May 5 - 31, 2015
Whitney Wood Bailey’s work is driven by questions of a metaphysical nature such as how design and orchestration within nature affects our consciousness, and how the extraordinary geometries within nature’s design demand the consideration of intelligent design as well as our notions of spirituality. She combines forms that are organic in creation with carefully placed and predetermined mark making. The linear hatch marks (“ticking”) in the work, inspired by visits to the ancient art caves of France, represent a form of structure, applied to the naturally occurring elements within this painting process. The combination of the two suggests the idea of an intersection of faith, reason, instinct and intellect.
About the artist:
Whitney Wood Bailey received her MFA in painting in 2008 from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, GA where she was awarded the Artistic Honors Fellowship. She received her BFA in painting from Auburn University and studied with the University of Georgia’s Lama Dodd School of Art in Italy as well as a postgraduate study with Rhode Island School of Design in France. She also studied under painter Larry Poons at the Art Students League in New York City.
Whitney has exhibited internationally in Paris, Shanghai and Hong Kong, as well as NYC and around the U.S. She was awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Hambidge Center, and was a featured artist in New American Paintings, edition #94.
Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta, GA, The Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, Savanna and Hong Kong, the Music City Center in Nashville, TN, and numerous public and private collections.
She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY