C A R A B A R E R O V E R L O A D

C A R A B A R E R O V E R L O A D EXHIBITION: AUGUST 4-27, 2011 PREVIEW: JULY 30, 2011

C A R A B A R E R My book project, which started over six years ago, has metamorphosed into much more than just books. What began with an old phone book has progressed into a new body of work. It is still similar, in many ways, to my first book pieces, but the addition of new sources of paper has changed the characteristics of my structures and expanded their meanings. Expanding my source materials was not the simple endeavor I at first anticipated. I initially planned to use every type of paper that arrived at my house. This collection included two daily newspapers, several magazine subscriptions and junk mail, coupled with the magazines and books I frequently buy on a whim. Within two weeks the magnitude of material overwhelmed me, I had to become more selective. I whittled down the new source material to only the most interesting and visually exciting portions of the material I collected. Cover: The Twins, Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on rag paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in. Opposite Page: Orb, Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on rag paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in. Fashion, Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on silver gloss white paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in.

Elegy, Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on rag paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in. Heart, Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on silver gloss white paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in.

This project could easily be about waste and recycling. It is not. Rather, it is about the masses of information more specifically, the overload of information in our lives. It wasn t long ago that we only had to contend with television, magazines, newspapers and mail. Now, on top of those media, we have mobile Internet, electronic books, and the World Wide Web, which seems to contain limitless amounts of information. Information is so abundantly available, it seems impossible to absorb even a fraction. Opposite Page: Freeform Origami Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on rag paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in. Confetti, Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on rag paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in.

Pink Butterfly, Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on rag paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in. Explorer, Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on rag paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in.

To symbolically represent this aural and visual bombardment we experience, I am incorporating more text in my work. I believe much of the information our brain processes is absorbed passively. Consequently, we have a mostly uncontrolled riot of information swirling around in our heads, a lot of which is ultimately useless and distracting. With this concept guiding my work, the final product could, justifiably, look quite messy. But, however messy the concept is, my work still considers the subjective dialogue with the viewer, which includes text as well as composition and beauty. In this way, my latest pieces are the culmination of a new exploration into the infinite possibilities in which we encounter information. Detritus Recycled, Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on silver gloss white paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in.

Bluefish Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on silver gloss white paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in. Stacks 2, Ed. 4/9, 2011, archival inkjet on silver gloss white paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in. Sunday Paper, Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on silver gloss white paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in.

C A R A B A R E R Education 1990-1994 Glassell School of Art Art Institute of Houston, Associate Degree in Fashion Marketing 1980-1981 University of Houston Solo Exhibitions 2011 Overload, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA 2010 Tesserae, Fotofest, Design Works, Galvenston, TX New Work, Hulse/Warman Gallery, Taos, NM Two Person Show, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009 DeSantos Gallery, Houston TX Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, UCLA campus, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, UCLA campus, Susan Spiritus Gallery 2008 Wessel and Lieberman Booksellers, Seattle, WA The Book Project, Tatar Gallery, Toronto, ON Hulse-Warman Gallery, Taos, NM Fotofest 2008, Flux, Design Works, Galveston, TX 2007 Metamorphosis, De Santos Gallery, Houston, TX Of Words, Paper, and Shapes, Singer Gallery, Petaluma, CA 2006 Fotofest Houston, Design Works, Galveston, TX Evolutions, DE Santos Gallery, Houston, TX 2005 Tomball College, Tomball, TX 1999 Blue Prints. Purse Building, Houston, TX 1997 Purse Building, Houston, TX 1996 Solo Show, Purse Building, Houston, TX 1994 University of Texas, Health Science Center, Houston, TX 2007 Book Works, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX DIA Invitational, Denver, CO, Juried. Summer Reading, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA Two Person Show, Pine Street Art Works, Burlington, VT The Book, Ever After, College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX 2006 Photography Now, 100 Portfolios, Wright State University, Dayton, OH Two Person Show, Pine Street Artworks, Burlington, VT Works on Paper, Mill Pond House, St. James, NY, Juried. Aperture Foundation, Summer 2006 Portfolio Pick, Honorable Mention. 2005 Assistance League of Houston, Honorable Mention, Houston, TX Texas Photographic Society, Galveston, TX, Juried, 2nd Place Award. Circles of Confusion, pinhole exhibition, De Santos Gallery, Houston, TX Review Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, Juried portfolio review. 2004 The Big Show, Lawndale Arts and Performance Center, Houston, TX Assistance League of Houston, Houston TX, Juried. 2003 Visual Arts Alliance, Honorable Mention, Houston, TX, Juried. Selected Group Exhibitions 2010 Olive Branch, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA Perspectives, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA Information Revisited, Encyclopedia Britannica Project, Belskie Museum of Art and Science Unbound: A Short Survey of Book Art, Bedford Art Center, San Francisco, CA Altered Books: A New Object, [Artspace] at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK 2009 Palimpsests Tarryn Teresa Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Word Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA \ flo\: art, text, new medis, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY Discover, Group Exhibition, Galerie Poller, New York, NY Assistance League, Williams Tower, Houston, TX, Juried. 2008 Circulation, Kunstler Gallery, Rochester, NY, Juried. Chiaroscuro, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA Found Object, Ed. 2/9, 2011, archival inkjet on rag paper, 36.5 x 36.5 in.