Yvonne Love
Bio
My work explores narrative moments of memory. For me the narrative is defined by material – whether the piece is a collage, sculpture or installation. Houses, clothing, clothing patterns and basic shapes become vessels for these memories, all interrelated through the expressive qualities of and relationships between the materials– broken eggshells, piercing pins, coated resins, suffocating enclosures.
Education
1994
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Master of Fine Arts
1990
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Bachelor of Design in Art Education, Summa Cum Laude.
Solo Exhibitions
2007
Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; February
“Soledad–Solitude”, Solo Series 2007
collaborative installation with Gabrielle Russomagno
2005
aSFe Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; October
2003
In Rare Form Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey, February
2001
In Rare Form Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey; September
“Boundaries”, an exhibition of set and costume design
Selected Exhibitions
2007
Germantown Academy Gallery, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, October
“Hot Topic”
Penn State Abington College Gallery, Abington, Pennsylvania, November
“Faculty Exhibition”
2006
Sidetracks Gallery, New Hope Pennsylvania; November
“Some Assembly Required”; www.nhsidetracks.com
Contemporary Arts Council Of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey, January
“Telling Our Stories: Book Arts, Sculpture and Assemblage- Rebecca Kelly, Miriam Schaer and Yvonne Love”
Penn State Abington College Gallery, Abington, Pennsylvania, November
“Faculty Exhibition”
2005
Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; September
“Telling Our Stories: Book Arts, Sculpture and Assemblage – Rebecca Kelly, Miriam Schaer and Yvonne Love”
Germantown Academy Art Gallery, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania; January
“Yvonne Love and David Love”
Penn State Abington College Gallery, Abington, Pennsylvania, November
“Faculty Exhibition”
2004
River Run Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey; November
“4 Perspectives: A Book Arts Exhibition - Rebecca Kelly, Miriam Schaer, Yvonne Love and Marcia Wilson”
Penn State Abington College Gallery, Abington, Pennsylvania, November
“Faculty Exhibition”
2003
New Hope Sculpture Exhibition, New Hope, Pennsylvania; June
Michener Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
“Miles of Mules”
Mandel Theater, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; January
“Boundaries”, a commissioned collaboration between dance and art
2002
www.upenn.edu/gsfa, alumni’s Virtual Gallery; February
“Fine Arts Alumni Virtual Exhibition”
2001
Abington Art Center, Abington, Pennsylvania; December
“Abington Art Center Juried Exhibition”
2000
River Run Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey; May
“Abstraction 2000”
1997
Hicks Art Center, Newtown, Pennsylvania
“The Art of Memory”, Curated by John Giordano
1996
Museum of American Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“A Hope and a Wish”
1995
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
“Cromar, Jaocbs, Love, Shimizu”
Meyerson Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Women(s) Work”
1994
Kohn, Pederson, Fox Gallery, New York, New York
Teaching/Directing Experience
1995-present
Penn State Abington, Abington, Pennsylvania
Lecturer in Art and Art Education
1995-2005
Ravens Run Arts, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Artistic Director, Instructor and co-founder
1997-2002
Artists in Residence, a not-for-profit 501c3 organization
President, Creative Director and co-founder
Selected Reviews/publications
“Young Talents, Mature Displays, Abington Art Center.” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 2007, Galleries and Museums.
“Love, Deasy in Holiday Show at Sidetracks Gallery.” Bucks County Herald, November 23, 2006, Page 43.
Kelley, Rebecca.“4 Perspectives: A Book Arts Exhibition.” Dog Eared Magazine. Issue 16. October 2006. Pages 26–30.
“Telling Our Stories.” U.S.1. January 11, 2006. Page 14.
“Artists tell their stories through visual vocabulary.” The Times. January 20, 2006.
“Three Artists Tell Stories through Book art.” Bucks County Herald, September 15, 2005, Page 27.
“Campus mural features nature.” Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, April 3, 2005, L5.
“Penn State Abington prof offers new perspective on art at River Run.” In Ticket, Montgomery Newspapers, November 24/25, 2004.
“Prof. Love finds solace in eggshells and butterfly wings.” The Lions Roar, December 2, 2004. Page 8.
“The Things They Carry.” Time Off, November 12, 2004. Page 5
“Riverrun Gallery Spotlights Book Artists.” Nouveau, November 2004. Page 35.
“Book Arts Take Spotlight at Riverrun Gallery.” Bucks County Herald, November 11, 2004. Page 20.
Miles of Mules (Book), Michener Museum, 2003.
“Emotional Link between mule and artist” New Hope Gazette, July 31, 2003. Page 12.
“‘Memory Mule’ recalls past through art.” The Advance of Bucks County, July 31, 2003.
“Drexel and the Dance,”Times newspapers, January 29, 2003.
“AIR.” Faces and Places, New Hope Pennsylvania.com. December 2001.
“Abstract art show: a balance to area’s tradition.” Art Matters, May 2000. Page 15.
“Illuminations and Ruminations on Abstract Art.” U.S. 1, May 17, 2000. Page 33.
“Abstraction 2000 art exhibit.” In “The arts,” The Beacon, May 25, 2000.