Terry Tripp
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK
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To Dream Tonight is a short animation that mixes cartoon illustrations with pop-surrealism dealing specifically with the theme of dreams. It’s flashing scenes and poetic narrative depict two lovers who express their feelings in a conflicted and confusing world.
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ABOUT TERRY TRIPP
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I’m a visual artist who works in painting, illustration, photography, and animation. My most current work is in expressionist paintings where I work with oil and mixed media on canvas. I create vibrantly colorful images of cartoony and disproportionate characters and scenes pulling from a 1980’s pop-culture palette inspired by my childhood, and I work the canvas with rough brush strokes as I freely transfer thoughts and images onto the canvas like a pencil in a personal sketchbook.
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Words, phrases, and sometimes even short poems are written, crossed out, and replaced in the paintings to create fractured narratives. Although my images may appear fun and playful, upon closer examination, they can reflect an uncanny underlining nature. The piece that I’m submitting is an animation that captures poetry in a dream.
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EDUCATION
· Azusa Pacific University (2013-2016) - MFA in Visual Art
· Bakersfield College (2011-2013) - Miscellaneous Units in Art
· University California Santa Barbara (2007) - South Coast Writing Project (SCWriP) Certificate
· Point Loma Nazarene University (2005-2007) - MA in Education / Teaching Credential (Single Subject Art, English, and Theater)
· California State University, Bakersfield (1999-2004) - BA in Psychology / BA in English
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VOCATION
· Art and English High School Teacher (2004-Present)
· College Writing Tutor and English Lab Instructor (2001-2004)
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MEMBERSHIPS
· Los Angeles Art Association (LAA)
· Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA)
· Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
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EXHIBITIONS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
· April 22nd to May 13th of 2017 - Groundspace Project, Groundswell II (Los Angeles, CA)
· December 10th to January 13th of 2017 - Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association Open Show (Los Angeles, CA)
· December 3rd-30th of 2016 - Launch! Gallery, Krampus Christmas (Culver City, CA)
· November 5th to December 1st of 2016 Beyond the Lines Gallery, Portraits (Santa Monica, CA)
· November 1st-18th of 2016 - L Gallery, Stories of Wonder (Azusa, CA)
· October 1st-29th of 2016 - Beyond the Lines Gallery, P (Santa Monica, CA)
· September 16th-18st of 2016 - Beyond the Lines (Los Angeles, CA)
· September 1st of 2016 - Agape Creative Studios, ArtHop (Fresno, CA)
· July 30th - August 13th - Groundspace Project, Groundswell (Los Angeles, CA)
· July 1st-13th of 2016 - Robert Bullock Gallery, Dream Pop (Azusa, CA)
· June 10th -17th of 2016 - Gallery 825, Out There (Los Angeles, CA)
· June 4th to July 1st of 2016 - Millard Sheets Art Center, SoCal MFA (Pomona, CA)
· Summer of 2016 - Photographer’s Forum 36th Contest Finalist Honorable Mention
· May 20th-21st of 2016 - Beyond the Lines (Los Angeles, CA)
· January of 2016 - Follow Pepper, Artificial Realities (Pasadena, CA)
· January of 2016 - Exhale Unlimited, Resolution (Los Angeles, CA)
· November of 2015 - Emergent, An Insight into Dreams (Aurora, IL)
· July of 2015 - Exhale Unlimited, Recolor Recover (Los Angeles, CA)
· July of 2015 - Robert Bullock Gallery, Camouflage (Azusa, CA)
· May of 2015 - Bakersfield Museum of Art, Californians at Play (Bakersfield, CA)
· March of 2015 - Art Institute of CA, Inland Empire Visual Art Gallery, HS Faculty Exhibit (San Bernardino, CA)
· March of 2015 - The Younger Gallery, KHSD Art Teacher Show (Bakersfield, CA)
· June of 2014 - Exhale Unlimited, Beyond Ikea (Los Angeles, CA)
· Spring of 2014 - 34th Photographer’s Forum Honorable Mention
· April of 2014 - Exhale Unlimited, A Matter of Death and Life (Los Angeles, CA)
· Spring of 2013 - Photographer’s Forum 33rd Contest Finalist Honorable Mention
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