Empire Builder

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Gallery nine 5 is pleased to announce Empire Builder, the second solo exhibition of Washington D.C. based artist Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, from May 5th – June 12th, 2016.

 

Referring to Chinese burial murals, maps, science fiction, and satellite imagery, Mann creates enveloping abstract landscapes that vacillate between the contingency of the natural world and highly detailed, controlled drawing. She begins each painting with the chance procedure of pouring puddles of ink and water, and builds off this foundation with drawing, printmaking, collage, and weaving to create her pieces. From these initial ink and water stains, her pieces grow sensuously and limitlessly—explorations of what a fantastical space can be.

 

Another motif in Mann’s work is layering and weaving. This includes the physical intertwining of multiple layers of paper within a piece, including found paper and cannibalized older paintings. In Dunhuang III, myriad shapes are woven together to create a stunning composite picture—at once awkwardly cobbled together and sensuously layered.


Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann received her Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and her Master of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She is the recipient of a Fulbright grant and is the Keyholder Fellow at the Lower East Side Printshop in New York. Mann is currently an instructor at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

 

The artist has shown extensively in the Washington-Baltimore area, New York, California, and internationally in Zurich, London, Taiwan, and Cameroon. Her work has been reviewed in many publications including the Washington Post, the Baltimore City Paper, and the Taipei Times.

 

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Gallery nine 5 is pleased to announce Empire Builder, the second solo exhibition of Washington D.C. based artist Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, from May 5th – June 12th, 2016.

 

Referring to Chinese burial murals, maps, science fiction, and satellite imagery, Mann creates enveloping abstract landscapes that vacillate between the contingency of the natural world and highly detailed, controlled drawing. She begins each painting with the chance procedure of pouring puddles of ink and water, and builds off this foundation with drawing, printmaking, collage, and weaving to create her pieces. From these initial ink and water stains, her pieces grow sensuously and limitlessly—explorations of what a fantastical space can be.

 

Another motif in Mann’s work is layering and weaving. This includes the physical intertwining of multiple layers of paper within a piece, including found paper and cannibalized older paintings. In Dunhuang III, myriad shapes are woven together to create a stunning composite picture—at once awkwardly cobbled together and sensuously layered.


Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann received her Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and her Master of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She is the recipient of a Fulbright grant and is the Keyholder Fellow at the Lower East Side Printshop in New York. Mann is currently an instructor at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

 

The artist has shown extensively in the Washington-Baltimore area, New York, California, and internationally in Zurich, London, Taiwan, and Cameroon. Her work has been reviewed in many publications including the Washington Post, the Baltimore City Paper, and the Taipei Times.

 

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