JUNE STRATTON

June Strattons billeder er fiktive blandinger af skønhed og natur. Ofte er værkerne bevidst idealiserede repræsentationer af følelsesindtryk hentet fra drømme – spundet sammen med elementerne jord, himmel og vand, som omgiver hende til daglig. Hun bruger symboler og sin feminine synsvinkel til at fortælle en meget afslappet, løsrevet fortælling. Det er et drømmeagtigt univers, hvor figurerne ofte virker som tavse, svævende væsner.
I arbejdsprocessen burger June Stratton sølv I sine billeder, fordi det reflekterer det lys, som omgiver værkerne. Denne teknik får kunstværket til at skifte visuelt, alt afhængig af tilskuerens placering og perspektiv på billedet. Det understreger billedernes drømmeagtige og æteriske kvalitet.

Uddannelse
1977-79: College of Fine Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California.
UDVALGTE UDSTILLINGER
2017
Into the Woods ll, Haven Gallery, Northport, New York
Aquamarine, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina
In the Garden, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, California
2016
Interplay, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina.
2015
Ten, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina.
2014
I See a Pattern, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina.
Animal dreams, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
Flutter, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina.
Flying dreams, Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia.
2013
North vs. South, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina
Evolution, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina
2012
MuseArt, Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
2009
Splash, Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
2008
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts, June Stratton and Melody Postma
2007
Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia “Femme Transparent”
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts “Vision – Contemporary Female Artists”
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Roanoke, Virginia “Vision – Contemporary Female Artists”
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia “Metamorphosis”
2006
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
2005
Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
2004
Whitney Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
2000
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho and Seattle, Washington
Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, Montana
1999
Artists of Rural Landscapes, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington
1998
Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California, Landscapes, Invitational (catalogue)
Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1997
Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, Washington
1994
Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1993
Introductions 1993, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California
Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, Washington.

Udvalgte samlinger
Texaco Incorporated, New York, New York
US Department of State, Washington DC
Bank of America, Seattle, Washington
Federal Reserve, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Chicago Title Insurance Company, Seattle, Washington
Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington
Kaiser Hospital, Portland, Oregon
Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Virginia Mason Clinic, Seattle, Washington
St Regis Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia

Publikationer
2017 South Magazine, Eleven of the South’s Greatest Artists, March April issue