Blackfish Gallery Press Release
Solo Exhibit: Kirk Botero, Chromatic Dreams
May 31 - July 2, 2011
First Thursday Opening: June 2, 2011, 6 pm - 9 pm
Blackfish Gallery
420 NW 9th Ave.
Portland, OR 97209
503-224-2634
e-mail: bfish@teleport.com
www.blackfish.com
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 11 am - 5 pm
We are excited to announce Chromatic Dreams, Kirk Botero's first solo exhibit at Blackfish Gallery. Botero is interested in the dichotomy of the conscious and the subconscious, and how it plays out within the process of abstraction. The paintings are a combination of gestural mark making, colorful atmosphere and graphic form. The paintings begin as gestural marks, and a struggle to balance the freshness of gesture and the solidity of geometry ensues. It is through this conflict that his dynamic compositions are born. New elements emerge through wiping off paint and adding paint in select areas. The unintended spatial relationships that develop lead the way to a delicate balance of proportion, form and color.
Botero describes his process: "The infinite ways color and form can be arranged to convey meaning fascinates me. Through the process of abstraction I boil ideas down into a few simple elements. The work is always evolving but stays rooted in nature and expressionism. For me creating art is like living. It is dynamic, unpredictable and loses all of its spirit when taken too seriously."
July. 6, 2010Oregon State University has purchased Shifting Ground 10 as part of their permanent collection and will be displayed at the INTO Center. The work was selected by the Oregon Arts Commission.
Kirk Botero will be showing several new paintings in the Backroom at Blackfish Gallery. May 04 - 29, 2010.
Blackfish Gallery
420 NW 9th Ave.
Portland, OR 97209
Kirk Botero has been invited to create a painting for the Arts Council of Lake Oswego Chronicle Invitational Exhibition. May 04 - 29, 2010,
Lakewood Center for the Arts
368 S State Street, Lake Oswego, OR
June 25, 26 & 27, 2010
October 28, 2009
Recent work—Kirk Botero will have several new paintings featured at the Seattle Art Museum Gallery, November 11 - December 11, 2009.
SAM Gallery
Seattle Tower
1220 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
206.343.1101
Located east of the Seattle Art Museum at Third Avenue and University Street in downtown Seattle.