CONTACT

If you have a gallery space and are interested in showing my work, to commission artwork, to purchase existing artwork, for more information or other inquires please email:

albinamcphail@gmail.com

BIO

My childhood was spent on Sakhalin Island, Russia. It is still an untamed place, spectacular in its rugged beauty. Since then art and nature has always been an integral part of my life. After making my home in the greater Chicago area, I was able to pursue my education and my interest in art. And while I find inspiration everywhere, nature has remained a constant cause of awe and delight.

STATEMENT

Painting, to me, is a journey. It is a multi-layered experience of trying to reconcile opposing forces of chance and choice. My recent work is informed by the dual purpose of stepping away from the familiar and desiring to find it again, in however unlikely a form or abstraction. Intent is placed on color, movement, and texture. Relationships between drawing and painting are explored in a search for balance between the controlled and the unpredictable.

EDUCATION

2002 BFA, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Fontbonne University Gallery of Fine Art, St.Louis, MO
2009 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2009 Aurora Public Art Commission, Aurora, IL
2008 Pachyderm Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 artstream studios Gallery, Rochester, NH
2007 artstream studios Gallery, Rochester, NH
2006 Windows Galleria Public Art Project, Aurora, IL
2006 artstream studios eQuinox Gallery, Rochester, NH
2002 Jack Olson Gallery, NIU, DeKalb, IL
2002 Waubonsee Community College Arrowhead Gallery, Sugar Grove, IL
2001 Liquitex online gallery
2001 Jack Olson Gallery, NIU, DeKalb, IL
2001 Graduate Gallery, NIU, DeKalb, IL
2001 NIU Center for Latino and Latin American Studies, DeKalb, IL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Morton College, Cicero, IL
2002 Glass Gallery, NIU, DeKalb,IL

AWARDS

2001 Liquitex Student Paint Exchange Award

COLLECTIONS

Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NH