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2011 AUGUST EXHIBIT

August 5 - 27, 2011: Carmel Anderson & Joyce Koskenmaki
Paintings From the Spirit

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Carmel Anderson - Bio/Statement - Resume
Joyce Koskenmaki - Bio/Statement - Resume

Views of the Exhibit Installation - Individual Images: see below

Right side of main exhibit area - Carmel Anderson

Grouping of larger sculptures - Right Near wall - Carmel Anderson

Center Right Wall Grouping - Carmel Anderson

Grouping of smaller sculptures, center wall right - Carmel Anderson

Right rear corner - Joyce Koskenmaki

Left rear of main exhibit area - Joyce Koskenmaki

Left front of main exhibit area - Joyce Koskenmaki

INDIVIDUAL IMAGES BELOW

Carmel Anderson

Carmel Anderson, Duchess of Peace, 2011, Watermedia

INDIVIDUAL IMAGES - JOYCE KOSKENMAKI

VIEWED FROM RIGHT REAR WALL AROUND TOWARD FRONT LEFT

Joyce Koskenmaki, Lynx and Moon, Oil on linen, 20" x 20"

Joyce Koskenmaki, Deer and Birches, Oil on linen, 46" x 40"

Joyce Koskenmaki, Kullervo's Dog , Oil on linen, 20" x 20"

Joyce Koskenmaki, Bear and Waterfall, Oil on linen, 48" x 40"

Joyce Koskenmaki, Night Owl, Oil on panel, 39" x 24"

Joyce Koskenmaki, Ghost Fish, Oil on linen, 31" x 31"

Joyce Koskenmaki, Boat and Stars, Oil on linen, 48" x 36"

Joyce Koskenmaki, Seagull, Oil on linen, 36" x 45"

Joyce Koskenmaki, Owl and Two Birches, Oil on linen, 39" x 24"

Joyce Koskenmaki, Ice Shanty, Oil on linen, 50" x 40"

Pen and Ink Drawings

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Artist

Artist Statement 2011

Carmel Anderson

Creating art about the deep, rich and often complex souls of women is paramount to my work. I began observing the subject of women and wisdom as I approached a contemplative phase in life, reflecting on what it might mean to be ““a wise woman.”” Birds represent a hope which I feel everyone desires in their life, as eloquently expressed by Emily Dickinson’’s poem. I’’ve come to
understand that wise women often choose to face life challenges directly, and consequently emerge stronger and wiser. Observing these women as they love, share, learn, forgive, while living contentedly and fearlessly, this is the power behind my work. I have recently been pondering the power of humor's role in lives lived with strength and wisdom, coming to see that laughing at ourselves and being able to cry for others shows incredible strength and compassion. I have enjoyed painting whimsical pieces and hope the artwork brings a smile to viewers while they experience the wisdom behind the whimsy.

With watermedia painting, I'm able to push the boundaries of traditional watercolor technique, utilizing various mediums and playing with color, texture and transparency. While at times I work in a style that is open to surprise and intuitively embrace the spontaneity of the paint, at other times areas of my paintings are tighter and of a more controlled style. I enjoy integrating dull and shiny finishes on the surface, which adds yet another layer of interest and significance.

Hope is the Thing with Feathers That Perches in the Soul And Sings the tune
without the Words, And Never Stops at All......
Emily Dickinson

They are strong who laugh at themselves and cry for others.
Kori Yamada

Artist Resume

Carmel Anderson

Exhibitions
BareWalls Alumni and Faculty Juried Benefit, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, October, 2008
Hidden River Juried Art Festival, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center, Brookfield, Wisconsin, September, 2008
Four Artful Women Invitational Show, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison Wisconsin, June 2008
Red Invitational Show, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison Wisconsin, December 2006
Driftless Artists' Art Exhibition, The Balcony Gallery, Monticello Wisconsin, December 2006
Gold Coast Art Festival, Chicago, Illinois, August 2006
Lincolnshire Art Festival, Lincolnshire Illinois, July 2006
Returning Home, Sycamore Gallery and Studios, Decatur Georgia. June 2006
The Southern Wisconsin Studio Art Tour, Monroe Wisconsin, September 2005
Lakeville Arts Festival, Lakeville Minnesota, September 2005
Driftless Artists' Art Exhibition, The Balcony Gallery, Monticello Wisconsin, April 2005
Two Views, Monroe Art Center, Monroe Wisconsin 2004
Regional Juried Exhibition II, Freeport Arts Center, Freeport Illinois, November 2003
Art Alliance of Green County Art Exhibition, The Balcony Gallery, Monticello Wisconsin, November 2003
Visions Invitational Show, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville Georgia, April 2003
Salon des Refuses, Decatur, Georgia, May 2001
Life; Its many Dimensions Invitational Show, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville Georgia, May 2001
Atlanta Festival of Food, Wine, Art and Music, Atlanta Georgia, June 2000
Virginia-Highlands Summerfest, Atlanta Georgia, June 2000
Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur Georgia, May 2000
Made in the Shade, Atlanta Georgia, May 2000
Dogwood Festival, Atlanta Georgia, April 2000
The Big Angel Blowout, Atlanta Georgia, November 1999
The Art of Food Solo show, Margie's Pantry, Decatur Georgia, October 1999

