StatementA visual artist whose practice explores and pushes the boundaries of colour, line and form in two and three dimensions. An art practice influenced by the darkness of perception seeks joy in the light within a body of work that stands on the border of abstraction, coming in and out of focus in a balancing act that blurs and questions as she captures from the peripheral far frayed edge where the magic happens.
A practice rooted in materiality and emotions driven by an interest in the deception in perception: the contrast between what 'is seen' and what is understood. Drawing is the thread that binds my practice with a tendency to cross-pollinate Absorbed by experimentation and prone to abstraction yields surreal expressions within a simple, spontaneous process that gambles on each mark within meandering gestures, triggering pattern seeking and meaning within randomness instigating an authenticity drawing out a coded language from inner landscapes affected by outward happenings allowing the work to combine and resonate beyond itself transmuting the unknown, visible. Odd childhood happenings awakened a curiosity questioning my understanding of the norm? Played in my Grandparent's orchard, under a canopy of fruit trees bearing two to three different fruits in each tree, climbing to pick pears and finding plums with a branch of apples nearby; it is not surprising I have an interest in cross-pollinating disciplines. Although realizing I was not in Italy when I first attended school was a surprise that took years to sort out and laid the foundation of distrust introducing the reality of illusion, visual deception in perception, alternate possibilities that exist beyond our limited view lifting the veil uncovers the layers that connect us with a broader scope within the vibrational energy that governs this great entanglement. Life is a beautiful ride. |
Bio |
Jeanette Luchese is an Italian - Canadian settler, visual artist, designer, educator, director, curator, rooted in abstraction creates within drawing, painting, printmaking, painting, sculptures and sound. Graduate of School of Design and Visual Art, Georgian College (Barrie) and Sheridan College School of Design (Oakville) , furthering studies to include: 2019 Florence, Italy, OCADU's Summer Studio Master Class [June] with Nicole Collins and Anda Kubis. Resides in Innisfil, Ontario Canada. Exhibiting Internationally and regionally at numerous public galleries including the macLaren Art Centre (Barrie), Quest Art Gallery (Midland), Orillia Museum of Arts & History (Orillia) and Campus Gallery, (Barrie). A grant recipient of the Ontario Art Council and the City of Barrie Culture Department, with numerous awards. Recipient of the 2014 "Great Visual Arts Golden Eagle Trophy - Award of Honour, Salerno, Italy and 2015 the Kandinsky Award of Creativity, Salerno, Italy. Published in Abstract | Ext, A first approximation to abstract literature¹ by David Quiles Guilló: 'Gone Once,' page 76 (April 2015 45 authors. Printed in Spain). Short Listed for the 2015 Gwendolyn MacEwen Exile Poetry Competition 'From there to here,' published in ELQ Exile: The Literary Quarterly July Edition 2016. Ending 2018 with The Focus and the Fray, a regional public gallery solo exhibition held at Campus Gallery, curators Sarah Elizebeth Leonard and Cory Van der Vliet - The Helen and Arch Brown Centre, Georgian College Barrie, Canada and honoured to of created the 2018 Barrie Art Awards Sculptures (statuettes) Public Art: 2019 Participating in #ISDAY International Sculpture Day, Innisfil Sculpture Group partnering with Innisfil IdeaLAB, 'Sculptures in Uncommon Places" . "What day is it? resides in Port Huron, Michigan USA: The Gathering #8. The Verandahs Bed & Breakfast by the Lake in Oro, Ontario and "Easy Rider" in Barrie, Ontario, Canada — , ending the year with a solo exhibtion of experimental printmaking "Surviving Death : Ressurecting Memories at the PRNT Collective Barrie, ON.
2020 ... then there was a pandemic. Finding solace in the words of Alan Watts "The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” which we all did, now on the other side. Upcoming: 2024 Women's Art Show ... OMAH, April 27 to July 2, 2024. Opening April 27, 1 pm. 2024 Solo Exhibition: July 27 to October 12, 2024 Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, ON, — Curated by Tanya Cunnington, honoured for the guided insights of Mentor, Ted Fullerton. |