STATEMENT // CV
STATEMENT
The central theme of my work is an exploration into connectedness. I experiment over and over again, searching for new ways to expose the bonds within our relationships to others, divinity and ourselves. Each piece, whether it be on canvas, textile or paper, is a journey towards understanding love, empathy and forgiveness as they appear within human relationships. Experimentation is an active turning over of all stones to make sure a full understanding is reached.
My creative process involves a kind of bare honesty that can be viewed as a prayer that all people find a way to relate to themselves and others in gentle truth and authenticity.
CV
b. 1969 Atlanta, Georgia
Education
- 2005 BFA, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
- 2010/15 Flicker Street Studio, Memphis, TN
Professional Experience
- 2010/14 Member, Board of Directors, ArtsMemphis, Memphis, TN
Exhibitions
- 2005 University of Memphis, BFA Senior Show
The Price is Right, DLG, Memphis, TN
- 2009 Of Our Nature, Memphis, TN
Artifactor, Featured Artist, Memphis, TN
- 2010 Getting There, Memphis, TN
- 2014 The Duality of Being, Memphis, TN
- 2015 ArtsMemphis, Duality of Being, Memphis, TN
Open Studio, A Group Show, Memphis, TN
- 2016 Let Me Whisper in Your Ear, A Group Show,
Flicker Street Studio, Memphis, TN
- 2017 Passing Notes, A collaborative show with Stephanie King,
Memphis, TN
Small Worlds, A Group Show, Flicker Street Studio, Memphis TN
- 2018 Material Equivalence, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
Fierce Compassion: contemporary portraiture, temporary public
installation, Urban Art Commission, Memphis, TN
Olly Olly Oxen Free, A collaborative show with Stephanie King,
L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN
Open Range, Carlton Edwards Architects, Memphis, TN
All Together Now, A Group Show, Flicker Street Studio, Memphis, TN
Awards
- 2004 "Silence" by Marianne Moore, Interpretive Essay, Poetry
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
- 2004 "Zoetrope", Annual Design Competition, Arkansas State University,
Jonesboro, AR
Public Collections
- Iberia Bank, Memphis, TN
- West Cancer Center, Memphis, TN
https://www.westcancercenter.org/philanthropy/give/recognition- opportunities-/gallery-/oneing/
- Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN
Press
- https://www.southernliving.com/culture/southern-artists-to-follow-on-instagram-now
- Style Blueprint Magazine https://styleblueprint.com/memphis/everyday/pam-mcdonnell-faces/
- House and Garden, The Art Edit , December 2018