Ian Etter 'Vessel 4'
Drawer 2- Vessel 4, Graphite and Acrylic on Paper, 18”x15”, 2019
Artist Statement
My art is driven by the idea of artist as explorer. Aesthetically mutable, each body of work begins with an inquiry into the nature of the cosmos and is developed through artistic research. Incorporating a broad range of mediums, my practice has led me to conduct field research and collaborate with scientists. Currently, I am making enigmatic drawings that attempt to visualize the incomprehensible. This work references mathematical renderings of the Calabi Yau shapes. At the smallest scale, our universe is composed of the material space-time. Higher dimensions beyond our spatial three may exist within this material. The structures of the higher-dimensional spaces are known as Calabi Yau Manifolds. The Calabi Yau are containers that harbor the energy of the universe, and the varying geometry of these shapes determine how energy is transformed into the different elementary particles.
Artist Bio
Ian Etter (b. Elmendorf AFB, AK) is an artist and independent curator that currently lives in Dallas, TX. He received his MFA in Drawing and Intermedia from the University of Iowa in 2013. Ian’s work has been included in recent group shows at Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Brooklyn, NY, The Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY, Ortega y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn, NY and Spring/Break Art Show in New York, NY with solo shows at Practice Gallery in Philadelphia, PA and Legion Arts in Cedar Rapids, IA. Etter’s drawings were featured in the Spring Issue 17 of Art Maze Mag and his curatorial projects have been exhibited at Spring/Break art show for multiple years and featured on ARTNews.com.
Drawer 2- Vessel 4, Graphite and Acrylic on Paper, 18”x15”, 2019
Artist Statement
My art is driven by the idea of artist as explorer. Aesthetically mutable, each body of work begins with an inquiry into the nature of the cosmos and is developed through artistic research. Incorporating a broad range of mediums, my practice has led me to conduct field research and collaborate with scientists. Currently, I am making enigmatic drawings that attempt to visualize the incomprehensible. This work references mathematical renderings of the Calabi Yau shapes. At the smallest scale, our universe is composed of the material space-time. Higher dimensions beyond our spatial three may exist within this material. The structures of the higher-dimensional spaces are known as Calabi Yau Manifolds. The Calabi Yau are containers that harbor the energy of the universe, and the varying geometry of these shapes determine how energy is transformed into the different elementary particles.
Artist Bio
Ian Etter (b. Elmendorf AFB, AK) is an artist and independent curator that currently lives in Dallas, TX. He received his MFA in Drawing and Intermedia from the University of Iowa in 2013. Ian’s work has been included in recent group shows at Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Brooklyn, NY, The Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY, Ortega y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn, NY and Spring/Break Art Show in New York, NY with solo shows at Practice Gallery in Philadelphia, PA and Legion Arts in Cedar Rapids, IA. Etter’s drawings were featured in the Spring Issue 17 of Art Maze Mag and his curatorial projects have been exhibited at Spring/Break art show for multiple years and featured on ARTNews.com.
Drawer 2- Vessel 4, Graphite and Acrylic on Paper, 18”x15”, 2019
Artist Statement
My art is driven by the idea of artist as explorer. Aesthetically mutable, each body of work begins with an inquiry into the nature of the cosmos and is developed through artistic research. Incorporating a broad range of mediums, my practice has led me to conduct field research and collaborate with scientists. Currently, I am making enigmatic drawings that attempt to visualize the incomprehensible. This work references mathematical renderings of the Calabi Yau shapes. At the smallest scale, our universe is composed of the material space-time. Higher dimensions beyond our spatial three may exist within this material. The structures of the higher-dimensional spaces are known as Calabi Yau Manifolds. The Calabi Yau are containers that harbor the energy of the universe, and the varying geometry of these shapes determine how energy is transformed into the different elementary particles.
Artist Bio
Ian Etter (b. Elmendorf AFB, AK) is an artist and independent curator that currently lives in Dallas, TX. He received his MFA in Drawing and Intermedia from the University of Iowa in 2013. Ian’s work has been included in recent group shows at Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Brooklyn, NY, The Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY, Ortega y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn, NY and Spring/Break Art Show in New York, NY with solo shows at Practice Gallery in Philadelphia, PA and Legion Arts in Cedar Rapids, IA. Etter’s drawings were featured in the Spring Issue 17 of Art Maze Mag and his curatorial projects have been exhibited at Spring/Break art show for multiple years and featured on ARTNews.com.