Dream, Blue Over White by Michele Schuff

ARTIST'S BIO

Education:



1984-88, B.F.A., Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

1998-2000, M.F.A., Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.





Exhibitions:



2009 All Small Redux, Agness Scott College, Decatur, GA

ARThouse[09], Rhodes Robinson Mansion, Atlanta, GA

Art Papers Auction, Mason Murer, Atlanta, GA



2008 The December Show, whitespace, Atlanta, GA

Big Angel Blowout, whitespace, Atlanta, GA

Art Papers Auction, Mason Murer, Atlanta, GA



2007 The December Show, whitespace, Atlanta, GA

Lux in Tenebris, whitespace, Atlanta, GA (solo show)

Art Papers Annual Auction, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA



2006 Pink Days, Azure Nights, New Works by 16 Artists, Dalton Gallery,

Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA

Art Papers Annual Auction, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA



2005 MOCA GA Art Auction, Atlanta, GA

Hambidge Center for the Arts 10TH Annual Art Auction, Atlanta, GA

Art Papers Annual Auction, Atlanta, GA



2004 Eyedrum Art Market Exhibit, Atlanta, GA

MOCA GA Art Auction, Atlanta, GA

Art Papers Annual Auction, Atlanta, GA



2003 Eyedrum Art Market Exhibit, Atlanta, GA

Fifth Class, Group Exhibit, Atlanta, GA



2001 Our Visions/Our Voices: Current Works by Atlanta Women Artists

Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA



2000 Dreaming Awake, Group Exhibit, A.C., T. Detroit, MI

Conjunction, Thesis Exhibition, Georgia State University



1999 Columbus Museum Regional Juried Exhibition, Columbus Museum

Columbus, GA



1998 Convergence ‘98 Memorial Hall for the Arts, Wilmington, VT Juror:

Rachel Lafo, Senior Curator, The Cordoba Museum and Sculpture Park,

Lincoln, MA

Art, Sweat, and Beers, Group Exhibit, The Silver Ceiling, Atlanta, GA

Coded and Loaded, Group Exhibit, Georgia State University Gallery,

Atlanta, GA

Exhibition, The Silver Ceiling, Atlanta, GA

Work Group Exhibit, The Silver Ceiling, Atlanta, GA



1997 One Person Show, 249 F Trinity Avenue, Atlanta, GA



1995 One Person Show, Michigan Design Center, Bloomfield Hills, MI



1992 Field of Vision, Paintings by Michele Schuff and Alan Watson





Publications:

2007 “Illuminated From Within” by Moria Campbell, Atlanta City Mag



Awards:

Four-year talent scholarship, Wayne State University



Fellowships:



Artist Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) Amherst, VA February, 2009



Artist Residency, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, April 2006



Artist Residency, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, September/October 2005







ARTIST'S STATEMENT

I am interested in creating an environment in which the viewer desires to become engaged. Through color, the subtext of layered images and drawing I hope to develop a realm of vision that mirrors the imagery of my mind: plant life, natural elements and pattern all represent the beginning of the growth of thought- a marker with which to begin to contemplate a larger experience. It is through working that I am able to approach this expanded state of mind; a reflection of that experience is recorded in the paint.



My current work is based on the idea of a lantern or lamp. The lanterns etched into the paint or cast in resin and lit developed out of an effort to eliminate fear and negativity in my mind and resonated on a number of levels throughout the creative process. They represent in a tangible way the idea that in order to banish darkness one must create light and in so doing point toward a higher state of consciousness. A bright lamp will illuminate the dark; a thousand bright lamps of a thousand souls could collectively create an extraordinary light. Perhaps by making the lanterns I am striving for something greater than my own identity and I am reminded of the human potential for good.







“That lamp of hope on high, which time nor chance nor change may not extinguish…”