Chelsea G ilmor e
Things Fall Apart; The Center Cannot Hold 1
D ir e c tor ’s For ewor d
Chelsea Gilmore: - Things Fall Apart; The Center Cannot Hold, represents a chance to view her brilliant work. For most of us, the ideas of loss and decay can be most unsettling, something best avoided. But for some, it is a transition, a place to explore the past and see the beauty that exists in a form, before its ultimate demise. Through Gilmore’s images of destroyed buildings, we imagine what once stood and feel the destination and aftermath of a tragedy. It is a place like this that Gilmore’s images explore relationships and create places to imagine past and move to the future. A few years ago, the University Art Gallery’s exhibition titled Close to Home featured the work of the faculty of Merced College and Modesto Junior College. Through this joint exhibition a new program of solo exhibitions of teaching colleagues was created. Gilmore is one of our colleagues from Modesto Junior College. Many Modesto Junior College students have continued their education at California State University, Stanislaus. I have had the great opportunity to work with many of these students and it is clear that they have received an excellent education in the arts from the faculty of Modesto Junior College. I am very excited to be able to exhibit Gilmore’s work for others to enjoy. I would like to thank the many colleagues that have been instrumental in presenting this exhibition. Chelsea Gilmore for the chance of exhibiting her wonderful work, the College of the Arts, California State University, Stanislaus for the catalog design and Parks Printing for the printing this catalog. Much gratitude is extended to the Instructionally Related Activates Program of California State University, Stanislaus, as well as anonymous donors for the funding of the exhibition and catalogue. Their support is greatly appreciated.
Dean De Cocker, Director University Art Gallery California State University, Stanislaus
Untitled, ink on paper 8” x 10”, 2014
Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 12”, 2013
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Ch els ea Gilmo r e
Chelsea Gilmore is a Northern California based painter and instructor who has been teaching art for the last nine years. She is a tenure-track professor at Modesto Junior College and has also taught at California State University, Chico, Napa Valley College, Las Positas College, Cosumnes River College, and Chabot College. Her education includes a Bachelors of Studio Art with a Minor in Art History from UC Davis, a Masters of Fine Art in Painting from CSU Chico, and a Watercolor Intensive Workshop From the New York Studio School. Inspired by the economic down turn of 2008 and the haunting images of once-thriving cities like Detroit, Chelsea has continued to explore the visual elements of decay, loss, and instability through the representation of crumbling architecture.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT My paintings capture the crumbling interiors and dilapidated remains of once concrete forms. Photos of broken down and abandoned buildings are used to create abstractions that explore the relationship between structure and destabilization. From these images different applications of oil paint transforms the photo foundation into a looser representation that shifts from clear to ambiguous. Marks, glazes and layers are placed not to precisely replicate of the original structure but as an abstract interpretation of real world forms. I hope to get across the visually engrossing qualities that these places of ruin contain by carefully selecting what to keep, what to take out and how to arrange the composition.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people have made my career in art possible, without their support this exhibition would not have been imaginable. I would like to my parents Dee Dee and John Gilmore, grandmother Doris Shlarb and all my friends and family for their unconditional support. I would also like to thank the Art Department members of Modesto Junior College, UC Davis and CSU Chico who provided me with invaluable guidance throughout my education. Additional thanks to all my colleagues at Modesto Junior College and CSU Stanislaus for providing me with this opportunity.
