Laraine Lee
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Biography
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Born in Oregon, graduated with a Master's Degree in Dance and Film from the Univ. of Oregon. Filmmaker, designer, artist, sculptor.
Laraine Lee died in Piedmont, CA on March 15, 2010.
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Statement
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Having been absorbed with motion â?" via dance, theater and filmmaking -- Iâ?Tve come to a place where Iâ?Tm fascinated with those moments between motion, between breaths. As the title of one of my films expresses, â?oCIRCLING THE SQUAREâ??, itâ?Ts the process of movement that truly fascinates me.
I would hope that as one absorbs and touches one of my sculpture pieces â?" and indeed theyâ?Tre meant to be touched â?" the formal elements such as the interplay of angles, etc., will create active interaction and participation in the viewer. And that, as a result of that process, new discoveries would continue to occur, the sculpture itself acting as a catalyst and not a static piece.
I believe that kinesthetic emotional movement leads to an intellectual process inward and then out again, evolving continually to a deeper and more profound understanding of our surroundings and of ourselves.
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Exhibitions
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1998: Annual juried show:Emeryville Exhibition of the Arts, Emeryville, CA
1994: Hayward Art Council, â?oArt in the Annexâ??, Sculptors of Cal State Hayward, Faculty & Masters of Sculpture, Hayward, CA
1993: Special Masters of Sculpture Exhibition, Main Gallery, Hayward State University
1993: Annual juried Spring Art Show, Cal State University Hayward, Hayward, CA
1992: Annual juried Emeryville Celebration of the Arts Show, Emeryville, CA
1991: Annual juried Spring Art Show, Cal State University Hayward, Hayward, CA.Juried by Philip Linhares, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1985: San Francisco International Film Festival, Feature Documentary, â?oSTEPHANE GRAPPELLI:LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCOâ??. Editor.
1982: â?oCIRCLING THE SQUAREâ??, 30 minute dramatic film. Writer, producer,editor and director. Broadcast on several PBS affiliates November 1982. Screened at Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley; Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis,MN and many other venues throughout the country.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1991: Special award, Juried Exhibit, Hayward State Univ.,Annual Student Show.
1981: Palo Alto (California) Film festival, Festival award
1981: Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, MN, film grant award
1979: Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, MN, film grant award
1975: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Cultural Forum Grant
1975: University of Oregon, Dance Department Film Grant
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