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August Issue 2003
Artspace in Raleigh, NC, Features Works by Dawn Stetzel and Anya Belkina
Artspace in Raleigh, NC, will host the exhibitions, Dawn Stetzel: New Works, on view in Gallery 2, from Aug. 22 through Oct. 10, 2003, and, Anya Belkina: Beginnings, will be on view in the Upfront Gallery from Aug. 1-31, 2003.
Dawn
Stetzel
Stetzel's sculptural work stems from her fascination with the natural world. She is in awe of cellular intricacies, cell differentiation, metamorphosis, embryos, and temporary stages of life. Working with clay, plastic, wire, rubber and wax, Stetzel selects specific materials to create vulnerable semi-transparent membranes, ephemeral sheddings, visceral openings, or protected inner cavities. Marveling at the subtleties in variation and the function of multiples, Stetzel sculptures are often created from multiple components arranged in groups, clusters, or collective strands. At times, Stetzel's sculptures are oriented to reflect the communication between organisms in a community.
Stetzel graduated from the University of Iowa
in 1993. She received her BA and teacher certification. Originally
from a rural town in Iowa, Stetzel has been living in NC for eight
years. She currently resides in Chatham County. In 2000 Dawn was
awarded an Emerging Artist Grant from the Durham Arts Council.
Dawn has served as the Sculptor-in-Residence at the Vermont Studio
Center in Johnson, VT. She recently installed a public commission
at the NC Zoological Park in
Asheboro.
For several years, Anya Belkina has been utilizing Russian nesting dolls, matreshka, in her black and white paintings to reference propagation, parenthood, and sacrifice. Belkina uses the dolls to explore the dangerous mutilations and ironic reversals of family relationships. Beginnings is a video installation based on her past paintings of matreshka. In addition to referencing human form and behavior, Belkina's video installation attempts to draw a parallel between cyclical processes common to all matter- the unending cycle of birth, development, decay, death, and rebirth.
Belkina was born and raised in Moscow, where she studied art since early childhood. Belkina studied at the Moscow Art Institute before relocating to California, where she pursued a career as a graphic designer and animator. Belkina graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design. She received her Masters of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of California, San Diego and currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Duke University, Durham, NC. Her paintings can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the US.
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at
(www.artspacenc.org).
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