Statement Profile GlogauAIR Project CV Summary

Statement

Heloisa Pomfret is inspired by the emotional brain. The physiology of the brain and the charting of mental states are used as inspiration and theoretical support to the imagery and constructs of her work.

Pomfret’s creative processes involves first the translation of the idea of emotional impulses to measurable representation, and then the subsequent translation of this scientific representation back to formal and abstract imagery.

The surfaces of her work are generated with a palimpsest process of erasure through scratches, where layers of paint are removed or erased, to expose the surface beneath.

The processes of erasure through scratches and mending with stitches are fundamental to her art, as these serve as an analogy to the body and memory, where experiences occur and are transformed. The irregular shapes and stitches of the paintings help create works that join painting, drawing and sculpture.

Profile

GlogauAIR Project

I am an interdisciplinary visual artist exploring the emotional brain through abstract painting/drawing, collage and ceramics.

The physiology of the brain and the charting of mental states are used as inspiration and theoretical support to the imagery and the constructs of my work.

My creative processes involve first the translation from the idea of emotional impulses to scientific representation, and then the subsequent translation of this representation back to formal and abstract imagery. My interdisciplinary approach to art making includes using traditional and non-traditional materials.

I would look forward to having the time and resources at GlogauAIR to research and create a new body of work.

For my project at GlogauAIR, I will focus on an interdisciplinary installation work consisting of collages and drawings done in parallel to further integrate and inform my work. My plan will be to further explore how these materials work together.

As part of this plan, I would also like to abstract iconographic scientific images and create narratives regarding scientific research and popular culture. These resulting images would support the development of a new body of work.

CV Summary

EDUCATION

2002

M.F.A. Painting/Drawing Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

1996

M.A. Painting/Drawing Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

SELECTED SOLO / GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018

Group Exhibition, Known: Unknown, New York Studio School, New York City
Solo Exhibition, Threshold, N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit MI

2017

Group Exhibition, Art & Science, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Detroit MI
Group Exhibition, Art Palm Beach, N’Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Palm Beach FL

2016

Group Exhibition, Three Women in Abstract, Frederick Holmes and Company Gallery, Seattle WA
Group Exhibition, Four/Three, Frederick Holmes and Company Gallery, Seattle WA
Group Exhibition, Art Palm Beach, N’Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Palm Beach FL

2015

Group Exhibition, N’Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Miami FL (in connection with Art Basel–Miami Beach)
Body and Mind, Group Exhibition, Sulfur Studios Gallery, Savannah GA
Group Exhibition, Conversations, Associazione Culturale Civilta’del Mediteraneo, Pallazo Bacile di Castiglione, Spongano Italy
Solo Exhibition, The Body as a Reliquary, Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington NY

2014

Group Exhibition, N’Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Miami FL (in connection with Art Basel–Miami Beach)
Solo Exhibition, N’Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Miami FL
BAU Institute Group Show at the Castle, Otranto, Italy
Exhibition at the Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey MI

2013

Constructions: Textural Collages by Nanette Carter, Addie Langford and Heloisa Pomfret, at the N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit MI
Exhibition, A.I.R VALLAURIS, Galerie Le Cabanon, Vallauris, France

2012

Inaugural Exhibition at the N’Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Miami FL
CAMAC Group Exhibition, Marney-sur-Seine, France

2011

Gallery of the Arts, Madonna University, Livonia MI

2010

Kulturdag Schaftelokken Art Festival, Oslo, Norway

2009

ART Chicago Art Fair, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago
Visual Stimulus Exhibition, Technology Innovation Center, East Lansing MI

2008

Witness Group Exhibition, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York City
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Summer Art Series Group Exhibition, The Hamptons NY
The Last Book Exhibition curated by Luis Camnitzer, Madrid, Spain; Zurich, Switzerland; Buenos Aires, Argentina; New York, NY
ArtsModerne Exhibition, Le Petit Museum, Housatonic MA
Violence Transformed, Massachusetts State Exhibit, Boston MA
Gender Politics, WGS Biennial, Loranger Gallery, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit MI

2007

More than 450 Women Have Been Murdered in Ciudad Juarez, SAC Gallery Group Exhibition, Stony Brook University, New York
Affordable Art Fair, New York City
Solo Exhibition, Witness of the Unconscious, APM Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Seven Voices, Seven Views, Group Exhibition, G. R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York City
Seven Voices, Seven Views, Group Exhibition, G. R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago

2006

Affordable Art Fair, New York City
Whitney Biennial, collaborative work at the Peace Tower, New York City

2005

SOFA Show, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago
Chelsea Pier Show, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York City
Sculp’t Something, Group Exhibition, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit MI

ARTIST LECTURES AND TALKS

2018

Threshold, N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit MI

2016

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson Vermont

2015

Group Exhibition, Conversations, Spongano Italy
The Body as a Reliquary, Port Washington NY

2014

BAU Institute Talk at the Castle, Otranto, Italy

2013

Constructions, Textural Collages at the N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit MI

RESIDENCIES