Crit Streed, 2018, Tensity, Sumi ink & gouache on paper, 42 x 54 inches
CRIT STREED
Artist Statement
I concentrate on the phenomenon of drawing as an
action to reveal. Wrestled within the parameters of
an approach, I intentionally proceed but I do not
foresee the image. This drawing process generates
structures that are oddly familiar yet enigmatic in
reference. I perform to track time by hours, by days
or by events, pursue perfection and therefore
question it, cultivate an intuitive reflex and indulge
my analytic nature. I am aware of the thin skin of
mark making as an extension of myself and it offers
perceptual substance as form outside my body. I am
intrigued by the interconnections I find between
drawing, nature, events and experiences. When I
considered my nature as a part of nature the forms
sourced are an action of that nature. The result is for
the drawing to be, rather than to be about.
Past Solo Exhibitions: Milk Glass Mandala: Making Arrangements, 2010
Past Group Exhibitions:
Razzle Dazzle, 2016 Contemporary Humanism, 2009 Structured Incidents, “Speak to Me”, 2008 Biennial International Exhibition, 2007 Made Out of the Ordinary, 2007 Being in Space, 2006 Generations 5, 2006 Cluster, 2005 The Salon Exhibition, 2005 Condition: Environs, 2004 National Artists Group Exhibition, 2003 Generations II, 2002 Five National Artists, 2001 Women Artists at the Millennium: Generations II, 2000