Eleanor White, "Shore to Shore"

Eleanor White, "Shore to Shore" 21 x 19 inches Soil and sand from the shoreline of the Hudson River and Montauk, polymer medium on paper Artist Bio: Eleanor White is based in the Hudson Valley, NY. Her work has been included in exhibitions such as; Prima Materia: The Periodic Table in Contemporary Art, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT; Catskill Art Space, NY; Mountain High, Valley Low: LabSpace, NY; Artists Draw Their Studios, Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College, NY; Another World, charity postcard sale, Frieze London; Cross-Pollination, Boscobel House Gallery NY; Tick, Tock, Time in Contemporary Art, Lehman College; Case Studies, Gallery Aferro, NJ; Materiality, Westchester Community College, NY; and numerous exhibitions at Kenise Barnes Fine Art. Her work is included in The Montefiore Fine Art Program, The Deutsche Bank Art Collection and many private collections. Eleanor received her M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD on a full scholarship from the Jacob K. Javits Foundation. She earned her BFA. from Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond VA. She has participated in a number of artist residencies including the Bemis Center in Omaha Nebraska and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Sweet Briar Virginia. Artist Statement: My practice includes materials that are organic, textured, granulated, fibrous, powdery, glassy, chunky and sharp things. I use crushed stones, dirt, charcoal, sulfur, bonded copper, iron pyrite, wood ash, dog hair, shed snake skins, feathers, sand and porcupine quills. This amalgamation of mixed, layered and composed matter is situated somewhere between painting, sculpture and collage.