"PAPER & WOOD"

JEREMY COMINS

"PAPER & WOOD"

The Artist Speaks About His Work...

I use carving and construction techniques to express abstract and metaphorical concepts in wood and paper. The abstraction can be taken from reality or created from imagination. It can be inspired by figurative imagery and forms from nature.

These watercolors are inspired by crevice formations which appear to me to be small intimate spaces. Though not rendered sculptures, they have a sculptural feeling and the colors are limited to earth tones.

Using various wood joining and carving techniques enables me to make sculptures that are light and airy as well as dense and solid.

Artist Biography

Jeremy Comins has been represented by Denise Bibro in Manhattan since 2002 with four solo exhibitions since joining the gallery.. He has also shown his work in New York at Mari Gallery, Bodley Gallery, Roko Gallery, Welles Gallery and the Staten Island Museum.

Roberta Smith, art critic for The New York Times, wrote that his works, especially the regal "Tower", would do any museum proud. Selected group exhibitions of his work have been held in Stockholm (2008), Venezuela (2007), Cologne (2007) and in Art Miami (2006). A long list of galleries and museums including The Museum of Modern Art and the Philadelphia Museum have shown his work in group exhibitions.

His works have commanded honors and awards in many venues including the Florence and Zlowe Memoria Award, Harry Ballinger Memorial Award and the Hannibal Debellis Sculpture Award to name a few. Comins has also authored and illustrated many books on crafts and sculpture. He is affiliated with the Sculptors Guild, NYC and American Society of Contemporary Artists also in NYC.

Mr. Comins has a BS. and MA. from New York University and has studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.