Jack Collins
Denver, Colorado
United States
General information
Interested in Fine Art, Nude Figure Study, Photojournalism, Conceptualism, and Alternative Print Processes.
Artist Statement:
Love and Forgiveness
My work is about acceptance
Acceptance of things we cannot change
To learn WHY they should NOT change
Using opposites
Black and white
Male and female
Life and death
Opposites that ultimately attract
Halves of the same whole
We are all dots moving along a linear course
Waiting to be pushed and pulled
Learning to exert the energy, to control the forces,
Ultimately, required to change in order to resume the linear path
My work is about education and the need to evolve
When balancing, one must go towards the center, the middle gray, and move outward in all directions, such as the spokes of a wheel, that all lead to the same place from a different point, and ultimately with the same purpose
We are all seeking to balance and achieve a rich tapestry of detail,
purpose, and interest to our individual pictures, while creating a mosaic of ONE.
I want to explore the human need that requires each of us to balance the two extremes, using the sensibilities of black and white photography as my medium.
Black and white photography mixes light and dark beautifully, with a
balanced and acceptable tonal range.
My two personal extremes are religion and sexuality, and my work is about breaking down the false ideas that bind me, whether in the dark or the light.
Experience
Level of Experience: Some Experience
Awards:
2003 "Best of Show" Irvine Valley College Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Shows:
2006: The Colorado Garden & Home Show/Colorado Convention Center 700 14th Street, Denver CO
2005: "The Un-Holiday Show"/Satellite Gallery 9377 Tennyson, Denver CO
2005 Scattered Arts Collective/October Group Show/ 1515 Market Denver CO
2005 "Voices for Choices"/Naral:Pro-Choice Colorado/Pod Gallery Denver CO
2005 Group Show: "2nd Annual Sex is Art Show" Orange Cat Studios/Denver CO
2005 Group Show: "Evening Becomes Eclectic" Solaris Gallery/Los Angeles CA
2005 Valentine's Day Gala Special - Erotic Show Market Street Gallery/San Francisco CA
2003 Irvine Fine Arts Center Group Show "Changing Realities: Orange County" Irvine, CA
2003 Irvine Valley College Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition/Irvine, CA
2002 Long Beach Community College group Student Show/Long Beach, CA
Featured Work/Internet:
2007 http://www.swellzine.com/
2006 http://www.oystersandchocolate.com
2006 http://feistyaphrodite.com/index.html
2006 http://atlas.colorado.edu:16080/~higginbh/identity/exhibit.html
2006 http://www.farmhousemagazine.com/index2.html
2006 http://www.mosaicglobe.com/page/1642
2006 http://www.rambleunderground.org/
2006 http://www.gothwave.com
2005 http://www.eyecandyzine.com/PHOTOGRAPHY.html
2005 http://www.freedohmflyer.com/august_home.html
2005 http://www.723.com/
2005 http://www.oystersandchocolate.com/
2005 http://seattlelightenup.com/home.html
2005 http://www.emergeagent.com/
2005 http://www.freedohmflyer.com/index2.html
2004 http://www.ohword.org/
Published Work:
2005 EyeCandyZine Fall 2005
2005 Altar Magazine: Issue 4
2002 Best of College Photography
2002 Visions of the Soul/International Library of Photography
