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Artist Statement I make site-specific cut paper installations, ephemeral drawings in both two and three dimensions that blur the line between actual, illusionistic and imagined space. Sculptural and often glowing with natural or artificial light, these imaginary weather systems appear frozen in an ambiguous moment, bursting through walls and windows, or hovering within a room. My process is very intuitive, based on spontaneous decisions in the moment. I begin by making loose line drawings in India ink on large rolls of paper. Then I cut out selected areas between the lines to make a new drawing in positive and negative space on the reverse. 30-80 of these cut paper pieces form the final installation, which I create on site by trial and error, a 2-3 day dance with chance and control. Existing only for the length of an exhibition, this weightless world totters on the brink of being and not being, continually in flux. It is my mediation on creation, destruction, and the transient nature of reality.
About the Artist
FAQ How is the work made? Please read this photo essay: How it happens. . .a little photo essay Where can I find more detailed information on your ideas, artistic process, etc? Please go to the Press page, where you can find interviews and articles in which I talk about my ideas and process. Or you can go to the Video page and watch me in action. What inspires you? On this page you can find many of the types of images that inspire my work: Inspiration Can you answer this questionnaire for my term paper, thesis, school presentation, etc? I'm sorry, I cannot help you with your homework but I wish you the best of luck. How can I stay informed about your future shows and projects? Please go to the Contact page and sign up for my mailing list. I usually send out emails about 4-5 times per year. Thanks!
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Since
receiving her BFA from Cornell University in 1996, Mia Pearlman has exhibited
internationally in numerous galleries, non-profit spaces and museums,
including the Museum of Arts and Design (NY), the Montgomery Museum of
Art (AL), the Centre for Recent Drawing (London), and Mixed Greens (NY).
Upcoming shows include the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Morgan Lehman Gallery
(NY) and the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian. Her work is featured
in several books on the use of paper in contemporary art. Pearlman has
participated in many residency programs, including Proyecto’Ace
in Buenos Aires, the Lower East Side Printshop in NYC, and the Vermont
Studio Center. She is a recipient of a 2008 Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Grant and a 2009 Established Artist Fellowship from UrbanGlass. Pearlman
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.