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Artist Statement:
The aesthetic experience
for me is religious and I
often refer to my work as
such. It is how I make sense
of my everyday world; organize
my anxiety into existential
meaning. For me, this happens
through performance...the
performance of art making.
Through a medium, I translate
the action of lived
experience. Sometimes this
action is a dialog between
self-proposed rituals and the
symbolism of the materials,
sometimes it is simply a way
to imprint life into a
contemplative visual
experience. Naturally I find
that some form of humor is
necessary to go on existing,
and I hope this manifests
itself in the process or
translation.
Anxieties about life and
death (the existential crisis)
drive my work. Rituals as
diverse as the birthday and
breathing often become
embedded in my process. Images
like the candle, the bird, and
the egg often appear in my
work. I try to emphasize the
significance of the material
and its connotations; such as
copper's healing properties
and the willow's (charcoal)
analgesic history.
I feel my work
incorporates traditions of
thought from John Dewey to
Martin Heidegger. I see a
resemblance between my work
and that of Joseph Bueys, Yves
Kline...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Meaning…I Mean Meanie,
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Art of Jeremiah Reeves,
524 Allen Street, Owensboro,
KY
Group Exhibitions
2008 Portrait of J.B., Tiny
Theater! Festival,
Ontological-Hysteric
Incubator, New York, NY
Output, reBar, Dumbo,
Brooklyn, NY
Hospitium, Galapagos Art
Space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn,
NY
Output, ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
Vent Magazine, May 2009: Cover
Gary Emord-Netzley,
Messenger-Inquirer, “Artists
Take Action with Experiment to
test Potential of Contemporary
Art.” 29 March 2009
Gary Emord-Netzley,
Messenger-Inquirer, “Pushing
the bounds of art with Action
Potential Arts Experiment.” 29
March 2009
Vent Magazine, “Art of the
City: A.P....
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Collections:
Various Private Collections
in: New York, Colorado,
Kentucky, Hawaii, Alabama and
Indiana....
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Commissions:
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Jeremiah Reeves Biography:
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Jeremiah D. Reeves was born in Denver , Colorado …the city with 250+ blue-skied, sunny days a year. After spending most of his childhood and adolescence there, he moved to a rural town in Kentucky with a population of less than 600 people. From Kentucky he moved to Brooklyn with some time studying abroad in Venice . He remembers the time of living in Kentucky as one of poverty and silence, recalling “We knew we were poor. Our cabinets were empty….everything came in a can or boxes with black and white labels: Powdered Milk, Eggs, and Pork. Color was a luxury we couldn’t afford. We ate charity. We lived below every abstract and physical line…without color and in silence.”
He also recollects, “While living in Kentucky , I had a lot of time to think…mostly about things that I was taught in school. I was going to a Catholic school at the time…and Religion was constantly on my mind. I wanted to go to school to be an astronaut, as I had an inclination for mathematics and went to space camp as a child, but I never went to space. If I could do it all over…I still wouldn’t …instead, I would dance; I would be a dancer. I am much too old for that now. Plus, I kind of do that anyway. Painting isn’t much different. The physical performance of painting is very important to my work. I became an artist because of that…the unifying power of the aesthetic experience... how it can re-connect things to the present—as a living verb.”
