Artist Statement:
I wish to reaffirm the meaning of beauty, which has become maligned or obscured. My work is a minimalistic representation, communicating the relationship between the transcendental and the ordinary not available in the various dogmas of abstraction, or conventional realist styles. I intend to the Transcendentalist view that any scene is a profound mystery existing as the mundane. Using formalism, and an intuitive chromatic scale, the visually ephemeral and inconsequential, is revealed as a moment of experiential wonderment. Beauty is a Mystery, and whether by Art or by Nature, has the capacity to awaken the feeling of awe, and awe is the felt perception of the transcendental foundation of ordinary experience.
Joseph Blanchette
BIOGRAPHY / RESUME
Joseph C. Blanchette
625 NW Everett Street Studio 221
Portland, OR 97209
EDUCATION:
Primarily self-taught my influences range from Georgia O’Keefe, Casper David Frederick, Edward Hopper, Gerhard Richter, and Monet. I have painted as a non-degree student at the San Francisco Art Institute ( SFAI ) studying under Professors Jeremy Morgan, Dave Tangney and Carlos Via from 1994 through 2000.
SOLO or DUO SHOWS:
1991 Hood River Vineyards Gallery, Hood River OR
2004 Talisman Gallery, Portland OR
2005 Talisman Gallery, Portland OR
2006 Talisman Gallery, Portland OR
2007 Talisman Gallery, Portland OR
2008 Talisman Gallery, Portland OR
2009 Talisman Gallery, Portalnd OR
GROUP SHOWS:
1996 San Francisco Art Institue Atrium Gallery San Francisco CA
1997 Jernigan / Wicker Fine Art Galleries, San Francisco CA
1999 GS2 Galleries, Oakland CA
2000 Jernigan / Wicker Fine Art Galleries, San Francisco CA
2004 Talisman Gallery, Portland OR
2004 Jernigan / Wicker Fine Art Galleries, San Francisco CA
2005 Talisman Gallery, Portland OR
2006 Talisman Gallery, Portland OR
2007 Talisman Gallery, Portland OR
2008 Talisman Gallery, Portland OR
GALLERIES
Currently San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco CA
Jernigan / Wicker Fine Art Galleries, San Francisco CA
Talisman Gallery, Portland OR
MEDIA Journal of the American Planning Association, Spring 2000 Cover Issue
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Hood River Vineyards, Hood River, OR
The Bisson Collection, San Francisco, CA
The Jack and Judy Raitan Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Jennings Collection, San Francisco, CA
Dr. William Baker, San Francisco
Reuben and Cera LLP
WEB SITES:
www.talismangallery.com