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FLAT FILES 2020 Thomas Spoerndle 'Frik-Shun Knot Field (Black)'
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Thomas Spoerndle 'Frik-Shun Knot Field (Black)'

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Drawer 5- Frik-Shuhn: Knot Field (Black) Ink, Gouache and Graphite on Watercolor Paper 2020 11” by 15”

Artist Statement

For over a decade I have been exploring the malleable pictorial space of abstract painting, gradually developing a distilled visual language focused on geometric shapes and the primary colors. Utilizing this language, I construct generative systems founded on pattern and repetition to create a sense of visual rhythm that lends itself to fluctuating figure ground relationships and allows me to articulate kaleidoscopic compositional permutations across series of works. The active pictorial space that results has led me to using the phonetic spelling frik-shuhn as a descriptive base for the title of my works to allude to the dynamic tension created by this interaction of shape and color. Drawing from the rich history of abstraction as well as the complex nature of human perception, my paintings and works on paper operate in a meditative space where pragmatism meets subjectivity, coalescing in a way that is both strikingly immediate and deceptively nuanced.

Artist Bio

Born in Akron, Ohio in 1984, Thomas Spoerndle moved to New York City in 2007 after earning his BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. In 2010 he received his MFA from Hunter College and has steadily maintained a studio in Long Island City, Queens ever since. He has exhibited his work throughout the US, most recently at Troppus Projects in Kent OH, the Reinberger Gallery in Cleveland OH and the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse NY. His work has also been featured in publications such as ArtMaze Mag, Patron (Dallas), New American Paintings, Maake Mag and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Drawer 5- Frik-Shuhn: Knot Field (Black) Ink, Gouache and Graphite on Watercolor Paper 2020 11” by 15”

Artist Statement

For over a decade I have been exploring the malleable pictorial space of abstract painting, gradually developing a distilled visual language focused on geometric shapes and the primary colors. Utilizing this language, I construct generative systems founded on pattern and repetition to create a sense of visual rhythm that lends itself to fluctuating figure ground relationships and allows me to articulate kaleidoscopic compositional permutations across series of works. The active pictorial space that results has led me to using the phonetic spelling frik-shuhn as a descriptive base for the title of my works to allude to the dynamic tension created by this interaction of shape and color. Drawing from the rich history of abstraction as well as the complex nature of human perception, my paintings and works on paper operate in a meditative space where pragmatism meets subjectivity, coalescing in a way that is both strikingly immediate and deceptively nuanced.

Artist Bio

Born in Akron, Ohio in 1984, Thomas Spoerndle moved to New York City in 2007 after earning his BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. In 2010 he received his MFA from Hunter College and has steadily maintained a studio in Long Island City, Queens ever since. He has exhibited his work throughout the US, most recently at Troppus Projects in Kent OH, the Reinberger Gallery in Cleveland OH and the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse NY. His work has also been featured in publications such as ArtMaze Mag, Patron (Dallas), New American Paintings, Maake Mag and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Drawer 5- Frik-Shuhn: Knot Field (Black) Ink, Gouache and Graphite on Watercolor Paper 2020 11” by 15”

Artist Statement

For over a decade I have been exploring the malleable pictorial space of abstract painting, gradually developing a distilled visual language focused on geometric shapes and the primary colors. Utilizing this language, I construct generative systems founded on pattern and repetition to create a sense of visual rhythm that lends itself to fluctuating figure ground relationships and allows me to articulate kaleidoscopic compositional permutations across series of works. The active pictorial space that results has led me to using the phonetic spelling frik-shuhn as a descriptive base for the title of my works to allude to the dynamic tension created by this interaction of shape and color. Drawing from the rich history of abstraction as well as the complex nature of human perception, my paintings and works on paper operate in a meditative space where pragmatism meets subjectivity, coalescing in a way that is both strikingly immediate and deceptively nuanced.

Artist Bio

Born in Akron, Ohio in 1984, Thomas Spoerndle moved to New York City in 2007 after earning his BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. In 2010 he received his MFA from Hunter College and has steadily maintained a studio in Long Island City, Queens ever since. He has exhibited his work throughout the US, most recently at Troppus Projects in Kent OH, the Reinberger Gallery in Cleveland OH and the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse NY. His work has also been featured in publications such as ArtMaze Mag, Patron (Dallas), New American Paintings, Maake Mag and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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