Tina Rath received her MFA from the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam and her BFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her work has been exhibited internationally including the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine and is included in the permanent collections of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC and the Museum of Art and Design in New York City as well as in many private collections. Her work can also be seen in numerous magazines and books. The catalog, Amphiboly, of her work from 2006, is available at Sienna Gallery. Rath's work has been supported by grants from the Maine Arts Commission. She is currently working on her first installation project, Wanderlux.
Alongside her teaching and studio practice, Tina has a very active yoga practice that explores not only the physical aspects of yoga but also engages in the mental, philosophical and spiritual avenues facilitated by the asanas. She finds many similarities between a studio practice and a yoga practice, utilizing one to inform the other. Tina is a certified yoga instructor and teaches vinyasa yoga in Mill Valley and San Francisco, CA.
Alongside her teaching and studio practice, Tina has a very active yoga practice that explores not only the physical aspects of yoga but also engages in the mental, philosophical and spiritual avenues facilitated by the asanas. She finds many similarities between a studio practice and a yoga practice, utilizing one to inform the other. Tina is a certified yoga instructor and teaches vinyasa yoga in Mill Valley and San Francisco, CA.
Wanderlux
SOFA NY at the Park Avenue Armory
Opening Night: Thursday, April 15, 2010 5-9pm
Exhibition: April 15 - April 19, 2010
"To wander is to move in a leisurely, casual or even aimless way."
After one year in the making, Tina Rath's first jewelry installation, Wanderlux, will be presented by Sienna Gallery at SOFA NY. First presented in it's Phase One incarnation at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Portland, Maine, the final phase of Wanderlux responds to Rath's love of mushroom and lichen forms transforming the gallery space into a micro forest offering a biologically dazzling landscape for the mind.
"The tiniest forms catch my eye and hold clues to the larger world, to myself, bridging the space between the external universe and the internal universe."
Spanning 10' x 4' and rising 10' from the floor, Wanderlux uses Rath's trademark luxurious and sensuously rich materials such as ivory, sterling silver, fur, smoky quartz, gold, silk and african blackwood, to cultivate curiosity and draw one's attention in. Wanderlux invites the viewer to slow down and wander, to pause even, to discover the smallest forms and hidden gems.
"Taking the time and space to really experience the smallest nuance of form, structure and composition tells me so much, opening the door for me to recognize the smallest and most nuanced places in myself."
For more information about SOFA NY: www.sofaexpo.com
SOFA NY at the Park Avenue Armory
Opening Night: Thursday, April 15, 2010 5-9pm
Exhibition: April 15 - April 19, 2010
"To wander is to move in a leisurely, casual or even aimless way."
After one year in the making, Tina Rath's first jewelry installation, Wanderlux, will be presented by Sienna Gallery at SOFA NY. First presented in it's Phase One incarnation at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Portland, Maine, the final phase of Wanderlux responds to Rath's love of mushroom and lichen forms transforming the gallery space into a micro forest offering a biologically dazzling landscape for the mind.
"The tiniest forms catch my eye and hold clues to the larger world, to myself, bridging the space between the external universe and the internal universe."
Spanning 10' x 4' and rising 10' from the floor, Wanderlux uses Rath's trademark luxurious and sensuously rich materials such as ivory, sterling silver, fur, smoky quartz, gold, silk and african blackwood, to cultivate curiosity and draw one's attention in. Wanderlux invites the viewer to slow down and wander, to pause even, to discover the smallest forms and hidden gems.
"Taking the time and space to really experience the smallest nuance of form, structure and composition tells me so much, opening the door for me to recognize the smallest and most nuanced places in myself."
For more information about SOFA NY: www.sofaexpo.com
The Stimulus Project
Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusettes
Begins June 26 Online July 1 at www.siennagallery.com
80 artists make one of a kind work for under $500.00
Body/Image
Richmond Center for Visual Arts at Western Michigan University
October 15 - November 13, 2009
Curated by Donald Desmett
Participating artists include: Sandra Enterline, Yevgenia Kaganovich, Suska Mackert, Ruudt Peters, Maria Phillips and Tina Rath
Catalog will be available
Archeology Above Ground
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine
November 18 - December 20, 2009
Opening is December 4, 2009 First Friday 5-8pm
Participating artists include: Matt Hutton, Meg Brown Payson, Tina Rath and Peter Schellenberger
Catalog available
Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusettes
Begins June 26 Online July 1 at www.siennagallery.com
80 artists make one of a kind work for under $500.00
Body/Image
Richmond Center for Visual Arts at Western Michigan University
October 15 - November 13, 2009
Curated by Donald Desmett
Participating artists include: Sandra Enterline, Yevgenia Kaganovich, Suska Mackert, Ruudt Peters, Maria Phillips and Tina Rath
Catalog will be available
Archeology Above Ground
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine
November 18 - December 20, 2009
Opening is December 4, 2009 First Friday 5-8pm
Participating artists include: Matt Hutton, Meg Brown Payson, Tina Rath and Peter Schellenberger
Catalog available
