ARTIST STATEMENT
I invented a technique in printmaking I named “Crinkleism” because I was addressing the lack of “ism” art movements and inventions. I received national recognition and a book contract for my invention and stumped the art world with my explosion of colorful impressionistic prints. The work I am submitting my current invention in printmaking. I carve the plates, pour, then pull the print from it. The process encompasses my jewelry, sculpture, and printmaking expertise years of creating in every single medium, on any scale, in any color. It challenged my neverending exploration to invent and a recent practice where all color is removed from my palette in all media to refresh technique because whether it’s abstract or figurative; the composition should stand on its own without color. From this practice, my formed white paintings style, white prints, and white sculptures emerged. Movement and color come from the viewers’ ambient light changing its facade from taupes and browns to oranges and blues, and blacks and greys. The prints are displayed as double-sided rather than a traditional one-dimensional perspective. I took every semester of Art History my current work is reflective of some of my favorite time periods and art movements; which were Renaissance Art/ Reliefs/ and Matisse’s white cutouts. Thirty years later, seven media’s later, my art is a culmination reflective of their influence and my mature ingenuity.
Teresa Castaneda began her journey in the arts early. By the time she was 19, she synchronously earned a B.F.A at MSU, juggled a photography internship with the Denver Art Museum, was an alternate instructor for a professor on sabbatical teaching metalsmithing and senior thesis portfolio photography at MSU, represented by William Havu and certified as a trade jeweler at the Revere Academy jewelry arts in California. Her professional career spans from photo lab work to photojournalism, tabletop, weddings, portrait and portfolio photography, trade jeweler to private clients and jewelry stores designing, fabricating, carving waxes, casting in all precious metals, and cutting stones. Her drawings, invented style in abstract painting, photography, and sculpture have been invited in hundreds of exhibitions, books, and publications, such as the Denver Voyage Magazine, 5280, Westword “Colorado Creative”, and local newspapers. National recognitions include the National Museum of Women in the Arts (The Archives of Women Artists), KaBOOM national non-profit, and twice by the National Endowment for the Arts with a grant for her invention in printmaking called “Crinkleism”, and recently for her positive impact on the community with the organization, she founded called ReArranging Denver / a zero use project sustained with scavenged materials. The project bridges communities and local businesses through creative reuse workshops contracted by Denver County, Arapahoe County, Boulder County schools, libraries, and art affiliations. Art made from the project has been sold by over 20 Denver and Boulder retailers, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and the Denver Art Museum.