Gina Dominique: Solo Show 'Skin Deep- On Abstract Painting and the Nature of Beauty'
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Gina Dominique is presenting her solo show “Skin Deep – On Abstract Painting & the Nature of Beauty”
August 23 – October 12, 2023
Greenspring Art Gallery, Stevenson University,
Dawson Center 1525 Greenspring Valley Road, Stevenson, MD 21153
Gallery hours:
Monday – Friday 9:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday from 11:00am to 4:00pm
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Artist’s Statement
Gina Dominique’s current work is motivated by her research in philosophy of art, feminist aesthetics, and autotheory. Her palettes are influenced by the Fitzpatrick Skin Type Scale, used since the 1970s to determine SPF levels required to prevent sunburn, by the Pantone SkinTone Guide, by various beauty industry product promotional color charts, and by her own olive skin tone. Most of the paintings in Skin Deep are executed in a gestural style, which read like abstracted graffiti, including a show highlight, The Paintress & The Composer, a 54 x 120 inch acrylic triptych on linen, 2023.
It focuses on the personal nature of Dominique’s series, while other paintings, done using post-minimalist techniques, for example, Populus, Humilus et Divinus (People, Humble and Divine), a 180 x 32 inch acrylic triptych on linen, 2023, speak to her approach to contemporary globalist issues.
Artist’s biography:
Gina Dominique is a New York based artist academic. She exhibits nationally, has had more than one dozen solo shows, and works included in more than 50 group exhibitions. Her accolades include the Corcoran Gallery of Art's Alma Thomas Painting Award, several artist residencies including at the 18th Street Arts Center (2019), and Tamarind Institute (1994).
Dominique is an Associate Professor of Art at City University of New York's Lehman College, NYC, where for three years she served as the School of Arts & Humanities Associate Dean. She is a PhD candidate in Transart Institute for Creative Research's Philosophy of Art program at Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. Her MFA is from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and her BFA is from George Washington University's Corcoran School of Art & Design, Washington, DC. For two years, Dominique attended Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Born Gina Dominique Shorto, m. Gina Dominique Hersey, she is originally from Johnstown, PA.
The Paintress And The Composer-Acrylic On Linen-54x120-in Overall Dimensions-2023