Fry Karins

I have always made both paintings and sculpture. My sculpture is interactive and deals with the human figure, not as an object but as a vehicle and how it relates to unconscious content and, at the same time, manifests the idea in a permanent form. The work is completed in the inner-workings of the mind of the viewer. Due to its conceptual nature, it is difficult to comprehend with photographs so a verbal description is needed to gain an understanding of its meaning and process.

The early paintings are are post-painterly abstraction and later return to a more direct expression but are always concerned with the problems of complimentary color.

Late Paintings- Totally abstract painting has great limitations. There are images and feelings important to our period in time that cannot be expressed by non-objective painting. Nudity in the repressive attitudes of American Society is equated with sexuality. My intention is to deal with these complex issues of the psyche and describe universal statements that relate to both my era and its society.

EDUCATION
M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, 1977, Painting and Sculpture
California College of Arts and Crafts, 1972, Drawing and Painting
B.A., University of Miami, 1969, Television and Film Direction
Studio and Forum of Stage Design, 1984-85, Scenery Painting

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
San Francisco Art Institute, Graduate Assistantship, Painting and Drawing, 1974-75
San Francisco Art Institute, Drawing Faculty, 1976
Instituto De Allende, San Miguel, Mexico, Painting and Drawing, 1977-78
Studio and Forum of Stage Design, NYC, Painting, 1986-87
Art Academy of Ocean Grove, Director, 2004-05
Brookdale Community College, Adjunct Professor, 2009-2012
Ocean County College, Adjunct Professor, 2010-13
Monmouth University, Adjunct Professor, 2009-13

EXHIBITIONS
New York, New York
Marie Pellicone Gallery
One Man Shows, 1986, 1987, 1988
Group Shows, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Southampton, Long Island, One Man Show, 1984, 1985

Alex Rosenberg Transworld Art, Paintings, 1983, 1984, 1985
Emily Harvey Gallery, Paintings, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
Fordham University, Lincoln Center, One Man Show. Paintings, 1983
Stevens Institute of Technology, One Man Show, Sculpture, 1982

Tampa, Florida
Tampa Museum of Art, Group Show, Paintings, 1981
St. Petersburg Art Center, One Man Show, Sculpture, 1981
University of Tampa, Scarfone Gallery, Group Show, Paintings, 1980
University of South Florida, Group Show, Sculpture, 1980

Mexico
Belles Artes De Mexico, Mexico City, Group Show, Paintings, 1979
Casa De Maxwell Gallery, San Miguel, One Man Show, Paintings, 1979
Gallery Uno, Puerto Vallarta, One Man Show, Paintings, 1979
Instituto De Allende, San Miguel, Group Show, Paintings, 1978
Belles Artes De Mexico, San Miguel, Group Show, Paintings, 1978

San Francisco, California
Anthol Bean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute Gallery, Sculpture, 1977
Diego Rivera Gallery, Two Person Show, Sculpture, 1977
Potrero Hill Art Center, One Man Show, Sc...