Monday, April 17, 2017 at 5:30 PM – 7 PM
The Fez
227 Summer St
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
Artist in Residence Opening Reception: Welcome Heidi Lewis Coleman, presenting “Color and Confections”, enjoy wine, snacks & art!
Heidi Lewis Coleman is an abstract artist whose work reflects an ongoing exploration into the aesthetics of using language in art. The exhibition at The Fez presents a dramatic story of texture through color, incorporating deep hues balanced by contrasting bright and dark forms and patterns.
While most conceptual artists incorporate text into their work as a means of analyzing popular culture or for making political and social commentary, Coleman’s work focuses on developing text as a visual design element. Heidi creates mixed media pieces and steel sculpture which incorporate her own automatic, abstract writing. Originally, her invented languages were painted on paper, cut out and then applied to a painted canvas. More recently, she has extended this process by incorporating “Mandalas” into her art, circular forms which were originally used by the Hindus and Buddhists as focal points for meditation.
Coleman studied art at Parsons and the New York School of Design in New York City. She is a juried member of the National Association of Women Artists, the Women’s Caucus for Art and the Silvermine Guild of Artists. Coleman is an award winning artist who has exhibited widely in galleries and museums across the country.