Michele BonDurant

Michele BonDurant
Oakwood, Ohio, USA

STATEMENT

With scissors, I cut and glue painted paper, deliberately breathing life into the ordinary and familiar by experimenting with layering, shadows, color, patterns, and subtle nuances of light and form. My process of creating a collage with painted paper is both spontaneous and intentional. As I apply multiple layers of paint to the paper, unexpected brush marks and textures emerge. The thickness of the paper develops a rhythm of edges as it is glued to the surface, enhancing the complexity of the composition. Working from the background to the foreground, I refine each detail until the desired result is achieved. Over the past year, I have introduced additional elements into my collages. Glass bead gel, pumice gel, magazine photos and text, and specialty papers. It is a very exciting direction. I’m looking forward to seeing what I create.

BIO

Michele BonDurant is a mixed-media artist based in Dayton, Ohio. BonDurant started as a plein air painter using oil paints to render the landscape. Ten years ago, she was introduced to painted paper collage. Over the past five years, she has dedicated her practice to creating painted, cut paper collages of still lifes and landscapes. BonDurant earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She has exhibited in solo and group shows across the United States and in Australia. She had a solo exhibition at Prince Street Gallery in New York City. Select group exhibitions include Hampstead Art Society, United Kingdom; West End Art Space, Melbourne, Australia; First Street Gallery, Prince Street Gallery, and Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City; the Brand Library, Glendale, California; the Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery; The Riffe Gallery and Sarah Gormley Gallery, Columbus, Ohio; Wright State University, Robert and Elaine Stein Gallery, the Contemporary Dayton both in Dayton, Ohio. Her collages have been featured in Contemporary Collage Magazine and Painter’s Tubes Magazine, both in the United Kingdom. She has had residencies at the Chautauqua School of Art, Vermont Studio Center, the Arc of Appalachia Artists in Sanctuary, and the London Collage Project, United Kingdom.

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