ARTIST'S STATEMENT

  

In my work I attempt to convey the anatomy of a feeling through form,

structure, and the glow of saturated color.

 

The human experience of being simultaneously tenacious and vulnerable is referred

  to through the use of silk, a material which is delicate yet possesses a tensile strength greater than steel. Tension is built, both physically and metaphorically, as two elements quite opposed in character meet to form the surfaces and contours of the work. By combining these translucent and reflective materials, I am able to solidify and

objectify ephemeral qualities of light.

 

My approach to structure reflects the progression and transformation seen in natural growth systems such as the chambered nautilus which leaves an ordered record of is its development, organic yet regular in design. The work captures the evanescent, while at

the same time offering glimpses of that which is emerging to take its place.

 

The pieces are constructed using a plywood base, cut and formed sheet metals (copper, brass and aluminum), and silk. The metal forms an understructure which supports a taughtly stretched layer of silk. Modulated color (in the form of underpainting or dyed silk) is sometimes used to enhance depth, structure and dimension. The additional step of oiling the fabric “skin” creates various degrees of translucence, allowing the outer layer to be visually penetrable - a watercolor rendered in three dimensions.

 

“The physical description reduces their ephemeral qualities unjustly, failing to

re-create the diaphanous veils of melting color, fusing from one space to the next.

A simultaneity of resilience and vulnerability is created through the metal

and membranes, like scars emerging from the interior of a cloud…

Painting and sculpture are too categorically limited for the emotional states

of being that Seid so elegantly conjures up. Smoke and shadow, dissipation

and loss, ineffable life forces at the core of these mysterious assemblages.”

 

                                                        -Gerry Craig, Sculpture Magazine July/August 2000

                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Education                    

                                                          1991  MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

                                1984  BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

 

Public Art Commissions

  2005-06  Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Flowing Wells Community

Center courtyard floor design

2004  Oro Valley Arts Council, AZ, Five distinct projects for Northwest Medical Center

2003  Tucson-Pima Arts Council, El Presidio Neighborhood Association, wall design

2002  Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Udall Senior Center lobby sculptural installation

2001  Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Orange Grove Road noise walls design

 

Selected Exhibitions and Awards

2005  Solo Exhibition, “The Jacquard Series,” Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale AZ

2004  Solo Exhibition, “Luminous Structures,” Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ

                      Juror, Arizona Student Sculpture Competition

         2003 Solo Exhibition, “Objects and Abstractions,” Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale AZ

2002  “Works on Paper,” Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale AZ

2001  Purchase Award, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ

                      SOFA International Expo, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Navy Pier,

Chicago IL

                "Figurative Metaphors," four person exhibition, Rochester Art Center MN

2000  Arizona State University Faculty Exhibition, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe AZ

1999  SOFA International Expo, Sandy Carson Gallery, Park Avenue Armory NYC

                      Solo Exhibition, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI

1998  SOFA International Expo, Sandy Carson Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago IL

1997  "Illuminating," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL

1996  Solo Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago IL

1995   Artemisia Exchange Exhibition, The Living Arts Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

1994  Solo Exhibition, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI

1993  "X-Sightings," Anderson Gallery, Buffalo NY

1992  Solo Exhibition, "Gathering Light," Daemen College, Amherst NY

1991  "Recuerdos," Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham MI

1990  "17 Alumnos," Universidad Ibero Americano, Mexico City, Mexico

1989/88  American Craft Council Juried Exhibitions: Baltimore, Maryland and

Springfield MA

1988  "The Art of Craft," Newport Art Museum, Newport RI

1987  American Craft Council Juried Exhibition, Baltimore MD

1986  First Prize, Jewish Community Center Holiday Exhibition, Providence RI

  

Reviews and Publications

2005  The Tucson Weekly, “She Objects” review by Margaret Regan

2001  The Chicago Tribune, "Carrie Seid's Magic," by Alan Artner, Chicago IL

                      The Arizona Daily Star, 'Biennial Has Its Standouts," by

Charlotte Lowe Bailey

                      2000  Sculpture Magazine, Review by Gerry Craig

                      The Detroit Free Press, "Sculpture Evolves on the Wall," by

Keri Guten Cohen

1997  The Chicago Tribune, Weekend section, October

1996  The Chicago Sun-Times, "Exhibit Conjures Emotion," by Margaret Hawkins

1989  The Providence Journal Bulletin, "Small Wonders"