LIZ CURTIN

ARTIST STATEMENT:

Liz Curtin is a multimedia artist drawn to found objects, rust, and the odd vintage item. She explores the world through her love of materials and techniques working mostly on paper or canvas and sometimes merging them with textiles and other media.

Primarily a Mixed Media/Collage Artist for the past 40 plus years she recently felt a calling to return to her first love of working with textiles. Combining many elements and repurposing and working from her stash she created “Quintessential Neighborhood” to document the place she’s lived in NYC for almost 50 years. A river, a park, the beauty of the four seasons, vintage brownstone buildings and nature’s glory were my inspiration. This piece is in the online show and print catalog Where The Light Gets In.

Several of the other pieces include textiles and other media and examine relationships of material to technique to thought. The exploratory process is vital to her process.

Bio:

Curtin was born in The Bronx and lived in 5 different places before the age of 6, including Bombay, India which has had a profound impact on her life and art. 

Curtin retired as the Director of Making Art Work at Carter Burden Network/Covello Older Adult Center in December 2023. She continues to teach a Mixed Media class once a week and work on her own art practice daily.