ARTIST STATEMENT
As an artist, I am a visual storyteller. Art is my voice where I create visual puzzles with purposeful ambiguity. The intent is for the viewer to become involved and react. A curator has described my artwork as smart and thoughtful and dense with information; gorgeous with color. Mysterious and challenging…puzzles for the viewer to solve. My passion is to communicate emotion through visual media.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
A Ragdale Residency Fellow, I am a juried member of the Illinois Arts Council’s Arts-In-Education Roster and my work has been on exhibit at Northwestern University, Concordia University, Rockford Art Museum, Alexandria Museum of Art and Boston University, receiving national and regional awards. Recent major juried biennials where my work was accepted include: the North American Print Biennial juried by Elizabeth M. Rudy (Associate Curator of Prints at the Harvard Art Museums); Dubuque Museum of Art Biennial juried by Pamela Hugdahl (Executive Director, Rochester Art Center);and the Rockford Art Museum Biennial. A tenured college professor, I was also fine art consultant and advisor for Grumbacher/Prismacolor along with developing a training program for Blick Art. My artwork is in corporate, university and private art collections.
© Marcia Babler