Andrea Morganstern
Medium: Painting Studio Location: Artist Studios at 43-01 22nd Street - Studio# 417 43-01 22nd Street Email: andreamorganstern@gmail.com Website:: www.andreamorganstern.com Artist Bio: Andrea Morganstern's work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States and internationally, including the Islip Art Museum in East Islip, NY, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Pontiac, MI, the Attleboro Arts Museum in Massachusetts, the George Segal Gallery at Montclair University and Bartok 1 Gallery in Budapest, Hungary. In New York City her work has been exhibited at Shelter Gallery, Winkleman Gallery and Capla Kesting Fine Art. She has an upcoming solo exhibition at Shelter Gallery in June, 2024. Her paintings are in numerous collections, including the Masterworks Museum of Art in Bermuda and the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph, MO. Morganstern was born in Queens, NY and studied at The School of Visual Arts and the New York Academy of Art. She lives and works in Long Island City. Artist Statement: In my paintings, I fuse elements of the human body, animals and plants into biomorphic forms, using dots as building blocks. I use dots in order to explore ideas about how things really are as opposed to how they appear to our eyes. For example, I reflect on how everything in the physical world is unified, as it is all constructed out of the same atoms and subatomic particles. In addition, using dots allows me to suggest the fluid and impermanent nature of everything in the physical world despite the illusion of solidity and permanence. Recurring patterns in nature have always interested me and my work incorporates the pattern that appears in neurons, tree branches and river networks as a major motif. I also explore the fractal nature of the physical world by creating an ambiguity of scale. A recurring motif is dots flowing across gaps between forms. This is inspired by Michelangelo's God Creating Adam as well as photographs of nerve cells firing electrical impulses across the synaptic gap. My process begins with a pencil drawing. I then develop a study on paper using watercolor, gouache and acrylics which I expand into larger scale acrylic paintings on canvas and panel. Recently, I have begun exploring these ideas in sculpture. All images and text copyright Andrea Morganstern