Cassandria Blackmore: Color Fields

Published by Ken Saunders Gallery 230 West Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 www.kensaundersgallery.com © 2018 Ken Saunders Gallery All Rights Reserved Design by Amy Stieve Photography by Cassandria Blackmore

Published on the occasion of the exhibition CASSANDRIA BLACKMORE: COLOR FIELDS July 13 - August 30, 2018

Cassandria Blackmore, in studio

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Cassandria Blackmore reverse paints on sheets of glass and controls the destruction that is caused when she intentionally shatters her creations. In her statement she describes her technique but only in person are the qualities that make these works so impressive comprehensible. The works are edgy but they are also calm. The “bigness” of these pieces suggests nothing less than the birth of the cosmos; delicate big bangs full of possibility.

This body of work revels the artist’s fierce pursuit of her generous vision; her color choices have resulted in hues that are bright and persuasive. At first blush the pieces are eye-popping; the fragments of glass creating a sharp, color-filled skein.

The sumptuous objects glow with preternatural spirit; the richly visual cataclysm that is suggested by the shattered glass is huge and theatrical. Indeed, for this exhibition we have placed a bench in the middle of the gallery so that viewers can let the dramatic surfaces at once coalesce and continue their detonation. This really is “action painting” that demands slow looking.

The gallery is thrilled to mount our first exhibition for Cassandria Blackmore and we wish to express our genuine appreciation for all of the artist’s efforts.

Ken Saunders, July 2018

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ILIOVASILEMA SERIES reverse painted glass 40 x 40 x 2 inches 2018

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CONVERSATION WITH A MEMORY kiln cast glass 16.5 x 22 x 7 inches 2017

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CETO SPOTS reverse painted glass 40 x 54 x 2 inches 2018

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BASILIKOS reverse painted glass 30 x 30 x 2 inches 2018

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RELENTLESSLY QUESTIONING kiln cast and flame worked glass, sterling silver 4 x 5 x 3.5 inches 2017

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PROSERPINA CETO reverse painted glass 40 x 40 x 2 inches 2018

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KOVĂ LTIO BLE reverse painted glass 40 x 40 x 2 inches 2018

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EDUCATION 1992 BFA / Pacific Northwest College of Art / Portland, OR EXHIBITIONS 2018 Color Fields / Ken Saunders Gallery / Chicago, IL Art Miami / Miami, FL Imagine Museum / St. Petersburg, FL Breakthrough / Lara Rathe Fine Art / Dallas, TX Forre Fine Art / Aspen, CO 2017 East Meets West / Laura Rathe Fine Art / Houston, TX Habatat Invitational / Royal Oak, MI Cube / Brussels, Belgium Forre Fine Art / Aspen, CO Art Miami, Heather Gaudio Fine Art / Miami, FL 2016 The Crocker Art Museum / Sacramento, CA SCOPE / Miami, FL Vogelsang Gallery / Brussels, Belgium Heather Gaudio Fine Art / New Canaan, CT Forre Fine Art / Aspen, CO Laura Rathe Fine Art / Dallas, TX Art Palm Beach / Palm Beach, FL ArtCrush / Aspen, CO 2015 SCOPE / Miami, FL ArtCrush / Apsen, CO Chandra Cerrito Contemporary / Oakland, CA Art Palm Beach / Palm Beach, FL Art Palm Springs / Palm Springs, CA 2014 Habatat Inertnational Invitational / Royal Oak, MI ArtAspen, Duane Reed Gallery / Aspen, CO ArtHamptons, Habatatat Galleries / Hamptons, NY Chihuly, Labino and Beyond / The Dayton Art Museum / Dayton, OH Art Miami, Duane Reed Gallery / Miami, FL Art Palm Springs, Duane Reed Gallery / Palm Springs, CA Heather Guadio Fine Art / New Canaan, CT 2013 Art Palm Beach / Palm Beach, FL Habatat Invitational / Royal Oak, MI Heather Guadio Fine Art / New Canaan, CT Blue Rain Gallery / Santa fe, NM SOFA Chicago / Chicago, IL 2012 Art Palm Beach 3 / Palm Beach, FL Duane Reed Gallery / St Louis, MO SOFA Chicago / Chicago, IL Hawk Galleries, Solo Show / Columbus, OH 2011 SOFA New York / New York, NY Glass Weekend / Hamptons, NY G.A.S. / Seattle, WA Art Palm Beach / Palm Beach, FL SOFA Chicago / Chicago, IL 2010 Hawk Galleries / Columbus, OH SOFA New York / New York, NY Palm Beach 3 / Palm Beach, FL Duane Reed Gallery / St. Louis, MO AWARDS 2017 Windgate Scholarship / Penland School of Crafts 2007 Renwick Smithsonian / Washington D.C.

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John Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck / Stanwood, WA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2016 Surface Magazine Santa Barbara Magazine, Spring Feature Montecito Journal, CA Salon Stylist, Dian Doranns Saeks / San Francisco, CA 2014 LUXE Magazine, Feature Cover 2013 Carmel Magazine, Feature, “Getting a Break in The Art World” 2011 LUXE Design Dialogue, October California Homes + Design, July/August California Homes Magazine, July San Jose Mercury News, June 2010 LUXE Magazine, Artist Profile, September, Northwest Edition San Francisco Chronicle, Abstract Painter Who Shatters Her Images, June 13 / San Francisco, CA Seattle Homes, September The New Fillmore, June / San Francisco, CA San Francisco Magazine, Best of The Bay, July / San Francisco, CA Haute Living SF, May 27th / San Francisco, CA Reside, June 5 / San Francisco, CA San Francisco Modern Luxury, June / San Francisco, CA SELECTED COLLECTIONS Imagine Museum, FL The Crocker Art Museum, California Contemporary Painters Portland Art Museum The Bronfman Collection Walid Juffali Collection Kevin Costner Collection Chad & Ginni Dreier Collection Fred & Sharon Schomer Washington State Arts Commission 1% For The Arts MGM Center Collection, Aria, Las Vegas Waldorf Astoria Major Permanent Installation Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne City of Seattle, Permanent Collection Tom Kyte Collection University of Washington, Permanent Installation Tom & Linda Coates Collections Bill and Melinda Gates Collection Lexus Corp Deloitte Consulting Collection Pacific Central Bank Floyed and Delores Jones Playhouse UW Starwood Collection, Presidential Suite, Abu Dhabi St Elizabeth Collection Presidential Suite Ankara JW, Turkey Cosmopolitan, Public Collection, Las Vegas, NV Opryland Collection, Nashville, TN Neiman Marcus Fine Art Collection Ritz Carlton Carol Milgard Center Seattle University Washington Square Towers Evergreen Hospital Permanent Collection The Peninsula Hotel Collection

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