STATEMENT
Drawing is a daily practice for artist Pam Shields. It is a form of meditation. She begins her day in the studio by closing her eyes, centering herself, dipping brush into ink and attempting to express her inner state in a single stroke.
During her daily practice, Shields experimented with different types of paper. By chance, she tried some sheets of acetate. The ink coalesced in interesting ways on the slick surface. Seeing the acetate pieces hanging on her studio wall, she realized the cast shadows were an integral part of the piece.
Shields took her ink drawings and used them to create individual screen prints. She then printed these images repetitively on acetate scrolls, revealing intricate patterns of ink. The resulting shadows became yet another iteration of the work.
Shields has been a member of Ceres Gallery since 2011. She studied at the Art Students League of New York. Her studio is in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Pamela Shields
pam@pamshields.com
www.pamshields.com
Selected Recent Exhibitions:
| 2017 | Vulvacular, Artist and Curator of Group Show, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY UGLY, Group Show, Lazy Susan Gallery, New York, NY Reflections II, Women Viewing Women, Group Show, Clay on Main, Oley, PA Invitational Salon of Small Works, Group Show, New Arts Program, Kutztown PA Nasty Women, Group Show, ABD Photography & Gallery, Philadelphia PA |
| 2016 | Project S, Solo Show, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2015 | _WhatWePrintAboutWhenWePrintAboutLove_, Group Show, Ceres Gallery, NY, NY The First National Square Show, Group Show, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY Ceres Group Show, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2014 | One Body, Solo Show, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY Ceres@30, 30th Anniversary Show, Group Show, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2013 | Sight Specific, Group Show, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY Meet My Uterus, Group Show, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2012 | Anita Steckel & Friends, Group Show, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY |