Mary Negro 'Landscape'
Landscape, 2020 Pencil on Paper 12.25 x 9 inches.
Artist Statement
I begin each drawing with a gesture in pencil. Then I attempt to capture interesting form and light. I’m most eager to draw when feeling unsettled, frustrated, or overwhelmed. Usually these feelings derive from current events. I recognize that there is no explicit visual connection between my imagery and my motivating subject. The drawings arrive at a place that is broader and different in tone than the thoughts and emotions permeating my mind when I begin a piece. Through my process, I come to terms with mystery, precarity, and the unknowable. These ideas, visualized through landscape, are ultimately the subject.
Artist Bio
Mary Negro lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Recent exhibitions include Embody at The Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven; Unfolding, an online solo exhibition with Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn; and Synapses at The Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College. Negro was a founder, former Managing Director, and former Board Member of Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, a 501c3 dedicated to emerging and mid-career artists. She holds an MA in Art Market: Principles and Practices from the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York; and a BA in Art History and Visual Arts from Fordham University.
Landscape, 2020 Pencil on Paper 12.25 x 9 inches.
Artist Statement
I begin each drawing with a gesture in pencil. Then I attempt to capture interesting form and light. I’m most eager to draw when feeling unsettled, frustrated, or overwhelmed. Usually these feelings derive from current events. I recognize that there is no explicit visual connection between my imagery and my motivating subject. The drawings arrive at a place that is broader and different in tone than the thoughts and emotions permeating my mind when I begin a piece. Through my process, I come to terms with mystery, precarity, and the unknowable. These ideas, visualized through landscape, are ultimately the subject.
Artist Bio
Mary Negro lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Recent exhibitions include Embody at The Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven; Unfolding, an online solo exhibition with Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn; and Synapses at The Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College. Negro was a founder, former Managing Director, and former Board Member of Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, a 501c3 dedicated to emerging and mid-career artists. She holds an MA in Art Market: Principles and Practices from the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York; and a BA in Art History and Visual Arts from Fordham University.
Landscape, 2020 Pencil on Paper 12.25 x 9 inches.
Artist Statement
I begin each drawing with a gesture in pencil. Then I attempt to capture interesting form and light. I’m most eager to draw when feeling unsettled, frustrated, or overwhelmed. Usually these feelings derive from current events. I recognize that there is no explicit visual connection between my imagery and my motivating subject. The drawings arrive at a place that is broader and different in tone than the thoughts and emotions permeating my mind when I begin a piece. Through my process, I come to terms with mystery, precarity, and the unknowable. These ideas, visualized through landscape, are ultimately the subject.
Artist Bio
Mary Negro lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Recent exhibitions include Embody at The Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven; Unfolding, an online solo exhibition with Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn; and Synapses at The Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College. Negro was a founder, former Managing Director, and former Board Member of Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, a 501c3 dedicated to emerging and mid-career artists. She holds an MA in Art Market: Principles and Practices from the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York; and a BA in Art History and Visual Arts from Fordham University.