Vanishing is an installation of 1 large gelatin silver print and 2 -
1000 small shark platinum/palladium photographs ranging in sizes,
generally approximately i 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ / 6 x 6 cm. All the prints are
developed from the duplicates of the same negative that is altered by
being physically deconstructed, overexposed or underexposed.
Installation prints range from the perfectly sharp and perfectly
exposed photographs to a final ghost image- white on white or
black-on black. The objective is to highlight the shark-fin-soup
driven slaughter and loss of sharks in our oceans, challenging the
viewer to examine our own relationship with not only the sharks but
with all the elements of life.
The same portrait of the shark is printed up to 80x60 inch
[203.2x152.4 cm] gelatin silver print. When printed extra-large, I
generally print 4 vertical parts of the photograph - panels are all
same size and meet in the middle of the sharks body as a crosshairs
would alluding to the shark being a target. Depending on the
circumstances, print van be larger or smaller and printed as one
single photograph.
This PROJECT allows great installation flexibility as it can be shown as
ONE and only super-large silver gelatin print Predator.Prey. or even
one tiny platinum/palladium 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 print...or shown as large
installation - vertical or horizontal including
from 2 to 1000 photographs. I have explored vertical and horizontal
options with substantial distance or no spacing between the prints -
the message remains strong as it is current and relevant. Overall
visual impact is always different but simply moving.
Awards PUBLIC ART
Finalist in ConRAC Maui Public Art project - East Wall + West Wall
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawai`i/Honolulu Museum of Arts
The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai`i /Honolulu Museum of Arts
Hawaii State Foundation for Arts, Hawai`i
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
EXHIBITIONS
2013
Le Grand Prix de la Découverte, Paris, France
Photography Passion + Risk, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahalui, Hawai`i
2012
Biennial of Hawai`i Artists X, Honolulu Museum of Arts, Spalding House, Honolulu, Hawai`i
2011
Artists of Hawai`i 2011, 59th Biennial Juried Exhibition, The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai`i
2010
Winter Kunstkammer - Part II , Contemporary painting, photography, sculpture and ceramics exhibited with works ofart from the Hellenistic period through the 19th century of European, Oceanic andNew World CultureWalter Randel Gallery, Chelsea, New York, New York.
2009
20 Going On 21: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawai`i
Artists of Hawai’i 2009, 58th Biennial Juried Exhibition, The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai`i
The Art Studio as a Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
2008
17 National Juried Show, The Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, New Jersey
Contemporary Landscapes , Millard Sheets Art Canter, Pomona, California .
Negative Space, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
2007
Artists of Hawaii 2007, 57th Biennial Exhibition, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai`i
2006
The Art Of Photography Show, Lyceum Gallery, S.Diego, California
2004
".... of Women" , Sulkin/Secant Gallery, Santa Monica, California
