Joyce Honsberger

Artist Statement:
The challenge for me is to create sculptures that will spark the psyche, soul, and spirit to breathe, sing, and celebrate – by experiencing great space…time and liberation.
The sculptures are themselves a dance of time and space – the appreciation of time as being allowed by space and in turn expressing space. Hanging in space they move gently, almost imperceptibly, in the least currents of air. They usually are constructed of paper pulp, metal rods and space, and exhibit geometric elements. Although intuitively, spontaneously created, they are seamed with order and intent; energize and are energized by

s p a c e

. They have evolved into a

space poetry

– a visual music of perpetuating rhythms, vibrating hues, harmony and balance. Hopefully they echo the beauty, wonder and mystery of our common and not-so-common experience.

Honsberger's Windpoppy Studio is located at the rear of Arts Place Gallery 714 King Street, Port Colborne, ON, Canada (905) 834-7527, (905) 834-9060

Education:
1985 AOCA, Associate of the Ontarrio College of Art, Toronto
1974-5 Niagara College, Welland, Ontario

Solo Exhibitions:
2000 "Space Impromptu 2000" Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto
1999 "Space Preludes and Fantasies" Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
1988 "Tracings" Belleville Library & Art Gallery, Belleville, Ontario
1985 "Pulse of the Psyche" Loggia Gallery, Koffler Centre, Toronto

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2003 "The Water Project" Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto
1999 "Niagara Frontier Juried Exhibition" Kenan Centre, Lockport, New York
1998 "A Statement of Life" The Frederick Horsman Varley Gallery, Markham, Ontario
1998 "Life Force" The EwArt Galelry, Willoughby, Australia
1995 "Contemporary Canadian Bookbinders Exhibition", Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan

Collections/Commissions:
Butterfly Aduitorium, Niagara Parks comission, Naigara Falls, Ontario
City of Pointe Claire, Pointe Claire, Quebec
University of Mexico Sculpture Park, Mexico
New Industrial Design Co., Sydney, Australia

email: gallery@cansculpt.org

website:

Media: Mixed Media

SSC Member Since: 1987

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