| Type of art | Medium | Technique | Object type | Style | Theme | Surface | Color |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Painting 84 2-d 65 Ceramic 37 Printmaking 36 Illustration 32 Drawing 27 3-d 24 Photography 22 Mixed media 21 |
Acrylic 47 Ink 47 Porcelain 25 Film 19 Gouache 17 Oil 15 Spray paint 12 Ceramic 10 Paint 9 |
Gesture 22 Monotype 20 Painting 20 Graffiti 16 Slip-cast 16 Etching 13 Wheel thrown 13 |
2-d 121 For the wall 41 3-d 32 Functional 18 Sculpture 14 Painting 7 Plate 4 Cup 3 |
Abstract 73 Modern 52 Surreal 35 Folk 28 Pop art 23 Surrealism 22 Urban 22 Primitive 20 Avant garde 14 |
People 42 Figure 36 Pop culture 28 History 27 Humor 24 Environment 23 Surreal 23 Urban 23 Function 21 Landscape 21 |
Paper 82 Glaze 24 Canvas 22 Wood panel 20 Bare clay 11 Semi-gloss 11 Glass 4 Luster 4 Decal 3 |
Multicolored 54 Blue 52 White 51 Red 32 Black 31 Grey 31 Yellow 31 Green 28 Brown 27 |
• Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2011
Alfred University, School of Art and Design, Alfred, New York
Overall GPA : 3.5/4.0
• Warrior Run High School, 2007
Non- Academic
• Pennsylvania Governor School for the Arts, Jared Ward, Erie, PA, 2006
• Functional Ceramics Workshop, Doug Dacey, Ann Tubbs, and Jim Connell, Wooster, OH, 2006
• Peters Valley Craft Center, Kevin Crowe, Layton, NJ, 2009
• NCECA Philadelphia, PA, 2010
• Artstream Workshop, Alleghany Meadows, Andy Brayman, Ayumi Horie, Alfred, NY, 2010
• Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Christa Assad, Deer Isle, ME, 2010
• Jeff Campana Workshop, Wellsville, NY, 2011
• Future Retrieval Workshop, Katie Parker and Guy Michael Davis, Alfred, NY, 2011
• ACC Workshop, Doug Casebeer and John Gill, Alfred, NY, 2011
• NYC Alfred Alumi Show, Functional Ceramics, New York, NY, June 2011
• SUNY Albany Show, Printmaking, group, Albany, NY, December 2010
• Art on the Farm, Functional Ceramics, group, Milton, PA, August 2010
• Rittenhouse Fine Arts, Printmaking, group, Philadelphia, PA, June 2010
• Hotdog Day, Functional Ceramics, group, Alfred, NY, April 2010
• Art of the Farm, Functional Ceramics, group, Milton, PA, September 2008
• Art in the park, Functional ceramics, one person, Milton, PA, June 2006
• Val Cushing Award, Alfred University, 2011
• Kiki Smith Award, Haystack Mountain School of Craft Scholarship, Christa Assad, Deer Isle, ME, 2010
• Peters Valley Craft Center Scholarship, Kevin Crowe, Layton, NJ, 2009
Humans interact with objects in conventional and universal ways. We are familiar with frequently used objects; however, we become complacent in our understanding of them. While utilizing functional objects as subject matter in my studio practice, basic elements of use and perception are investigated within the familiar object. Keeping the potential for use in tact, I move these objects towards the unfamiliar. Illusion, color, and image interrupt the immediacy of space and form of the familiar. While slowing down the immediate understanding of the familiar, visual and functional interaction of the objects stimulate thought beyond the ordinary.
I find interest in the concept and experience of understanding. I investigate a specific moment when experience is at the threshold of understanding and not understanding. This moment is crucial to the development of humans and the understanding of the world around them.
My forms are derived from quintessential functional objects. Through logical reasoning and analytical processing, I find relationships that exist within a multiplicity of objects and apply those relationships to my work. While keeping my forms traditional, my imagery is on the threshold of newness. Illusions force the work into the unfamiliar. The work constantly offers questions that demand attention and contemplation of what these objects really are. The work feels so familiar, yet so indefinable.
-Nick Comstock
