Residence

Port Townsend, WA, USA

Place of Birth

Seattle, WA, USA

Personal Statement

I question how art might illuminate darkness.
Curious about the fires we feel compelled to enter.
And imagine, like moths, we are drawn to the light.

I create temporary installations and initiate transitory interactions with easily accessible materials. Natural forces of water, fire, wind, gravity, time, light and space are a reminder that these are collaborative happenings. I act as initiator and witness, engaging natural or architectural landscapes and document the process with photographs.

With the intention of reconciling the world within and around me, I weave between control and surrender, using art making as a meditative, locating device, marking the momentary confluence of time, place and self.

Biography

Gloria Lamson has worked in the varied natural and architectural environments of the western United States and Hawaii. Featured in numerous publications and exhibitions, her work has also been seen in the Tacoma, Bellevue and the Oakland Art Museums.

She has created temporary, site-specific installations for the Bellevue Art Museum as well as for numerous other outdoor art venues in the Pacific Northwest. She was one of the first artists invited for inclusion in www.greenmuseum.org that serves the international community representing artists who work with nature.

In 2001, Lamson received a project grant from Artist Trust in Seattle, to support her work in SE Alaska with The Island Project. In 2007, she was awarded one of the first artist residencies with The Colorado Art Ranch.

Her work is included in many private collections and the public collections of Washington State Arts Commission, King County 4Culture in Seattle and John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California. Currently, she lives in Port Townsend, Washington.

Awards and Honors

2007 Artist in Residence, Colorado Art Ranch, Salida, CO
2003 Award. Different Strokes. Northwind Gallery, Port Townsend, WA, Juror, Jake Seniuk, Director, Port Angeles Fine Art Center
2002 Artist in Residence, Centrum, Port Townsend, WA
2001 GAP Grant, The Island Project, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2000 Award. "Art Port Townsend Juried Show," Port Townsend, WA,
Juror, Deborah Paine, Curator, Microsoft Collection

Contact Information

glolamson@gmail.com

Representation

http://www.greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artist_id-4.html
http://www.artransforms.com/artists/index.html
http://www.tryonfriends.org/education/art_forest.html#top
http://www.anacortesartsfestival.com/art_working.cfm
http://www.artdesign.to/publicnature/photos/glorialamson/glorialamson.html
http://www.fiberarts.com/contests/studio/artists/lamson/default.asp