Kevin Finklea @ ART FORUM UTE BARTH, Zuerich

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Kevin Finklea

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CAPTURING DIMENSIONS
Vernissage Samstag, 20. März 2010   12 - 15 Uhr
Opening Reception Saturday March 20 12 am - 3 pm

Born Philadelphia 1958, where he lives and works
Geboren 1958 in Philadelphia USA, wo der Künstler auch heute lebt und arbeitet

1982                 B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Solo Shows / Einzelausstellungen

2012                All the things that cannot be said, Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT

2011                Things we said were important but now forgotten, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010                 Memories Are Uncertain Friends, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2007                 I know what I want and I’m certain I can’t have it, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2005                 We Float, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2004                 I Wish I Could Be Your Color, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2001                 Chemical Landscape, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2000                 New Wall Work, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

1998                 Recent Sculpture, Eich Space, New York, NY

1997                 Signals & Other Indicators, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1996                 Meters/Signals, Margaret Thatcher Projects @ Condeso-Lawler Gallery, New York NY

                        Color is Form/Form is Color, w/Hank Stevens, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA

1994                 Heralds and Furlongs, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Group Shows / Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl)

2013                 Seriell, Art Forum Ute Barth, Zürich, Switzerland

The Guesthouse, with Lon Godin, Galerie Reuten, Amsterdam, Holland

                        New Year, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

                        Maniac III, Rathaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (catalog)

2012                 Maniac III, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik, Hamburg, Germany (catalog)

20 in 2012 Vision, 20^th anniversary show, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                        Doppler Stop, various EU locations including: Rotterdam, Leiden, Amsterdam, Berlin, Zagreb

Elemental, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)

2011                 Boxes, Connie Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, Australia

White - Hot, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

Therely Bare, Kent State University Galleries, Kent, OH

Maniac, Manic Episode 2, Brickhouse Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA (catalog)

Moving Pictures, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, Holland

Therely Bare, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN and AVA, U of TN, Chattanooga, TN

2010                 Escape From New York, Engine Room, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
Capturing Dimensions, Art Forum Ute Barth, Zürich, Switzerland

2009                 Abstraction from the Collection, Pennsylvania Academy of FA, Philadelphia, PA

When Ideas Become Form, 20 Years, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Sunny Side Up, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

Minimal Variety Forms, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Escape From New York, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Victory for Tyler: Sculpture 2009, Ice Box/Crane Building, Philadelphia, PA

Thinking Small, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2008                 Minus Space, PS1, Long Island City, NY

ReMix 2, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

Spot Check: Academy Contemporary, Pennsylvania Academy of FA, Philadelphia, PA

February Group Show, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007                 Escape From New York, Sydney Non-Objective, Sydney, Australia

The Place is Ours, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA

                        Victory for Tyler: Painting 2007, Ice Box/Crane Building, Philadelphia, PA

                        Red Dot, Pentimenti Gallery Booth, New York, NY

2006                 Bridge, Pentimenti Gallery Booth, Miami, FL

Summer Splash, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

Bending Space, Emma Hill Fine Art at the Eagle Gallery, London, England

Take Out, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Art Madrid/ARCO, Emma Hill Fine Art Booth, Madrid, Spain

2005                 Summer Sensations, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

Criss-Cross, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Criss-Cross, Art Forum Ute Barth, Zürich, Switzerland

                        Heavenly, Hunter College Galleries, New York, NY (catalog)

2004                 ArtHouse, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

                        AAF, Pentimenti Gallery Booth, New York, NY

2003                 AAF, Thatcher Projects & Pentimenti Gallery Booths, New York, NY

                        At Present, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                        Art Frankfurt 2003, Emma Hill Fine Art Booth, Frankfurt, Germany

                        Winter Group Show, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2002                 Breathing Room, 5th Anniversary Show, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

                        Miniatures, Emma Hill Fine Art at The Eagle Gallery, London, England

                        Snapshot, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

                        NLAA First Annual, Northern Liberties Galleries, Philadelphia, PA

                        Jump, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2001                 Heat, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

