Collection: Denise Phillipbar

Bio

Denise Philipbar is a painter and installation artist who blends the power of nature with her understanding of science and technology. Her paintings and prints explore the formal aspects in the two dimensional plane through abstraction and process often disregarding any direct references to subject matter. Her drawings span the gamut from life drawing to exploring abstraction through line and process. Philipbar learned to paint at the Art Students League of Denver after completing a bachelors and a masters in Mathematics from the University of Colorado. She holds an MFA in Painting from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Statement

"My work is a direct expression of my innate curiosity. I learned to see through an abstract lens while studying physics and math, and so it was a natural progression for me to express my views of the world abstractly. When painting, I use non-regular geometries and the interplay of colors, shapes and lines to map my experiences onto the two dimensional plane to elicit movement and emotion.
I often construct interactive projects and installations using material directly sourced from people and communities with whom I come in contact. This can be in the form of a questionnaire hand bound into a book, submissions on my website used to engrave glass globes, or video statements about women presidents. Sometimes I find objects that express my views better than words and so they become a three dimensional painting such as a mural made from glass test tubes. I am forever reaching into new mediums whether it be book binding, glass globes and test tubes, writing IR video games or weaving tapestries. But even as my curiosity leads me in new directions painting remains the core of my studio practice."

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  • Sleeping Panda by Denise Philipbar
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  • Untitled (life drawing woman turban) by Denise Philipbar
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  • Untitled (life drawing woman front view) by Denise Philipbar
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  • A Once Musical Nest by Denise Philpbar
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  • Stochastic Structure 7 by Denise Philipbar
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