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Arielle Zamora
Arielle Zamora tells us about how they started working with joint compound, adding the human hand into their work, and putting their ducks in a row.
About the Artist
Arielle Zamora (b.1990) is Portland Oregon-based painter and printmaker who creates paintings through a labor-intensive process of layering joint compound and paint. Reacting to the geometry of their substrate, Arielle carves a variety of lines into the surface to reveal subtle shifts in color and line weight, while repeating and manipulating shapes and forms that recur throughout all of their work. Chance imperfections humanize their abstractions and invite a scavenger hunt-like engagement with the work.
Exhibited at Future Fair with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, 2024
In Conversation, exhibition at Strohl Art Center, 2023
Held Tight, two-person exhibition at Fuller Rosen Gallery, 2022