13″x19″; paper collage; 2019. Courtesy of the artist.
FROM KOLAJ 28
Colleen Cunningham’s Artist Portfolio
Brooklyn, New York
Colleen Cunningham’s baroque collage work present a deep mass of imagery. Using pop icons or Hindu gods as focal points, Cunningham layers fragment after fragment. “A great deal of the content of each collage is completely hidden, or only slightly revealed,” writes the artist. A portfolio of Cunningham’s work appears in Kolaj 28. To see the complete Artist Portfolio, SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue.
They are dense compositions with an endless supply of juxtapositions and contrasts. The focal point becomes the beginning of a story.
A portfolio of Cunningham’s work appears in Kolaj 28. To see the complete Artist Portfolio, SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue.
Colleen Cunningham was born in Warsaw, New York and holds a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MFA from the University at Buffalo. She has participated in dozens of exhibitions across the United States and Europe; including the Islip Art Museum (New York), Galleria dell’Ombra (Italy), Field Projects (New York), Thompson Gallery (Massachusetts), CEPA Gallery (New York) and most recently at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center (New York), Andrew Edlin Gallery (New York), and Alvin Gittins Gallery (Utah). She currently lives in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York with her husband Luigi and their cat, Frida. Learn more at the Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory and at www.colleencunningham.org.