blanche powers
ABOUT
b. Rochester, Minnesota
EDUCATION
MFA Savannah College of Art and Design, painting, 2008
MEd Georgia Southern University, art education, 1993
BFA Savannah College of Art and Design, illustration, 1989
SOLO/TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010 Astolfi Art, Atlanta, GA (two-person exhibition)
2008 080307, Rosewood Contemporary Art, Savannah, GA
2003 Vistas, Memorial Health/SCAD Annex Gallery, Savannah, GA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 SCAD Atlanta Scholarship Gala, Atlanta, GA
2009 Gallery Wrap, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2009 The 24th Tallahassee International, juried exhibition, FSU Museum of Fine Art
2009 Smooth Finish: Juried SCAD Painting Alumni Exhibition, Pei Ling Chan Gallery
2009 Fifth Seasonal Open Studio Sunday, Savannah, GA
2008 Gallery Goulash, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Fourth Seasonal Open Studio Sunday, Savannah, GA
2007 Jennifer Ross Scholarship Exhibition, Iocovozzi/CAS Fine Art, Sav, GA
2007 Alumni Art Exhibition, Savannah Country Day School, Sav, GA
2007 Fall Open Studio Night, SCAD Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA
2007 Summer, Rosewood Contemporary Art, Savannah, GA
2007 Spring Open Studio, SCAD Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA
2006 Scholarship and Gala Auction, Savannah College of Art & Design
2006 Telfair Art Fair, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
2006 Telfair Auction, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
2006 Terrain, Rosewood Contemporary Art, Savannah, GA
2006 Recent Works, Rosewood Contemporary Art, Savannah, GA
2005 Scholarship and Gala Auction, Savannah College of Art & Design
2005 Inaugural Exhibition, Rosewood Contemporary Art, Savannah, GA
2004 Small Works, Red Gallery, SCAD, Savannah, GA
2004 G-8 Summit Press Core, International Trade Center/SCAD, Sav, GA
2003 Kaleidoscapes, Savannah Gallery, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
DISTINCTIONS/COMMISSIONS
2007 New York City Studio Workspace, SCAD studio residency recipient
2005-08 Academic Fellowship, MFA Program, SCAD
2006 Landscape Commission SCAD
2004 G-8 Summit Landscape Commission SCAD
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Memorial Health University Medical Center
Savannah College of Art and Design
Paula and Glenn Wallace
ARTIST STATEMENT
These paintings explore notions of a landscape that is not fully attainable because of inflicted barriers. The paintings begin with transparent layers of organic oils. Thin mixtures of the oils are repeatedly brushed over the surface, washed away, and reapplied. This process slowly builds the surface of the canvas. Gradually, subtle organic shapes, and tonal variations emerge. Once dry, household black enamel is applied heavily over the oils, leaving small windows of the earlier translucent work, and in some cases leaving only thin lines that peer between the black enamel forms. The end result leaves the viewer wanting to understand what is beneath the black barrier. The juxtaposition of contemporary and traditional media evokes the discord between the urban and the natural, in a progressively urban world.