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Tenesh Webber

1963
(USA) Canadian

Tenesh Webber 是加拿大抽象攝影師,其作品探索並挑戰傳統黑白攝影的慣例。她居住於新澤西州澤西市,並在布魯克林布什維克工作。

教育

Webber 曾就讀於溫哥華的 Emily Carr 藝術與設計大學,以及多倫多的 OCAD 大學,並獲得 AOCA 學位。

技法

Tenesh Webber 在過去 25 年中,曾從事大型/壁畫尺寸的印刷品;在暗房中操控照片,或在相機中操控底片。

她目前的攝影作品聚焦於中等尺度的光影攝影,繼續探索這一媒介。印刷品尺寸為中等尺度,11"x11" 或 20"x20"。...

Webber 的創作過程始於素描,她在其中發展影像構想。接著她用縫紉線或在有機玻璃上用記號筆創造二維物件。她通過層疊、拉伸和剪裁線頭,以及在有機玻璃上反覆線條繪製來構建影像。

這些「底片」用於創作無相機攝影影像。

手部擺放和鬆散的線頭為作品帶來偶然性,每個系列中的每張印刷品都是獨一無二的。

由此產生的抽象影像創造出節奏感強烈、直覺性的構圖,並在有機與直線之間產生張力。它們暗示了自然或人造物的宏觀與微觀視角。

靈感

Webber 曾師從加拿大藝術家 Ian Wallace 和 Eldon Garnet,他們是 1970 年代實驗攝影的早期創新者,將大型和連續影像引入攝影實踐。她受這些藝術家啟發,發展出自己對媒介的工作方法,探索尺度和替代攝影工藝,包括她目前的光影攝影作品。

她的攝影也受到長期以來從事抽象藝術的攝影師、畫家和雕塑家的作品影響和啟發。其中包括 Richard Serra 大膽的油棒素描、Barry Le Va 的幾何形態排列,以及 Agnes Martin 精緻的極簡過程。...

她的作品屬於「雷射攝影」或光影攝影的傳統,這一傳統由 1920 年代的藝術家如 Man Ray 和 Laszlo Moholy-Nagy 建立,這些藝術家的攝影作品受其繪畫和雕塑實踐影響。

在這些藝術家的作品基礎上,Webber 發展出一種獨特的光影攝影創作方法,融合了雕塑和繪畫元素,同時結合了偶然性操作。

收藏

Webber 的作品被納入公共和私人收藏,包括布魯克林博物館和巴克萊銀行(紐約)。

展覽

Webber 曾在全國展出她的作品,包括在 Yossi Milo Gallery 和 Margaret Thatcher Projects(紐約)的個展。她也曾在歐洲參加群展。

