June Ahrens

My studio is located in lower Manhattan, New York and I have been an exhibiting artist for over 20 years in the USA

"My work is based on the knowledge that tactile materials, especially those with a previous life, focus the viewers attention toward examining their own thoughts and feelings.

Whether I use safety pins, eggshells, used pillows, or soap, these everyday materials are isolated to create a visual language that evokes fragility, loss, pain and healing -- a residue of life's experience.

I strive to create work that provides the viewer with a visceral response by asking questions and unlocking stereotypes".

EDUCATION:

1988 SUNY Purchase, Purchase, New York, BFA
1982-85 Yale University, Advanced Seminars New Haven, CT

ONE PERSONS SHOWS:

2006
Original Repetition, Silvermine Galleries of Art, New Canaan, CT
2005
The Loudness of Silence, Branchville Gallery, Branchville, CT. (Two person show)
2004
The Healing Heart Project:
Washington Square Park, Supreme Court Building, Ground Zero, Marriott Financial Center, New York, NY,
and S. Labriolas Frame Shop, Stamford, CT
2002
The Healing Heart Project:
Washington Square Park, Supreme Court Building, Wagner Park at BPC, New York, NY, and Cove Island Park, Stamford Government Center, Stamford, CT
2000
Personal Affects: Wishes and Dreams, Marist College of Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
1999
* Personal Affects: Wishes, and Dreams, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
1997
Sculpture 2x2x, Art Space, New Haven, CT
Who Will Remember..Eastern State University, Willimantic, CT
Bedtime Stories, Collaboration, SOHO 20, New York, NY
1994
Watch your Step, Green Street Windows, New York, NY
1993
Silent Voices, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Unclaimed Memories, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
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