Jasmine, graphite, watercolor, pigment and glue on paper, 2020, 17 x 14"h
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BIO
Theresa Currie (BFA 1999, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) is an interdisciplinary artist. She is fascinated by traditional mark making techniques, sound experience and collaborative projects. Her subjects include fellow performance artists, costumed noise musicians, dancers, and nature. She is a member of noise music trio FOOT SOS. Today she resides in San Francisco with her partner and has been a part of SF Artists Studios since 2020. theresacurrie.crevado.com @liuxija |
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STATEMENT
Mark making is central to my work. I explore essences in media: charcoal, glue with pigment, ink, chalk gesso, hemp and cotton canvas, wood, dry pigments, egg, oil paint. I like economy, luminosity, saturation and a line quality that describes energy and movement. I compose my work from life observation, photographs I take and book sketching. My book sketches connect performance and line making. I have performed with my books and sometimes use them to make sound. My figurative subjects come from my art community. Often my subjects are in a performance persona of their making. I am fascinated by performance, movement, mark making and sound and seek out those intersections. Much of my recent work has seen a deepening of line exploration and scale with an emergence of nature and self reflection themes.
Mark making is central to my work. I explore essences in media: charcoal, glue with pigment, ink, chalk gesso, hemp and cotton canvas, wood, dry pigments, egg, oil paint. I like economy, luminosity, saturation and a line quality that describes energy and movement. I compose my work from life observation, photographs I take and book sketching. My book sketches connect performance and line making. I have performed with my books and sometimes use them to make sound. My figurative subjects come from my art community. Often my subjects are in a performance persona of their making. I am fascinated by performance, movement, mark making and sound and seek out those intersections. Much of my recent work has seen a deepening of line exploration and scale with an emergence of nature and self reflection themes.