KATIE DEITS
Master Photographer, Sculptor, Writer
JULY 22 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2009:
"Around the Block, Around the World," GardensArt, Palm Beach Gardens Town Hall, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
MAY 2009:
"Words & Works," LK Mix Gallery, West Palm Beach, Fla.
APRIL 2009:
“Contemporary Text in Clay,” NCECA, Roman Galleries at ArtSpace, Scottsdale, Ariz.
"As I Think" - Terracotta, sculpted from life with inspirational quotations inscribed.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.: The
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) will hold its
national convention in Phoenix, Ariz., April 8-11, 2009. Thousands of artists,
educators and collectors attend this popular annual event. Arizona
State University is also involved in the convention. To coincide with the
convention, the council coordinates juried exhibitions of ceramic arts in
various venues throughout the host city.
During the month of April
2009, Textures and Robert Roman
Galleries will feature an exhibition entitled “Contemporary Text on Clay,”
which brings together seven professional artists (members of NCECA) who use
text and clay. Some use text as embellishment on their ceramic art pieces,
while the others let the text or words become the form itself.
Each artist uses text
and language in a different manner, encompassing a diverse range of thought and
ideas: from the molecular energy of Ian Anderson’s piece to the momentous
thoughts of Katie Deits’ “As I Think.” Holly Hanessian touches upon language,
the feminine and its fragility. Julie Guyot brings up delicacies from the
female as homemaker. Nazaré Feliciano weaves home rituals with social
discontent. Tom Spleth lets you drink from his cups full of slurs, and James
Klueg envelopes the human body with social comment in a clay bottle.
Art aficionados and collectors will have the
opportunity to meet and talk with the artists at the opening of “Contemporary
Text on Clay” at the Textures and Robert Roman Galleries on Thurs., April 9,
from 7 to 9 p.m. Textures and Robert Roman Galleries at artspace is
located at 7127 East 6th Avenue
in Scottsdale. For more information, visit www.artspaceaz.com,
or call (480) 423-0888. The exhibit will be on display through
April 30.
MARCH 2009:
JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2009:
Sculpture: “Doing Business As…”- Gallery Six, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
"Connection" - Terracotta, River Rock, Earth, sculpted from life with quotations from Native Americans.
“D.B.A., Doing business As...” is a collaborative of Selected artists and Artist as Entreprenuer Institute (AEI) graduates who will curate and exhibit their artwork at Gallery Six on the sixth floor Main Library of Broward County.
LeeAnna Yater, the Broward Cultural Arts grant recipient for the project will be curating the show with the assistance of AEI graduates: Virginia Fifield and Jacklyn Laflamme.
We have selected 10 AEI graduates (including Yater, Laflamme, & Fifield) to display artwork in this exhibition. The need for this program and forum provides an opportunity for these Artist Entrepreneur Institute graduates to utilize the skills and information gained from the program to establish experience as professional artists to springboard and further their careers.
Additionally it provides a model for future AEI graduates to carry on the tradition of exhibiting and doing business as artists. This exhibition will also provide to the community a showcase of quality artwork.
Opening reception – January 21st 2009 – 5:30 to 8 PM
Click here to RSVP
Exhibit runs through January 11 – February 21, 2009
and can be viewed anytime during regular Library hours.
Closing reception and Forum of AEI graduates – February 21st 2009.
Gallery Six
Located in the Main Library of Broward County.
100 South Andrews Avenue
Sixth Floor
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301
954.357.7444
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and can be viewed anytime during regular Library hours.
Library Hours
Sun 1 – 5 pm | Mon thru Wed 10am – 8pm | Thur thru Sat 10am – 6pm
http://www.artistsdoingbusinessas.com/katie_deits.html
NOVEMBER 2008 - JANUARY 2009:
"Looking Down at the Lake Park Library," Florida Atlantic University - MacArthur Campus, Jupiter, Fla.
NOVEMBER 2008 - JANUARY 2009:
"Looking Down at the Lake Park Library," ArtServ, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2008:
“Genesis”
Photo-drawing, National Photography and Digital Imaging Competition, Palm Beach
Community College. Juried by Dr. Terry Barrett (Prof. Ohio State University and
author)
APRIL 2008:
"Artificium," Two-person exhibit with Walter Hnatysh, Palm Beach Photographic Center, Delray Beach, Fla.
