http://www.jmbroekman.com
jmbroekman@hotmail.com
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
A fascination with and love of color is and always has been the fuel for my work. I begin many pieces in the printmaking studio where I create a series of monotypes by quickly building a layered surface on a plexiglass plate and making multiple passes through the press. These pieces are then reworked with other materials, ultimately being torn up and reconfigured as collages-not unlike putting together a jigsaw puzzle. The challenge is to fit each of the disparate pieces together in a way that is both inevitable and surprising-finding the perfect balance in which each part can play its pivotal role, and together they can all add up to a whole that makes sense.
My goal is to create visual poems that serve as a snapshot of a moment in time in which the anatomy of a memory can be explored through an abstract lens. Using a variety of tools and media in each piece, an image emerges that presents a mysterious blend of color, shape and mark that hides as much as it reveals and thus invites a closer look at what lies just below the surface. By sifting through the recesses within to uncover fragments of experiences, I create collages with layered histories that mirror my own; ultimately mapping an internal landscape.
BRIEF RESUME
Selected Exhibitions
- Saco Museum, Saco, Maine – 2007; Prints from Peregrine Press
- Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME – 2006; Ways of Working—Part I
- Reed Fine Art Gallery, Presque Isle ME – 2006; Maine Print Project
- George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME – 2005; The Art of the Print
- Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME – 1998; Abstraction X3
- Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME – 1998: Solo Show - Recent Works
- University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME – 1996; Works on Paper
- Chinese Cultural Institute, Boston, MA – 1996; New England Today—
NEFA Works on Paper Recipients - New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, MA – 1996; Solo Show, Recent works
- Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME – 1995; Perspectives: A Sense of
Place — Invitational exhibition for 7 Maine Artists - Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME – 1993; Gallery Artists
- Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor, ME –1992; Abstractions, 4 Women
- Duxbury Art Complex & Museum, Duxbury, MA –1987; Paperworks '87—
New England Papermakers
Awards
- 2001 Vermont Studio Center fellowship
- 1996 Nominnee to the Asian Cultrual Council – Arcus Residency in Japan
- 1994 NEA Regional Program for the Visual Arts – Works-on-Paper Award
- 1988 Yaddo Fellow
Education
- 1981 and 82 – Art Student’s League, New York, NY
- 1980 – BA Degree, Hamilton/Kirkland Colleges, Clinton, NY
- 1978-79 – Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA