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ANN GUILIANI (born Ann Mercorella)
PO Box 480
Dennis, MA 02638
508 385-2960
(from May thru October)
anned@capecod.net
www.annguilianiartist.com
(from October to May)
6763 Pearlleaf Court
Springhill Florida 34606
"SIGNS OF THE TIMES” monotype, collage, paint & mixed media 30”X23”
"PEEKING THROUGH THE LABYRINTH/SANIBEL" monotype 26"X26"
“ELECTRIC CALLIGRAPHY...from Sanibel” enhanced monotype 28X34
Inspired by the vines growing out of water along the road in Sanibel,
Florida. I was intrigued by the overgrowth and labyrinthine quality. What
was beyond? Haunted by the impression of this when I got back to my studio
on Cape, I had to explore the gestural equivalent of this feeling. A number
of paintings, drawings and prints were generated. This is one of them.
When I worked on the gestural equivalent with color I was happy with the
colors that bounced off one another that to me were electric.
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POETICS
All of us have marveled at the flight of a bird,
The exacting formations of tides on a beach.
Imaginative forms lurking behind trees or in rocks...
Or the positive perfection of the human form and all its parts.
These are universal experiences which are yet enigmatic
Since they cannot be fully contained in time and space.
There is a kind of preciousness
In the smallest and most insignificant thought or material.
They become images of the mind and experiences of the soul
Which are forever to be created and re-created.
The COMPLETED picture is just beyond our grasp.
THE REAL TRUTH REMAINS ILLUSIVE.
It mirrors both our inner & outer world.
That is why, for me at least,
My work must be created in an additive manner....
Inclusive...Fluid.
I move towards a kind of visual language,
Consisting of lines, shapes, tones and colors
That convey a personal calligraphy of sorts.
The tactile & spontaneous handwriting
Loaded with an emotion all its own and very personal.
I try to encompass both Energy and Release.
My own version of the Yin-Yang universality of life itself.
Working in many media as well as combining media,
Has been a very necessary part of the creative experience for me.
Constantly & restlessly seeking relationships
between all things no matter how diverse.
I discover the ABSTRACT in the REAL .
There is the unexpected juxtaposition
Of materials & ideas....
The final and inevitable twist.
I am willing to take chances as I move
Toward the final fold or the empty space.
There is the most fragile line between destruction or creation.
IT IS THE MOST EXCITING & LIBERATING PART OF ART FOR ME. |
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
For me, there is an exciting diversity and design in the common or mundane aspects of daily life.
I am inspired by architectural structures, (billboards, or road signs juxtaposed against surprising sunsets) or pristine forms found in Nature. In my frequent travels on roads through Cape Cod, New York and Florida, I am constantly inspired and amazed by this diversity and the “stuff of life itself”...The light, color and texture.
The source for my imagery can be found in these unique spaces experienced and then internalized or re-structured.
Design is everywhere, the joy is in sharing the vision and synthesizing thoughts and feelings.
The magic is in the re-organization of space, and the interplay of materials and process.
All is in a state of growth or transformation…Like Nature itself. The poetry is in the truth of the image because it speaks in a universal language.
As a painter as well as a printmaker, I am caught up in the idea of “chance and of “process” and of the nature of materials that is so exciting that I have never looked back. My latest work seeks to achieve a kind of synthesis of interior and exterior spaces: Images of life en-meshed with painting and a multitude of
materials and techniques. This approach has spawned a kind of inward response that is an abstraction...largely intuitive, gestural and expressive.
RESUME
EDUCATION
1998 MFA in Visual Design and Printmaking: University of Massachusetts,Dartmouth
1964 MA in Art Education and Painting: New York University,
1959 BA in Art Education: Montclair State University,
EXTENDED STUDY AT: Provincetown Arts Center with Michael Mazur; Mass. College of Art, Boston
Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston; New York Students Art League, NYC.; Pratt Institute, NYC.;
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
JURIED SHOWS AND AWARDS
2004 “Prints National” Lancaster Museum of Art. Juried by Marc Pascal: Asst. Curator of Prints at
Art Institute of Chicago
2004 “Best of Show” in Painting. Creative Art Center, Chatham, MA.
2004 Award for “Nocturnal Journey” Group ShowCape Museum of Fine Arts...
2004 CANAL GALLERY, Holyoke, MA. Honorable Mention
2003 Southeastern Graphics Council...Show & Catalog..Southcoast New England Printmaking”
juried by Andrew Raftery Department Head of Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design.
with Catalog Essay by Maura Coughlin
2003 “Best of Show” in Graphics at Creative Art Center, Chatham, MA.
1999 Selected Prints for Newport Art Museum...Juried by Lora Urbanelli, Museum of RISD
1998 Federal Reserve Bank Boston..Monotype Guild of New England. Juried by Susan Stoops,
Curator of the Rose Art Museum.
1998 Award of Merit at Ellison Center, Duxbury, MA...juried by Jennifer Atkinson Curator Fuller
Museum
1998 “Best of Show in Painting” & “First in Graphics” at Creative Art Center. Juried by Abby
Zonnies
1995 ”Printmakers, Past & Present” Selected group show at Cape Museum of Fine Arts
1995 Selected Prints, Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA. Monotype Guild of New England
1995 National Small Works Exhibit. Montclair University, Montclair, NJ...
1995 “Trees” selected show at Provincetown Art Association. Juried by Hayden Herrera
1993 National Juried Show in Printmaking. 44th Boston Printmakers Exhibition
1981 “Best of Show” Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center NYC. Salute to Women in the Arts.
SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS & GALLERIES
2005 PROGRESS ENERGY GALLERY, New Port Richey, Florida (two-woman show)
2005 RUTH ECKERD HALL, Tampa, Florida. The Exhibiting Society of Artists (TESA)
2004 CAHOON MUSEUM: Silent Auction “Great Brush-Off”
2004 LEEPA RATTNER MUSEUM, Largo, Florida (TESA)
2004 HALL OF FRAME GALLERY, Dunedin, Florida
2002-03 STAR GALLERY, Orleans, MA.
2001 “ARTIST IN RESIDENCE” Solo Exhibition at Cape Cod Community College.
1998 PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION MUSEUM; Selected Prints. Printmakers of Cape Cod
1997-98 NORTHWEST PRINT COUNCIL Travelling Exhibits throughout the Northwest
1993-95 ZHOUFF GALLERY, Wellfleet, MA: “Zhouff & His American Friends” (Prague)
1992 UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Monotype Guild of New England (MGNE)
1989 HIGGINS GALLERY FACULTY EXHIBIT: Cape Cod Community College, Barnstable, MA.
1988 CAPE COD CONSERVATORY, Barnstable, MA. Solo Exhibit
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
CAPE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Dennis, MA. HIGGINS GALLERY, CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Dartmouth, MA, CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
PUTNAM CORPORATION........CAMBRIDGE BANK OF BOSTON
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, PRAGUE & PARTS OF EUROPE:
Dr. Hale Woodruff (Art Faculty at New York University).
Dr. Lillian Calcia (First Chairwoman: Art Department Montclair University)
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