statement/ Resume
My new work explores my time living in the Pacific Northwest, with its unique blend of monumental and the ordinary. After moving back to the PNW three years ago, I rediscovered the joy of everyday moments that felt massive and awe-inspiring because of their connection to the natural world. I represent these moments in my work through labor-intensive handwork- meditations on movement through macro and microcosms of lived experience. The Pacific Northwest is known for the spiritual and psychedelic threads that run throughout its history, and I speak to these connections between the psychedelic experience and geographical awe, using personal experiences as a touchpoint for the work. Using surface embellishment, I disrupt the visual field of the viewer, referencing digital screens or pixelated images. Drawn to current and vintage textiles that speak to histories past and present, I use found textiles and quilting processes as marks to build each piece, and each work explores moments in landscape, relationships to architectural forms, and movement through my external and internal lived environment. By using these pre-designed textiles and altering them, chopping them up, and combining them to “draw”, I wander through natural wonders recalled and imagined, interweaving time, place, and connection with others. I combine meditative symbols and shapes with textiles whose patterns and textures have specific associations with place, time or person. Through meticulous hand labor, my inner city and forest becomes physical object, using handwork as a meditative tool for self-discovery and memory.
Andrea Alonge
andrea.alonge@gmail.com
www.andreaalonge.com
Education
2015 Master's of Fine Arts at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
2013 Ox-Bow School of the Arts, Saugatuck, MI. Metternick Merit Scholarship recipient.
2013 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. Bachelor of Fine Arts Program, emphasis in fibers and materials studies. Dean’s Grant and Merit Scholarship recipient.
2005-2008 Arizona State University, Tempe AZ. Bachelor of Arts Program, emphasis in fibers and ceramics. Provost Scholarship recipient.
Exhibitions
2019 Fiberart International, Pittsburgh, PA
Rainbow Renegades, True Love Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 Selections From MFA Portfolios, Painted Creek Art Center, Rochester Hills, MI
Ca$h 4 Gold, Steve Gilbert Photo Studio, Seattle, WA
Salon Des Gallery One, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2017 Needle And Thread, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2016 Artist As Quiltmaker XVII, Firelands Association For Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH
Group III, Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis, MO
2015 MFA Thesis Show, Cranbrook Art Museum,
Bloomfield Hills, MI
/\, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Over Spun, Mist Gallery, www.mistgallery.com
Women’s Works 2015, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
2014 Strip Mall Subterfuge, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Comfort Me, SOFA Art +Design Fair 2014, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Fiber Fever, Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis, MO
Blurred Lines and Pillow Talk, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Digital Technology-Traditional Techniques, ECU Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greensboro, NC.
2013 Tomorrow Ain’t Promised To No One, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills. MI.
Cranbrook Visions, Delta Community College, Saginaw, MI.
Studio Drawings, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
BFA Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago IL
2012 OMGHOT! Believe Inn, Chicago IL
People You May Know, Rational Park, Chicago IL
Gli.tc/h, Tri-Triangle, Chicago IL
Journeys Through Memory Landscape, Sirigusa Gallery, Chicago IL
2011 Of Us, Mess Hall, Chicago IL
Fresh, 162 State Residences, Chicago, IL
Fool’s Gold, Big City Gaming, Eugene, OR
Collections
Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, Flaxman Library, Chicago IL
Experience
2015 Taught Stitched Assemblage, a beginning fiber class at College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI for the Fall semester of 2015.
2014 Lecture/ Workshop at College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. Visiting artist lecture followed by an applique workshop for College of Creative Studies’ Fiber students.
2014 Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Taught two classes: Art For The Undecided, in which we explored different mediums and techniques for making sculpture and two dimensional works, and Renegade Art, where we brought street art and graffiti techniques to the studio, also learning about zines and other printed distribution methods.
2013 Artist Lecture at Delta Community College, Saginaw, MI
2012-13 Internship with the Eugene Storefront Art Project. Responsibilities include assisting in curating and promoting upcoming events, compiling a filing database for publications and marketing materials, and coordinating make-up artists for Be A Shutterbug!, an event that was part of Eugene’s Summer in the City and Photo Week series.
