Voltz Clarke :: Artists :: Alex Kinkead Mason




						The recent body of work evolved during the years Kinkead lived in New Zealand. The natural scenery of the country had such a significant impact on her creativity that the paintings produced were unlike any of her works from the previous 15 years. The incredible flora of the untamed landscape became a newfound inspiration for painting. Because the artist chooses to interpret nature rather that than mimic it, she flattens forms instead of modeling them. The effect is somewhat graphic and unusual with a bit of tongue-in cheek whimsy. The paintings are controlled and tight yet appear in a state of kinetic motion. Flowers, leaves, berries, twigs and particles of pollen that are blown by the wind transform into abstracted imagery. Born: 1971, Lexington, KY Education Pratt Institute, New York, NY M.F.A. painting, 1998 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Painting Residency, (with Terry Winters), October-November 1995 University of Vermont, Burlington, VT B.A. studio art; art history minor, 1993 Solo Exhibitions Medusa, Lexington, KY, April - May 2004 Sims & Callaway, Lexington, KY, October 2003 Sims & Callaway, Lexington, KY, October 2002 Smith Rangi & Wong, Wellington, NZ, April 2001 Stueben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY, August 1998 Colburn Gallery, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, November 1993 Group Exhibitions "Directors' Choice", Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY, June-September, 2004 "Wallworks", LA Artcores 21st Annual Juried Show, Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA, June 2004 Harvey Morse Auditorium, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, June 2002 Tower Cerlan Gallery, Lexington, KY June-August 1999 Stueben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY 1997 The Puck Building, New York, NY, June-August 1998 Awards Graduate Merit Assistantship, Pratt Institute, 1996-1998 Merit Assistantship, Pratt In Tuscany, June-July, 1997 Merit Assistantship, Vermont Studio Center, October-November, 1995