HANNAH ALEX-GLASSER / JULIE ALEXANDER

September 3 - October 3, 2009

Opening Reception 1st Thursday, Sept 3rd, 6-8 pm

Catherine Person Gallery is pleased to present abstract paintings by Julie Alexander

and ceramic sculpture by Hannah Alex-Glasser. The work is modern, minimalist and

connected by their reference to landscape.

Julie Alexander’s luminous oil paintings are created with so many fine layers of grid lines

that the canvas surface is rendered nearly invisible. Only the edges of the canvas reveal the numerous layers of color applied in each painting. The work is calming and invites the viewer to pause, reflect and enjoy the subtly patterned surface that varies with each painting. Alexander earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Washington and participated in Artist Trusts EDGE program and her work is in the King County Portable Works Collection and Neiman Marcus art collection in Bellevue, WA. She lives and works in Seattle.

Hannah Alex-Glasser’s sculpture is painstakingly hand-built with thin, innumerable layers of clay, first kiln fired unglazed, and then chance-marked by pit-firing outdoors. It’s amazing that any of the gravity-defying work survives the intense firing process. One can see the intensely layered work and would be easy to trust the artist has nerves of steel and as high a tolerance for risk as a tight-rope walker. Alex-Glasser is self-taught in sculpture and is based in the San Juan Islands.

This is the second exhibition at Catherine Person Gallery for both of the Northwest artists. Sculpture by Hannah Alex-Glasser can be viewed in Artists. The work in this exhibition by Julie Alexander are listed below.

'Blue', Oil on Canvas, 60"x60", Julie Alexander, 2007, $3,200

'Supple Gate', Oil on Canvas, 72"x72", Julie Alexander, 2009, $4,000

'Function', Oil on Canvas, 24"x24", Julie Alexander, 2009, $1,500

'Brutal Whisper, Oil on Canvas, 24"x24", Julie Alexander, $1,500

'Pink and Grey, Oil on Canvas, 24"x24", Julie Alexander, 2008, $1,500

'Rainbow', Oil on Canvas, 24"x24", Julie Alexander, 2009, $1,500

'Starlight', Oil on Canvas, 24"x24", Julie Alexander, 2009, $1,500

'I paint layered grids that are explorations of and through material. Basic to that exploration is

the relationship of line to color to shape to edge to skin, and viewer to an environment. The landscape and the way we view it places us, tells us who we are.

The act of painting tells a story and covers it up. The lines assert and deny narrative.

These paintings explore emotional color and repetitive intent and, like all my work, have a persistent woven impulse. I place myself in a lineage of artists whose work is contemplative

with a simple and direct approach to materials, whose internal logic places the viewer’s whole self in relation to the art. Where the viewer and the art both inform and reflect each other.'

                                                                                                 - Julie Alexander, 2009

JULIE ALEXANDER - RESUME

EDUCATION

2005, Artist Trust EDGE program

1981, BFA, University of Washington

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Two Person Show

“5280”, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Group Show, Jim McDonald, Curator

“High Line”, Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Drawing Survey

2008 Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, Washington. Works on Paper

“Zero”, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Juried Show

Alchemy Gallery, Seattle,Washington. Solo Show

“The Water Show”, Metropolis Gallery, Bremerton, Washington. Group Show

“Defining Freedom”, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington. Juried Show

“15 After the Edge”, Works Gallery, Bellingham, Washington. Group Show

Chase Gallery, Spokane, Washington. Juried Show

2003 Artemis Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Three Person Show

2000 Oculus Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Works on Paper, Solo Show

Boomtown Café, Seattle, Washington. Solo Show.

Oculus Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Two Person Show

1999 Liner, H2K design, Seattle, Washington. Three Person Show

Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington. Juried by Jon Tupper.

Arts West, Seattle, Washington. Two Person Show

1998 7th Annual Juried Show, Art Institute and Gallery, Salisbury, Maryland. Dr. David Scott Juror. 2nd Place Award. 

1994 “Caw Crowed the Corbie”, Espresso Roma, Seattle, Washington. Solo Show

“The Woven Proxy” Italia Café and Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Solo Show

1992 International Women’s Day, environmental installations on the grounds of Volunteer Park, Seattle, Washington. Sponsored by Lilith’s Revenge.

1991 “Belltown Inside /Out”, a group show of current and past Belltown artists, Seattle, Washington.

AWARDS and GRANTS

Artist Trust Fellowship 2006
King County 2004 Purchase AwarD
Ruth Chenven Foundation
Art Institute and Gallery, Salisbury, Maryland

COLLECTIONS

KC Portable Works
Dr. Gene and Lois Graham
Edie Adams
Bennet Krohn
Neiman Marcus