ANNE HIRONDELLE
IN THE LAYERS
J. Rinehart Gallery is honored to announce our first solo exhibition of renowned longtime WA State Artist, Anne Hirondelle. With a nearly 5-decades long career, Hirondelle has continually evolved artistically. Her latest body of work transitions away from her well-known clay constructions in favor of softly folded tracing paper.
Her exhibition, In the Layers, transforms three-dimensional works in two-dimensions. Flattened behind glass, folds, lines, and shadows combine to form geometric drawings that defy easy categorization. Conceptually, Hirondelle’s folded works are derived from previous explorations of deconstructing ceramic forms and rebuilding into something new. Taking on a new medium, the artist layers translucent tracing paper, graphite, paint, and colored pencil makeup these elegant explorations of abstraction.
Anne Hirondelle was born in Vancouver, Washington, in 1944 and spent her childhood as a farm girl near Salem, Oregon. She received a BA in English from the University of Puget Sound (1966) and an MA in counseling from Stanford University (1967). Hirondelle moved to Seattle in 1967 and directed the University YWCA until 1972. She attended the School of Law at the University of Washington for a year before discovering and pursuing her true profession, first in the ceramics program at the Factory of Visual Arts in Seattle (1973-74), and later in the BFA program at the University of Washington (1974-76). Anne Hirondelle has lived and worked in Port Townsend, Washington, since 1977.
Hirondelle has exhibited nationally in one-person, and group shows including: New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Scottsdale and Seattle. Her pieces are in myriad private and public collections including: The White House Collection in the Clinton Library, Little Rock, AR; The Museum of Arts and Design, NY; The L.A. County Art Museum and the Tacoma Art Museum.
In conjunction with the exhibition, an exhibition catalog will be published with an essay written by curator Kathleen Garrett.
