Angela Fraleigh
Allentown, PA
Angela Fraleigh
http://www.angelafraleigh.com
Fraleigh's work seeks to unearth invisible histories and dormant narratives of women in art history. Her paintings support a lively choreography of marks and paint applications. Each work begins with a basic, loose compositional structure upon which she pours varying mixtures of oil paint, going back and forth and losing parts of the original idea until "letting the paint take over feels like a collaborative process….violent and seductive, threatening and unpredictable, it complicates the image, leaving us unsure if the figures are being birthed or eaten away."
Fast Facts
Name: Angela Fraleigh
Website: www.angelafraleigh.com
Place of Birth: Beaufort, South Carolina
Education:
Yale University, 2003, MFA Painting/Printmaking; Boston University, 1994 BFA Painting
Significant or special training:
Several artist residencies
Notable or memorable instructors or mentors:
While at Boston University: Hal Redicliffe, Stuart Baron, Richard Raiselis, Margaret McCann, Peter Hoss. While at Yale University for MFA: Kurt Kauper, Rochelle Feinstein, Peter Halley, Sam Messer
Particular field of study or class work:
Painting/ Printmaking
Major influences/admired artists:
Currently looking at a lot of European old masters (Rubens, Jordaens, Vouet, Gentileschi) and researching Feminist philosophy, the suffragette movement, famous female storytellers throughout history and writer/historians like Marina Warner and political artists like Martha Rosler
Favorite materials or media:
Primarily oil paint on canvas or linen Old Holland, Holbein and Gamblin products
School or university affiliation (when Convention Center acquired artwork):
Chair of Art Department, Head of the Studio Program at Moravian College
Gallery Representation (when Convention Center acquired artwork):
Inman Gallery, Houston TX
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