ARTIST STATEMENT

My current collage medium is photo collage, which is the assemblage of printed images arranged to tell a narrative, to provoke thought, or to please the eye.  The elements in my work are typically arranged to form something resembling a human body or to embellish a human body, sometimes in an atmosphere and sometimes alone. My interest in the human body serves as a platform for me to tell stories that are both compelling and whimsical.  I want the viewer to be curious about the story and have an amused response to the imagery.

I cut from magazines and random printed material.  Cutting is a meditative practice for me.  When an image strikes me, I will use it to form the basis of a visual story, adding and subtracting complementary elements.  My aesthetic tools are depth of space, texture and color.  I re-arrange the pieces several times  until the work strikes me as being right, or tells an unexpected narrative.

Embellished detailing and pattern-like forms reflect my experience of having a degree in clothing and textiles and working professionally as a hand knit designer.  The figurative collages by Hannah Hoch, one of the originators of photomontage, and Kurt Schwitters, both collage artists early in the 20th century, and others, have been strong influences in my photo collage practice.

BIOGRAPHY

Regina Sender Levin was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, has lived in various places, and currently lives and works in Minneapolis, MN. She holds a B.S. from Syracuse University in Clothing and Textiles, and an M.S. from the University of Tennessee in Textile Design. She worked in the hand-knitting industry for more than ten years.

Regina began taking classes at regional art schools in 2003 while living in Westport, CT.. She has studied at The Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, CT, the Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan, CT, the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, CT, and The Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY. She has also taken numerous workshops given by Debi Pendell in North Adams, MA.

Regina's artwork has been exhibited at the Housatonic Museum of Art, the Westport Arts Center, the Fairfield Art Center, the John Slade Ely House, the Mark Twain Library, City Lights Gallery, the West Hartford Library, the University of Connecticut, Stamford and the University of Connecticut, Storrs, The Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington MN, and Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN. Her work is in the collections of several private collectors.

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