Marked
Artspace Artists Association Three Person Biennial Exhibition
featuring the work of Kiki Farish, Carolyn Nelson, and Lisa Stroud
Curated by Catherine Coulter Lloyd, Visual Arts Specialist, Maria V. Howard Arts Center

Exhibition Dates: November 19, 2011 - January 14, 2012
Opening Reception: First Friday Gallery Walk, December 2, 6 - 10pm

Every other year, Artspace works with a guest curator to develop an exhibition for Gallery 1 (otherwise reserved for non-Artspace artists) featuring the work of three Artspace Artists Association members. Applicants submit works for review and the curator narrows down the applicant pool. After making several studio visits, the curator selects three artists for exhibition. The curator for the 2011-2012 Biennial Three Person Exhibition is Catherine Coulter Lloyd. Marked, features the work of three artists: Kiki Farish, Carolyn Nelson, and Lisa Stroud.

Kiki Farish has been drawing and painting regularly since she graduated from Meredith College in 1981 with a BS in Mathematics.  She left the Sales and Marketing Division of SAS Institute, Inc. in 1993 to spend more time developing her visual observation skills.  She graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from East Carolina University in May 2006. Farish’s recent exhibitions include Earthly Musings, The Block Gallery, Raleigh, NC; A Woman’s Place, An Exhibition of Seven Women Artists Exploring their Identity, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC; Drawing Revisited, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC; and Paul Hartley Legacy, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC.  Farish teaches figure drawing, drawing, design, and color theory at the Art Institute of Raleigh Durham, in Durham, NC. 

Carolyn Nelson is an obsessive stitcher, mother, traveler, and hoarder of scraps and thread. In 2002, she began working in shibori dye techniques and textile collage. Strongly influenced by a sense of place, light, color, energy, Nelson combines layers of transparent fabrics and handstitching to create the atmosphere and spirit of place in her work. Nelson earned degrees in art and in design from UNC-Greensboro and NC State University School of Design. She has studied at Penland School of Crafts, and is a member of Piedmont Craftsmen and Artspace. Previously, Nelson taught art in public schools as well as design at three universities in NC. She has served as the director of design at Elon University for the past 25 years.

Lisa Stroud, primarily self-taught, is a full-time artist. Her extensive background in writing heavily influences her mixed media paintings. She is always looking for the story – whether it is hers or someone else’s – to express in paint on canvas. Stroud’s work has been included in both local and national exhibitions including most recently at the Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC. Stroud was a 2010 finalist in the Abstract/Experimental category of The Artist’s Magazine. Her painting, Honor, By Any Measure, was recently added to the permanent collection of the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Cost: free