ARTIST STATEMENT
My goal is to blur the lines between mind and body, and health and disease. I explore the body’s fragility and strength, realizing that by facing our mortality, we also find meaning and build connections. I work in series, reflecting a sense of time and space. Using cut-up photographs, mixed media, and paint on different surfaces from canvas and paper to plexiglass, I see how energy comes through the body within the process of making art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Caren Helene Rudman (b. 1964, Chicago) has been an artist and curator for over 30 years focusing on the connection between mind and body. Her interest in health and heredity genetics began in graduate school where she received an MA from NYU/ ICP, in a prestigious 56 credit program affiliated with the International Center of Photography. She has participated in many group and solo exhibitions and her work is in private collections worldwide. Since 2010, she has merged her art and curatorial interests, and is currently the acting staff curator at The Art Center Highland Park.
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