Lives and works: Hamden, CT USA
Website: https://alanneider.com
E-mail: aneider52@gmail.com
Skills/disciplines: assembly/collage, sewing, mixed techniques.
On Line Solo Exhibition
The Tapestry Series
The Camp Gallery
Miami
FL.
United States
Round Midnight
Real Art Ways
Hartford
CT
United States
Found Objects
Studio Exhibition
Chicago
IL
United States
Small Works Show
Carter Burden Gallery
New York City
New York
United States
Back To Nature
art_collection_schlichtner
Vienna
Austria
LLOK-BOOK
The Institute Library
New Haven
CT
United States
Insta Select
Mark Borgh Gallery
South Hampton, NY
New York
United States
Hokus Pokus
Galerie Kremers
Berlin
Germany
The Real Tinsel
Minus Space Gallery
Milwaukee
WI
United States
Matters
Creative Arts Workshop
New Haven
CT
United States
Beauty and the Beast
490 Gallery
Brooklyn
New York
United States
Being Still/Still Being
Carter Burder Gallery
New York City
New York
United States
The New Abstract-An Atlantic Bridge USA-BERLIN
Galerie Kremers
Berlin
Germany
Blanket Statements
The Overlook Gallery
Chicago
IL
United States
The Future of Drawing
Licthunfire Gallery
New York City
New York
United States
Annual Invitation Exhibition
Equity Gallery
New York City
New York
United States
What Is Equal?
Concepto Gallery
Hudson, New York
New York
United States
Disturbing The Comfortable
The Arts Council Gallery of New Haven
New Haven
CT
United States
Robert Rauschenberg Change Incorporated Work Grant
Captiva Iland, FL
While in Graduate School I applied for and receive the above Grant. I used the funds to buy materials to finish my MFA Thesis.
St.Louis
MO
United States
Artists Fellowship Grant
Hartford, CT
Applied for a Grant based on my handmade Lamps
Shelton
CT
United States
Artist Fellowship Grant
Hartford, CT
Applied for this grant based on my 'Circle Paintings'
Hamden
CT
United States
Each summer my grandfather would paint the outside of his house; each winter he would paint the interior. As a child, I watched him, rhythmically and consistently painting the exterior of the house and then the interior. Though I was not aware of it then, the days spent watching him paint instilled within me a love and passion for the process of painting.
As an artist I have created complex 3-dimensional objects and heavily textured 2-dimensional surfaces for painting on and into. These series include Curtains, Chairs, Lamps, Improvised Clothing, as well as non-objective images.
My interest in the world of fashion/glamour and textiles stems from a collaboration with a fashion designer, Billy Falcon, in 1980 while living in Chicago. I find high-end fashion, Alexander McQueen for example, inspirational and informative. I have since created numerous series of drawings and three-dimensional work based on my fascination with the fashion industry.
With the series ‘COLORED DRESSES’ I am now fabricating fantasy ‘dress/outfits’. The ‘dresses’ are then sewn to paper that has been heavily painted and collaged with images and fabrics. Paint and the application of images and fabric are then continually applied to the work. I’m writing about the ‘DRESSES’ but I could easily write about any of the other art I am presenting here.
I have been ‘bringing’ the worlds of textiles and painting together for a very long time. I see and use both materials on an equal basis. I’m most thrilled when the patterns and or textures and or colors interact with the paint being applied.
Its important to note that only recently has the ‘Art World’ recognized those who worked with textiles as a serious art form. Now the ‘Textile World’ must allow artists who use paint on fabrics and textiles to join them.
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