ARTIST STATEMENT

I am a native of New York City, an artist and a dancer with a passion for process. My work investigates the opposing forces of partner dancing: surface vs. subsurface, public vs. private and leader vs. follower. As an Argentine tango dancer, I receive the majority of directives from my dance partner through pressure on my skin. Words are replaced with silent signals of touch as my partner and I stretch our bodies' skins in time and space.

Fascinated with the corporeal body, I am especially interested in human skin. It is the body's largest erotic organ, and an endless threshold for non-verbal communication. An impervious yet permeable barrier, scientifically speaking our skin allows us to sense only pressure, temperature and pain. But in the dance, through our skin, we communicate so much more

As a visual artist in my studio, I continue to utilize my own sense of touch and intuitiveness in my creative process. By rubbing, scraping, layering, tearing, drawing, burnishing, folding and sculpting, I, once again, embrace a physical process. This time, the result can be viewed on paper and Mylar as fragmented figuration and skin like topographies. Each composition takes me back to a memory of dance buried beneath my skin waiting to be unleashed.

I often complete the process by performing live tango for the audience. My ability to connect with my partners and my audience is an endless challenge and demands that my voice be unique and strong.

ARTIST RESUME

Current home address: 633 Moreland Avenue NE #3 Atlanta, Georgia 30307-1542 Telephone: 404-667-3443 cell 404-667-3443
Email: andrewsmb@bellsouth.net


Solo Exhibitions
2008-097
The Dance of Process. House of Colors Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia.
2006-07
Residual Memories. House of Colors Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia.
2003
Comfortable in My Restless Skin. The Xchange Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia.
2000
Gimme Skin: Process, Percolation and Product. The Xchange Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia.
1997
Getting A-Head in Peru. Georgia State University Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia.
George Beasley, Curator.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Going to Red VSA Arts of GA, Atlanta, GA. Co-curated with Kathleen Rapp.
2006
Some Restrictions Apply. Shorter College. Rome, Georgia. Marianne Lambert, Curator
Turnout: WCA Atlanta Annual member’s exhibit. The Defoor Centre. Atlanta, Georgia.
Solo CD. 10 Haus Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia
Thresholds. Arts for All Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia.
About Faces. Art Lab Gallery. Staten Island, New York.
Third Annual Open Show. Art Lab Gallery. Staten Island, New York.
2005
Pin Up Show. Museum of Contemporary Art. Atlanta, Georgia.
Corporate: Pin Up Show. Eyedrum. Atlanta, Georgia.
Looks Good On Paper 3rd Edition. Spruill Gallery. Atlanta, GA. Ben Apfelbaum, Curator.
Refusing to Dance Backwards. The Spruill Gallery. Atlanta, GA. Ben Apfelbaum, curator.
2004
Tango Anonymous Photography Series. Starbucks. Decatur Square. Decatur, Georgia.
Infusion. sponsored by the Women’s Caucus for the Arts. The Arts Forum @ Defoor Centre. Atlanta, Georgia
Tango Anonymous Installation. Curated by Carolyn Carr. The Window Box Gallery.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Works on Paper/Various Artist. Curated by Deirdre Aimes. Temple Gallery. Decatur, Georgia.
2003
The "i" Show. Eyedrum. Atlanta, Georgia. Susan Voelker, Curator.
Immured: Installations Behind Glass. ArtWalk. Atlanta, Georgia. Marianne B. Lambert, Curator.
Tango Anonymous Photography Series. Starbucks. Little 5 Points. Atlanta, Georgia.
2002
Like Lions Raging: A Commemorative Exhibition presenting responses to War and Terrorism. Spruill Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia. Ben Apfelbaum, Curator.
Software: the Vagina Show. Tube Art Spot. Atlanta, Georgia. Cecelia Kane, Organizer.
2001
Hardware: The Penis Show. Eyedrum. Atlanta, Georgia. Cecelia Kane, Organizer. Structure. Gallery Eleven50. Atlanta, Georgia. Candice Bennett, Curator.
2000
Be there the ides of March, Annual Juried Student Exhibition. GSU Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia. Marianne B. Lambert, Curator.
The Fine Arts of Kennesaw Spring 2000 Juried Arts Exhibition. Kennesaw, Georgia. Joe Remillard, Curator. Placed third in mixed media category.
Art for Heart’s Sake. Vaknin Schwartz & Marcia Wood Galleries. Atlanta, Georgia.
1999
Labial Notation. Eyedrum. Atlanta, Georgia.
Dismantling Signs: the billboard project. GSU Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia. Pam Longobardi, Juror.
Something Not Quite Completely Different: Tradition, Innovation, and Their Uncanny Discontents. Eyedrum. Atlanta, Georgia. Jerry Cullum, Curator.
1998
The Recycled Show. D. Miles Gallery. Decatur, Georgia. Juried show.
Central Metals Show. City Hall. Atlanta, Georgia.

