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Bio
Carrie McGee's mixed media constructions
explore variation within repeated forms. Utilizing transparent plastics
as a ground, she experiments with natural and chemical processes,
such as rust and oxidation, to create luminous works that emanate
a meditative pulse.
McGee's investigations developed on
the periphery of her work as an abstract painter. In the midst of
a studio move she discovered a sheet of vinyl containing a multi-layered
pattern of rust spheres, the result of a slow ceiling leak. The
illuminated metal impressions were unexpectedly beautiful, and possessed
a combination of organic and industrial qualities McGee sought in
her paintings. Initially experienced as playful experimentation,
this work became the central focus of McGee's efforts, and soon
evolved from ephemeral to lasting and architectural in scope.
McGee has lived in many parts of the
United States, having migrated from Cincinnati to Los Angeles, New
York, and finally Nashville. She has worked in historic buildings
as a conservation painter, and as a scenic painter for a variety
of films and sets.
McGee received a Visual Arts Fellowship
from the National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation,
as well as a residency fellowship from the Christoph Merian Foundation
in Basel, Switzerland. Her paintings and constructions have been
exhibited regularly for the past eighteen years.
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Solo Exhibitions
| 2007 |
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville,
Tennessee |
| 2006 |
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA |
| 2005 |
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA |
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Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee |
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Arkansas State University Fine Arts Center
Gallery, Arkansas |
| 2003 |
Lowe Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
| 2002 |
Flying Solo, Nashville International Airport,
Nashville, Tennessee |
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Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee |
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Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 2000 |
Van Every Smith Galleries, Davidson College
Visual Arts Center, Davidson, North Carolina |
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Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1999 |
Eklektikos Gallery, Washington, District of
Columbia |
| 1998 |
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1997 |
Internationale Austausch Ateliers Region Basel,
Basel, Switzerland |
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Bibliography
| 2005 |
David Maddox, “Magic Markers,”
Nashville Scene, May 19-25, 2005 |
| 2003 |
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Art of Tennessee
(The University of Tennessee Press, 2003) |
| 2002 |
“A Century of Progress: Twentieth Century
Painting in Tennessee.”
Tennessee Historical Quarterly, (Summer 2002) |
| 2000 |
Jerry Cullum, “Emotional intensity from
resin and rust,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, 9 June
2000 |
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Terri Smith, “Plus Four, Cumberland Gallery,”
Art Papers, (March/April 2000) |
| 1999 |
Susan Knowles, “Rust Never Speaks,”
Art Papers, (November/December 1999) |
| 1997 |
Susan Knowles, “Carrie McGee,”
National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation |
| 1996 |
Fellowships Catalogue |
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Collections
- Tennessee State Museum
- Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
- Saks Fifth Avenue Corporate Collection
- Nordstrom Corporate Collection
- Pinnacle Building, Atlanta, Georgia
- South City Kitchen, Atlanta, Georgia
- Marriott Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee
- Sala, Atlanta, Georgia
- Robert and Kathy Guyton, Atlanta, Georgia
- Boult Cummings Conners & Berry, Nashville,
Tennessee
- Am Med Direct, Nashville, Tennessee
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