Stephanie Blumenthal

Photo of Stephanie Blumenthal

Vines


I live in Western Massachusetts, in the forested Berkshire Hills. Hanging from the branches, twisting around the trunks, I find the overlooked, camouflaged vines to be visually stimulating. I isolate the vines from their chaotic surroundings and try to provide them with an opportunity to be seen by others as they appear to me.



Spaces


If you dissect man made architectural structures, you realize that they are primarily made up of geometric shapes. Deemphasizing details doesn't only change the photograph into an abstracted image; it highlights the interaction between the different planes.

The overlaid colors give the photograph a painterly quality, yet I held back on the opacity to create tension between the photographic and the abstract, making the end product reside somewhere between the two.



Resume

Resume

Born: 1951

Lives and works in Sheffield, MA

Education

BA in Studio Art at William Smith College

School Of Visual Arts

Career in Graphic Design

Designing series, interiors and jackets for various publishers, some of which have been featured in Print Magazine Design Annual

Random House , New York

-Designer for Times Books, an imprint of Random House.

M & Company, New York

-Designed magazine lay-outs

Estee Lauder, New York

-Designed brochures, magazine lay-outs.

Art Shows

Solo Exhibition

No 6 Depot West Stockbridge MA 2016

Art On Main Great Barrington, MA 2012

Selected Group Exhibitions

A-Muse, Chatham, New York 2019

Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2018

A-Muse, Chatham, New York 2018

First Street Gallery, New York, NY 2018

Kehler Liddell, New Haven, CT 2018

5 Point Gallery, Torrington, CT 2018

Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2017

Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY 2017

Sohn Gallery Stockbridge, MA 2016

Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT 2017

Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO 2016

St. Tammany Art Association in Covington, LA 2016 Artistic Merit Award

Jules Maeght Gallery in San Francisco, CA 2016

Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2016

Spencertown Art Academy Spencertown, NY 2015 Honorable Mention

Sohn Gallery Stockbridge, Ma 2015 First Prize

Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA 2014

Knox Gallery, Monterey, MA 2014

Spencertown Art Academy, Spencertown, NY 2014 Honorable Mention

Sohn Gallery Stockbridge, MA 2014