Stefanie Wolfson
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW readers to her multifaceted artistic production .
Hello Stefanie and welcome to LandEscape : before starting to elaborate about your artistic production would you like to tell us something about your background ? You have a solid formal training and you hold a BFA of Printmaking that you received from the State University of New York . How do your studies influence your evolution as an artist ? And in particular , how does your cultural substratum inform the way you relate yourself to art making and to the aesthetic problem in general ?
Hi ! Thanks for having me .
Art has been my passion for as long as I can remember . As a child , museums captivated me . I would go to art museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA whenever I got the chance , with anyone that I could drag with me . So naturally , this led me to pursue my passion for art in college and earn my BFA .
My discovery of printmaking was life changing . I was required one introductory course in my freshman year of college , and I was hooked . SUNY Purchase has an absolutely amazing facility for printmaking and the faculty ’ s wealth of knowledge was perhaps my greatest resource .
During my time there I not only studied the technical aspects of printmaking , but also the intricate history of it and the experimental ways that the different processes are being used today . These formative years at SUNY Purchase were an integral part of my development as an artist . It taught me not to work in a bubble – to constantly be aware of and informed by the past and present .
I grew up surrounded by nature . I live in a small suburb that ’ s very close to New York City . This dichotomy , the urban world meeting the natural , has also affected me in more ways than I can articulate . The idea that people are too preoccupied to pay attention to the natural beauty that exists all around us , has significantly influenced my work .
Your approach to visual arts condenses a variety of viewpoints , that you combine together into a coherent balance . We would suggest to our readers to visit http :// cargocollective . com / stefani ewolfson in order to get a synoptic view of your work : in the meanwhile , would you like to tell to our readers something about your process and set up ? In particular , would you tell our readers something about the evolution of your style ? In particular , do you conceive you works instinctively or do you methodically elaborate your pieces ?