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Untitled, oil on panel, 16” x 12”, 2018 Untitled, oil on panel, 16” x 12”, 2017 Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 9”, 2016 6
Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 12”, 2013 7
Untitled, oil on panel, 16” x 20”, 2016 Untitled, oil on panel, 18” x 12”, 2015 Untitled, oil on panel, 18” x 12”, 2014
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Untitled, oil on panel, 16” x 20”, 2017
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Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 9”, 2015 10
Untitled, oil on panel, 9” x 12”, 2016 Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 9”, 2016 Untitled, oil on panel, 9” x 12”, 2018
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Untitled, oil on panel, 18” x 12”, 2014 Untitled, oil on panel, 16” x 20”, 2018 Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 16”, 2016 Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 18”, 2015 12
Untitled, oil on panel, 9” x 12”, 2016 13
Untitled, oil on panel, 24” x 12”, 2015 14
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Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 12”, 2013 Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 12”, 2013 Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 16”, 2018 Untitled, oil on panel, 28” x 40”, 2018
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Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 9”, 2016 17
Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 12”, 2013 18
Untitled, oil on panel, 24” x 24”, 2013 Untitled, oil on panel, 24” x 24”, 2013 Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 9”, 2018
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Untitled, oil on panel, 28” x 40”, 2016 Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 16”, 2013 Untitled, oil on panel, 16” x 20”, 2018 20
Untitled, oil on panel, 20” x 16”, 2017 21
Untitled, oil on panel,18” x 26”, 2018 22
Untitled, ink on paper, 10” x 8”, 2014 Untitled, ink on paper, 12” x 16”, 2014 Untitled, ink on paper, 12” x 16”, 2013 Untitled, ink on paper, 10” x 8”, 2014
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Untitled, ink on paper, 5” x 7”, 2019 Untitled, ink on paper, 7” x 5”, 2019 Untitled, ink on paper, 7” x 5”, 2019 Untitled, ink on paper ,10” x 8”, 2013
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Untitled, ink on paper, 5” x 7”, 2019 Untitled, ink on paper, 5” x 7”, 2019 Untitled, ink on paper, 8” x 10”, 2014
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Untitled, ink on paper, 8” x 10”, 2019 Untitled, ink on paper, 10” x 8”, 2019 Untitled, ink on paper, 10” x 8”, 2019 Untitled, ink on paper, 8” x 10”, 2019
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Untitled, oil on panel, 9” x 12”, 2016 Untitled, oil on panel, 10” x 8”, 2020 Untitled, ink on paper 12” x 16”, 2020 Untitled, ink on paper, 12” x 16”, 2020
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Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 16”, 2020 Untitled, oil on panel, 8” x 10”, 2020 Untitled, oil on panel, 8” x 10”, 2020 Untitled, oil on panel, 12” x 16”, 2020 Untitled, oil on panel, 10” x 8”, 2020
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Untitled, oil on panel, 10” x 8”, 2020 Untitled, oil on panel, 16” x 12”, 2020 Untitled, oil on panel, 10” x 8”, 2020 Staircase, oil on panel, 28” x 40”, 2018
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C he lse a G ilmor e w w w. c h e l s e a g i l m o r e a r t . co m EDUCATION 2008 2012 2012
University of California, Davis — B.A. Studio Art (Art History Minor) California State University, Chico — M.F.A. Painting New York Studio School — Drawing Workshop
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2018– 2016–18 2016 2016 2016 2015 & 17 2014–16 2013– 2011
Tenure Track Professor, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, Ca Adjunct Instructor, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, Ca Adjunct Instructor, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, Ca Adjunct Instructor, Las Positas College, Livermore, Ca Adjunct Instructor, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, Ca Adjunct Instructor & Full Time Semester Replacement Instructor Napa Valley College, Napa, Ca Instructor, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, Ca Instructor of Record, California State University, Chico, Ca
WORK EXPERIENCE 2019– 2010–12 2009–12 2010–12 2009
Curator/Director, Modesto Junior College Gallery, Modesto, Ca Curator, Laxson Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Chico, Ca Gallery Assistant, University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico Curators Assistant, Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, Ca Studio Assistant Specialist, University of California, Davis, Ca
INTERNSHIPS 2009 2005–07
