Michelle Egiziano

Meth + Morph, 2000 oil on panel 30" x 30"

Paradise in Yr Pants, 2000 oil on canvas 9" x 9"

Mothership, 2000 oil on panel (2 panels) 10' x 3.5'

Foxes, 2000 oil on panel 6" x 9"

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Artist's Statement

For these paintings, I experimented with the patterns of woodgrain. I was interested in communicating with nature and pop-everything--advertising, design, and packaging colors. It's an obvious paradox that crystallized with the pallette; the activity of the grain was enhanced by the bright, 'unnatural' colors. The uniqueness of the natural patterns defined whether some wood should remain as a formal element of the painting, or be used as the not-so-imaginary grid from which to resolve the painting.

I was also keen on making corner diptychs, to activate the architectural possibilities of paintings. I liked the idea of placing oneself at an angle to the work as it recedes into the corner of the wall, and then using complex color relationships to have a forced perspectival shift.

Michelle Egiziano
90 S. 1st Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718.387.5258
347.731.3761
email:m_egiziano@yahoo.com

Education

2000	Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY Master of Fine Arts, Painting
1995	San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting

Selected Exhibitions

2001	80 Washington Square East Gallery, Small Works, New York, NY 59 Crosby Street, Apartment Show: #1, New York, NY
2000	Hunter College Times Square Gallery, MFA Thesis Show, New York, NY
1999	Isabelle Gallery, Into It, New York, NY
1997	San Francisco State University Student Union Gallery, So She Said, San Francisco, CA