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My paintings concern the dichotomy of interiority versus exteriority. Five years ago I had a dream about painting images of blinds and it made me think about what we put into the world and what we choose to keep in our own inner world. The blinds turned into lines, which turned into grids. The paintings are ruminations on this binary, simultaneously drawing the viewer in with their simple pattern, but also forcing one's eyes to rest on the surface with their strong colors. They are both obsessive and meditative; while highly ordered, they also provide a moment of respite.
Color provides a filter to help us translate the world around us. It is also a cipher that can both aid and prevent us from seeing things for what they really are. The monochrome serves to heighten this sensation. While the grid represents the human need for order, in this instance, it is marred by the imperfection of the artist's hand. While poised within a mechanistic framework these paintings prove overwhelmingly human.
EDUCATION
2007 - 2009
California College of the Arts
MA Curatorial Practice
2000 - 2004 Cornell University
Dual Degree; BA in Art History and BFA
Graduated Cum Laude Spring
2003
Cornell University Campus in Rome
Fine Arts, Art History and Italian
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Mirjana Blankenship: New Paintings, Herringbone Apothecary, Berkeley, CA. November 2006- February 2007
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Gen Next, Tavern Club, Boston. March 2009
Salon Show, Private Home, San Francisco, CA. October 14, 2006
December Salon Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA. December 2-31, 2004
Thesis Exhibition, Cornell University, May 2004
Il Premio Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea San Francesco a Ripa, Museo della Fanteria, Rome, Italy. June 6-9, 2003
Otto Artisti, Galleria d’Arte San Francesco a Ripa. Rome, Italy. May 3-8, 2003
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2009 The Secret of the Ninth Planet, Queens Nails Projects, San Francisco (co-curator)
2009 Bioanthrophony, PLAySPACE Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco (co-curator)
2009 Images of Hope from the Congo, Project One Gallery, San Francisco
2009 Americana: Kansas. Education on Trial: The Evolution Controversy in Kansas, Mary Augustine Gallery, The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco
2008 BASE/BASIN, The Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover, Utah (co-curator)
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