Artist Statement.
My work is an exploration of metals, both new and found, distressed, shaped and welded into decorative and/or useful objects. Life-long interests in science, science fiction, past lives, Atlantis, time and space travel, all contribute to artworks with a spiritual and mystical quality that simultaneously suggest antiquity as well as a distant future.
Most artworks are colored through the natural tones produced by the welding process, and when colored through paint or patina, are still created to appear ancient, as if the color had partially worn off or faded over time, or as if an unknown society left them behind. Copper, in its natural form, exhibits a wide range of handsome colors when heated with varying types of welding torches. Previously found and painted steel acquires intriguing colors through torching, to reveal undercoats of other colors, as well as charred areas. Brass brazing rod, used to join metals in some pieces, produces a gold quality and hints of a long-ago land of riches.
Most artworks are colored through the natural tones produced by the welding process, and when colored through paint or patina, are still created to appear ancient, as if the color had partially worn off or faded over time, or as if an unknown society left them behind. Copper, in its natural form, exhibits a wide range of handsome colors when heated with varying types of welding torches. Previously found and painted steel acquires intriguing colors through torching, to reveal undercoats of other colors, as well as charred areas. Brass brazing rod, used to join metals in some pieces, produces a gold quality and hints of a long-ago land of riches.
Exhibitions
& Placements.
& Placements.
Projected for October 13-25, 2008, one-person show at the The Studios of Key West
........at the Armory, Southard & White Streets, "Walk on White" opening scheduled for October 16
August 16, 2008, "Full Moon" celebration at Duval Square, Key West
........A number of works on display at Beach Club Brokers & Rent Key West Vacations
May, 2008, Anne McKee Grant recipient
May, 2008, works on display at American Dog Outfitters, Key West FL
February, 2008, placement of artwork at the historic Gato Building, Art in Public Places
November, 2007, placement of artworks at the historic Gato Building, Art in Public Places
May, 2007, placement of 9 artworks at Norman Van Aken’s restaurant, Wrecker’s Bar & Grill
May 2007, Lucky Street Gallery, 2 works in “Convergences” Show
Jan. 2006 Sculpture Key West/Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park, Key West
Sept. 2005 Women Artists/Key West Customs House
Sept. 2005, Charleston, S.C. 6-month showing at LS 3 P Associates Limited, Architects
Jan. 2005 Sculpture Key West /Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park, Key West
Sept. 2004 Women Artists/Key West Customs House
Jan. 2004 Art in the Park/Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park, Key West
Jan. 2004 Juried Winter Show/Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami
Sept. 2003 Women Artists/Key West Customs House
2003 Annual Invitational Show/Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami
Jan. 2003 Juried Winter Show/Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami
1998-2007 Annual Student Art Shows/Florida Keys Community College
........at the Armory, Southard & White Streets, "Walk on White" opening scheduled for October 16
August 16, 2008, "Full Moon" celebration at Duval Square, Key West
........A number of works on display at Beach Club Brokers & Rent Key West Vacations
May, 2008, Anne McKee Grant recipient
May, 2008, works on display at American Dog Outfitters, Key West FL
February, 2008, placement of artwork at the historic Gato Building, Art in Public Places
November, 2007, placement of artworks at the historic Gato Building, Art in Public Places
May, 2007, placement of 9 artworks at Norman Van Aken’s restaurant, Wrecker’s Bar & Grill
May 2007, Lucky Street Gallery, 2 works in “Convergences” Show
Jan. 2006 Sculpture Key West/Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park, Key West
Sept. 2005 Women Artists/Key West Customs House
Sept. 2005, Charleston, S.C. 6-month showing at LS 3 P Associates Limited, Architects
Jan. 2005 Sculpture Key West /Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park, Key West
Sept. 2004 Women Artists/Key West Customs House
Jan. 2004 Art in the Park/Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park, Key West
Jan. 2004 Juried Winter Show/Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami
Sept. 2003 Women Artists/Key West Customs House
2003 Annual Invitational Show/Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami
Jan. 2003 Juried Winter Show/Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami
1998-2007 Annual Student Art Shows/Florida Keys Community College
Education.
Graduated Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
19 credits toward an M.F.A. Indiana University
Other Studies.
2003-2007 Art Welding
Spring term 2007 - Mixed Media with Roberta Marks
1998-2003 Art Welding with Joseph Carbonell
Other Work.
Key West, Florida - 1985 - 2007
Employed as a graphic artist
Beach Advertising - Marathon, Florida
Self-employed interior designer & owner of a home furnishings store
Charleston, S.C.
Employed as an interior designer
Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Susan LaChance
Charleston, South Carolina - Cummings & McCrady, Architects
Indianapolis, Indiana - architectural & office furnishings firms
KATIE TRUAX : : CONTEMPORARY : : 21ST CENTURY : : ANTIQUE : : ARTWORKS
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