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GAIL GRINNELL
Born in Richland
WA in 1950, Gail Grinnell received her BFA from the
University
of Washington in 1988. She started to exhibit her work in 1982. Gail layers
and collages paper and fabric as others use paint. Her studio is full of
works in process hanging to dry from a clothesline. She presents her work
both as painting, mounted on a rigid surface, or adds a third dimension by
hanging it a little distance from the wall so the light can play through the
transparency of the materials. Drawing has remained her main studio
occupation since 2005. She has increased her vocabulary of materials to
include sheer fabrics such as silk and spun polyester. These collaged
fabrics are strong enough to be cut to the shape of the drawings.
Gail’s last solo show at the Seders Gallery was in 2006. In 2005 The
Drawing Center in New York selected her slides for its “Viewing Program” and
a piece of her work was included in a print exhibition at the Shenzhen Fine
Art Institute in Shenzhen China. Gail was awarded residencies by the
Fundacion Valarapriso in Mojacar, Spain for October 2007 and the Ballinglen
Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, Ireland for February/March 2008. |
