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Denise Whitlow Biography:
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38
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| Gender |
Female
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| Children |
2
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Mixed Media
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Naive Art - ( - )
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Klimpt, Nick Bantock
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| Favorite Work of Art |
can't narrow it to one
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Currently my works are taking on a very Klimpt-like, abstract feel, but my past works have been very different from this style. A big artistic inspiration for me has been more conceptual things, such as feminist cultural theory in within the context of archaeology and cannonic history. Environmental Existentialism, ontological theories, etc. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I didn't "become" an artist, I was born an artist. All of my life it was the one thing that I always had confidence in and knew I could excell in, even when my esteem was almost nil because of other life failures, or at least perceived failures. There is no "wrong" way in art. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Born in the late 60's on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, I spent my young years with sex, drugs and rock and roll around me. I'm not sure how this influenced me except that I certainly didn't grow up a prude. As all teenagers, I struggled with esteem issues in highschool, a time when almost everything seems monumetal and a blemish on the face could be the end of your social life. I didn';t go to college right away, instead I worked at a number of jobs from working in a pet shop to working as a trendy pool hall manager. I did some TV extra work and some modelling in my early 20's, fun and esteem building, but it was my internal esteem that needed help, not the superficial stroking that comes from physical admiration.
At 24 I went to college, I got into the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, a very hard school to get into, a dream come true for me since highschool. So began a new chapter in my life. During college I took feminist studies courses, my view of myself and the world shifted, nothing less than a paradigm shift occured within me, and the art I began to produce showed this new world view.
Learning the art of accepting critique was the hardest thing to learn at college, but the most helpful that I carried forth in life afterwards.
My major was Inter-media studies, meaning, basically, multi-media/mixed-medium work. I created works in 8mm film, computer animation, collage, ceramics, drawing, performance, assemblage and a mix of all of these. My work has always been about having an idealogic concept then finding the medium that best represents the concept. I tried to find sensual, visceral ways to engage the viewer in the concept of the work. I also wanted the form to speak to the meaning. I wanted the works to have a complex dialogue so that the audience could delve into the work on that level if they chose, but I also wanted it to be appealing on a purely corporeal level so that one didn't need to have any experience with the issues to "feel" the work.
After college I married an American, former Marine and moved to the USA. Being busy raising two young daughters I have had two shows only since leaving college in 1998. Recently I have begun a frenzied reengagement with art-making and have discovered an entirely new medium, paint.
The new work is also completely abstract, having no real conceptual impetus whatsoever, other than being born of a tumultuous personal time in my life. It rose up, I believe, out of the simple need for therapeutic artistic expression. Art-making nourishes my soul, and my soul was feeling quite devoid.
Now, I am on a new path. I am devouring the journey, every divine moment. Like the Pheonix, I arise anew from the ashes of devastation on wings of inspiration. I'm taking in the view and breathing the fresh, new air and we'll just see what happens now... |
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