intellectual responses to experience. |
| GALLERIES |
- - Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- - Yates Gallery, Fountain Hills, AZ
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| SELECTED EXHIBITS: |
- - 2004 The Softness of Steel," Solo
show, Shidoni Gallery and Foundry, Santa Fe, NM.
- - 2004 Original Ann Arbor Street
Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI.
- - 2004 Uptown Fine Art Fair, Minneapolis,
MN.
- - 2004 Breckenridge Fine Art Festival,Breckenridge,
CO
- - 2003 'Inside; Out," Shidoni
Gallery Santa Fe, NM
- - 2003 Uptown Art Festival, Minneapolis,
MN
- - 2003 Downtown Boulder Fine Art
Fair. Boulder, CO
- - 2003 Breckenridge Fine Art Festival,
Breckenridge, CO
- - 2003 Houston international Festival,
Houston, TX
- - 2003 Indian Wells Art Festival,
Palm Desert, CA
- - 2002 Solo show. Paxton & Mc
Call Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
- - 2001 Solo show, Leaden Contemporary
Art, Santa Fe, NM
- - 2000 9th annual "Faces of
Women, Las Vegas, NM
- - 1999 Art in Public Places Invitational,
Los Alamos, NM
- - 1999 Waxlander Khadure Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
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| AWARDS & PUBLIC COMMISSIONS |
- - Best of Show, Naperville Woman's league Fine Art festival
- - Award of excellence, Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair
- - Honorable mention, Faces of Women, Las Vegas NM
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- - Frisco Civic Center, Clinton, OK
- - Santa Fe Preparatory School, Santa Fe NM
- - UNM department of Psychology, Albuquerque, NM
- - Los Alamos County Public Art program, Los Alamos, NM
- - City of Attleboro, Attleboro, MA
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"Equilibrium"
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Steel/Patina.
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33"x25"x4"
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"Joie de Vivre "
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Steel/Patina.
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54"x24"x8"
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