πtripped is a group exhibition guest curated by Curate NJ's, Tess Hansen and featuring ππππ¨π ππ€π¨π€π«π, πππ© π½π‘π€ππ , πππ‘π ππ€π¨π and πΎπͺπ©πππ¨π©πππππ. The show will focus primilary on collage to evoke the relationship between the natural world and the cerebral. These Artists put a unique twist on nature either in scenery or nude figures. The construction methods and subject matter are interesting and honest. Each piece is a story of change, growth, and exploration.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
KAT BLOCK
" I have come to realize that in art, as in life, what you begin with is not what you end up with." ~Kat
Kat's primary inspiration is nature. The ephemeral character of her subjects forces her to work with urgency. She has no time to waste. Kat's recent pieces are complex, mixed media collages that integrate various papers, watercolors, photography, and graphite. She unifies these disparate elements by painstakingly arranging them, often using small fragments of patterns to tie them together. They are mounted on canvas and varnished repeatedly with a UV protective varnish. Although rich in color, design and pattern, the finished collages remain luminous and serene. They manage to look completely effortless and unimaginably complex in the same viewing. Every time one studies them, there is something new to notice. Her excitement and intensity are evident in her work. She is constantly challenging herself to discover a new and unexpected way to communicate her vision.
Another of Kat's inspirations is music. Her father was a professional musician. It was her love of music that prompted her to produce her series of jazz musicians and dancers. Kat has, in fact, come to make dance the kinetic expression of her joie de vivre.
Kat Block graduated Summa Cum Laude from college with a degree in English Literature/Creative Writing. While deciding upon a graduate school program, she attended the Visual Art Center of New Jersey. Within one year, she was selling her artwork, and never looked back. Eventually, she was invited to join the faculty there. She also attended the duCret School of Art, where she currently teaches as well. So, as it turns out, she teaches art at her two alma maters.
CUTPASTEFACE
Cutpasteface is the pseudonym Kiki Buccini uses for her collages. A lucid dreamer, empath and humanist- her subject matters are influenced by surrealism and social issues. Born and raised in the tri-state area, she has always been interested in how & why people from all walks of life are drawn to NYC. Her work attempts to take a crack at the human experience; the solitary paths we all must take, yet share in commonality the struggles and challenges we all face. As much as she observes and is curious with the outer world, her soul comes alive while creating in her own inner world. Her main medium is analog collage, but she has also used photography as a way to express herself creatively. With collage, it is a true form of meditation, usually nothing is preconceived or consciously thought out beforehand. Going through materials and being open, the image or message presents itself.
Kiki Buccini is a Jersey City based collage artist who has shown at several art galleries over the past 5 years, namely Smush Gallery, Raven Art Gallery and Boutique, The Scandinavian Collage Museum and Jersey Cityβs Art and Studio Tour at Lackawanna Center. In 2018, she helped facilitate The Collage Gardenβs NYC Exhibit with organizer Susan Lerner. She has been a member of the international Collage Club group on Instagram since 2016, as well as the newly formed Vision Coven.
RAISA NOSOVA
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Raisa Nosova is Russian born Artist who explores the topics of nostalgia, interruption and destruction. Although known as a painter, Raisa's recent experience of becoming a mother has pushed her to dive off into new disciplines such as glass sculpture and performance art. In her practice she dissects, peels, slices, unveils and reorganizes extreme experiences to help process the impacts.
Nosova received her MFA degree in 2021 from the New York University where she has been an adjunct painting professor.
TALI ROSE
Tali Rose Krupkin transforms upcycled materials to create her analog collages, giving the imagery new life, often parodying societal themes depicted in consumerism and pop culture. She draws inspiration for her work from her own experiences as they relate to topics of feminism, spirituality, and nature. In her recent collection of work, Tali pays homage to women reclaiming their voices to oppose forced societal pressures of objectification and expected domesticity.
Tali is an Israeli-American artist based in Jersey City, New Jersey. She received her BFA in Painting and Art History at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Tali is a member of the artist collective Vision Coven. Recent exhibitions include - Brooklyn Collage Collective (Brooklyn, NY), Walk-Bye (Jersey City, NJ), With Intentions Holistic Studio (Lake Como, NJ) and US+U/Warburton Galerie (Yonkers, NY). She is a featured artist in Art Review City and her work has been published in OyeDrum, Riot and Roux, and The Pandemic Post.