Therese Zemlin
Therese Zemlin
Workspace Program Resident 1995
Therese Zemlin’s Dressed/Undressed is a sculptural diptych on duality and sexuality produced with paper made during her Workspace residency. The artist, whose career in paper art spans over thirty years, considers the material a “chameleon” that has allowed her works to embody a vast metaphoric language. Her sculptures seem to take on the shapes of enlarged seeds and plants, yet their self-contained forms are also influenced by mid-twentieth century military machinery and armaments. These are a natural outgrowth of in interest in mixing the organic and the mechanical. In addition, the accordion-like works adapted from Japanese Gifu paper lanterns have a pop, design, and fashion appeal.
About the Artist
Therese Zemlin received a BFA from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1981 and a MFA in Sculpture from the University of Texas in 1986. She also attended the University of Texas for Sculpture and Drawing and the University of Minnesota for Neon and Glass. She has had solo exhibitions at the American Museum of Papermaking, Millersville Univeristy, Simmons College, Wellesley College, and the Mint Museum of Art, among others. She has received multiple Kenan Research Grants, as well as fellowships from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, National Endowment for the Regional Arts, Appalachian State University, and the North Carolina Arts Council. Since 2002, she has been living and working in Massachussetts. (Source: Artist’s website)
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