ARTIST STATEMENT


My acrylic paintings explore nature's forces & the mystery of creation through accidental procedure and experimentation with acrylic paint and media.  I use a wide variety of resists to create patterns and shapes some of which are weather dependent and others made with unusual materials.

My current series, Runes, features the organic shapes made by embedding stones, rocks and gravel in paint and acrylic media. Removing these stones leaves behind intriguing patterns of marks and outlines. Where the medium is thickest a mold of the stone is clearly visible and raised from the surface. I've named the series Runes to acknowledge the role of stones and rocks as tools in my process. I also like the word's many meanings: an inscription of magical significance, a divine symbol, a stone used in meditation and prognostication, a mystery. Inherently unpredictable, I enjoy the many surprises of this process. 

I write a blog about fun experiments in acrylic called "Try this at Home!" and teach DIY workshops in my Santa Fe Studio.  You'll find my workshops listed at  Santa Fe Creative Tourism DIY workshops as well as here on my website.

Blog: Try this At Home: Experiments in Acrylic by Mickey Bond
Workshops: DIY Santa Fe  santafecreativetourism.org

Gallery Representation

New Mexico

Jay Etkin Gallery
Contemporary & Ethnographic Works of Art
@ the Railyard, Santa Fe

http://www.jayetkingallery.com
Special Events in Alliance with New Concept Gallery. Jay Etkin Gallery presents "Sideshow" a collaborative concept by Jay Etkin & Ann Hosfeld, owner, New Concept Gallery, 610 Canyon Road, Santa Fe. "Sideshow" features work by Jay Etkin Gallery Artists.

Texas

360 degrees of art 
Houston • New York • London
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Online
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http://internationaldatamemorial.com

 

Other Links: Daily Painters Abstract Gallery; Contemporary Fine Art International Gallery; Santa Fe Women's Ensemble www.sfwe.org; Canticum Novum http://www.sfcanticumnovum.com


AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

2013 Art Takes Times Square 2012, recognizing "a select few out of the tens of thousands of arin the international show "Art Takes Times Square," June 2012.
2012 Featured Artist, Art and Beyond Magazine November/December 2012 

2012 18TH ANNUAL TEXAS NATIONAL EXHIBITION April 14 - May 26, 2012
        SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX
2012 Artist in Residence, Inn & Spa at Loretto, Santa Fe, NM www.innatloretto.com
2012 Best of America Acrylic Artists Vol I (Kennedy Publishing) www.bestofartists.com
2012 A Walk Into Abstracts Vol. 4  by Sue St. John  http://awalkintoabstracts.com
2012 International Contemporary Masters V
2011 International Contemporary Masters IV
2011 Mixed Media Abstracts 2010 by Mickey Bond       
2010 ArtSlant 5th 2010 Showcase Winner
2010 ArtSlant 2010 Limited Edition Print Collection
2010 Featured Artist: Contemporary Fine Art International

 
SELECTED EXHIBITS

2012-2013 "Inspire:" Gallery with A Cause Benefit for Cancer Patients, December 16 - March 9, 2013, New Mexico Cancer Foundation, Albuquerque, NM http://www.nmcancercenterfoundation.org/
2012 "Sideshow:" Small Works by Jay Etkin Gallery Artists. A special collaborative concept by Jay Etkin with the support of Ann Hosfeld, owner of New Concept, "Sideshow" is the first in a series of unique exhibitions at New Concept Gallery, 610 Canyon Road in Santa Fe, NM
2012 18TH ANNUAL TEXAS NATIONAL EXHIBITION (April 14 - May 26, 2012) SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX
2011 September - October. Tikkun Olam: A Restoration Project, Tucson JCC, Tucson, AZ.
2011 September. New Works, A Group Show, The Jay Etkin Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2011 "Local Art" @ Flying Star Cafe, Albuquerque, NM
June - August 2011 @ Nob Hill, 3513 Central Ave, NE: Paintings from the Series "Suddenly Rain" by Mickey Bond
March - May 2011 @ Bernalillo, 200 South Camino del Pueblo: Paintings from the Series "Reef Life Riff" by Mickey Bond
January - March @ Uptown 2201 Lousiana Blvd, NE Paintings from the Series "Bottom of An Ancient Sea" by Mickey Bond 
2011 March 12 - May 1st. Desert Meets Water: 7 Artists The Floating Stone Inn & Aqua Spa, Tubac, AZ
2011 March 3 - May 1st.  Women's Works 2011, 24th Annual Fine Art Exhibit The Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, Illinois
2011 Jan. New Work: A Group Show Matrix Arts Santa Fe , Santa Fe, NM
2010 Nov. - Jan. Member's Juried Show, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac,  AZ
2010 Oct. - Nov. The Spirit of Place, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM
2010 Sept. - Oct. Open Space: A View with Room & Little Gems, Open Space Visitor Center, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Sept. Visions of Land, Sea & Sky, Matrix Arts Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Apr. Never Think small: REDUX!, climate/gallery, Long Island City, NY
2010 Apr. COLLECT 8, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Mar. - Jun Sunlight: Art Show with a Cause, Gallery with a Cause,  New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Feb. Mixed Media Show, Meow Wolf Art Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2009 Nov. Fresh Paint, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2009 Aug. High Road to Taos, Wilder Nightingale Gallery, Taos, NM
2009 May Seeking Solitude: Isolation in Art Gallery, RFD, Swainsboro, GA
2009 Apr. Faces & Places, Jennie Cooley Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Oct. Canyon Road Paint Out Show, Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art, Santa Fe
2008 Aug. Painting the Land of Enchantment, Sumner & Dene Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2008 Apr. COLLECT 8, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

EDUCATION 

BA Colgate University 1984
MA American Literature, University of Michigan 1987

ART EDUCATION

2002-2009 Outdoor Painting Workshops: Taos, NM, Abiquiu NM, Big Sur, CA, Monterey, CA
2002-2009 Santa Fe Community College