Gregory Kitterle

The influence for my work stems from my interest in how the eye leads and is lead. The majority of how and what one sees is fragmentary and laced with ambiguity as demonstrated through experiments in cognitive visual research. Using the innate properties of my chosen materials within formalist drawing and painting concerns,I seek to exploit this ambiguity to allow the mark to be a marker. As the mark and ground is "seen into" and "seen as" the ambiguity gives way to fluid interpretation giving rise to autonomy of meaning. This then re-emphasizes this process, creating an active circular visual dialogue.

My choices of materials in the presented work are pencil, dry and wet pigment and Venetian plaster. The plaster, made according to traditional fresco formulation, is polished through sanding and directs the drawing process through irregularities in its surface. Colors added to the plaster enhance this surface. The edges of these irregularities form lines, suggesting shapes that through further drawing or painting are developed into imagery with no preconceived narrative content. The goal of this process is to engage the viewer in the creative act by allowing autonomy of meaning. In this way, the viewer's interpretation becom...

Briefly attended Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
MFA Art Institute/Lesley College Boston/Cambridge, MA

2024 Zian Gallery The Discrete Center, Hangzhou, China
2023 Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA
2021 Going for Baroque, The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ
2020 Boomer Gallery, Online exhibit
2019 The Other Art Fair Chicago, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2018 The Other Art Fair NYC, Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn NY
2017
Beyond the Gift of Time:RAiR@50 Roswell Museum Roswell,NM
UNVEILED, 2017 Drawing Project, Hallspace Gallery, Dorchester,MA
The Other Art Fair NYC, Brooklyn NY
2015
Drawing Project, Hallspace Gallery,
Dorchester,MA
2014
Unlock: A very non PC Exhibition, Blue Wave Gallery, Amesbury, MA
Drawing Project, Hallspace Gallery, Dorchester,MA
2013
GQG: Five Years of Synergy, Good Question Gallery @ Skylight Gallery, NY,NY
OBJECTIFIED AIB/MFA Alumni Biennial Exhibition, Washburn Hall, Cambridge MA
Wandering Mind: An Exploration of the Subconscious, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough,NH
2012
PREVAILING STRUCTURES, Good Question Gallery @ Dumbo Spot, Brooklyn, NY
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT, Gallery Della Piana, Hamilton, MA (curator)
INSIGHTS INTO SURFACE, Community College of Rhode Island, Lincoln, RI*
2011
INSIGHTS INTO SURFACE, Centerstage Gallery, Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA*
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