Don Voisine
Artist Statement:
Architecture – a language of space – delineates boundaries, exposes points of access, exit or entry, and enables the user to interact with the structure of a defined space. This simple vernacular of architecture informs my paintings. Working with symmetry and a standardized format to reduce variables, I establish borders on all planes. Color activates an apparent void, a reflective surface opens a window into the painting, both mirroring and obscuring the view. Such devices restrict and ultimately reveal the interior spaces, establishing a fluid subjectivity between the viewer and the work.
Artist Biography:
Don Voisine, born 1952 in Fort Kent, ME, attended the Portland School of Art, and Concept School for Visual Studies in Maine. He received an honorary BFA from the Maine College of Art in 2000 and an honorary PhD from the University of Maine at Fort Kent in 2023.
In 2016 Voisine’s work was the subject of a 15 year survey at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (Rockland, ME). In the past 2 years his work has been featured in group exhibitions in Berlin, Brooklyn, Cologne, Denver, Hudson, Kyiv, Lyon, Monaco, and Washington, DC. His work has been reviewed in Art in America, Art News, The New York Times, Portland Press Herald, Hyperallergic, and The Brooklyn Rail.
Fellowships and residencies include NYFA Painting Grant; Edward Albee Foundation, Montauk; The BAU Institute, Italy; Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle; Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Brooklyn; and Surf Point Foundation, York, ME. In 2010 he was elected to the National Academy of Design where he served on the membership committee for 9 years.
AAA:
Member Since: 1997
President: 2004–2012
