Description Of Jeff Huntington Artworks: Catalyst

Jeff Huntington’s latest series of works, the Catalyst, refers to Huntington’s painting processes. Since 2012, Huntington has had an organic process modification in his own painting moving seamlessly through varied designs and techniques and ultimately combining these processes by layering multiple dimensions among every work.

Through structured collage, Huntington has created portrait paintings of people who have had a deep and long-standing impact on human history. Huntington explores the representational process of Tubman, Huey P. Newton, filmmaker, King Leopold, poet and additional with superimposed patterns making multiple portraits and viewpoints in one fantastically rendered painting. every subject is its own catalyst and every rendered design combines not solely physical dimensions however historical and cultural ones.

About Jeff Huntington Biography

Jeff Huntington received a Master of Fine Arts in 1997 from the varsity of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA in 1995 from the Corcoran faculty of Art in Washington, DC. His work has been enclosed in additional than eighty exhibitions across the nation and internationally over the past twenty-five years. His paintings are in camera and public collections throughout the planet, together with The Rockford Art depository in Rockford, Illinois and in U.S. embassies within the Philippines and Panama. Reviews of his work are featured in various publications, together with The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The NY Times, Juxtapoz, The New Art Examiner, additionally as a feature on CNBC. Some awards received embody The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Fellowship (Canada), The Jacob Kainen Award for Excellence in Figurative Painting, a Maryland State Arts Council grant and also the Ethel French region conductor Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting. Huntington is presently associate adjunct educator at the Corcoran in Washington, DC. His paintings are pictured by Porter modern in NY town, Reyes+Davis in Washington, DC, Gallery 1301 in the city, MD, and also the state capital assortment Gallery in the state capital, MD.

Huntington’s work has been enclosed in additional than eighty exhibitions across the nation and internationally over the past twenty-five years. His paintings are in camera and public collections throughout the planet, together with The Rockford Art depository in Rockford, Illinois and in U.S. embassies within the Philippines and Panama.

Huntington’s native work recently spurred conflict in the state capital, MD once a mural he was commissioned to colour was challenged by the city’s Historic Preservation Commission.   The fate of the mural continues to be undetermined, however, the method of advocating for the work and for the place of the visual arts within the community has diode Huntington to co-found the non-profit Future History currently along with his partner Julia Gibb.  Future History currently creates public artworks and art programming through the collaboration of at-risk youth and native, skilled artists—creating opportunities for all concerned to become stakeholders in making the long run landscape of their own communities.

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