Beyond This Point
A New Series of Paintings by
Jeana Baumgardner
About the artist
Jeana Baumgardner received
her BFA in Painting from the University of Iowa in 1998. In 1997, she was awarded a Fellowship from
Yale University and attended the Yale Summer School of Music and Art in
Norfolk, Connecticut. After receiving
her BFA, Jeana attended Hunter College in New York City where she received her
MFA in Painting in 2001.
Her work
has been reviewed and/or published in The New York Times, The Austin Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, Artworld
Digest, The Austin Chronicle, Zing Magazine, and Flaunt
Magazine. Her work has been
exhibited in New York, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Venezuela, Austin, Memphis,
and Chicago. She is currently living and
working in Austin, Texas.
Resume furnished upon request
About the show
Humor has always played a significant role in my paintings, where other
worldly events and objects occupy places where nature collides with urban and
industrial development. The paintings in Beyond This Point, flirt with creating
visual balance between forms, punctuation, color, and movement, which can be
both comforting and distracting. The paintings are partly inspired by the
captured movement and playfulness in the work of Julio Le Parc, a precursor of
kinetic and Op art. In "Mixed Emotions" a pleasant sea of flowers is
invaded by lined circles, referencing visual mind benders. If an apostrophe in
language can either represent the omission of a letter or form plurals of
words, can its place in a painting determine how we view the relationship
between certain forms? Paintings like "Johnny's RV" and "Funny
Conversation" beg this question. The color used in most of the work, is
based on car and home decor from the 70's and 80's, which is comforting to me
as it relates to my childhood. Similarly, I use the familiarity of a grid to
give viewers visual respite from a myriad of unidentifiable forms and spaces,
offering them a foundation to identify with an unknown world.
Opening Reception
December 7, 2013
6 – 9 pm
Through February 1, 2014
Proceeds from this exhibition will be donated to:
