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The intent in my work is to push abstract paintings as far into new domains as possible. That's essential, and is at the core of the Western tradition. I don't see abstraction as a negation of realism. It's a style of painting expressing ideas in psychology, philosophy and spirituality in a unique way. Abstract art has ancient roots and I think that it needs to be re-invented again and again. All great art is abstract, rigorous and deeply felt.
I'm working with free-form naturalism, letting the materials dictate much of how the images are arrived at in my paintings. I like to use paint like clay, to form three-dimensional surfaces that express the earth's most extraordinary physical traits; its fissures, eruptions and the remains of catastrophic geological events. My palette consists of earth colors, but sometimes acid, almost chemical colors can be indicative of psychological degradation. I'm inspired by the motions of liquids and solids, with the sinewy lines in between. I see an abstraction that references the huge forces of nature (including ourselves, earth & the cosmos) that are constantly in motion. I attempt to expand the expressions of a profound legacy others have created.
Kjeld Tidemand
curriculum vitae
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, 1966-68
Art Students League, NYC, 1969
San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA, 1970-72
in addition:
- private studies & master classes with Stephen Greene, from early '80s
- private studies & master class with Richard Pousette-Dart, from mid '70s
- private studies with Paul Hultberg, from the late '60s
- 2 semesters graduate studies in painting at Hunter College, 1981
- 2 semesters graduate studies in art history at Columbia University 1980
also:
- 7 years on the staff of the Objects Conservation Dept. at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
solo exhibitions:
2000 "Kjeld Tidemand-Johannesen", Allen Sheppard Gallery, NYC
1997 "Kjeld Tidemand-Johannessen: north/light", Allen Sheppard Gallery, NYC
1996 "Kjeld Tidemand-Johannessen: scaia", Allen Sheppard Gallery, NYC
1990 "Kjeld Tidemand-Johannessen: Nye Malerier", Galleri Kampen, Oslo, Norway
1986 "Kjeld Tidemand-Johannessen: Nye Malerier", Galleri Kampen, Oslo, Norway
1979 "Kjeld Tidemand-Johannessen: Maleri", Galleri Alana, Oslo, Norway
1976 "Kjeld Tidemand-Johannessen: in the Heaton Gallery", Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
two-artist exhibitions:
2000 "Grace Mueller & Kjeld Tidemand-Johannessen", Allen Sheppard Gallery, NYC
1995 "Norwegian Visions 95", American-Scandinavian Society, NYC
1989 "Helaine Blumenfeld, sculpture & Kjeld Tidemand-Johannessen, paintings", Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
1989 "Helaine Blumenfeld & Kjeld Tidemand-Johannessen", the Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY
group exhibitions:
2010 "Nature", The Shore Institute for Contemporary Arts (SICA), Long Branch, NJ
2007 "Norwegian Artists in New York II", Trygve Lie Gallery, NYC
2005 "Ripples: Paul Hultberg, e. sky. Romelo Del Deo & KT-J", Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
2005 "Digital and Beyond", Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
2004 "Norwegian Artists in New York", Trygve Lie Gallery, NYC
1996 "Important Papers", Walker-Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn , NJ
1996 "The Rockland Connection: part II/Today", Rockland Center for the Art, West Nyack, NY
1995 "New Romanticism", L'Atelier Gallery, Piermont, NY
1992 "Gallery Artists", L'Atelier Gallery, Piermont, NY1989 "Leicster Arts' New Artists", London Art Fair, London, UK
1975 - 1985 several group shows at the Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
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