STACEY
NEFF
Selected works by Stacey Neff
Sea Horn
blown glass, mixed media
60"x39"x8" |
Summer sprout
blown
glass, mixed media
41"x36"x10" |
Subsurface
blown
glass, mixed media 74"x22"x10" |
Mossy
Blossom
blown glass, mixed media
32"x12"x9" |
Spring
Blades
blown glass, mixed media93"x72"x5" |
Sea
Skrit
blown glass, mixed media 48"x24"x36"
|
Squirm
blown glass, mixed media
30"x24"x6"
|
Sweet
Bloom
blown glass, mixed media
53"x20"x26" |
Pink
bloom
blown glass, mixed media 46"x32"x23" |
Seuss
blown glass, mixed media
32"x24"x48"
|
Pregnant
stick Ripe Stick
blown glass, mixed media
70"x10"x10" |
Dent
de lion
blown glass, mixed media
48"x30"x16"
|
Conversation
piece
blown glass, mixed media
94"x24"x32"
|
Cascade
IV
blown glass, mixed media
36"x8"x4" |
|
|
CROSS CURRENT by Stacey Neff
Inspired
by the hidden existence of aquatic biology and botany. A continued exploration
of the relationships between growth and time, as are evident in nature.
Intentionally blurring the lines between plant and animal life; I create
animate forms. Suspended in their actions, such as, blooming, migrating
or dividing. These lives remain mysteries of the deep and shrouded sea.
The tender, graceful and vulnerable, lines are perfectly designed to
coexist with the strength of immense tides. Diminutive amounts of light
dictate both form and color. Crosscurrent allows the viewer to witness
the well-kept secrets of the abyss. The physical creation process translates
fluidly from organic growth into glasswork. I begin by deciding what
type of form I intend to create. My desired form dictates the specific
set up of glass on the end of the pipe. Variables include thickness,
shape and heat. The glassblowing team works in a choreographed manner
to stretch, bend and inflate the molten glass. Cooled rigid glass forms
are laminated with layers of fiberglass cloth, resin and pigment. Metaphorically
the set up is a seed encoded with information for a particular form
and the choreographed blowing occurs as forces of nature.
BIOGRAPHY
Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1973
Presently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico
EDUCATION
1995 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI BFA Major in Glass
1994 Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA Thermon Statom, Instructor
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2000 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc., Grant Recipient
1991 Selected Top Art Scholar, Henry M. Gunn, Palo Alto, CA
1990 Selected for California Art Scholar Program, Mills College,Oakland,
CA
1989 Selected for People to People Tour to Soviet Union, Youth Ambassador
Program
SELECTED SOLO & MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2003 DCCA: Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington,
DE
2002 Biomythology, Neuhoff Gallery, New York, NY
New Glass Review 23, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2001 Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ
Tentacus, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2000 Source, van de Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
New Art of the West 7, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN (Permanent
Collection)
ETHEREAL material, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington,
DE
1999 Holding Light: Contemporary Glass Sculpture, Austin Museum of Art,
Austin, TX
Regeneration, The Living Room, San Francisco, CA
1998 Semblance of Sensation, Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Recent Evolutions, Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Unknown Origins, The Living Room, San Francisco, CA
Hello Again, Oakland Fine Arts Museum, Oakland, CA
Hello Again, Los Angeles Contemporary Museum, Los Angles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002 San Francisco International Art Exposition: Neuhoff
Gallery,
NY Art Chicago, International Art Fair: Neuhoff Gallery,
NY SITE UNSEEN, James Kelly Contemporary: to benefit SITE Santa Fe,
Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe on Site: Vancouver, Canada, Buschlen Mowatt Galleries,Vancouver,
Canada
2001 Neuhoff Gallery, New York, NY
Van de Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
R. Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000 New Faces in Glass, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL
Glass 20/20 Clear Visions, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1999 Drawn to the Future, Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Light Through Skin, Pentimente Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
