Zaidan Art

T h e r e s a H a n d y

Other Works By Handy:

Pictures are courtesy of Stricoff Fine Art

Artist's Statement:

Inspired by the complexity of human interaction with the world and with one another, I create paintings that evoke a sense of solitude and longing for inclusion and purpose. In my most recent mixed media paintings, I am frequently drawn to environments that are otherwise busy with people but are left deserted for one reason or another. Images of people occupying the same space but not interacting or having little connection with one another have also been capturing my attention. I am attracted to the oddness, awkwardness and sometimes loneliness these figures portray because of their lack of interaction or the obscurity of their actions.
I begin my process for creating a painting by shooting digital photos and then enlarging and altering them in Photoshop. I then print the photo on paper in several sections. I piece the papers together to reform the original image and adhere them to a panel. I apply acrylic paint over the photo to further alter the original image and to create a dialogue between photography and paint. For me, this dialogue speaks of reality vs. perceptions and one's own impression of a moment or happening.

EXHIBITIONS:
2009    Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL (two person)
2007/08 Swan Song Gallery, WI
2006    Bird Dreams, St. Catherine’s, St. Paul, MN
2005    New Paintings, Gallery Co., Minneapolis, MN
2004    The Minneapolis Woman’s Club, Minneapolis, MN
2003    New Paintings, Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
            St. Paul Artist’s Exhibition Program; Mayor’s Office, St. Paul, MN
2002    A Trusted Acre, Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery , Minneapolis, MN
2001    Kellie Rae Thiess Gallery , MInneapolis, MN
            Off the Map, Guadalupe Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000    Just Above the Surface, Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery, MInneapolis, MN
            Field of Vision, Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1999    Visited Terrain, Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
            Personal Topography, Guadalupe Fine Art Gallery , Santa Fe, NM
1998    Beyond Landscape, Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery , Minneapolis, MN
            Woods, Trails, and Fields, Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010    Affordable Art Fair, New York; Stricoff Fine Art
            Phipps Center for the Art/Hudson Hospital & Clinics Healing Arts Program, Hudson, WI
2008    Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (three person)
            Sense of Place, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
            Situations, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2007    Gallery Co Summer Group Show, Minneapolis, MN
            SAD, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
            Reader’s Art 7: frugal finds for prudent collectors, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
            $99 Sale, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2006    WARM Mentor/Protege Exhibit, New York Mills, MN
            WARM Mentor/Protege Exhibit, Minneapolis, MN
            Continuum 5(0) juried exhibition, Peck School Of The Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2004    Weisman Art Expo, Minneapolis, MN
            Art of the Holidays, Juried Exhibition (Invited artist), Minnetonka Center for the Arts,
            Wayzata, MN
            22nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Tracey Bashkoff, associate curator Guggenhiem
            Museum, Pleiades Gallery of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
            Identity and Vision In Minnesota and North Dakota, Plains Art Museum’s Rolling Plains Art
            Gallery, ND
2002    Philippe Gelot Gallery, 29 Rue st. Paul 75004, Paris France
2001    Minnesota State Arts Board, 2000 Fellowship Recipients
1999    Collecting Art, Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
            A Collective Exhibit, Kellie Rae Theiss, Minneapolis, MN
1998    Lowertown Artist, The St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN
            A Proper Introduction, Guadalupe Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
            A Collective Exhibit, Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1997    Divided Spaces, No Name Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
1995    Art Harvest, Art Farm, Marquette, NE
            Alice M. Farr Library, Aurora, NE

PUBLICATIONS
2009 American Paintings: Volume 77

2009 mnartists.org | Theresa Handy

2009 ArtSlant - July 10th, 2009 - August 28th, 2009, Melanee Cooper ...

2010 The Cincinnati Review

2010 Theresa Handy - Twin Cities, MN Artist - Painters - Artistaday.com

AWARDS and HONORS
2010    The Cincinnati Review
2008    New American Paintings: Volume 77
            McKnight Foundation Fellowship semi finalist
2005    McKnight Foundation Fellowship semi finalist
2004-06 WARM Mentor Program Recipient, Minneapolis, MN
2004    McKnight Foundation Fellowship semi finalist
2003    McKnight Foundation Fellowship semi finalist
2001    Jerome Foundation and Blacklock Nature Sanctuary Fellowship, Moose Lake, MN
2000    Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Assistance Fellowship
1995    Art Farm Artist Residency, Marquette, NE

COLLECTIONS
Kansas City Power and Light, Kansas City, MO
Chambers Hotel, Minneapolis, MN
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Institute of Art
St. Paul Companies
Ashe & Spencer
Leonard, Street, and Dienhard
Meshbesher & Spence, LTD
Best & Flanagan LLP

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ann Klefstad, 10,000 Arts; Minnesota’s Creative Quarterly, Another Green World; New Landscape Art in Minnesota, 2007
Camille LeFevre, Metro Magazine; Twin Cities Metropolitan, November, 2006
Mary Abbe, Exquisite Forms, Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 13, 2006
Staff Editors, National, U.S. Art Magazine, Top 50 of 2001, March, 2002
Channel 11, Special Report, “Placement Of Local Artist in Major Institute”, Minneapolis, MN, Dec. 12, 2001
Minnesota Public Radio, “Word of Mouth”, Interviewer Marianne Combs, Dec. 7, 2001
Jenny Sherman, National, U.S. Art Magazine; In Love with Landscapes, November 2001
Margaret L. Brown, New Mexico; Best Of The West, Southwest Art, April 2001
Gallery Watch, Art & Antiques, April 2001
Peter Ritter, The A List; Pick Hits For the Week Of January 3-9, City Pages: The News & Arts Weekly Of The Twin Cities, January 3, 2001
Doug Hanson, The Wyman Lives, Minneapolis Star Tribune; Free Time, December 29, 2000
Jennifer Amie, Gallery Crawl, Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine; WWW.MSPMAG.COM, December 15, 2000
Weekend Countdown; 10 Great Things To Do, St. Paul Pioneer Press, December 8, 2000
Art Highlights, St. Paul Pioneer Press, December 24, 1999
Matt Millett, Weekend Countdown; St. Paul Art Crawl, St. Paul Pioneer Press, October 8, 1999
Craig Sullivan, Exhibit of landscape Paintings, Albuquerque Journal North, May 28, 1999
Lynn Cline, Force of Nature, Pasa Tiempo; Santa Fe’s Weekly Arts & Entertainment Magazine, May 28-June 3, 1999
Mary Abbe, Wyman Galleries Loaded for Holidays, Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 12, 1998
Patrice Clark Koelsch, Showcase, Minnesota Monthly, December 1998
Francis Hwang, Flesh and Bone, City Pages: The News & Arts Weekly Of The Twin Cities February 4, 1998
Mary Abbe, Landscapes, Figures and Photographs, Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 27, 1998

EDUCATION
1995 BFA University of Wisconsin Milwaukee: graduated with honors