Instructor: Joanna Kidney
Tuesday & Wednesday
June 8 - 9
1pm - 3pm (EST)
2 sessions on Zoom

This workshop will take an experimental and playful approach to explore the possibilities of subtraction, translucency and layering with encaustic paint. Drawing exercises will feed into an wide exploration of tools and techniques for subtractive mark making- intaglio, intarsia and impressing- combined with paint and R&F pigment sticks. We will build history and depth through a combination of this mark making, layering and scraping- working with translucency and opacity, covering and uncovering, building up and breaking down layers to create a complex visual vocabulary. The purpose of the class is to discover a variety of processes and approaches to expand and fine-tune your own unique visual language and to nurture a playful and intuitive approach in the studio. We will look at other artists work to support the explored ideas and methods. There will be individual support and group reviews.
This class is suitable for a wide variety of experience levels.

Joanna Kidney is a visual artist born in Dublin and currently living in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Her practice is a continual enquiry of an abstract vocabulary through drawing, painting and installation. On a quest for the non-material, it reflects on our place within the complex, infinite universe. She has exhibited at Solo and Group Exhibitions in USA, France, Germany and Ireland. Selected Solo Exhibitions include: Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin; List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Philadelphia (upcoming); The LAB, Dublin (upcoming); Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre; Galway Arts Centre and Mermaid Arts Centre, Co. Wicklow. She teaches Encaustic Painting and Drawing widely in Ireland and Internationally at Colleges in the USA and Zijdelings in The Netherlands. She is an annual presenter at the International Encaustic Conference and her workshops are supported by R&F Handmade Paints. She is the recipient of Arts Council of Ireland and Wicklow County Council funding; an Royal Hibernian Academy Studio Award; a Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship and a Dublin Institute of Technology Award of Excellence. International residencies include Swarthmore College, Philadelphia (upcoming), Kiðjaberg, Iceland and Brigham Young University, Utah. Her collaborative practice includes projects with visual artists, dancers and filmmakers. She is a founding member of Outpost Studios, Bray, Co. Wicklow and the co-host of Wicklow Artists Salon, an initiative by Outpost Studios and Artists Connect. She sits on the panel for Artists Connect, a Wicklow County Council artists development initiative. Her work can be seen in the collections of Allied Irish Banks; The Central Bank, Dublin; Office of Public Works, Ireland; University College Dublin and the Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland.

 www.joannakidney.com