ARTSantaFe 99, International Art Fair: Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa
Fe,NM
SOFA, International Art Fair: R. Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL
Women in Art, Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
The New York Biennial of Glass, Robert Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Art 2 Heart, Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Contained, Vines, Santa Fe, NM
Smashing Glass, Vines, Santa Fe, NM
Outdoor Art Show, Santa Cruz, NM
The Window Project, Santa Fe, NM
Annual Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, College of Santa Fe,Santa
Fe, NM
Artmakers and Heartbreakers, Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
1996 And Now the Dance Begins, Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Out Door Art Show, Santa Cruz, NM
1995 Synesthesia, A Collaboration, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo,
NM
Synesthesia, A Collaboration, Offsite, Santa Fe, NM
Morpheme, Offsite, Santa Fe, NM
Hatch, Offsite, Santa Fe, NM
Carcass, Sabris Studio, Providence, RI
Senior Invitational, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Infestation, Break Away Glass Gallery, Providence, RI
Senior Glass Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
1994 RISD Glass Biennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2002 Carver, Jon, Plumbing the Depths of Space, TREND
2001 Ballinger, James K., Phoenix Triennial: catalogue, Phoenix Art
Museum, September
Vanesian, Kathleen, Phoenix Art Museum’s Triennial Exhibition, The New
Times, August 9
Nilsen, Richard, Triennial Again... Phoenix Art Museum, The Arizona
Republic, August 2
Abrams, Amy, Eye Candy, Phoenix Art Museum, The Tribune, July 26
Carlos, John, Triennial Show, Phoenix Art Museum, The Arizona Republic,July
22
Goodard, Dan, Three Artists Use Illusion To Fool and Delight the Eye,
The Express News, April 18
Quattro, Joe, Art in Review, a year of innovation: Stacey Neff, The
Santa Fe Reporter, January
2000 Maxwell, Douglas, And ETHEREAL Material: catalogue, Delaware Center
for Contemporary Art
Quattro, Joe, The Best Shows of 2000, Stacey Neff, The Santa Fe Reporter,
December
Armitage, Diane, THE Magazine: Critical Reflections: Stacey Neff,Source,
August
Armitage, Diane, Previews: Stacey Neff, Source, THE Magazine, August
Hagerty, Donald, New Art of the West 7, Eiteljorg Museum catalogue,August
Bardin, Stefani, Australia, Glass 20/20: Clear Visions, Craft Arts International,
May
Mannheimer, Steve, Shock of Art: New Art of the West 7, The Indianapolis
Star, May
Berry, S.L.,Western Essences: New Art of the West 7, The ARTS, May
Parks, Victoria, Night and day: New Art of the West 7, Noblesville Image,
May
Almanac, What is the West?: New Art of the West 7, Arts Indiana, May
Schroder, Ivy, Glass 20/20: Clear Visions, The Riverfront Times, March
29
1999 Bucher, Kristin, Contemporary Glass Sculpture, Austin Museum, Southwest
Art Magazine, October
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, Light Memory Time, Frozen in Glass, Austin
American Statesman, ARTS, October
Forde, Benjamin, ARTÉ, featured artist, cover image, Stacey Neff,October
Graham, Jean, Through the Looking Glass, Austin Museum, Life and Arts,
September 26
Cohen, Rebecca S., Holding Light, Austin Museum, Exhibitionism: local
arts reviews, September Glass Sculpture gleams with prismatic viewpoints,
The Monitor,September
Sozanski, Edward J., Glass Sculptures, Larger than Life Style,
The Philadelphia Inquirer Art Critic, September
Contemporary Glass, Holding Light, The Morning Telegraph, September
5
Cross, Guy, The Universe of Stacey Neff, THE Magazine, April
Constable, Leslie, Eleven for 2000, The New Mexican/Pasatiempo, January1
1998 Tetkowski, Olga Valle, The Third New York Biennial of Glass, Glass
Magazine, December
Villani, John, Eye on Santa Fe, Artnews, December
Whitney, Kay, Showing the Big Stuff, Sculpture Magazine, December
Wilson, Malin, Glass Blower More Than Crafty, Journal North, September
24
Gallery Previews, Stacey Neff, Santa Fean Magazine, September
1997 Busbey, Mollie, Smashing Glass, Pasatiempo/The New Mexican, March
Young Artist in Santa Fe, THE Magazine, March
1995 Collins, Tom, Morpheme, The Santa Fe Reporter, October
Berkovich, Ellen, Morpheme, The Journal North, October
Cross, Guy, Studio Visit, THE Magazine, October
Fauntleroy, Gussie, Hatch, Pasatiempo/The New Mexican, July
1994 Annual RISD Views Magazine.
