ARTIST STATEMENT - Tina Rohrer

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	This work expresses through geometry my love of movement and color. A principal focus is on the optical qualities of color. A surrounding yellow or red can influence orange just as purple can be affected by red or blue. The interaction of colors is most important. The use of complimentary colors creates an especially intense "push/pull" effect. Artwork with black, white and grays can produce a strong sense of action. The works of Seurat and Albers have been instrumental in inspiring my work. Integration and balance play a role in the inherent meditative quality of the art. The multiple parts increase the potential for further alignments. Through the introduction of choice, visual possibilities expand. Tina Rohrer tmrohrer@optonline
	Education: 1970 Ph.D. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1962 A.B. Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia 1960-61 Study at University of Edinburgh, Scotland
	Art Experience and Training:
	1983-89	Artists Seminar with Robert Reed, Professor of Art at Yale, New Haven, CT
	1985-86	Major Projects with Eve Ingalls at Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts in New Canaan, CT
	1984	Perceptual and Abstract Art with Carolyn Ginsberg at Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts in New Canaan, CT
	1980-82	Studied with Lorina Naylor in New Canaan, CT

	Major Exhibitions
	2009	Solo Exhibition, Noho Gallery,New York, NY,; Color Squared III; Color Squared, ,2007; Nature Squared, 2005
	2008	Katonah Museum of Art, NY, Contemporary Confrontations; Breaking the Rules, 2001; All-of-a-Piece, 1995
	2008	White Plains Public Library Museum Gallery, Patterns, NY
	2007	Solo Exhibition, Art/Place, Southport, CT, Color Bits II; Color Bits, 2004; Salt Water, 2001
	2006	Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association, CT; 2005; 2003; 2000; 1996;1987
	2004	Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT; 2001; l995;l993;l985 Solo Exhibition, Color: Past and Present, Rich Forum, Stamford Center for the Arts, CT
	2003	Solo Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Reflections and Refractions, New Canaan, CT
	2002	Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts Club, New York, NY, 106th Annual Open Juried Exhibition National Arts Club

	Awards: Featured Artist at Katonah Museum of Art by Katonah Museum of Artists Association, NY 2007 Elizabeth L Greeley Prize, 105th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, New Haven Paint & Clay, CT 2006 Koenig Art Center of Hamden Gift Certificate, 104th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, New Haven Paint & Clay, CT 2005 Aesthetic Award, Oil Drum Art, Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) on the Green at New Haven, CT 2004 Winners' Circle, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT, 2004, l997 Best in Show, 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT 2003 SAA Merit Award, 4th Stanley and Vivian Reed Marine Art Show, Stamford, CT 2003 Liquitex Color Award, Connecticut Women Artists (CWA), 72nd Annual Juried Show, The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport CT, 2001; CWA 68th Annual Juried Show, Hartford Art School, West Haven, CT, 1997 Merit Award, SAA Annual Ferguson Library Juried Show, Stamford, CT 1999 Honorable Mention, SAA Annual Ferguson Library Juried Show, Stamford, CT 1998 The 96/97 Invitational Winners Show, SAA, Stamford, CT, l997 Second Award in Oil/Acrylic, SAA Annual Ferguson Library Juried Show, Stamford, CT, 1997