JANUARY 2008:
FOCA: Florida Original Contemporary Art exhibit features local artists
Palm Beach County artists whose works reflect the exploration of contemporary themes and media will be featured in an exhibition juried by Charles Stainback, Curator of Photography at the Norton Museum of Art. The Florida Original Contemporary Art exhibit (FOCA) will include photography, acrylic and oil paintings, clay works, digital photography, fiber art, and bronze and wood sculptures.
The first annual juried FOCA exhibition will be held on January 10, 11, 12, 13 at 2431 So. Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach, Fla., located block north of Belvedere Road. The opening reception will be on Thurs., Jan. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. Exhibition hours are Fri., Jan. 11, noon to 8 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 12, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sun., Jan. 13, noon to 4 p.m.
Twenty members of the Artists of Palm Beach County organization have been selected to show their work at this exhibit. The participating artists are Peri Allen, Beth Baker, Lois Barton, Kelly Dean Burns, Katie Deits, Mark Fairchild, Carla Golembe, Esther Gordon, Cynthia Grey, Maria Karki, Sharon Koskoff, Cheryl Maeder, Patricia Peters, Tracy Rosoff-Petersen, Liz Ghitta Segall, Beverly Snow, Tom Tribby, Betty Wilson, Tanya Witzel and Esther Wortheimer.
The exhibit is an opportunity to see high-quality artwork and meet many of the Palm Beach County artists. For more information, call Alvaro Rojas,(561) 585-1573 or
Beverly Snow (561) 832-1727.
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MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION:
In 2007, Deits was awarded the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists. Her series of conceptual abstract photographs entitled "Looking Down at the Lake Park Library" was on exhibit at the library during April through May, 2007. Some of the photographs are pictured below.
They were on exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art at Goldman Warehouse in Miami During September and October 2007.
"Premordial" is a 36"x22" color photograph
Photo caption: "Looking Down at the Lake Park Library" is a color photograph and drawing by fine art photographer Katie Deits. It illustrates the approximate location where each photograph in her award-winning series was taken.
Artist's Statement – "Looking Down at the Lake Park Library"
Art may be in the seeing, in the knowing. The gift of art is all around us waiting to be recognized. It is through the eyes of artists that art is revealed.
Every day people pass by art without seeing it. Whether provided by nature, humans, animals or a collision of their forces, art is present for the finding.
A series of photographic images, which I created in 2006, is part of a body of work that I have been "finding" most of my adult life. Entitled "Looking Down," the on-going series consists of painterly or sculptural patterns, usually from parking lots, streets or sidewalks.
"Looking Down at the Lake Park Library," is a series that was discovered in a area of less than 2,000 square feet. Hundreds of people pass by these images every week, but are they are aware of the treasure of patterns, textures, compositions, and illusionary images at their feet? (The area is defined in a large 40"x30" image entitled, "Image site plan: 2,000 square feet of the Lake Park Library parking lot.")
The compositions are 'found' or, one might say, 'discovered.' I never manipulate the "stage," only find viewpoints or angles that present the strongest compositions and most effective lighting.
The discovery is in the perception and "thrill" of texture, light, gradation of color, and natural or human-caused imagery. It is exciting to share these images with others who often ask whether they are photographs or paintings, if they are aerial photographs or taken from a satellite, and I enjoy hearing where their imagination takes them when viewing the images, as some people see figures, animals or make up stories about the images.
As a fine artist, I have worked in many mediums, such as photography, painting, film, video, text, and sculpture. My life-long "Looking Down" series is profoundly personal, daily capturing my imagination whether I am in my own neighborhood or traveling in distant lands.
SOME PAST EXHIBITIONS:
April 17 - May 25, 2007:
"Looking Down at the Lake Park Library Parking Lot" (Photographic Series)
Opening night: 6 - 8:00 p.m Tuesday, April 17. Artist's lecture: April 23, 7:00 p.m.
TO SEE PHOTOS OF THE OPENING, VISIT: http://postpix.palmbeachpost.com/pages/gallery.php?gallery=313504
FEBRUARY 2007 ONE-PERSON SHOW
February 1, 2007 - February 27, 2007
"Transpersonal Mysteries"
PBCC Eissey Campus Theatre Lobby Gallery
PRESS RELEASE
Palm Beach Community College
PBCC EISSEY CAMPUS THEATRE LOBBY GALLERY
presents "Transpersonal Mysteries" by Katie Deits
ART EXHIBIT EXPLORES LIFE'S MYSTERIES AND EMOTIONS
February 1 – 27, 2007
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA.: An exhibit titled "Transpersonal Mysteries" by contemporary artist Katie Deits opens Thursday, Feb. 1, at the Palm Beach Community College Eissey Campus Theatre. The lobby gallery is
open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and one hour before all performances. Other viewing times are available upon request. Contact the theatre office at (561) 207-5905 or visit Deits' Web site www.katied.com for more information.
