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Resume’ – Marie M. Vlasic Figurative
Oil Painter Recent
& upcoming exhibitions & Awards: Walker
Fine Art Gallery, 300 W 11th Ave Denver, CO,
– “Altered”, paintings of the altered nude by Marie Vlasic, solo
exhibit, June 4thth – July 11th, 2010. Walker
Fine Art Gallery, 300 W 11th Ave Denver, CO,
– “2010 the Year in Preview”, Group show, January 11th-February
20th, 2010. Best
of the Arts District, 910 Arts, 910 Santa Fe Dr. Denver, CO –2 pieces "Chris" &
"Michelle" juried into the exhibit by Anthony
Camera Studio Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO – “3 on 3” Group
exhibit with Anthony Camera & Paul Moschell. September 25th –
October 30th, 2009. Cherry
Creek Arts Festival, Cherry Creek North, Denver, CO – 3rd year
exhibitor, July 3, 4 & 5, 2009. Space
Gallery, 765 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO – “Eye to I” main gallery solo
figurative exhibit with Penelope Caldwell, June 12th – July 5th
2009. Kitchen's
Ink gallery, 757 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO – Solo Exhibition, November
1st – December 1st, 2008. Core Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO - 2 of 2 pieces juried into
the "Place" show by Ivar Zeile, owner of Plus
+ Gallery. Awarded Best in Show for the painting
"Please wait to be seated",
September 12th – October 10th, 2008. Space Gallery 765 Santa Fe Drive,
Denver, CO - 4 of 4 pieces juried into
the "Untitled" show by Michael Paglea, Westword art critic; Awarded 1
of 3 equal commendations for the painting "Caley III", July 11- August
16, 2008. Cherry
Creek Arts Festival, Cherry Creek North, Denver, CO – 2nd year
exhibitor, July 4, 5 & 6, 2008.
Press: January
2010: Painting “Caley Revisited” featured in the “pulse” section of Art
Ltd. Magazine. December
2009: Painting “Michelle” featured in the “night and Day” section of
Westword magazine August
2009: Painting of Chris Parente Featured on the cover of “Outfront”
Magazine. July
2009: 2 live on-air news interviews by Richard Ortner of Channel 7 and Chris
Parente of Channel 31. June
2009: Painting of Chris Parente featured on the "Everyday"
Television show, Fox Channel 13 April
2009: "Skin Deep" magazine ( April
2009: Television interview with Channel 2's Chris Parente 7pm Fox channel 13. February
2009: Article in the spring edition of Denver Syntax online magazine. July
2008: On-air live television interview Channel 2,
July 4, 2008, on site at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival May
2008: In studio on-air interview for Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Channel 7
morning show June
2007: 2 page Article in Artist
Statement I am obsessed with capturing the moment. A brief expression, a flicker of
thought crossing the face, I want to catch that flash in time on canvas. Be it a
single figure or a group, I am infinitely fascinated by humanity and the body,
and with modern culture in particular. Wherever I go, to the nightclub, the
tattoo parlor, the grocery store, I am visually stopping time, taking a mental
picture of the fleeting moment before me. This cultural obsession has taken hold and refuses to let go, pulling me
along on its journey of discovering the humanity in all of us, and in myself. I
feel the heart, the soul in painting the human form, and so the flesh is always
calling me. For me, only oils will do. I fell in love with the medium, with its soft,
sensual feel and rich intensity of color, over 20 years ago.
I tend to work thin, layering the paint. This technique gives my work a
rich, luminous quality. Because of the brief, expressive nature of the images I
am creating, I work from photographs, many taken myself and some in
collaboration with local photographers. I am often asked which painting is my
favorite. The answer, whatever one I am now working on. The process of watching
each work as it unfolds, that moment when the flat canvas begins to breath, that
is the fuel that drives me to keep creating. Thank you for your interest, -M. Vlasic |