This year has been a busy and emotional one. Slowly but surely, I have been recovering from the emergency surgery that I had in the summer of 2009 and learning about how the disease which sent me to the hospital will impact the rest of my life. I am so grateful for the emergency relief grant that the Haven Foundation awarded me: it has been a huge help in the recovery process.
Other than that, Subjective has been a big part of 2010. This conceptual series is a blind collaboration created with Becca Bernstein and it’s touring throughout the Pacific Northwest. Subjective debuted at the North View Gallery in Portland and, so far, it has travelled to the Corvallis Arts Center and the Pence Gallery in Bend. It will find its way to Washington State next spring!
Also this year, my work was featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat! The segment was filmed in September 2008 and it features Apple Pie as well as part of the interview behind these two portraits.
“This [blog] post melds words and images, creating a thought-provoking embodiment of the BlogHer 10 session ‘Transforming Online Places into Art Spaces.’ Each image and each thought is more interesting than the last. It’s a consistent theme in [Seemel’s] work.”
photo by Cathy Cheney
“[While] the recession has left plenty of bruises, Seemel said it could result in more thought-provoking work.”
Subjective the book
Dr. Richard Brilliant authored the introductory essay for Subjective’s exhibition catalog, published in 2010. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Anna S Garbedian Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, Brilliant has received many honors, including the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Fulbright grant.
The book is available for $20. Email me if you would like to purchase a copy.
