Vickie Jo Sowell ADDRESS: 3616 Peralta St., Emeryville, CA 94608 PHONE: (510) 655-7374 EMAIL: skaar@lastcent.com MEDIA: Welded Steel, Enamel on Aluminum SUBJECT MATTER: Minimal and linear treatment of my intimate concerns. SIZE OF WORK: Varies. SPECIAL NOTE: Click to see my Unruly Images home page
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Rusted Steel H:8' W:24" D:29", 1996

• M.F.A. Mills College, Oakland, CA (Sculpture)
• B.A., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (Art)

RECENT EXHIBITIONS:

• 1996 National Women's Caucus for the Arts Exhibition, Mills College, Oakland, CA
• 1996 Pacific Rim Sculptors Group at the Mother Lode, Sonora, CA
• 1995 SF Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1995 Andrea Schwarz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1994 Public Art Sculpture Exhibition, City of Santa Clara, CA

I create enamel painted steel and aluminum sculptures that distill my responses to my environment into cultural symbols. I begin with very immediate sketches that capture my personal reactions, then build this abstract vision into a linear welded outline.

I call my process "drawing in space" because it represents for me the coming together of a rational organizing principle with an exploration of the nature of my understanding. The simultaneous combination of source and result I have come to see as a truly a reflection of my femininity, my humanity, an abstract expression in a sense of all human activity.

Thought Series	Crate Series, 1-8	Me
Aluminum and steel rod H:57" W:37" D:3", 1995	Welded, rusted steel, 1995	Aluminum and steel rod H:11" W:8.5" D:2.5', 1995