When Jeremiah isn’t assimilating sounds, lines, space, words and color into works of art, he can be found pretending to work with his head always in a book at the Whitney Museum or at Marymount Manhattan College where he is an assistant for a printmaking class. However, he says his favorite way to spend time is with his son; “he is brilliant…he gives me all his, I mean…my best ideas.” |
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Jeremiah D. Reeves
1983 born in Denver, CO
Lives and works in New York and Kentucky, United States
Education
2007 BFA with honors, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Study Abroad Program, Pratt Institute, Venice, Italy
2002-05 Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Meaning…I Mean Meanie, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Art of Jeremiah Reeves, 524 Allen Street, Owensboro, KY
Group Exhibitions
2008 Portrait of J.B., Tiny Theater! Festival, Ontological-Hysteric Incubator, New York, NY
Output, reBar, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
Hospitium, Galapagos Art Space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Output, reBar, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Holiday Show, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Output, reBar, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
Painting/Drawing, Rubelle & Norman Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Art of the Book, Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn, NY
Good News: Walking Newspaper Project, Hans Hs Winkler, Central Park, NY
2006 Pratt in Venice, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Fall Group Show, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Student Group Show, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY
Performances
2009 A Centering Action: Rocket Ritual, APAE; Owensboro, KY
30 Day Chart: Self as Subject. Owensboro, KY
Rocket Launch. Panther Creek Park, Owensboro, KY
Balloon Rockets. Owensboro, KY
2008 CT SCAN: 11.12.08. Owensboro, KY
Cervical X-Ray: 10.19.08. Owensboro, KY
℞. Owensboro, KY
Where Are the Snows of Yesteryear…in a yahoo chat room?!? Owensboro, KY
Untitled (Sounds). Brooklyn, NY
Portrait of J.B., Tiny Theater! Ontological-Hysteric Incubator, Ontological Theater at St.
Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, New York, NY
2007 P-1: Pigeon(-toed). 150 Walworth Street, Brooklyn, NY
S-Eagle: Seagull (the substitute-eagle). 150 Walworth Street, Brooklyn, NY
SuperMe! Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Sound Drawing. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Rex Oedipus. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
A Serendipitous Action: Telephones. Payphones; 323 Myrtle Ave, New York, NY
Cake Wish. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Two Eggs Over Easy. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Eating). 141 Spencer Street, Brooklyn, NY
Harvest My Breath: Reap What You Sow. Good News: Walking Newspaper Project;
Central Park, NYC
2005 wolF sgnisselB llA mohW morF, Owensboro, KY
Collaborations
2009 Director, Action Potential Arts Experiment, Owensboro, KY
2008 Designer, Portrait of J.B., Tiny Theater! Ontological-Hysteric Incubator, Ontological
Theater at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, New York, NY
2005 Set Design & Painter, Lucky Stiff, Theater Workshop of Owensboro, Owensboro, KY
2004 Set Painter, Creation of the World and Other Business, Wesleyan Players, Kentucky
Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY
Awards
2007 Pratt Institute Circle Award, Outstanding Academic Achievement
2006 Pratt Institute Calrow Memorial Scholarship
Pratt in Venice Scholarship
2005 Pratt Grant
2002 Kentucky Wesleyan College Presidential Scholarship
Kentucky Farm Bureau Scholarship
Hancock County Homemakers Scholarship
Collections
Various Private Collections in: New York, Colorado, Kentucky, Hawaii, Alabama and Indiana.
Publications & Reviews
Vent Magazine Cover [Scheduled], May 2009
Gary Emord-Netzley, Messenger-Inquirer, “Artists Take Action with Experiment to test Potential of
Contemporary Art.” 29 March 2009
Gary Emord-Netzley, Messenger-Inquirer, “Pushing the bounds of art with Action Potential Arts
Experiment.” 29 March 2009
Vent Magazine, “Art of the City: A.P.A.E.” April 2009: 10-11
bbarbareschi, 'Tiny Theater!' Culturebot. 24 May 2008
Hans HS Winkler, Good News: Walking Newspaper Project, New York, NY March 2007: 4.
NY Arts Magazine, 'Tips+Picks.' October 2006
Professional Experience
2007-2008 Sales Associate, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2008 Printmaking Assistant, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
2008 Freelance Art Handler, New York, NY
2005 Assistant, Saturday Art School, Brooklyn, NY
2002-2004 Staff Assistant, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
2002-2004 Assistant to Art Department Head, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY
Affiliations
Action Potential Arts Experiment
Hospitium Artist Collective
Output Artist Collective
Brooklyn Arts Council Registry*
Artists Space*
NY Arts Magazine*
Pratt Talent*
Wooloo*
* Work Online
Jeremiah D. Reeves
P.O. Box 1031
Owensboro, KY 42302-1031
jeremiah.reeves@gmail.com
www.jeremiahdreeves.com
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