Fall 2024 Visiting Artist Colloquium: Samuelle Green

Name: Fall 2024 Visiting Artist Colloquium: Samuelle Green
Start: 2024-10-16T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-16T18:15:00-05:00
Location: Conrad A. Elvehjem Building

Schedule

Wed Oct 16 2024 at 05:00 pm to 06:15 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Conrad A. Elvehjem Building | Madison, WI

Samuelle Green’s work has always been multidisciplinary. Throughout all her mediums; painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, there is a common thread of subject matter—that of the interaction of the humanmade and non-human visual world languages. At times these encounters are contentious and at others symbiotic—often stills in processes of decay as well as those of fructuous growth. Whether through mark-making or the repurposing of recycled materials, Green seeks to highlight the forms and details present in nature which humanity often overlooks and under-appreciates. Within sets of self-imposed parameters or on rigid structures representing metaphorical frameworks of natural laws, elements repeat and propagate giving way to organic forms free of their scaffolds both literal and non-material. Her immersive installations confront viewers on a human scale, drawing attention to the detail and time invested in each iteration. The work reacts and interacts with the dynamic architecture of each space in which it is installed making every piece a unique experience.
A native to the small rural town of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, Green’s early years were surrounded not only by nature, but also by a family of artisans and craftspeople that had a lasting impact on her current practices. She also sought artists in the community to apprentice under. She then went on to study at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Parsons School of Design in New York, earning a BFA. Green continued to live in Brooklyn and work there in the arts for nearly twenty years. Her time in NYC was spent as a freelance artist working on her personal work as well as fabricating work for other artists and museums as well as working in set design, mural and sign painting and creating window displays. Green then decided to relocate her studio to her hometown in order to concentrate more fully on her own work. This is where she continues to develop her paintings, drawings, sculptures, and installations as well as further the local artistic community through happenings at her studio. While based in Pennsylvania, she continues to show her work both nationally and internationally. Her large-scale, immersive installations have been shown in museums in China, both Shanghai and Beijing, Venice, Italy, Tamiku, Estonia, and France, as well as many varied locations across the US. Her work has been included in publications such as Hyperallergic, Collosal, Design Boom, and The Gothamist as well as appearing in television series on HBO and AMC+. Green has been the recipient of grants and awards including those from The Foundation for Contemporary Art, The Lammot Belin Award, and was the winner of the Arte Laguna Prize in Venice, Italy.
Fall 2024 Visiting Artist Colloquium
Wednesdays @ 5 – 6:15pm
Elvehjem L160
Online at Zoom:
uwmadison.zoom.us/my/artcolloquium
The Art Department Colloquium is a series supported by the Anonymous Fund and the Brittingham Trust. Visiting Artist lectures are held every Wednesday during the academic year, and are free and open to the public.
Discover the latest developments in Fine art, Craft, and Design at our free public lectures by some of the nation’s most prominent artists, critics, and gallery and museum directors.