Awards
Honorable Mention, Juried Show, Bascom-Louise Gallery, Highlands North Carolina, October 2002
Honorable Mention, Georgia Watercolor Society Members Show, Roswell Georgia, August 2002
G W S Award, Georgia Watercolor Society Member Show, Blue Ridge Georgia, August 2001
Northern Light Books Award, Georgia Watercolor Society National Traveling Exhibition, March, 2001
3rd Place Award, Quinlan Visual Arts Center Members Show, Gainesville Georgia, September 2000
Earnie Award for boys active wear, B.U.M. Equipment, New York New York, 1993
The Women's Board of the Art Institute of Chicago Scholarship, Chicago Illinois, 1985
Perry Ellis Scholarship from Marshall Field & co., Chicago Illinois, 1985

Current Galleries
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison Wisconsin, 2005
Bobbe Gillis Inc. Professional Art Services, Atlanta Georgia, 2006

Education
B.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Illinois, 1985

Artist Statement and Bio - 2011

Joyce Koskenmaki - Biographical Statement

The relationship between marks and the spirit has fascinated Joyce Koskenmaki for the past fifty years. Trained as an abstract expressionist, her work has evolved into the shapes and images she now finds in the natural environment. The dark and light of the north woods inspires her. The animals she paints are metaphors for her own spirit.

She has exhibited nationally and internationally, received grants, residencies and awards. She has illustrated several books. Her work hangs in collections, corporate, academic and personal.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is about animals and nature. There is something both iconic and metaphorical about what I do. Iconic, because I try to connect with the sacred aspect of it all, and metaphorical because the animals are expressing for me something that I couldn't otherwise say. I feel myself inside of them.

Artist Resume 2011

Joyce Koskenmaki

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2011: “Paintings from the Spirit”, with Carmel Anderson, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Solo Exhibition, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
“Northern Lights” Invitational, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan
2010: “Kalevala Images,” Solo Show, Vertin Gallery, Hancock, Michigan
Drawings for “Naked in the Stream,” Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, Michigan, and the Reflection Gallery, Finlandia University
“Robert Frost Invitational.” Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, Michigan
National Juried Show, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, AWARD
“North of the Bridge,” Upper Peninsula Artists, Crooked Tree Art Center
2009: Solo Exhibition, Bay de Noc College, Escanaba, Michigan
Two-person show with Ritch Branstrom, Northern Michigan Univerity
“Animals in Hiding Places,” Solo Show, Vertin Gallery, Calumet, Michigan
2008: “Three Keweenaw Artists,” Oasis Gallery, Marquette, Michigan
“Finnish-American Artists,” Duluth Institute of Art, Duluth, Minnesota
2007: “Stones and Walls,” Solo Show, Community Arts Center, Hancock
“Negative Spaces, Positive Forces,” Three Person Show, Center for the Visual
Arts, Wausau, Wisconsin
“Celebrating the Upper Peninsula as Home,” (curator), travelling through
Michigan and Wisconsin, 2007-8
“Paradise Lost? Climate Change in the North Woods.” Travelling through
Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin 2007
2006: Permanent Collection Exhibition, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
2005: “Artists in Times of War,” (co-curator) ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Forest, Rock, Wind and Water,” with Amy Arntson, Helen Klebesadel and
Jennifer Williams, Bonifas Art Center, Escanaba, MI
“Five Finnish American Artists,” Northern Michigan University Gallery, Marquette, MI
2004: “Nature and Metaphor,” with Amy Arntson and Helen Klebesadel, Grace
Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Governor’s Invitational Exhibition for Michigan’s Leading Artists, Lansing, MI
Invitational Group Show, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
“Northern Exposure,” Juried regional exhibition, Bonifas Fine Arts Center,
Escanaba, MI TWO PURCHASE AWARDS
Solo Exhibition, University of Michigan Hospital Main Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2003: “Birch Trees,” Solo Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Superior
“Forest Spirits,” Solo Show, Community Art Center, Hancock, Michigan
“Northern Exposure,” Juried regional exhibition, Bonifas Fine Arts Center,
Escanaba, MI FIRST PLACE AWARD
“Water and Metaphor,” with Amy Arntson, Jennifer Williams, Carol Bjerke,
Finlandia University Gallery
“Sticks,” with Kayo Miwa, Pine Tree Gallery, Ironwood, Michigan
“Finnish American Artists” exhibition travelling throughout Finland
2002: “Drawings from the Wilderness,” Solo show, Interchurch Center, New York City
Invitational Group Show, Nicollet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
2001: Solo Exhibition, Odin Gallery, LaCrosse, Wisconsin
“Waterfalls,” Solo Exhibition, Pine Tree Gallery, Ironwood, Michigan
“Nature Studies,” Solo Show, Viterbo University Library Gallery, La Crosse, WI
STARTS (Social Transformation through the Arts) Exhibition, Madison, WI
Invitational Group Show, University of Wisconsin/River Falls, WI
Invitational Group Show, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Invitational Group Show, University of Wisconsin/Superior
Juried Regional Exhibition, Michigan Technological University, AWARD
Travelling Exhibition, Isle Royale Artist Residents
2000: 6'x12' Mural, "The Owl", Houghton County, Michigan
"Northern Exposure", Juried Upper Peninsula Exhibition, Escanaba, AWARD
Regional Juried Exhibition, Michigan Technological University, AWARD
Northern National Juried Art Exhibition, Nicollet College, Rhinelander, WI
1999: “Animal Protectors,” Solo Exhibition, Northern Michigan University
"Isle Royale Remembered,” with Jennifer Williams, Omphale Gallery, Calumet
Juried Chicago Women's Caucus for Art Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois
1998: “Animal Protectors,” Solo Show, Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock Solo
Exhibition, Evergreen College Gallery, Olympia, Washington
1997: Solo Exhibiton, DeRicci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin
1996: "Global Focus" travelling exhibition, National Gallery of Women's Art, Washington, D.C.
1995: Solo Exhibitions, Nelimarkka Museum, Alajarvi, Finland
Gallery of the School of Art, Kuopio, Finland
Helsky Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
"From Celestial to Earthly", The Open Center, New York City & Paterson Museum, Paterson, N.J.
National Women's Caucus for Art Juried Show, San Antonio, Texas
National Women's Caucus for Art Exhibition, International Women’s Conference,
Beijing, China (co-curator)
1994: "Koskenmaki and Klebesadel,” University of Wisconsin/Platteville
International Rock Art Exhibition, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
1993: "Beauty and the Beast, and other Myths and Fairy Tales,” Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Juror Exhibition, All-Michigan Juried Show, Northern Michigan University
1991 and 1992: National Affiliate Exhibitions, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City

