Scott Teplin


Revealing Lath, 2000
watercolor on paper on panel
4" x 6"
Sneeze, 2000
pen and ink on paper
12" x 14"
Proper living through Prunes, 2000
ink and watercolor on paper on panel
(Underpants panel shown)
14" x 12"
Before and After, 1999
watercolor and graphite on paper
14" x 4 "

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I'm interested in what lies beneath and who or what has access to that unexposed information. Similar to a play, where the audience has a determined amount of information, and the writer of the play decides what the characters know, how much the audience is allowed to know and how the dynamics of the dueling information will interact.

I work with drawings because of how quickly I see progression in various directions. Each drawing begets another. I can take minor elements which I feel were successful in previous drawings and apply them directly or indirectly to a new drawing immediately, thus accelerating my hunger for incessant progress. Because I do not totally understand all that I draw, I am often compelled to make another drawing in response, which inevitably begs new questions - and the cycle continues.

I have found books to be an excellent vehicle for drawing. One can set up a narrative or simply amass a collection of drawings all in one place, so they may be experienced at one time. When a viewer looks through a book - the pace is determined by the viewer. I am currently looking in another direction to continue my exploration of control through drawing by way of animation with a 16mm movie camera. As the creator of the animation, I have complete control over the paced chronological elements - something artist books introduced me to but were also limited in the control that I, as the maker, had over the viewer with regards to a disciplined rhythm.


Scott Teplin
338 Prospect Ave. #1R
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone: (718) 369-1961
Fax: (718)369-6206
email:scott@teplin.com
www.teplin.com

Selected Exhibitions
2000 RARE New York, Blurring the Line, New York, NY

P.S.1, Greater New York, Long Island City, NY

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Artists Books, Brooklyn, NY

1999 The New York Public Library, Sight/Insight, New York, NY

Howard House Gallery, Satellite Notation,(solo show), Seattle, WA

Selected Collections
Harvard University, Boston, MA

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Penn & Teller, Las Vegas, NV

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

Spencer Collection, New York Public Library, New York, NY

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Yale University, New Haven, CT

Education
1996-1998 M.F.A., Printmaking
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1991-1995 B.S., Fine Art
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Professional Associations
Founder and member, Booklyn Artists Alliance, Brooklyn, NY