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           Ventana Amico

72 Cross Creek Place      Larkspur, California 94939  

                                                                                                                                heyventana@me.com

            metalwomanart.com

Artist Statement
 

Tension between beauty and darkness in my work represents our life struggles with progress, and the choices we make. The balance between nature’s perfect wonders and the effects of its ravaging forces spark my work.  My Entropy series reacts to our society, our environment, and to cultural values put on trial.  As I translate ideas into art forms, I aim to promote awareness, or plant seeds for reflection and change.


Education

          Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI  -- B.A. Psychology
          Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, CA -- graduate studies Psychology/Business

         
College of Marin, Kentfield, CA -- Art, Design, Sculpture, Fiber sculpture programs
          San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA – Metal Sculpture

Gallery Representation     

           Kinion Fine Art, Forest Road, Uptown , Sedona, Arizona
 

Affiliations

Marin Arts Council
Fiber Dimensions
EDGE Art Group
Plexus Art Group 
Berkeley Arts Council
Marin Society of Artists

Public Art 

            Obelisk commemorating San Anselmo history, participant, San Anselmo, CA 2005
            Marin Art & Garden Center, "Tree of Tears," permanent installation, Ross, CA 2009

 Selected Exhibits          

Falkirk Cultural Center, 2010 Annual Juried Exhibit, San Rafael, CA 2010
Doug Adams Gallery at t Bade Museum, Muse/Reuse: Visual Reflections on Sustainability, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA 2010
Sanchez Art Center, 1 in 100: America Behind Bars, Pacifica,CA 2010
PariSoma, Waste Knot, San Francisco, CA 2010
Arts Guild of Sonoma, Artists Holiday Invitational, 2009
Fort Mason, San Francisco, Green Dimensions, 2009
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, fiber/Dimensions, 2009          
Marin Society of Artists, featured artist May 2009
Marin Civic Center, Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, 2008 - 20009
Berkeley Art Center, Annual Showcase, Berkeley,2008 - 2009
Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, EDGE 2008  
view exhibit
Smith Ranch Gallery, San Rafael, CA, fiber/Dimensions 2008
ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, EDGE Art Group at ACCI Gallery 2008  
view exhibit
Marin Arts Festival,
Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA 2007
ACCI Gallery, Recovery, Berkeley, CA 2007
Herbst International Exhibition Hall, Presidio, San Francisco:   fiber/Dimensions Intersections III, 2006
Pence Gallery, fiber/Dimensions at Pence, Davis, CA Spring 2006
Artisans Gallery, Absolutely Abstract Exhibit, San Rafael, CA 2006
Marin Society of Artists, Open Sculpture & Crafts, Ross, CA 1998 -2006
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Buzz,  Mill Valley, CA 2005
California Ceramic Artists Annual Exhibits, Davis, CA 2004, 2005
Art of Politics Juried Exhibit, Democracy For America, Sausalito, CA 2005
College of Marin Gallery, Fine Arts Exhibits, Kentfield, CA 2002, 2005
Marin County Fair Juried Fine Arts Exhibit, Terra Linda, CA, 2004 -2009
San Francisco Art Institute, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006

 

   

 

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