benjamin thure heiken

The Enigmatic Suffering of Objects

laura lie — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:09 +0000

PNCA 2011 Thesis Exhibitions

laura lie — Sat, 21 May 2011 19:49:08 +0000

My 2011 thesis work, “The Enigmatic Suffering of Objects,” will be on exhibit for PNCA’s 2011 Thesis Exhibition. The work is set up in the Cornelia and William TC Steven’s Studios, two blocks west of the main building, which is located at 1241 NW Johnson St. The exhibit will be open Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am–6 pm. A First Thursday reception will take place June 2 from 6-9 pm.

The Enigmatic Suffering of Objects

laura lie — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:14:29 +0000

Just posted images from my thesis installation, “The Enigmatic Suffering of Objects,” at Pacific Northwest College of Art. Works include A Public Standing- Postponed, in which I used oils to paint the back-side of a found hall tree.

Portland-area artist and craftsman Dalton Paull helped me create An Alter using salvaged wood and heat-sensitive mechanisms. I painted the interior of An Alter using oils.

In Ocular Wear, I used oils to replicate Luis Melendez’s Still Life with Sea Bream and Oranges (1772). I transferred the painting onto wood, adding a magnifying glass on chain, and sliced through the paint to create an illusion of movement from the magnifying glass.

I also painted the undersides of a group of chairs in A Side-Splitting Bare By Her Batch of Chairs, Even, exposing the “private lives” of objects.

Photos by Chloe Dietz.

PNCA Thesis

laura lie — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:29:56 +0000

Pacific Northwest College of Art posted some photos from my thesis oral work on Flickr. The Side-Splitting Bare by Her Batch of Chairs, Even and Ocular Wear are just two of the works I completed for my 2011 PNCA thesis oral, “The Enigmatic Suffering of Objects.”

Photo by Chloe Dietz.

Portland Sentinel POS Article

laura lie — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:51:22 +0000

In 2007, I won the Portland Open Studios (POS) Kimberly Gales Emerging Artists Scholarshipwith another Portland artist, Jennifer Mercede. Check out Todd Anthony’s article from the April 2008 edition of the Portland Sentinel about my POS scholarship.

That was a lucky year for me. I also won the Go By Bike raffle and was able to choose from past POS artists to paint the bike. I chose Miriam Badyrka to paint the new cruiser…