ERICA POLLOCK NORELIUS
                                        
home Paintings Artist Statement/C.V. Press Upcoming Events Contact Guestbook Facebook Page

      

        



I am fascinated by the paradox of urban life - people living crowded together but at the same time in isolation and anonymity. As they hurry to cross streets or sit in cafes and libraries, people interact but for the most part do not connect. My paintings are like snapshots of these everyday moments, but with heightened attention to atmosphere, surface, and pattern - I am fascinated by the strong shadows and graphic shapes I find on city streets. Setting these passing but constantly recurring scenes into thick oil paint I draw attention to them and add my own paradox - the long and careful labor needed to depict something that disappears as soon as it is seen.

        I paint to understand why I am drawn to this busy, interconnected, but emotionally disconnected world - to explore my need for both relationship and anonymity.

 

 







RESUME

 

 
 Education                                                                                                                     

B.F.A.Academy of ArtUniversity, San Francisco, CA.2007 

Private Study under Nancy Switzer and Quang Ho 

NYFA MARK Program 2008                     

Creative Capital Professional Development Program

 

 

Awards and Honors

2010          Honorable Mention -- "21 under 31," Southwest Art, September 2010 edition

2010          Ithaca Festival Artists                                                                              

2009          2nd Place, â€œ Billsboro Winery, "En Plein Air" Competition, August                  

2009          Honorable Mention, "Light Fantastic," Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY

2009          1st Place, "Beyond the Boundaries," WSKG Fine Art Auction                     

2008          IthacaFineChocolatesArtBar - Featured Artist 2008-09 season                    

2008          2nd Place - Billsboro Winery, En Plein Air Competition, August                        

2008/10     Honorable Mention,“ Bank of America Annual Show," Groton, NY                 

2007          Finalist, International Artist Magazine Contest #40              

2007          Honorable Mention, State of the Art Regional Juried Show

 

Selected Exhibitions 

2011          Solo Show, Windsor Whip Works, Windsor, NY

2010-11      Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK

2010          "City Streets," Solo Show, State of the ArtGallery, Ithaca NY

2010          "Spring Invitational," Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY                                            

2010          "City Air," B. Sharp Gallery, Oneonta, NY                                                                

2009         "Private Lives/Public Spaces," Blink Gallery, Andes, NY

2009          "Urban Spaces," Earville Opera House, Earlville NY                                              

2009         "Light Fantastic," Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY                                                 

2008          "20/20 International Juried Show", Limestone Gallery, Fayetteville, NY       

2008 "New Members Show, Erica Pollock, Leslie Brill, Ethel Vrana and Andrea King," State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY              

2008          Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Juried Show, Nashville, TN

2008          "Any Place But Home," McMillan Art Space, Enfield, NY                           

2008          Blink Gallery, Andes, NY                                                                                        

2008-9       The Charleston House, Montgomery, AL                                                         

2008          Ithaca Regional Airport, Ithaca, NY                                                              

2007          Regional Juried Exhibition, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca,NY                                   

2007         "National Small Works Juried Show," Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY                     

2007         "Light, Line and Shadow," CSMA, Ithaca, NY                                                

2007          "Made in New York," Juried Show, SchweinfurthMemorialArtCenter, Auburn, NY

2005          "Spring Show," Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA

 

Bibliography                                                                                                                           

"Studio Visit Magazine," Volume 14, Spring 2011

"21 under 31," Southwest Art, September 2010                                                                  

"Making Her Mark", Wylie Schwartz,