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| Artist's Statement |
| My work investigates how emotional
tension is magnified in the rhythm of our movements. I
started working in glass in 2003 -- largely self-taught
with occasional workshops with nationally known glass
artists including Roger Thomas, Steve Klein, and Jane
Bruce. My artistic language comes from the worlds of
architecture, geology and dance movement. I enjoyed
early success including selection in 2004 into a show
curated by Sally Hanson: “Transformed by Fire: Glass
Today – An International Review” and as a finalist for
“E-merge 2004” a biennial international art glass
competition. |
| Since late 2006 I’ve been developing
a sculptural language that uses clean architectural
forms to reference the human figure in motion -- a
language that encompasses figures in tension, at balance
and out of balance as individuals wrestle with emotion
and conflict. |
| I am also an architectural designer (www.braitmandesign.com)
spending each day at the intersection of art,
architecture, and design: The differences are of scale
and technical requirement. With both glass sculpture and
architecture I work with space and light to evoke
emotion. With sculpture, I work in isolation to explore
concepts and relationships. My audience is potentially
large but unknown. The technical challenges are in the
execution. In many ways, architectural design is
sculpture on a larger scale where a smaller, known
audience experiences the sculpture intimately from
within and without and over time periods of days, weeks,
and years. The technical challenges come at the design
phase where I must meet a myriad of codes and
regulations that may be at odds with the aesthetics of
my client. Paradoxically, it is the daily rigors of
meeting the demands of others that helps me understand
and meet my own artistic voice. And vice versa. |
Jackie L. Braitman
July 2008 |
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| Awards & Major Publications |
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2008: |
"Sculpting a Home",
AmericanStyle Magazine, April 2008
Feature article on Braitman's work. |
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2008: |
Winner, Niche Awards Competition, Sponsored by Niche Magazine |
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2006: |
Finalist, E-Merge Competition, Sponsored by Bullseye Glass Company |
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2004: |
Finalist, E-Merge Competition, Sponsored by Bullseye Glass Company |
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| Recent Exhibitions |
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2009: |
Sculpture Now 2009,
Washington Square, Washington DC |
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2008: |
Red Sky Gallery,
Charlotte, NC (Solo) |
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2008: |
Glenview Mansion
Art Gallery, Rockville, MD (3-Person) |
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2008: |
Black Rock Center
for the Arts, Germantown, MD
(solo) |
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2008: |
Glass: Evolving curated by
Habatat Galleries, VisArts Center, Rockville, MD |
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2007: |
Glass Invitational, Chemeketa
Community College Gallery, Portland, OR. |
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2007: |
10th Annual
National Juried Competition, Gallery West,
Alexandria, VA. |
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2007: |
Sculpture Now
2007, Washington Square, Washington, DC. |
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2006: |
E-merge 2006, Biennial
international art glass competition, Portland,
OR. |
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2005: |
Pilchuck on Display: An
International Exhibition of Glass”, Seattle, WA.
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2005: |
Pilchuck Glass School's 27th
Annual Auction. Seattle, WA. |
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2005: |
Creative Crafts Council's
25th biennial exhibition, Mansion at Strathmore,
Rockville, MD. |
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2005: |
Hot Glass in the Bluegrass,
Lexington, KY. |
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2005: |
Materials: Hard & Soft,
Dallas, TX. |
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2005: |
Fine Contemporary Craft
Exhibition, ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC. |
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2004: |
DC Chamber of Commerce,
Annual Business Awards Gala, Art Exhibition. |
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2004: |
E-merge 2004, Biennial
international art glass competition, Portland,
OR. |
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2004: |
Transformed by Fire: Glass
Today”, International Glass Review, Target
Gallery, Alex., VA. |
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| Galleries |
If you are interested in Jackie's work, please
contact one of the following galleries directly.
You may contact these galleries about existing
work and about commissioning artwork or architectural glass installations. |
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Thomas R. Riley Galleries,
28699 Chagrin
Boulevard Suite 260 / At Eton Cleveland, OH
44122
216-765-1711,
www.RileyGalleries.com |
| The Bender Gallery, 57 Haywood
Street, Asheville, NC 28801, Phone: 828.225.6625,
www.thebendergallery.com |
| Celebration Fine Art, US Grant
Hotel, 326 Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101,
619-238-9111, 866-949-9111,
www.celebrationfineart.com |
| Galleria of Sculpture,
11
Via Parigi - Worth Avenue,
Palm Beach, FL 33480 USA, 561.659.7557,
www.galeriaofsculpture.com |
| K. Allen Gallery, 9991 State
Hwy 57, Sister Bay WI 54234, 920-854-4841,
www.KAllenGallery.com |
Red Sky Gallery, 1244 East
Blvd, Charlotte N.C. 28203,
704-377-6400,
www.redskygallery.com
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Strictly First Glass, Located
in the Main Lobby of the Gaylord
National Resort & Convention Center, 201 Waterfront
Street, National Harbor, MD 20745
Gaylord Hotel |
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