Contact:
Lindsey Preciado-Weaver
Email: lvp4peace@yahoo.com
Tel. +1.559.676.0288
Additional websites: Artandserendipity.com
Artist Statement
My work unambiguously questions war, humanity, and politics through an exploration of the concept of shared grief and loss (that which you once knew is no longer) and is my attempt to reconcile how we function in duality: shared human experiences such as love and loss with man’s ability to deprive and oppress. General unrest in many parts of the world brings to mind the story of Cain and Abel.
After Cain had murdered his brother, Abel, God asked him where his brother was. Cain answered, “I know not; am I my brother's keeper?” Cain's words have thus come to symbolize our unwillingness to accept responsibility for the welfare of our “brothers” in the extended sense of the term.
Our disconnect from one another’s circumstances is often due to politics, belief structures, cultural differences, distance, and time. Despite all of these elements working to deconstruct basic humanity, there are also threads of commonality: The idea that we should all have liberty, safety, and peace and that we all experience grief and loss.
More succinctly: “ We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects” - Herman Melville
Bio
Lindsey was raised in the foothills of California's Central Valley and completed her B.A. and M.A. in Studio Art at California State University, Fresno. She is an art instructor, entrepreneur, and avid solo world traveler.
Solo Exhibitions:
2018-” In the Land of Nod, East of Eden, Who is Cain?Who is Abel?”-Clovis Community College
2007-"Project for a New American Century"-Graduate Thesis Exhibition, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA
2007-First Arts Gallery, Visalia, CA
2007-BAZ Allergy Institute, Fresno, CA
2006-"Perdition", Warner Theatre, Fresno, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024- 2nd Portrait Online Gallery Show -gallery 4%- Laurel Award
2023- Metta Yosemite Gallery-” Visions of Self”- Juried Exhibition- Honorable Mention Award
2022- Art Show International-” Portrait”- Juried Online Exhibit-Honorable Mention Award
2020- Metta Yosemite Gallery-” Visions of Self”-Juried Exhibition
2016-"Process and Product"-Clovis Community College - Faculty Show
2015-"Analogue This, Digital That"-Clovis Community College-Faculty Show
2015- Artslant Showcase Winner-Round 2, online juried show
2007-Art Under the Stars, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
2007-Teazers -Tea House, Fresno, CA
2006-"Creative Expressions", California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA
2006-"Tabidachi", California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA
2006-"Transitions", California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA
2006-"Liminal Space", California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA
2001-Yosemite Western Artists Group Show, Oakhurst, CA
2001-Dempsey Gallery, Coarsegold, CA
Commissions:
2018- AutoZone building murals
2016-Yosemite Southgate Hotel Mural Project, Oakhurst, CA
2014-Oakhurst Mural Project, Oakhurst, CA