Domenica Brockman
Ithaca, NY United States
My abstract paintings explore geometry, color, surface and texture. Innovating with encaustic (pigmented wax and resin) on wood, I often interrogate the limits of “the square” and grid by creating counterintuitive relationships among different pa... More
Artist Statement:
My abstract paintings explore geometry, color, surface and texture. Innovating with encaustic (pigmented wax and resin) on wood, I often interrogate the limits of “the square” and grid by creating counterintuitive relationships among different panel arrangements.
Born in the U.S. and raised in Africa, I have been greatly influenced by hand woven textile craft, notably Kuba grass cloth weavings from the Congo, mud cloth from Mali and Phulkari embroidered tapestries from India. My work fuses traditional handmade sensibility with minimalism and non-objectivism. Unplanned breaks in patterns and spots inadvertently revealing the presence of the human hand, inspire me the most.
Born in the U.S. and raised in Africa, I have been greatly influenced by hand woven textile craft, notably Kuba grass cloth weavings from the Congo, mud cloth from Mali and Phulkari embroidered tapestries from India. My work fuses traditional handmade sensibility with minimalism and non-objectivism. Unplanned breaks in patterns and spots inadvertently revealing the presence of the human hand, inspire me the most.
Education:
BFA, Cornell University
Professional/Teaching Experience:
Founder and teacher of Cayuga Arts Collective, at the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts.
Exhibitions:
Solo and two person shows:
“Freedom in Constraint,” with Ileen Kaplan, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY October-November 2020
“Recent Abstract Paintings,” Petrune Gallery, Ithaca, NY November 2019
“Rocks, Water, Fire, and Ice, Notes from Iceland,” Petrune Gallery, June 2019
“Out of Line,” CAP Gallery, Ithaca, NY, January 2019
“Verdure”, Eye Gallery, Ithaca, NY, June, 2016
“The Light and the Snow,” The Commons Spot, Ithaca, NY, February 2015
Group Exhibitions:
“Sprawling Visions,” Main Street Gallery, Clinton, NY, January 2020
“2019 Art Trail Exhibition”, Ithaca, NY October 2019
“Blue,” TCFA Gallery, Trumansburg, NY, June 2019
“Enough Light to Navigate,” SIM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland, May 2019
“2018 Winter Spectacular,” Corners Gallery, December 2018
Body,” Petrune Gallery, Ithaca, NY, May 2018
“2018 Art Trail Exhibition”,CAP Gallery, September, 2018
“Spring Renaissance,” Cayuga Arts Collective, April, 2017
“About Face,” Eye Gallery, Ithaca, NY, August, 2016
“Three for Three,”Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, March 2016
“2016 Art Trail Exhibition,” State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY, October 2016
Ithaca Artist's Market, Ithaca, NY, July, 2016
“The Light and the Snow,” The Common Spot, Ithaca, NY, February, 2015
“Landscapes of the Fingerlakes,” Padma Institute, Ithaca, NY, January, 2015
“Freedom in Constraint,” with Ileen Kaplan, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY October-November 2020
“Recent Abstract Paintings,” Petrune Gallery, Ithaca, NY November 2019
“Rocks, Water, Fire, and Ice, Notes from Iceland,” Petrune Gallery, June 2019
“Out of Line,” CAP Gallery, Ithaca, NY, January 2019
“Verdure”, Eye Gallery, Ithaca, NY, June, 2016
“The Light and the Snow,” The Commons Spot, Ithaca, NY, February 2015
Group Exhibitions:
“Sprawling Visions,” Main Street Gallery, Clinton, NY, January 2020
“2019 Art Trail Exhibition”, Ithaca, NY October 2019
“Blue,” TCFA Gallery, Trumansburg, NY, June 2019
“Enough Light to Navigate,” SIM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland, May 2019
“2018 Winter Spectacular,” Corners Gallery, December 2018
Body,” Petrune Gallery, Ithaca, NY, May 2018
“2018 Art Trail Exhibition”,CAP Gallery, September, 2018
“Spring Renaissance,” Cayuga Arts Collective, April, 2017
“About Face,” Eye Gallery, Ithaca, NY, August, 2016
“Three for Three,”Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, March 2016
“2016 Art Trail Exhibition,” State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY, October 2016
Ithaca Artist's Market, Ithaca, NY, July, 2016
“The Light and the Snow,” The Common Spot, Ithaca, NY, February, 2015
“Landscapes of the Fingerlakes,” Padma Institute, Ithaca, NY, January, 2015
Artistic Influences:
African art and textiles, 1970’s graphic design, Hilma Af Klimt, the quilts of Gees Bend, Piet Mondrian, Joseph Albers, the winter landscape of upstate New York
Artist Tags:
minimalist abstraction, textured painting, bold abstract, black and white, encaustic painting, joseph albers
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