By Kathleen Wilke
Located in Dallas, TX
"Gift" is a stunning female figure walking underwater. Wearing white and inspired by Roman myth, she holds a flower.
C Print on Fuji Pearl, Perspex mounted
48x48x1 inches
Edition 1 of 7
Kathleen Wilke blurs the lines of poetry and fiction through her underwater photography.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wilke attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati and graduated
from The Art Institute of Boston, where she majored in illustration and photography.
Changing water effects illuminate the simplest subjects and transform imagery into
beautiful, surreal and ethereal, painterly masterpieces. Sometimes her subjects are so
peaceful and almost appear to be sleeping. Other underwater Wilke subjects are seen
dancing and playing, with mischievous, provocative, and nymph-like qualities. Yet other
times, the viewer is directly transported into the thoughts and emotion of her characters.
Wilke was first place winner in the Unscene Tour, 2008, a photographic competition
generated in Los Angeles. It was through this competition that Wilke was introduced to and
began her relationship with DECORAZONgallery. In 2009, she was chosen as a recipient of
the famed New Dallas Nine...
Category
2010s Contemporary Kathleen Wilke Art
MaterialsPlexiglass, Photographic Paper