Colin Goldberg

Colin Goldberg
Colin Goldberg's work "Tsuru" was featured in the New York Times
Born Bronx, New York, United States
Nationality American
Education Binghamton University Bowling Green State University
Known for Printmaking, painting, mixed media, computer-assisted design and drawing

Colin Goldberg (born December 23, 1971, Bronx, New York) is an American artist whose work explores the intersection of traditional painting and digital media. This mixed media approach has been described as "tradigital." His compositions blend diverse influences including Japanese calligraphy and computer-based wire-frame models. His technique of layering computer-assisted abstractions with painted surfaces has found a following in New York, Long Island, and the Hamptons.[1] He describes his work as "primarily an exploration of abstraction and technology."[1] Like Jackson Pollock, Goldberg says he is interested in the "duality between control and accident."[1]

Goldberg's work has been exhibited in Boston, Honolulu, New York, Los Angeles, the Florida Keys, and San Francisco.[2] His one-artist show, North Fork Modernism, was exhibited at the South Street Gallery in Greenport, New York where it received some attention from the New York Times.[3][4][5][6] Goldberg is a co-founder of Emerging Art Long Island, an artist collective that organizes exhibits and meet and greets for artists and encourages mentorship of new artists by veteran artists.[7]

Early life

Goldberg was born in the Bronx, New York in 1971 to parents of Japanese and Jewish ancestry. Both his parents are chemists.[8] His grandmother, Kimiye, practiced Japanese calligraphy which became an important cultural and stylistic influence on Goldberg. When Goldberg was one and a half years old, his father accepted a position teaching at Southampton College, so the family moved to Southampton, New York. He started drawing as a child, but "unlike many people, I never stopped," he says. In elementary school, he explored computer programs on the Apple II. While still a teenager, he studied at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton which later exhibited his work.[2]

Career

Goldberg's work can be divided into three periods. As an undergraduate, he identified strongly with the surrealist movement. As he explored the intersection between art and technology, his work became more abstract. In a 2013 interview, he said he was now producing work that could be considered more figurative and representational.[9]

Colin Goldberg's "Kodoku" was part of his South Street Gallery exhibit

He studied studio art at Binghamton University where he was greatly influenced by an art professor, Angelo Ippolito. Goldberg credits Ippolito with introducing him to abstract expressionism and encouraging him to focus on materials and process rather than content. In 1994, he graduated from college and moved to New York where he began his career as an artist while also designing websites for various New York-based advertising firms. His first studio was in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; he later moved to Manhattan's East Village.[2] Subsequently, he earned an MFA in computer art at Bowling Green State University.[1][8] There, Andrew Hershberger, one of Goldberg's professors introduced him to the work of 15th-century artist Paolo Uccello in whom Goldberg found an artistic predecessor. He gave his first major exhibit, titled "Wireframes," while still a graduate student in Ohio.[2]

In 1999, Goldberg collaborated with Steve Miller in creating an internet artwork titled "Dreaming Brain," an interactive computer movie about dreaming which reflects the complexity of the unconscious mind.[10] This project, sponsored by Thundergulch and funded by the Greenwall Foundation, was exhibited at Manhattan's Equitable Art gallery in New York City. It was the only interactive piece in the exhibit, which featured works by Dali, Magritte, Chagall and Pollock.[11]

In 2006, one of Goldberg's works on canvas was accepted into the permanent collection of the Pollock-Krasner House and Studio in Springs, New York, the former home and studio of the painters Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner.[2]

Goldberg has continued doing commercial design projects while also pursuing his career in fine art. His design firm, Everbeta, is based out of his Long Island studio. His unique style evolved out of experimentation with Adobe Illustrator which he used for developing abstract compositions. He then developed the technique of overprinting these drawings on a painted surface and modified his printer to achieve the effect he wanted. Goldberg's Pollock-Krasner grant enabled him to make further technological adaptations in the interests of creating larger-format work.[1]

Exhibits

Awards and grants

In 2013, Goldberg was named a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant winner.[12] He is also a recipient of the Long Island Creative Individuals Grant, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts and has been awarded an artist residency at the Studios of Key West.

Personal life

The artist currently lives and works on Long Island's North Fork in the Village of Greenport with his wife Donna Meyer Goldberg, and their daughter Aya Lynne, born in 2014.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Colin Goldberg mixes paint and print". Binghamton University Magazine (Binghamton University). Spring 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Casey, Eileen (9 September 2010). "Artists among us: Colin Goldberg". Hamptons.com (Hamptons Online, LLc). Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Long Island". New York Times (New York Times Company). 16 May 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Events on Long Island for May 25-31, 2014". New York Times (New York Times Company). 25 May 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Long Island". New York Times (New York Times Company). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Long Island". New York Times (New York Times Company). 4 May 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  7. ↑ Gustavson, Jennifer (13 December 2011). "New art group launched contemporary exhibit in Greenport". Suffolk Times (Times/Review News Group). Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 De Troy, Stephanie (22 May 2014). "Colin Goldberg Exhibits North Fork Modernism in Greenport". Dan's Papers (Dan Rattiner). Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Art Commentary: Improbable Forms". Art and Architecture Quarterly East End. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  10. ↑ Gamwell, Lynn (1999). Dreams 1900-2000. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. p. 53.
  11. ↑ "Dreaming brain". Rhizome. Artbase. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Colin Goldberg". Pkf-imagecollection.org. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

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