NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection Exhibition, WaterFire Arts Center (2024) Bio:
Jacqueline Ott is an artist who lives in Providence and works in her Pawtucket, Rhode Island studio. Born in Camden, New Jersey, she received a BFA from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. She was an adjunct faculty member at Rhode Island School of Design for nine years, and also taught at Brown University and Roger Williams University. Her work has been exhibited in New York, Philadelphia, PA, Providence, RI, Boston, MA. and Abu Dhabi.
She was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fund, a Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Fellowship in Drawing and Printmaking, a Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Fellowship in Painting, and a Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Artist Project Grant.
Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; Newport Art Museum, Newport RI; and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Corporate collections that include her work are Fidelity Investments, Meditech, Boston Ritz-Carlton Residencies, the Dialysis Centers of Rhode Island, and Edwards and Angell, Providence RI.
Original NetWorks Catalogue Bio:
My current work consists of geometric shapes that are built by the systematic application of repeated marks to a visual lined structure. It is derived from my previous work where the marks were hung on a linear structure to create an allover painting or drawing. I set up a defined format within which to work because it allows me to concentrate on inventing unique markings and systematic methods of configuring the marks. The mark determines the structure and vice versa. The process of integrating the mark within the structure determines the image. The work follows the logic of the system on which it is based – nothing frivolous is included. Within the system, random actions can occur. The pencil lines that define the underlying structure are visible and important to the whole. I am occasionally asked if a computer is used to develop the work. The answer is no. The work is enhanced by the subtle differences that occur when the work is developed and executed by hand.
Source: NetWorks 2008 Catalogue
Graphite on paper, 66 x 252 in.
Credits:
Produced by: Betsy Hart
Music: Rachel’s “Wally, Egon and Models in the Studio” from the album “Music for Egon Schiele” 1996, © Quarterstick Records – BMI
Executive Producer: Joseph A. Chazan M.D.
Additional Information:
Artist’s Website: jacquelineott.com
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