Karina Hean Contemporary Drawing
Artist Statement
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In brief, the diverse relationships we have with the natural world comprise my work’s content. Nature is simultaneously cast as a divine, ineffable entity characterized by change and omnipotence to which we belong and as a measurable, predictable resource capable of passive utilization that we comprehend and control. My work explores a numinous perception of nature through abstraction, scale, gesture, layering, and intricacy.
Artist Biography
Karina Noel Hean is a drawing and printmaking artist who currently resides in Durango, CO and is a Visiting Instructor of Art in the Art Department at Fort Lewis College. Hean received her Master of Fine Arts degree from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM. She has had several solo and group exhibitions including: Durango Arts Center inDurango, CO; University of Colorado in Boulder, CO; Gerald and Stanlee Rubin Gallery and Art Junction in El Paso, TX; New Mexico State University and theLas Cruces Museum of Fine Art in Las Cruces, NM; the Museum of Fine Art and Deloney NewKirk Fine Arts in Sante Fe, NM; Bobbie De Matteis Gallery and the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, MD. Her work is currently represented by White Raven Studios Gallery in Las Cruces, NM
Curriculum Vita
EDUCATION
2005 NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, LAS CRUCES, NM-Department of Art, M.F.A. focus in Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking
2000-2001 STUDIO ART CENTERS INTERNATIONAL, FLORENCE, ITALY-Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Drawing
1996-2000 ST.JOHN’S COLLEGE, ANNAPOLIS. MD-B.A. in Liberal Arts
1997-1999 MARYLAND INSTITUTE, COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, BALTIMORE, MD-Full-time summer student instudio art and art history, 27 credits earned
EMPLOYMENT
2006-2008 FORT LEWIS COLLEGE, DURANGO, CO-Full-time Visiting Professor of Art
2005-2006 FORT LEWIS COLLEGE, DURANGO, CO-2/3 Visiting Professor of Art
2002-2005 NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, LAS CRUCES, NM-Instructor; Instructor of Record
2003-2005 THE MUSEUM SCHOOL OF LAS CRUCES, BRANIGAN CULTURAL CENTER, LAS CRUCES, NM-Instructor
2000-2002 MARYLANDHALL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, ANNAPOLIS, MD-Summer Programs Coordinator/VisualArts Coordinator/Artist-in-Residence Coordinator
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 “Untitled”Site Specific drawing, 24’ x 9’, 'Project Space' Gerald and Stanlee Rubin Center for the Visual Arts,University of Texas; El Paso, TX (second showing)
2007 “Drawing from Nature” Santa Fe Community College Gallery; Santa Fe, NM
2005 “Maintaining Indecision” Durango Art Center Library; Durango, CO
2006 “FeaturedAlumni Exhibition” Studio ArtCenters International Web-site (Florence, Italy)
2005 “Untitled”Site Specific drawing, 24’ x 9’, 'Project Space' Gerald and Stanlee Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, University of Texas; El Paso, TX
2005 "Karina Noel Hean" White Raven Gallery; Las Cruces, NM
2005 "Small Works: Karina Noel Hean"Laughing at the Sun Gallery; Mesilla, NM
2004 "Natural Debris" Museum of Fine Art, Director's Gallery, Branigan Cultural Center; Las Cruces, NM
2004 "Drawing Connections" Corbett Center Art Gallery, New Mexico State University; Las Cruces, NM
2001 "Returns; un giro e tanti torni" A.I.R. Gallery, Maryland Hall; Annapoli