藝廊

The Pierogi Flat Files,布魯克林,紐約州Rick Wester Fine Art,紐約市,紐約州

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Education

1985 OCAD University, AOCA Diploma, Toronto, Canada
1982 Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada

Solo Exhibitions

2017 A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
2002 Yossi Milo Gallery, NY, NY; Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
2000 Art Resources Transfer Inc, NY, NY
1999 Margaret Thatcher Projects, NY, NY
1997 Art Resources Transfer Inc, NY, NY
1995 A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY
1993 Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018 Not of This World - Transcending Reality in Photography, Rick Wester Fine Art, NY, NY; Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Parc Floral de Paris, Paris, France; Explorations of Line (3 person exhibit), Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY; New Jersey State Council Exhibit, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville, NJ
2017 Intercontinental Line, Abstract Project, Paris, France; Wish You Were Here 16, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Interference, Bullet Space, NY, NY; Seeking Space (Bushwick Open Studios), Beyond Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Members Invitational, New York Artists Equity Gallery, NY, NY; Reunion, QuadArt Dornbirn, Dornbirn, Austria; Seeking Space: Making The Future, David and Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY; Passing Through, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY; Original Copy, SPRING//BREAK Art Show, NY, NY (Curated by Sarah G. Sharp and Parsley Steinweiss); Wish You Were Here: 15, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2015 The Big Small Show, Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ; Minimax, Bullet Space, NY, NY; Sanctus, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ (Catalogue); The ESKFF Residency Program: Selections, Gallery 5 at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ; On Paper, weathervane, Brooklyn, NY; Making History, Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 D(raw), Bullet Space, NY, NY (Curated by Alexandra Rojas); 100 Valentines, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2013 In Form, 24 - 6 - Space, NY, NY
2012 Arcadia Now, Jersey City University, New Jersey (Curated by Tom McGlynn, Catalogue)
2011 The Hatchery: East of Fresno, Badger, California; Wrong Place for the Right People, Bullet Space, NY, NY (Curated by Andrew Castrucci); Arcadia Now, Castleton State College, Castleton, Vermont
2010 Floral, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont (Curated by Sally Apfelbaum, Catalogue); The Perfect Crime, Bullet Space, NY, NY
2009 Kuf Mold, Rotterdam, Holland (Curated by Suzan Batu and Bill Doherty, Catalogue); “Paterson: The Province of the Poem/The City as Metaphor,” Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson University, Paterson, NJ (Curated by Nancy Einreinhofer)
2008 The History Show, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Kat Griefen and Dena Muller); To Square, Light, Signal Gallery, Malmö, Sweden (Curated by Fredrik Strid); Kuf - Mold, Gallerij Jan Colle, Ghent, Belgium (Catalogue)
2007 Lateral Attitudes, RVC College, Somerville, NJ (Catalogue)
2006 (K)nots, NJ City University, Jersey City, NJ (Catalogue); Deck The Walls, John Cleary Gallery, Houston, Texas (Curated by Catherine Courtier); Northerner Obscura, Gallery 101, Houston, Texas; The Natural World, PhotoNewburgh, Newburgh, NY (Curated by Andrew Garn); Wish You Were Here 3, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY; Seid Show, Gerber Seid Fine Arts, NY, NY
2005 Deck The Walls, John Cleary Gallery, Houston, Texas (Curated by Catherine Couturier); Northerner Obscura, Gallery 101, Houston, Texas
2004 The Natural World, PhotoNewburgh, Newburgh, NY (Curated by Andrew Garn); Wish You Were Here 3, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY; Seid Show, Gerber Seid Fine Arts, NY, NY
2003 A Decade in Review: The Fellowship Program, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY; Salon, Gerber Seid Fine Arts, NY, NY; 07300 too, Jersey City, NJ (Curated by Rocio Aranda - Alvarado)
2002 Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL; Salon, Stanhope Hotel, NY, NY (Curated by Leslie Gerber - Seid)
2001 Fifty by Ten, Gerber - Seid Fine Arts, NY, NY
2000 2000 Annos Luz, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (Curated by Angel Luis de la Cruz, Catalogue); Collectors Edge, NJ Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ (Curated by Calvin Reid)
1998 What's on The Wall?, Margaret Thatcher Projects, NY, NY; Summer Group Show, The Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; The Tip of The Iceberg, Fred Dorfman Projects, NY, NY (Curated by Bill Bartman); 25 Years of A.I.R., Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY; Selected Photography, Kougeas Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 ART Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Photography Exhibit, Kougeas Gallery, Boston, MA; Generations: 25th Anniversary Show, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY; Home, Bullet Space, NY, NY (Curated by Andrew and Paul Castrucci)
1996 Living It, 14E. 4th Street, Apt #1118, NY, NY; Viewfinder, Bronx River Art Center (Curated by Amir Bey)
1995 Tarrazona Foto, Tarrazona, Spain (Catalogue); Arco 95, Madrid, Spain (Curated by Angel Luis de la Cruz, Catalogue); Digitas, Jack Tilton Gallery, NY, NY
1994 Smart Art, Printed Matter Inc, NY, NY (Curated by Max Schumann); Gallery Group Show, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY; All Out, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
1993 A.I.M. Exhibition, The Bronx Museum of The Arts, Bronx, NY (Curated by Lydia Yee and Marisol Nieves, Catalogue); Night of 1000 Drawings, Artist's Space, NY, NY
1992 A.I.R. Invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY
1991 Evocation, Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, NY, NY; Selections, Center for Book Arts, NY, NY
1989 CHINA: June 4..., P.S. 1 Museum, L.I.C., NY (Curated by the Asian American Art Center); The Printshop Comes of Age, The LES Printshops 21st Anniversary, La Mama Gallery, NY, NY; Women's Work, Bullet Space, NY, NY (Catalogue); If You Lived Here..., Dia Art Foundation, NY, NY (A Project by Martha Rosler)

Awards

2015 Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, San Francisco, CA; ESKFF Residency at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2008 The Canada Council, Travel Grant, Ottawa, Canada
2006 Change Inc., Grant, NY, NY
1993 Weinroth Fellowship, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY; A.I.M. Program, Bronx Museum
1992 The Canada Council, Project Grant, Ottawa, Canada
1989 Fellowship, Art Matters Inc, NY, NY; Grant, Artists Space, NY, NY
1988 Grant, Artists Space, NY, NY

Bibliography

2010 Moynihan, Colin, "A Tenement Transformed Tells the Lives of Its Squatters," The New York Times, January 29, 2010
2007 Kuf Mold Catalogue, Gallery In The Old Bedesten, Istanbul, Turkey; Lateral Attitudes, RVC College, Somerville, NJ (Cover image)
2004 Birmingham, Mary, "Jersey Girls Exhibit," Jersey Journal, Oct 30, 2004
2002 Johnson, Ken, "Art Listings," The New York Times, July 5, 2002; Review, The New Yorker, July 15, 2002; McQuaid, Cate, The Boston Globe, August 2, 2002
1999 Lombardi, D. Dominick, "Communicating Through Photographs," The New York Times, October 29, 1999; The New York Contemporary Art Report, May - June; Rothbart, Daniel, Review, NY Arts Magazine, June 1999
1997 Millis, Christopher, "Off The Street," The Boston Phoenix, May 30, Boston, MA; Listings Section, Illustration, ArtsMEDIA Magazine, June, Boston, MA
1993 Parallelogramme, National Non-Profit Artists' Centre's, Canada