The Thousandfold Principle #5 / Oil on paper, mounted on board / 32" x 25" / 2013
Jeremy Szopinski
Name: Jeremy Szopinski
City/State: Minneapolis, MN
Email: jeremy@jeremyszopinski.com
Website: www.jeremyszopinski.com
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City/State: Minneapolis, MN
Email: jeremy@jeremyszopinski.com
Website: www.jeremyszopinski.com
MNartist.org profile: http://www.mnartists.
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.
Tumblr: http://
Bio:
Jeremy Szopinski has exhibited at many venues in the Midwest and nationally including Woodward Gallery, Soo Visual Arts Center, Phipps Center for the Arts, Speedboat Gallery and the Duluth Art Institute. He has also worked as an adjunct faculty member at the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, MN, as a senior letterpress printer at Studio On Fire in Minneapolis, and has painted murals. He graduated in 1998 from the College of Visual Arts, in Saint Paul, and completed his MFA in painting at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 2010.
Triple Fire / Oil on board / 43" x 44" / 2013
Tell me about your work? What are you currently working on? How is this different from past projects?
I'm currently working on a series of smallish scale paintings. I've been experimenting combining printmaking ink with traditional oil paint. The ink has a much different viscosity than paint and does some interesting things when it's scraped across the painting. I've also been using a paper called Terraskin, which is made out of stone. The paper absorbs paint in a different way than a typical gessoed surface. It also is incredibly smooth, especially when mounted to a board, and gives the paint greater luminosity.
How did you decide to become an artist?
I made the official decision after my first year of college. I had been taking a lot of general liberal arts courses and realized art was the obvious choice. It is my calling and I'm miserable if I'm not making paintings.
The Thousandfold Principle #6 / Oil on paper, mounted on board / 25" x 30" / 2013
What was the best advice given to you as an artist?
Don't kill your paintings. In other words, don't overwork, know when to stop and how to keep the paint alive.
Many artists struggle to find ways to sell their art. How do you sell your work? How do you market yourself?
I put a good amount of time into promoting my work on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/
I put a good amount of time into promoting my work on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/
The Thousandfold Principle #7 / Oil on paper, mounted on board / 32" x 25" / 2013
Ed Charbonneau: http://www.
Garrett Perry: http://www.
Chris Larson: http://www.
Maria Santiago: http://www.cva.edu/
Ruben Nusz: http://www.rubennusz.com/
If I were to follow you around to see art in Minnesota, which places would we go? What would we see?
TuckUnder Gallery: http://tuckunder.org/
Bockley Gallery: http://www.
SooVac: http://www.soovac.org/
Art-A-Whirl: http://nemaa.org/
Midway Gallery: http://www.midwayart.
Walker Art Center: http://www.walkerart.
The Thousandfold Principle #8 / Oil on paper, mounted on board / 26" x 25" / 2013
In addition to www.Local-Artist-Interviews.
Lately, I've been enjoying the randomness of Tumblr. It's fun to follow the strange paths it creates. It provides a way to find artists and "collectors" outside of my normal social sphere.
Here are some other blogs and review sites I like to check out:
Art Critical: http://www.artcritical.com/
The Brooklyn Rail: http://www.brooklynrail.org/
Edward Winkleman: http://www.edwardwinkleman.
Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/
From The Top of Her Head / Oil on board / 48" x 62" / 2012
Do you have any exhibits to promote in the near future?I have a solo show called "The Thousandfold Principle" at TuckUnder Projects. May 23 - June 23. Reception Thursday 5/23 6-9 PM.
Jeremy Szopinski
(Photography by Joanna Carina of Carina Photographics)
Tuck Under Projects
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