Verge Gallery & Studio Project, Sacramento, Ca Mistlin Art Gallery, Modesto, Ca
AWARDS Award of Excellence: Painting, California Fine Art Exhibition, Sacramento, Ca, 2015 Honorable Mention: Painting, Central California Arts Showcase, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, Ca, 2015 Award of Merit: Painting, California Fine Art Exhibition, Sacramento, Ca, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 Gadberry Award: Sculpture, Alternate, University of California, Davis, Ca, 2008 Department Citation for Outstanding Performance: Studio Art, University of California, Davis, Ca, 2009
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SOLO AND DUO SHOWS 2009 2010 2011 2012 2015 2018
Chelsea Gilmore, Woman’s Resource Library, University of California, Davis, Ca Indentation, Chico Paper Company, Chico, Ca Diffused, Laxson Fine Arts Gallery, Chico, Ca Fictitious Wanderings, BMU Gallery, California State University, Chico, Ca Delicate Demolition, University Art Gallery, Chico, Ca Flora and Ash, Upper Valley Campus Gallery, St. Helena, Ca The Place that Cannot Be, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, Ca
GROUP SHOWS 2006 Movement, Mistlen Art Gallery, Modesto, Ca Celebration of the Humanities, College Gallery, Modesto Junior College, Ca 2007 Sundry Days of Summer, Basement Gallery, University of California, Davis, Ca 2008 Awards Show, Basement Gallery, University of California, Davis, Ca Our Backyard, Basement Gallery, University of California, Davis, Ca Element, Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis, Ca 2009 Reinterpreting the Landscape, Bodega Bay Research Lab, University of California, Davis, Ca New Voices, BSO Gallery, California State University, Chico, Ca 2010 MFA Show, BMU Gallery, California State University, Chico, Ca Fifty-Fifth Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, Ca 2011 Please Pick Up on Monday, Laxson Gallery, California State University, Chico, Ca California Fine Art Exhibition, State Fair, Sacramento, Ca 2012 MFA Show, BMU Gallery, California State University, Chico, Ca Fifty-Seventh Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, Ca California Fine Art Exhibition, State Fair, Sacramento, Ca 2013 Alumni Show, Laxson Gallery, California State University, Chico, Ca California Fine Art Exhibition, State Fair, Sacramento, Ca 2014 Central California Arts Showcase, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, Ca Slice: A Juried Cross Section of Regional Art, Pence Gallery, Davis, Ca 9th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, Ca California Fine Art Exhibition, State Fair, Sacramento, Ca The 58th Haggin National Exhibition, Haggin Museum, Stockton, Ca Faculty Exhibition, Napa Valley College, Napa, Ca 2015 Central California Arts Showcase, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, Ca California Fine Art Exhibition, State Fair, Sacramento, Ca 10th National Juried Show, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, Ca 2016 California Fine Art Exhibition, State Fair, Sacramento, Ca Drawing on Childhood, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, Ca Faculty Exhibition, Napa Valley College, Napa, Ca 2018 California Fine Art Exhibition, State Fair, Sacramento, Ca California Fine Art Exhibition, State Fair, Sacramento, Ca
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Ackn ow le dge m en ts
California State University, Stanislaus
Dr. Ellen Junn, President
Dr. Kimberly Greer, Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dr. James A. Tuedio, Dean, College of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Depar tment of Ar t
Martin Azevedo, Associate Professor, Interm Chair
Tricia Cooper, Lecturer
Dean De Cocker, Professor
James Deitz, Lecturer
Daniel Edwards, Associate Professor
Patrica Eshagh, Lecturer
Jessica Gomula-Kruzic, Professor
Daniel Heskamp, Lecturer
Chad Hunter, Lecturer
David Olivant, Professor
Dr. Carmen Robbin, Professor
Ellen Roehne, Lecturer
Dr. Staci Scheiwiller, Associate Professor
Susan Stephenson, Assistant Professor
Jake Weigel, Assistant Professor
Meg Broderick, Administrative Support Assistant II
Andrew Cain, Instructional Technician I
Kyle Rambatt, Equipment Technician II
University Ar t Galler y
Dean De Cocker, Director
Leon Bach, Gallery Assistant
School of the Ar ts
Brad Peatross, Graphic Specialist II
Chelsea Gilmore - Things Fall Apart; The Center Cannot Hold February 10–April 3, 2020 | University Art Gallery, California State University, Stanislaus | One University Drive, Turlock, CA 95382 300 copies printed. Copyright © 2020 California State University, Stanislaus • ISBN 978-1-940753-49-2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the written permission of the publisher. This exhibition and catalog have been funded by Associated Students Instructionally Related Activities, California State University, Stanislaus.
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