artist statement

I work in an abstracted still-life genre. The images are meditative investigations of forms in which I strive to define the universal through the particular. Interpretations of the object’s essence in the current environment render a moment in time of this journey. Processes of layering, glazing, and drawing onto the surface are conduits to realize our shared natures of loss, celebration, and beauty.

bio

Teresa Kalnoskas was born in Washington, D.C., in 1963. Her art degrees and certificates include Painting, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy; Ceramics, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina; BFA, Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania; MFA Painting Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; and MA in Museum Studies, Tufts University, Medford.

Kalnoskas’ action-driven, still-life-inspired, large-scale abstract oil paintings are exhibited in galleries and extensively in the West and Northeast of the US. Her exhibitions include Opus at Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, Utah; Bearing Fruit at Tercera Gallery, San Francisco, California; and Teresa Kalnoskas Nuevos Lienzos at Sense Fine Art Gallery, Menlo Park, California.

Kalnoskas’ work is held in corporate collections throughout the US and Asia. Museum representation has included: Triton Museum of Art, Schweinfurth Museum of Art, Fitchburg Art Museum, Arnot Art Museum, and California Museum of Art.