Artist: Carole Morisseau
Baber
Charcoal, soil from Brazil
50" x 45"
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Carole Morisseau is an American artist whose works emphasizes traditional painting and drawing techniques. Carole is a retired Detroit Public Schools Art Teacher. She is the recent recipient of a Fulbright Hays Fellowship Group Project Abroad 2018, studying Afro-Brazilian art and culture. Her 3D interactive installation, “Healing Wall” was created as a development of that journey. Morisseau’s work was selected to be exhibited in the Fulbright 75th Anniversary Exhibition, which was a global event featuring 40 visual artists from around the world. In addition, her work was selected to hang in the Kresge Arts in Detroit main offices and can be found in collections in the U.S., Canada, Haiti and Brazil. She has published one book of her art work and was honored in 2019 with her work being published in the most recent volume of “Essay’d”, a book featuring 30 writers writing about 30 visual artists. Ms. Morisseau’s work is in several private collections including that of noted actress and avid collector, Ms. CCH. Pounder and Jumaane N’Namdi, Internationally known Miami, Fl. Gallerist. Morisseau is also showcased in an online video produced by the historical arts organization, the Scarab Club – Detroit. Ms. Morisseau has been commissioned to create work for several large corporations and institutions, including Henry Ford Health System and University of Detroit Mercy.
Morisseau is an award - winning Michigan artist who has exhibited internationally, nationally, regionally and at local galleries, including the Detroit Artists Market and the Scarab Club. On the Board of Directors of the Scarab Club and also the Board of the Detroit Artists Market, she looks forward to continuing to move both organizations forward and helping to sustain their roles as landmark arts organizations within the region.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
My practice is focused on creating work that expresses concerns and points of view of our surroundings and culture. My intent is to capture the human form figuratively (and sometimes abstractly) in manners that suggest the dynamics of rhythm and movement. My approach is to document the era I n which we live by absorbing, reacting, and the creating work that addresses events, changes or subtitles in our social and cultural settings. The themes expressed in my art are diverse and can scrutinize or comment socially. I have become a much more environmentally conscientious artist than in my past practice. I am now employing more recycled, repurposed and natural materials to create and enhance certain pieces. I am excited to employ the use of soils to create tonal values or accent pigments in my newer works. Soils, in addition to creating a tone or color on the paper or canvas also relates to particular geographic area and people when being worked into the surface of the piece. My practice is focused on creating work that expresses concerns and points of view of our surroundings and culture. My intent is to capture the human form figuratively (and sometimes abstractly) in manners that suggest the dynamics of rhythm and movement. My approach is to document the era I n which we live by absorbing g, reacting, and the creating work that addresses events, changes or subtitles in our social and cultural settings. The themes expressed in my art are diverse and can scrutinize or comment socially. I have become a much more environmentally conscientious artist than in my past practice. I am now employing more recycled, repurposed and natural materials to create and enhance certain pieces. I am excited to employ the use of soils to create tonal values or accent pigments in my newer works. Soils, in addition to creating a tone or color on the paper or canvas also relates to particular geographic area and people when being worked into the surface of the piece.
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