Katherine Nemanich’s conceptual framework evolved from her ongoing exploration of setting the hand painted abstract expressionist brushmark, or pen and ink calligraphy mark, free in space. Nemanich explores when can a line, a brushstroke, a mark become a shape, a 3D form? How can such a mark be constructed to become a form? In Nemanich’s paper constructions, marks become sculpted into rounded, suspended, and open painted forms. Some are monumental, 10 feet in height, suspending from ceiling to floor. Now, with new materials of acetate and wire, Nemanich’s method allows an even more spatial dimension with layering and transparency to float the painted marks literally in space.
 
Chicago artist Katherine Nemanich uses marks driven by her longstanding work with calligraphy and by her lifelong study and love of music. As a harpsichordist and pianist, music is integral to her life and to her art. She listens keenly to many kinds of music, especially jazz and classical, and keeps a notebook of particular works, songs, or passages that she finds especially conducive to translating into visual marks. The phrasing, gestures, rhythm, and emotional feeling in the music are the source for many of her gestural ink marks. Visuals of hand drawn musical scores, with the energy of the notations and markings depicting the energy of the music also inspire her painted ink markings. Katherine Nemanich, an alumnus of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago, College of Architecture and Art, has exhibited in Chicago and Midwestern area solo and group shows including Rockford Art Museum, Hyde Park Art Center, Bridgeport Art Center, Governors State University, ARC Gallery, Riverside Art Center, Woman Made Gallery, Hairpin Arts Center, and Noyes Cultural Arts Center. 
 

Polyrhythm
2022
acetate, wire, ink, acrylic
17 x 21 x 10 in.

Image courtesy of the artist.

Form Two
2018
Cotton rag paper, sumi ink, PVA adhesive
20 x 24 x 17 in.

Image courtesy of the artist.

We are thrilled to announce that this inaugural publication is now in the hands of our printer. The 10th Year Anniversary Artist Directory will feature contemporary works by 61 artists. All sales that occur from this publication will go directly to the artists. 

Expected delivery is first week in January 2023. 

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Design: Sally Carson Graphic Design 

Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inches
Pages: 64 pps
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Cover: 100 lb Cover paper Satin
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Artists: Alexis Arnold, Ernesto Atkinson, Ann Baer, Phyllis Bankier, Cyndy Baran, Stephanie Bartz, Pat Bishop, Blanche Brown, Bonnita Budysz, Michael Burmesch, Kimberly Burnett, Ginnie Cappaert, Amy Carani, Rebecca Carlton, Jill Christian, Meg Ciccantelli, Abigail Engstrand, Peggy Thurston Farrell, Terri Fields, Christine Buth Furness, Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Jean Roberts-Guequierre, Karen Gunderman, Sharon Kerry-Harlan, Kristine Hinrichs, Julia Hintz-Hosfeld, Jayne Reid Jackson, Jan Jahnke, Juell Jahnke, Clare Jorgensen, Helen R. Klebesadel, Rachel Kmecheck, Dale Knaak, Frank Korb, Daniela Kouzov, Diane Levesque, Issis Macias, Roxane Mayeur, Meghan Burke McGrath, Marco Mendoza, Sara Meredith, Tania Nelson, Rebekah Nicholas, Julie Nielsen, Charles O’Connell, Amy Olson, CV Peterson, Cyndie Rauls, Katherine Steichen Rosing, Rick Santovec, Barbara Rae Schaefer, Diane Scully, Tony Staroska, Katie Stensberg, Carol & Roy Toepke, The Unglitch, Kathy Weaver, Mark Weller, Sara Willadsen, Veronica Bruce Woodard, Rita Yanny 

Cover art: Kristine Hinrichs, Going Places, 2022, digital photographic print, 20 x 16 inches, $200. Image courtesy of the artist.
 

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