Awards
Dean's Key 2002. Georgia State University. Atlanta, Georgia.
Undergraduate Sculpture Student of the year 2000. Georgia State University. Atlanta, Georgia.
Alumni of the Year, 1995. Fashion Institute of Technology. New York, New York.

Publications
Cullum, Jerry. “Doing the tango with a paint brush.” ajc/access Atlanta. December 21-31, 2006. page 32.
Eubanks, Elissa. “Scene: toys, arts, style.” Atlanta Journal and Constitution/Access
Atlanta. December 8-18, 2005. page 25.
Conn, Kelly. "Spruill Gallery Celebrates Female Artists." Dunwoody Crier. February 2, 2005.
Page 11.
Apfelbaum, Ben. "Refusing to Dance Backwards." Cover of Invitation and Curator’s Notes. November 7, 2004.
Byrd, Cathy. "Eyedrum Gets a Hard-On For Hardware: The Penis Show." Creative Loafing.
May 30-June 5, 2001. page 47.
Covington, Lewis. "What’s up with penises?" ETC Magazine. May 18, 2001. page 32.
Gess, Richard. "Atlanta," Art Papers Magazine. vol. 25.3, May-June 2001. page 36-7.
Latus, Janine. "Living the Life." Family Money Magazine. January-February 2001. page 42.
Kline, Christina. "The Wiley Eye." The Atlanta Press. June 18-24, 1999. page 12.
Walker, Jonni L. "…..with Panache." Peachtree Magazine. May 1997. page 42.

Media Coverage
2006 Thresholds. May 19, 2006. Turner Broadcast Systems. Heather Harris, producer.
2002 Guerrilla Tango in Bar Park. WSB TV 6 o’clock news. Atlanta, Georgia.

Special Projects
2005
Thresholds Artist Book Project/Tapioca. Clifton Night Hospitality. Atlanta, Georgia.
2003
Sidewalk Footstep Project with the Homeless/Tapioca. Clifton Night Hospitality. Atlanta, Georgia.
2002
Stuff & Nonsense. This Little Piggy Went to Market. Performance & Installation at NFS: art beyond the market. Tube Art Spot. Atlanta, Georgia.
2001
Project Nine Eleven Installation/Tapioca. Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.
Atlanta, Georgia.

Dance Performances
2009
Going to Red Tango Argentino with George Velasquez, VSA Arts of GA
2006
Turnout opening night reception. The Defoor Centre. Atlanta, Georgia.
Tango Starbuck Style: Valentine tango performance at three Atlanta Starbucks
locations.
2005
Tension show reception. Moving Spirits Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia
Café Medusa. Seven Stages Theatre. Atlanta, Georgia
Freedom Tango/Art in Freedom Park. Freedom Parkway. Atlanta, GA.
Celebrating A World of Rhythm and Dance IV: Cuban Rumba and Argentine Tango. Rialto Center for the Performing Arts. Atlanta, GA. Oliver N. Greene, Artistic Director.
Celebrating a World of Rhythm and Dance IV: Cuban Rumba and Argentine Tango. Rialto Center for the Performing Arts. Atlanta, Georgia. Oliver N. Greene, Artistic Director.
Valentine Tango. Starbucks Toco Hills, Little 5 Points, Cambridge Square and Orchard Park Stores. Atlanta, Georgia.
2004
Hanger Tango. Falcon Field. Peachtree City, Georgia.
Infusion show reception. The Defoor Center. Atlanta, Georgia.
Sounds of Tango. Eyedrum Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia. Danielle Roney, Curator.
Street Tango in CHAD (Castleberry Hill Art District). Peters Street. Atlanta, Georgia.
The Passion Tour. Starbucks Toco Hills, Emory and Northlake stores. Atlanta, Georgia.
2003
Comfortable in My Restless Skin Reception. Arts Xchange Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia.
"i" show reception. Eyedrum Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia. Susan Voelker, Curator.
2002
Guerilla Tango at Bar Park. Marietta and Spring Street. Atlanta, Georgia.
Trilogies of Seduction and Denial reception. The Arts Xchange Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

Professional Affiliations
International Sculpture Center
Little 5 Points Community Center - Board member
Euclid Avenue Arts Collective - Board Member

Collections
Susan Cipcic and Bill Nixon Marietta, Georgia.
Kyle Dillehay. Atlanta, Georgia.
Randall-Paulson Architects. Roswell, Georgia.
Central Michigan University Fine Arts Library. Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
Ann-Marie Manker. Atlanta, Georgia.

Work Experience
1996-2001
Interior Design wholesale sales. Atlanta Decorative Arts Center showroom. Atlanta, Georgia.
1975-1996
Fashion design, merchandising and sales. New York City and Atlanta, Georgia.

Education
2002
Georgia State University. Atlanta, Georgia. B.F.A. Major in Sculpture. Magna Cum Laude.
1998
Fashion Institute of Technology. New York, New York. A.A.S. Major in Textile Technology and Fashion Design. Summa Cum Laude.

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