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Born 1965 Toronto, Canada. Known for: Undulating color bands-large scale.
Abstract painter Karin Davie was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1965. She received her BFA degree in 1987 from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, and an MFA in 1989 from the Rhode Island School of... Read full biography
Abstract painter Karin Davie was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1965. She received her BFA degree in 1987 from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, and an MFA in 1989 from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. She has been a visiting lecturer at the Tyler School of Art, Temple... Read full biography
Abstract painter Karin Davie was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1965. She received her BFA degree in 1987 from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, and an MFA in 1989 from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. She has been a visiting lecturer at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Davie uses the stripe, popular for decades with geometric abstractionists, and turns it into an organic, active pattern. "I liked using something very familiar,... Read full biography
Abstract painter Karin Davie was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1965. She received her BFA degree in 1987 from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, and an MFA in 1989 from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. She has been a visiting lecturer at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Davie uses the stripe, popular for decades with geometric abstractionists, and turns it into an organic, active pattern. "I liked using something very familiar, like the stripe, that had been used in popular culture," says Davie. Also influenced by modernist choreographer Trisha Brown, Davie uses her entire body to create enormous canvases. She says, "It's like a dance, in a sense--the movement, the... Read full biography
Abstract painter Karin Davie was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1965. She received her BFA degree in 1987 from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, and an MFA in 1989 from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. She has been a visiting lecturer at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Davie uses the stripe, popular for decades with geometric abstractionists, and turns it into an organic, active pattern. "I liked using something very familiar, like the stripe, that had been used in popular culture," says Davie. Also influenced by modernist choreographer Trisha Brown, Davie uses her entire body to create enormous canvases. She says, "It's like a dance, in a sense--the movement, the process, the image. But something else has to enter in, the moment you are making the painting.". Ken Johnson, reviewing Davie's work in The New... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
Art School
- •Rhode Island School of Design, Student
- •Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Richard Weisman Collection
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Site Santa Fe