Artist Statement
My work is a combination of acrylic and enamel paints, spray paint, and found objects. The assembled sculptures are born through the integration of these materials with one another onto a wood panel. I utilize bone, rubber, wood, sinew, and various types of metal. All of the objects are recycled.
I aim to reveal the unseen beauty within these otherwise everyday objects, and to bring to attention the undeniable human impact on our natural surroundings. I question what is natural.
Each piece is an attempt to answer this, and in the end, becomes anything but natural. This work is a fabrication of my surrounding environment. It is an illusion that visually redefines an animal bone, a slab of rubber, or an old rusty piece of metal. It is an ode to all objects.
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Current Shows/ Galleries
Tributaries Contemporary Gallery - Central Lake, Michigan
Right Brain Brewery - Traverse City, Michigan
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Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITS
2005 Shrines - Nelles Studios, Williamsburg, MI
2003 Specimens - Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
2003 Recent - Steep & Brew Coffee and Gallery, Madison, WI
2002 New Junk - Foothills School of American Crafts, Nelsonville, OH
2001 Breathe Again - Installation. Athens, OH
2000 Absence of Beauty - Casa Cantina, Athens, OH
2000 New Paintings - Bagel Street Deli, Athens, OH
GROUP EXHIBITS
2006 Unruled/ Dwellings - Baldwin Wallace College, OH
2003 Hybrids - Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
2002 Ongoing Group Exhibit - Eclipse Company Town, The Plains, OH
2001 Found - Casa Cantina, Athens, OH
COMMISSIONS
2002 Backdrop Design and Installation -Lamborn's Studio and Custom Framing, Athens, OH
2001 20th Century Ode - Multi-media Lab, Ohio University College of Communication,
Athens, OH
RESIDENCIES
2003 Artist in Residence -Hocking Valley Community Residental Center, Nelsonville, OH
2002 Artist of the Month -Lamborn's Studio and Custom Framing, Athens OH
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2004 & 2005 "Best of Mixed Media", Juried Award - Art on the Rocks, Marquette, MI
2003 Co-founder, Majestic Galleries Nelsonville, OH
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EDUCATION
2001 B.F.A. Painting, Ohio University Athens, OH
2001 B.F.A. Photography, Ohio University Athens, OH
Click here to watch documentation of Jeff Krino's 2001 Thesis Show
