Carrie Gillen American
I liked the physicality of making paintings that require me to stretch, pull, and break. I like that type of mark-making as opposed to just paint on canvas. - Carrie Gillen
"I trap color within the form but allow it to breath and refract light through the pleated surface. The folds and seams of the surface abstract the shapes laid therein. The final works don’t rely on narrative, or easily decipherable imagery, but rather our sense experience" - Carrie Gillen
Carrie Gillen is a St. Louis based painter and sculptor. She received her B.A. from Loyola University in New Orleans and her MFA from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Her current body of work focuses on materiality, abstraction, and nuanced color relationships. She uses fabric to amplify movement and tension in her work. As fabric folds and bends into a dynamic canvas, color and light are refracted in new ways.
Gillen exhibits her work locally and nationally. She is the recipient of the Jose Jimenez Public Art Award and the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis Artist Support Grant. She is currently a studio member at Intersect STL a non-profit studio, gallery, and classroom supporting the south side neighborhoods of St. Louis.
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Dopamine Opens At Square One Gallery
On view from June 7th - July 5th Jun 10, 2024Square One Gallery opened it's doors this past Friday, June 7th, for the opening reception of 'Dopamine'. We'd like to give a big thank you...Read more -
Square One Announces 'Dopamine"
A group exhibition opening June 7th at Square One Gallery May 14, 2024Join us for the opening reception of 'DOPAMINE' - a group exhibition feauturing works by contemporary artists Dan Lam, Ted Collier, Emmanuel Moses, Arnaud Vidricaire,...Read more
