Oil on Linen
46.5 inches x 35 inches
$13,500
Biography
Naomie Kremer is a painter, video artist, and stage designer. She has exhibited widely in the US and abroad. Her work is in many collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Berkeley Art Museum, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and the US Embassy, Beijing, China.
Kremer’s imagery, though largely abstract, is based in the real world–incorporating nature, architecture, language, letterforms, and the human figure, drawing from a wide range of sources including art history, music, poetry and literature. She also combines painting and video projection in what she calls “Hybrid Paintings”.
Her video based set designs include the San Francisco production of Tristan and Isolde, by Richard Wagner; Alcina, by GF Handel, performed by Les Talens Lyriques in Acre, Israel; the world premiere production of The Secret Garden co-commissioned by San Francisco Opera and Cal performances; Light Moves, a collaboration with Margaret Jenkins Dance Company; En Memoire de… with Musiques Interdites, performed at the Musée d’Histoire de Marseille. She created all the visuals for the film In the Beginning was Desire with David Grubin Productions. She has also made short films, including Like Trees, and The Alma Enigma about Alma Mahler.
Thoughts on Djerassi Resident Artist Program
I was a resident artist at Djerassi in 1999. It was a very important moment in my development as an artist. I had just moved into a new studio in downtown Oakland, where I could make very large work and explore new media. My first morning at Djerassi I met the photographer Judy Dater, who has become a very close friend. One of the paintings I made at Djerassi was subsequently acquired by the Art in Embassies program for the new US Embassy in Beijing, China. The rich mix of creators who were my cohort, as well as the supportive staff and gorgeous natural environment added immeasurably to my creative process. I will forever be grateful for my time as a Djerassi fellow.
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