Residency dates: October 19 - November 13Lecture: October 27 at noon. University Galleries, Center for the Visual ArtsVictoria Haven’s recent work includes drawings on paper and material explorations ranging from delicate (ink and collage on Gampi paper) to robust (cut metal structures plated or powder coated). These multiple avenues of investigation are united by Haven’s focused exploitation of the chosen material, which allows her to “emancipate line from form, gesture from surface, and to play with the interval between two and three dimensions. 1Using abstraction, shifting perspectives, and intuitive process, Haven explores phenomenon of fleeting sensations, multiple viewpoints, and severed space. Whether referencing real or the imagined (or collapsing the distinction between them), Haven’s work operates in the realm of psychological as well as formal space.Originally from Seattle, Washington, Haven moved to London in 1997 where she received a MFA from Goldsmith’s college- University of London. Haven’s work has been written about in several publications including Artforum and Art in America. She currently lives and works in Seattle and is represented there by Greg Kucera Gallery and PDX Contemporary Art, Portland. 1 Seattle P-I June 28th, 2007 Abstraction takes on fresh dimensions in Haven’s ‘Iampayingattention’ by Nate Lippens
