No Manís Land

No Manís Land features Elise Richmanís three-dimensional oil and acrylic paintings as well as a Duratrans print in a light box. Richman literally builds paintings over the course of months and even years. She constructs her oil paintings by collaging paint scrapings as well as piling, pouring, dripping, and carving paint to create topographies that mimic the unruly and ordered chaos of the wilderness. In contrast, Richmanís translucent acrylic paintings follow the geometric order of a generative Islamic design.

Both painting processes explore visual structures that are non-hierarchical and form continuous wholes built through the accumulation of multiple, discrete parts. Each painting combines a degree of obsession and unification that is inherent to its construction, simultaneously expressing anxiety and hope.

Richman holds an MFA from American University in Washington, DC. She lives in Seattle and teaches painting and drawing at the University of Puget Sound.

Shift is a collaborative artistís studio that opened in the fall of 2004 in the newly renovated Tashiro-Kaplan Arts Complex.
Shift was established as an artist run space with the primary goal of supporting emergent, practicing Northwest area artists. Additional Shift members are; Garth Amundson, Crystal Anderson, Stephen Chalmers, Michelle Forsyth, Pierre Gour, Kevin Haas, Cara Jaye, Andrew Kauffman, Donna Stack, and Carolyn Zick.

The opening reception on Thursday May 4th will provide an opportunity for the artist to meet the public and discuss her work. In addition to its regular hours on Fridays and Saturdays, Shift welcomes visitors by appointment.

Elise Richman's resume
press release for exhibit

For exhibition details:
E-mail: info@shiftstudio.org
Web: shiftstudio.org