2011 Exhibition: Artists Biographies

David Austin '95, Kevin Calisto '09. Kathy Greenwood '92, Chloe Kettlewell '04, Marilee Sousie '08, Lauren Vallese '02, James Van Duyne '03, Jacqueline Weaver '06

David Austin '95
BS Studio Art (painting), 1995

David Austin’s recent body of work attempts to capture small moments of life. He works with self-produced as well as found imagery and fuses them together in order to create spaces where these moments occur. Although he doesn’t consider the works to be autobiographical, his personal experiences and opinions about politics and social issues do play a great part in their shaping. Somewhat dark in character, Austin’s paintings contain moments of beauty, hope or promise – often left intentionally without obvious conclusions.

Exhibitions include Domestic Dramas, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, N.Y.; Alphabet Show, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, N.Y.; Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, Mass.; several Fence Shows at The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, N.Y. and Mohawk-Hudson Regionals, where he has received numerous awards including a purchase prize from the Schenectady Museum. He has been a studio assistant for artist Richard Prince since 2006 and currently resides in Troy, N.Y.
  

Kevin Calisto '09
MFA Candidate, Drawing, 2012
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
BFA Studio Art/Art Education (painting, drawing), 2009

In this current series of work, which has been developing over the course of his MFA studies, Kevin Calisto is exploring the idea of fragmented nature and landscapes. He begins his drawings with specific objects and forms found directly in the surrounding areas of his home and then assembles them into one larger grouping. New arrangements are developed through a series of drawings and photographs. Most recently, the drawings have become more abstract, emphasizing the value and texture of his extensive mark making.

Exhibitions include Rapt/Unwrapped, Gallery 244, New Bedford, Mass.; Miniature Masterpieces, Guyer Art Barn, Hyannis, Mass.; Works on Paper, Gallery 244, New Bedford, Mass.; and the Undergraduate Art Exhibition, Picotte Art Gallery, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, N.Y., juried by Michael Oatman. Kevin has work in the slide registry at the Drawing Center, New York, N.Y. and is currently enrolled in the MFA drawing program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, anticipating graduation in May 2012.  

Kathy Greenwood '92
MFA, Textiles, 1994
University of Michigan
BS Studio Art (painting), 1992

Kathryn Greenwood’s arrangements borrow much from what she finds most wonderful about classical traditions of still-life representation. Objects both common and rare are brought together in unlikely companionship – depicting the contrasts and peculiarities of items that conjure stories, familiarities and observation of the cycle of daily living. Each object is painted with the care of a portrait, the details faithfully wrought to bring forth a likeness. The surface on which these arrangements are painted is another object in itself: a found piece of cloth that often has its own history of domestic utility and artistry. And while alone they are unremarkable, together they develop new meaning–they become extraordinary.

Exhibitions include True North, MIA Gallery, Miami International Airport, Miami, Fla.; Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, N.Y.; Slide Jam, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, N.Y. and the Spectrum Theater, Albany, N.Y.; and several Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Regional exhibitions where she has been the recipient of several juror’s awards. For almost a decade she has been the assistant curator for Albany International Airport’s Art & Culture Program and currently resides in Troy, N.Y.
  

Chloe Kettlewell '04
MS Art Education (painting), 2004
The College of Saint Rose
BS Studio Art, 1983
Skidmore College

Chloe Kettlewell relates her work to the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch, who felt a sacred presence in peaceful domestic life. Accumulated objects in the kitchen or the studio are physical representations of her personal thoughts and memories, which allow her to face herself as if looking into a mirror. She chooses to paint what she would normally hide from company, haphazard arrangements of ordinary objects, comfortable with the richness and depth of daily life.

Exhibitions include Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, N.Y.; Alumni Exhibition, Tang Teaching Museum & Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; 61st Exhibition of Central New York Artists, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, N.Y.; Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, N.Y.; Summer Suite, Riverfront Studios, Schuylerville, N.Y.; and Interiors, Saratoga Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She has taught at Adirondack Community College, Skidmore College and The College of Saint Rose and currently resides in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.