Karen Tepaz “Soft Bloom”
Sardine
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SARDINE presents SOFT BLOOM, a solo exhibition by Karen Tepaz.
In SOFT BLOOM, Tepaz continues her investigation of form and material while experimenting with the scale and presentation of her work. She depicts symbols and forms with no premeditated structure, only an immediate moment, dissected and rearranged. Tepaz works the balance between surface treatment and color selection and draws correlations from her influences of flowers, language, the body and sounds of fluidity. The bold curved edges of the sculptures cut through the space around them activating a lyrical energy and force, organic shapes open like petals or gaping mouths. Both the work and the viewer are free to shift and transform perspectives at every angle as each form unfolds naturally, creating an environment for mindful contemplation.
Karen Tepaz is interested in the expressive potential of objects blending the use of color, form and material in a compositional lexicon. Tepaz received her M.F.A in Sculpture from Yale University School of Art and a B.F.A in Ceramics from California State University, Long Beach. Recent exhibitions include a solo show at CACTTUS gallery (Long Beach, CA), and group shows at The Shirley Fiterman Art Center, BMCC (NY, NY), The Gallery ATLAS (Newburgh, NY) The Whitney Houston Biennial (NY, NY) BOMB POP-UP (Brooklyn, NY), GlenLily Grounds (Newburgh, NY) Basement Projects (Santa Ana, CA) among others. In 2018 Tepaz co-curated “Flat Touch” and “In Between the Lines” in Steuben Gallery at Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY). She is the recipient of the Art Farm Nebraska Residency, and this spring she was invited to exhibit new work at Thomas Hunter Project Space, at Hunter College (NY, NY). Tepaz lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
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Schedule
from December 08, 2018 to January 20, 2019
Opening Reception on 2019-01-19 from 16:00 to 18:00