This body of work deals with the artist's personal vision of life's journey and universal emotions, as well as personal and human-rights struggles. Katie Deits, an award-winning master photographer, artist,
educator and writer, is exhibiting a combination of 11 sculptures and three paintings, with some paintings echoing the themes of the sculptures.
"I create art about ideas that I am pondering," said Deits. "The mysteries of the cycle of life — of personal evolution, love, relationships, death, and those emotions and memories that accompany them — are in my thoughts and, as a result, in my art. Also, I am interested in how our thoughts affect us in a positive or negative way.
"For example, 'Mind Vipers,' a sculpture of a man with dread-lock snakes for hair, conveys that negative thoughts feel like snakes whirling within one's head.
Conversely, the 'As I Think' sculpture, of a person tattooed with positive thoughts, radiates peace and happiness," Deits added.
Human-rights issues are expressed in Lynching Still, a sculpture about the history of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.; Mohandas Gandhi sculpture addressing the Civil Rights Movement in India; and the Connection and Destruction sculptures, which deal with the Native Americans' philosophy toward Mother Earth and the pain inflicted upon
their culture. Deits has a passion for art and strives to understand the universal theme and the indomitable human spirit.
LOCATION: Palm Beach Community College in Palm Beach Gardens
The Eissey Campus Theatre – located at 11051 Campus Drive off PGA Blvd.
SOCIAL INTERCOURSE
conversations on society
ArtCenter/South Florida
800 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
October 22, 2005 - November 20, 2005
Opening: October 22 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
PRESS RELEASE:
“Social Intercourse: Conversations on
Society”
ArtCenter/South Florida exhibit stimulates personal and community dialogue
Does conversation seem superficial these days? Are
meaningful discussions about social issues avoided in conversations because
they might be considered too volatile? Have the voices of Americans been
smothered by accusations of their being unpatriotic? Are we “burying our heads
in the sand,” hoping that issues will go away if we ignore them long enough?
Four South Florida artists — Diane Arrieta, Katie
Deits, Nazaré Feliciano and Jonathan Stein — believe that only by facing social issues and through active
community dialogue can positive social change be created. Their multi-media
exhibit, “Social Intercourse: Conversations on Society,” at ArtCenter/South Florida in Miami Beach, opening on October 22,
is guaranteed to start people talking. The exhibit includes artwork about
immigration travesties, gender stereotyping, human rights, abortion, incest, superficial
lies, a Christian or political façade, and “just what are family values?”
These accomplished artists bring together an array
of cultural sensitivities and backgrounds. Disturbed by the current social and
political climate of people communicating only in a ‘politically correct’
manner, they speak out through their art on significant issues affecting our
society today. The controversial concepts are presented in video installations;
multi-media sculptures and wall pieces, created from materials such as clay,
wood, bread, steel, feathers, lights and photographs.
With this exhibition, these artists wish to create a better dialogue
between the diverse populations of South Florida. It is their desire that
viewers will reflect on the visual and audio dialogue presented and make it
relevant to their own lives. Conversation can be more than light-weight
niceties: To change our world for the better, it must be through social
intercourse.
The exhibit “Social Intercourse: Conversations on Society” opens at ArtCenter/South Florida on October 22, 2005, from 7 to 10 p.m. It will be on display through November 20. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. ArtCenter/South Florida is at 800 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida.
For more information, call (305) 538-7887. ArtCenter/South/Florida, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1985, advances the knowledge and practice of contemporary visual arts and culture in South Florida. ArtCenter exists to provide affordable workspace on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach for outstanding visual artists in all stages of career development. ArtCenter provides access to resource and support, creates opportunities for experimentation and innovation, and encourages the exchange of ideas across cultures and professional disciplines.
May 23, 2005 - September 28, 2005
"By Land and By Sea"
Palm Beach International Airport
August 20, 2005 - October 8, 2005
"Around the Block, Around the World"
Photography and Poetry by Katie Deits
Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL
(For a complete list, please see resume on "About Katie Deits.")
