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September 15, 2009 / Portland, Oregon
Media contact: Wendy Miller, 503.290.6482
Artist's website: www.lindahutchins.com
LINDA HUTCHINS EXHIBITS LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY THIS FALL
Artist's 2-D and 3-D work included in five group exhibitions
Line itself recurs throughout: as a connector, a separator, a demarcation of constraint, and a thread that runs through time and life. It's a basic element whose repetition reveals the nature of repetition itself, yielding meanings more complex than I can consciously script.
— Linda Hutchins, 2009
Linda Hutchins Studio is pleased to announce several current and upcoming exhibitions of the artist's latest work. This past year, Hutchins incorporated new methods into her visual practice that resulted in an expansion of its conceptual content. The work featured in these exhibitions reflects a studio regime that balances analytical and intuitive approaches to two- and three-dimensional media. In sculptural pieces painstakingly constructed with hand-sewn organza, and in physically demanding and meditative line drawings, dualities between right-left, concave-convex, and form-void have emerged as aesthetic concerns.
CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
DWG - A Look at Contemporary Mark Making / through September 26, 2009
OHGE Ltd., Seattle, Washington
SQFT, a window-based, traveling exhibition of 2D works by 50 artists curated by TJ Norris / through September 26, 2009
Blackfish Gallery / Fishbowl II, Portland, Oregon
IT IS BEAUTIFUL HERE - textiilinäyttely / textil utställning / textile exhibition 2009 / through September 27, 2009
Fiskars Ruukki Bruk Village, Finland
PNCA 100th Anniversary Alumni Show / September 29 - October 31, 2009
Pulliam Gallery, Portland, Oregon
*Preview Reception with the artists Wednesday, September 30, 5:30 - 8 pm
Concerted Effort: Lucinda Parker and Crew / October 1 - 23, 2009
Lower Columbia College Art Gallery, Longview, Washington
*Opening Reception with the artists Thursday, October 1, 4:30 - 7 pm
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Hutchins received a BSE in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan and a BFA in Drawing from Pacific Northwest College of Art. She has received fellowships from the Oregon Arts Commission, grants from the Regional Arts & Culture Council, and artist residencies at Caldera. Her work is in private and public collections, including the King County and Multnomah County Public Art Collections and Museum of Contemporary Craft. Her past exhibitions have garnered national press coverage, including a cover article in American Craft Magazine, a review in Art in America and critical attention on the blog PORT. Hutchins is currently represented by Pulliam Gallery in Portland, Oregon, and was recently commissioned by Oregon College of Art & Craft to design her first permanent public artwork.
Images:
Cord, organza, thread, 4"h x 11"w x 11"d (variable)
Drift (detail), India ink on watercolor paper, 8"h x 10"w