Genevieve Wilk Biography
American photographer, Genevieve Wilk was trained at Point Park College/Pittsburgh Filmmakers, where she received her Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts and Photography.
The artist has taken part in several EXHIBITIONS. A SELECTED list of her exhibitions is as follows: - THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL, Pittsburgh PA, 2002 - SILVER EYE GALLERY, Pittsburgh PA, 2000 - SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA PERMANENT COLLECTION, 1999 - PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS OFF THE WALL EXHIBITION, Pittsburgh PA, 1998 - CHELSEA GALLERY, Berea OH, 1998 - PITTSBURGH BIENNIAL, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA, 1996 - WESTMORELAND ART NATIONALS, Latrobe PA, 1996, Honorable Mention - PENNSYLVANIA PHOTOGRAPHERS BIENNIAL, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown PA , 1996 - BLAIR COUNTY ARTS FESTIVAL, Altoona PA, 1996, Juror's Award - ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH ANNUAL, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA, 1995, Juror's Award
In 1998, she also Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship.
In the words of the artist:
My work deals with the visual representation of the unseen and intangible qualities of life - emotion, spirituality, the concept of growth and change, the forces in and around us - all the things that go beyond the surface reality and that constitute our aliveness.
My current work "Polagrams" (Polaroid drawings) is a return to the simplest type of photograph, the photogram. Like the photogram, the work is created using only light and a light-sensitive emulsion. No camera is involved. Although the materials are more modern, Polaroid instant film and a computer for enlargement, the work maintains a place in the photographic tradition; while expanding its borders to incorporate new technologies.
Using this process, I am able to express my view of the quiet mystery of our own existence and the beauty in this mystery.