Fiona Clark

My work has been evolving recently to include more layers, more color and more depth. I've been continuing the push to step away from the usual process, which was: draw a shape and fill in the shape. Instead, I’ve been creating organic forms, activating the negative spaces, layering and mixing paints all while continuing to think as if the forms were communicating with each other. For a long time I was compelled to create very crisp and clean lines in my work. The "graphic designer" inside me who wants organization of elements was the prominent voice in those pieces and honestly the paintings were how I viewed the world through that 2D graphic lens. Whereas now, I'm opening myself up a bit in my composition and technique. Everything feels chaotic and my paintings are a way of exerting control in a chaotic world. This is represented by the push and pull between the graphic elements and the painterly elements in these latest works. As I have anxiety, I look to have a sense of control. Being creative in my work has allowed me to have that sense as pattern making and repetitiveness calms me down and is meditative to me.

I refer to my work as "Shoot from the hip" style. Why? If you say that someone shoots from the hip, you mean that ...

Hartford Art School
BFA: Graduated Cum Laude 2007
Major in visual communication design with minors in photography and art history
Study Abroad: Central Saint Martins in London 2006

- Juried The Other Art Fair New York City, NY Nov 2022

- Juried The Other Art Fair Los Angeles, CA Sept 2022

- Solo Show “Shoot from the hip” at Rio III Gallery New York City, NY July-August 2022

- Juried The Other Art Fair New York City, NY June 2022

- Solo Show “Communication between forms” at Arts Council of Princeton Princeton, NJ March-June 2022

- Art for Grabs at Pictor Gallery New York City, NY December 2021

- Juried The Other Art Fair New York City, NY November 2021

- Juried The Other Art Fair New York City, NY July 2021

- Vantage Art Exhibition No End in Sight Virtual Show November 2020

- A.I.R. Gallery Fe *Mail* Art: 2020 Postcard Exhibition New York City, NY February 2020

- Trestle Gallery 2019 Residency Exhibition, New York City, NY, December 2019

- First Friday Holiday Event at Strong Rope, New York City, NY, December 2019

- Pleiades Gallery: Beauties & Beasts, New York City, NY, November 2019

- Juried The Other Art Fair New York City, NY November 2019

- Gowanus Open Studio Event, New York City, NY, October 2019

- Shoebox Art Tour, Kyoto, Japan, September-October 2019

- Solo Show: “My Colourful Unive...