2012 Designed and created The Infinite Love Project, an ongoing web-based art project that focuses on expressions of love through message and visual arts, encouraging creative mindfulness and gratitude with contributions from visitors.
Skills
Proficiency in two and three-dimensional construction using fabric, paper, and other lightweight flexible materials. This includes construction methods of machine and hand-sewing, sculptural pattern creation, digital and hand embroidery, crochet, paper-mache, and fabric, paper, and cardboard manipulation.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, iMovie, and blogging platforms including Wordpress, Blogspot, Tumblr, and Weebly.
Knowledgeable in HTML, CSS, Adobe Illustrator, and Audacity.
andrea.alonge@gmail.com
www.andreaalonge.com
Education
2015 Master's of Fine Arts at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
2013 Ox-Bow School of the Arts, Saugatuck, MI. Metternick Merit Scholarship recipient.
2013 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. Bachelor of Fine Arts Program, emphasis in fibers and materials studies. Dean’s Grant and Merit Scholarship recipient.
2005-2008 Arizona State University, Tempe AZ. Bachelor of Arts Program, emphasis in fibers and ceramics. Provost Scholarship recipient.
Exhibitions
2019 Fiberart International, Pittsburgh, PA
Rainbow Renegades, True Love Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 Selections From MFA Portfolios, Painted Creek Art Center, Rochester Hills, MI
Ca$h 4 Gold, Steve Gilbert Photo Studio, Seattle, WA
Salon Des Gallery One, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2017 Needle And Thread, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2016 Artist As Quiltmaker XVII, Firelands Association For Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH
Group III, Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis, MO
2015 MFA Thesis Show, Cranbrook Art Museum,
Bloomfield Hills, MI
/\, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Over Spun, Mist Gallery, www.mistgallery.com
Women’s Works 2015, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
2014 Strip Mall Subterfuge, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Comfort Me, SOFA Art +Design Fair 2014, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Fiber Fever, Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis, MO
Blurred Lines and Pillow Talk, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Digital Technology-Traditional Techniques, ECU Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greensboro, NC.
2013 Tomorrow Ain’t Promised To No One, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills. MI.
Cranbrook Visions, Delta Community College, Saginaw, MI.
Studio Drawings, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
BFA Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago IL
2012 OMGHOT! Believe Inn, Chicago IL
People You May Know, Rational Park, Chicago IL
Gli.tc/h, Tri-Triangle, Chicago IL
Journeys Through Memory Landscape, Sirigusa Gallery, Chicago IL
2011 Of Us, Mess Hall, Chicago IL
Fresh, 162 State Residences, Chicago, IL
Fool’s Gold, Big City Gaming, Eugene, OR
Collections
Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, Flaxman Library, Chicago IL
Experience
2015 Taught Stitched Assemblage, a beginning fiber class at College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI for the Fall semester of 2015.
2014 Lecture/ Workshop at College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. Visiting artist lecture followed by an applique workshop for College of Creative Studies’ Fiber students.
2014 Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Taught two classes: Art For The Undecided, in which we explored different mediums and techniques for making sculpture and two dimensional works, and Renegade Art, where we brought street art and graffiti techniques to the studio, also learning about zines and other printed distribution methods.
2013 Artist Lecture at Delta Community College, Saginaw, MI
2012-13 Internship with the Eugene Storefront Art Project. Responsibilities include assisting in curating and promoting upcoming events, compiling a filing database for publications and marketing materials, and coordinating make-up artists for Be A Shutterbug!, an event that was part of Eugene’s Summer in the City and Photo Week series.
2012 Designed and created The Infinite Love Project, an ongoing web-based art project that focuses on expressions of love through message and visual arts, encouraging creative mindfulness and gratitude with contributions from visitors.
Skills
Proficiency in two and three-dimensional construction using fabric, paper, and other lightweight flexible materials. This includes construction methods of machine and hand-sewing, sculptural pattern creation, digital and hand embroidery, crochet, paper-mache, and fabric, paper, and cardboard manipulation.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, iMovie, and blogging platforms including Wordpress, Blogspot, Tumblr, and Weebly.
Knowledgeable in HTML, CSS, Adobe Illustrator, and Audacity.
