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| Red Tests 2002, acrylic and spray paint on panel 30 x 30 inches • |
Jaq Chartier's work is a manifestation of mental abstract images which she intuits and then coaxes out of the surface of her panels. Jaq has been employing strategies of exploration, process, and rigorous testing in the creation of her luminous paintings. Her work captures the unseen moment of the creative process, the crack between cause and effect, space and time. She says, "I have a sense of where to go with my work that isn't direct, isn't visible until the paintings emerge. I bury colors under whiteness, setting up little tests which induce the stains to reestablish themselves in ways that reveal their hidden nature. It's like feeling my way through a white fog and hoping for something unexpected to come into focus." Jaq's work has been exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Miami, Toronto, and Ahlen, Germany. Her work was also included in the travelling exhibition Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, which was organized by the Henry Gallery of Art, Seattle; and the solo show "Testing" at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her paintings were included in "5 Painters," a group show at Platform as well as a solo show in 2006 and 2009. 5 Painters (group)
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