WORK IN COLLECTIONS:

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Nelimarkka Museum, Alajarvi, Finland
President’s Collection, University of Sonora, Mexico
Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota
Isle Royale National Park
Bay de Noc College, Escanaba, Michigan
Michigan Technological University, Houghton
Northern Michigan University, Marquette
Finlandia University, Hancock, Michigan
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
Sandra Conn Associates, Chicago
Little Rapids Corporation, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Numerous private collections in the U.S. and Finland

HONORS, GRANTS, TRAVEL:

2005: Artist in Residence, Jentel Foundation, Wyoming
2004: Artist in Residence, Montana Artists Refuge, Basin
2002: Artist in Residence, Eagle Harbor, Michigan
2001: Artist in Residence, Voyageurs National Park
1998: Artist in Residence, Isle Royale National Park
1997: Research Grant, University of Wisconsin/LaCrosse, travel to Africa
1996: University exchange artist to Guanxi University, Nanning and Guilin, China
1995: Finlandia Foundation Grant, travel to Finland
Artist in Residence, Nelimarkka Museum, Alajarvi, Finland
University Grant, travel to Beijing, attend International Women's Conference
1994: Sonnemann Grant, travel to Lapland, visit petroglyph sites
1992: Research Grant, University of Wisconsin/LaCrosse, visit rock art, U.S., Canada

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

“NAKED IN THE STREAM: THE ISLE ROYALE STORIES,” Vic Foerster, Arbutus Press,
Traverse City, Michigan, 2010, cover and illustrations.
“PARADISE LOST? CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NORTH WOODS,” catalogue for the exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2006, page 32.
"THE ISLAND WITHIN US", Isle Royale Natural History Association, Houghton, Michigan, 2000, featured artist, pages 126-129.
Wisconsin Academy Review, Madison, summer 1997, covers and pages 24-30.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

“Stories from the Kalevala,” Vertin Gallery, Calumet, Michigan, 2010
“On Being an Artist in an Old Mining Town in the North Woods,” Northern Michigan
University, Marquette, 2005
“My Work as Environmental Art”, Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition, 2005
"Landscape Drawing," University of Wisconsin/LaCrosse Summer Graduate Program, 2005
“On My Art and Ink Drawing,” Michigan Art Education Association Conference,
Sault Ste Marie, 2003
“My Art and Finnish Influences,” Finnish Center of Detroit, Michigan 2003
"Returning Home to the North," College Art Association Conference, Toronto, 1998
"Moral and Ethical Dilemmas in the Appropriation of Rock Art Images: An Artist's
Journey”, International Rock Art Conference, Flagstaff, 1994 and College Art
Association Conference, Seattle 1993, published in conference proceedings
"Visual Metaphors and Personal Change,” Women's Caucus for Art Conference,
Washington D.C. 1990
Presentations and talks about my work to varied audiences, 1977- present

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Finlandia University, Hancock, Michigan, 1998-2002, half-time (retired)
University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, 1987-1998
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1986-87
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 1977-86
University of Wisconsin, Superior, 1964-66
Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1962-63

EDUCATION:
MFA in Painting, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1962
BA, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1960

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