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February Issue
2008
Artists' Guild of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, SC, Offers Works by Patricia Kilburg
The Artists' Guild of Spartanburg will present the exhibit, Perceptions: Mixed Media Collage by Patricia Kilburg, at the Guild Gallery at Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, SC. The exhibition will be on view from Feb. 1 - 20 and then again from Feb. 25 - 28, 2008.
A contemporary studio quiltmaker for many years, Kilburg now uses acrylic paint and mixed media collage to explore subject matter that interests her. "While exploring subject matter that interests me, I like to emphasize an element of texture. I build up layers, using a large variety of mediums -smooth and rough, shiny and matte, tightly woven and hanging loose," Kilburg says of her acrylic/mixed media collages. "I want there to be a lot going on in my paintings, with 'secret places' for the eye to go and the imagination to be triggered. There is a sense of mystery and ambivalence, where reality is momentarily suspended, evoking the viewer's own feelings and experiences."
Kilburg, who says that her work has been influenced by her extensive travels in Europe, the Middle East, Japan and Latin America, takes photographs and uses the images as a starting point for an idea. Materials incorporated into her works may include fabric, thread, acrylic paint, inks, paper, photo imagery, oil sticks, pencils, rust, found objects, and whatever else it takes to enrich the surface and convey the message.
Kilburg's work has been exhibited in galleries and juried exhibits throughout the United States, as well as the Art in the Embassies Program in Guatemala City. She has also participated in an invitational exhibit at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design and has been featured in several publications, including American Craft Magazine, Sandlapper Magazine and Greenville Talk Art. Her work Urban Mother and Child was commissioned to hang in the Perinatal Center of Rush/St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, IL.
Kilburg studied at DePaul University in Chicago, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN, and the Greenville County Museum School of Art.
Kilburg is an active member the Artists' Guild of Spartanburg, Focus Fabric Art, the South Carolina Watermedia Society and Upstate Visual Arts. She is currently represented by the Artists' Guild Gallery of Greenville.
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Gallery listings, call Laura Baker Pinkley at 864/764-9568 or
e-mail to (artistsguildofspartanburg@gmail.com).
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