                        Inaugural Group Show, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                        Snapshot, Arcadia College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA

Pink/Red, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2000                 Summer Indulgences, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

                        Structure, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1999                 Of Ten, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

                        Works on Paper 1999, Arcadia College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA

Collections / Sammlungen

Public               Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA

Private              Berlin, London, Munich, New York, Philadelphia,

San Francisco, Wilmington, Zürich

Corporate         Bridgepoint Capital Limited, London, England

Wilmington Trust Fund, New York

Literatur / Bibliography

2009                 Newhall, Edith, Galleries: Fanciful Paintings, Philadelphia Inquirer, 02/22/09

2007                 Newhall, Edith, Museums & Galleries, Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/05/07

Strauss, R. B., Weekly Press, Philadelphia, 10/03/07

2006                 New American Paintings Number 63, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA

2005                 Perry, Vicky, Abstract Painting, Watson-Guptill, New York, NY, 08/05

Fallon, Roberta, Summer Shows, International Groups, Philadelphia Weekly, 05/25/05

Perry, Vicky, Kevin Finklea, at Margaret Thatcher Projects, www.artcritical.com 04/05

Julia Jacquette & Joie Rosen, Heavenly or a Slice of White, Hunter College, NYC, NY

2004                 Fallon, Roberta, Sketches: Seasons’ Ticket, Philadelphia Weekly, 10/27/04

                        Bowlby, Astrid, Handmade Judd, www.fallonandrosof.com 10/06/04

                        Deleget, Matthew, Minus Space: Interview, www.minusspace.com 10/01/04

                        New American Paintings Number 51, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA

2001                 Sozanski, Edward, Museums & Galleries, Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/12/01

                        Fallon, Roberta, Sketches: Match Game, Philadelphia Weekly, 10/10/01

                        West, Judy, City Focus: Fresh Perspectives, ARTnews, Vol 100, Nr 9, 10/01

                        New American Paintings Number 33, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA

                        Hagen, Susan, Art, Philadelphia City Paper, 02/08/01

2000                 New York Contemporary Art Report, Vol III, Issue VII, 07/00

                        New York Contemporary Art Report, Vol III, Issue I, 01/00

                        Cotter, Holland, Surging Into Chelsea, New York Times, 01/21/00

1999                 New York Contemporary Art Report, Vol II, Issue X, 12/99

Publications /Publikationen

2006                 Venske & Spänle, catalog notes, Munich, Germany

2001                 Screen, Museo Eduardo Sivori, Buenos Aires, Argentina

                        Spanish translation by Alicia Bliffeld

2000                 Venske & Spänle, Skulpturen, Renate Schröder Galerie, Köln, Germany,

                        German translation by Gisela Geissmann

Web Pages / Links

2009 Visual Discrepancies: http://brenthallard.wordpress.com recent interview

2008 Margaret Thatcher Projects: www.thatcherprojects.com
Pentimenti Gallery: www.pentimenti.com features recent statement and images
Minus Space: www.minusspace.com features extensive interview

Kevin Finklea Artist's Statement

My origins lie in the very simple premise of making more with less. I had gone into the studio to make simple wooden forms. The first piece came about when two scraps from a crate were leaning up against one another. I continued from this simple arrangement, fabricating work using already cut pieces of lumber and plywood that I had in my various material piles. Plywood from old crates formed the bases of pieces completed with the cut-off from older wooden works. The rule I set for myself was to not think about it too much. Simply put: glue it, screw it and paint it.

And so I did so. When I painted them, I made use of already mixed pots of paint. This was paint remaining from formerly completed works in my painting studio. This wasn’t so much about recycling and more about using what I had readily at hand. I had to augment some of these colors and in some cases mix new colors when the pieces called for it. To keep it simple, I kept the painting sessions to the barest amount of time necessary to get the color density right. I just wanted the color to act as a simple equalizer. Initially color had to offer a balance against the obvious imbalance of the actual wooden forms. Over time the color has become functionally more structural to further assert the balances and imbalances in the pieces.

Kevin Finklea (Solo Show M. Thatcher, New York March 2010)

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