College
COAS
Department
Art and Design
Rank
Assistant Professor
Type of Work
Artwork
Publication Information
|you| |me|
Where do |you| start and |me| end? Can |you| and |me| be so different, yet very much the same?
Our life experience is based in polarized dualities and our minds cannot understand anything unless the opposite is brought in-through comparison and contrast. Maybe there is a chance that our conflicts are inner, not outer, and this duality is a condition of our rational mind.
It is possible to learn to experience things as they are—without judgment—and accept the whole as it is. Perhaps, rather than living in chaos and contradiction, we can allow the perspective of complimentary, cooperation and harmony become more porous to our survival.
Our existence is defined by natural rhythms and cycles: we live and die; we love and hate. It is the basic principle of life. But in love, when opposites meet, they are complimentary forces, not conflicting.
|you| and |me| are a Necessary Part of a Whole. This is life, not logic.
Description of Work
|you| |me| Series of cast iron sculptures, prints and embossment.
|you| |me| saw, cast iron, 2017
IMG_3983.JPG (1590 kB)
|you| |me| hammer, cast iron, 2017
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|you| |me| switch, cast iron, 2017
sheila_goloborotko_me_book1.jpg (990 kB)
|you| |me| book me, cast iron, 2017
sheila_goloborotko_you_book2.jpg (955 kB)
|you| |me| book you, cast iron, 2017
sheila_goloborotko_you_me_boats.jpg (958 kB)
|you| |me| boats, cast iron, 2017
sheila_goloborotko_you_me_saw.jpg (998 kB)
|you| |me| pair saws, cast iron, 2017
|you| |me|
|you| |me| Series of cast iron sculptures, prints and embossment.
Biographical Statement
Sheila Goloborotko engages in a restless, relentless material practice that allows singular ideas to emerge in the guise of numerous artistic actions like characters that reappear in novellas over time, or seeds that are blown ashore and thrive in diverse climates. This multidisciplinary artist and master printmaker has exhibited installations, works on paper, sculpture, videos, and interactive projects in more than 150 exhibitions in museums and galleries on four continents, and yet has remained firmly committed to community. Her printshops in Jacksonville, Florida and in rural Pennsylvania are sites of print and poetic activism, empowering first-time printmakers with hands-on workshops and developing the visions of mid-career artists with portfolio production and instruction.
An experienced academic who thinks outside the box, Goloborotko is currently an Assistant Professor of Printmaking at University of North Florida. She is also the founder and director of Goloborotko’s Studio’s since 1989, a center for production and diffusion of printmaking whose principal goal is to encourage the voice and vision of individual artists in a nurturing environment that supports the creation of works that push the boundaries of printmaking.
Goloborotko’s efforts serve as a bridge between individual mastery and community activism, exploring the shifting boundaries of the information age as it relates to multiples and collective Consciousness.