Rosana Castrillo Diaz 23 January - 2 March 2007 Opening reception: Friday, 19 January, 6-8pm Biography	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11    << >>
	Anthony Meier Fine Arts is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by San Francisco artist Rosana Castrillo Diaz. Exhibiting at the gallery for the first time, Castrillo Diaz's work is defined by a precise yet fluid hand and a sensitivity to the boundaries of visible space. The exhibition will feature three bodies of work; drawings, a tape sculpture and a three-dimensional cut paper work on the wall. Castrillo Diaz's graphite on paper drawings of benign office supplies such as rubber bands, envelopes, clips and notepaper shed new light on everyday materials. The depth of surface achieved through placement and shading reveals a deft hand and keen eye for balance. These traits are also present in Castrillo Diaz's tape sculpture. Made of clear tape looped into circles that are then inter-connected into larger rounds and hung on the wall with pins, the piece is an investigation of space that straddles the line of visibility. Depending on light and vantage point, the work is at one moment luminous and clear while the next it seems to vanish and melt into the wall. Castrillo Diaz is able to create this same sublime blurring of visual line in her acrylic white on white paper drawings. The content of the works, geometric shapes drawn either in tight grids or floating loosely on the page, disappear when viewed straight-on. In raking light they are discovered anew. A native of Spain, Castrillo Diaz received her MFA from Mills College in 2003, where she earned the Jay DeFeo Merit Award. She was a recipient of the 2004 SECA Art award from the SFMOMA. ÊA tape installation commissioned by the Berkeley Art Museum is currently on view in their main gallery; a site-specific wall work will be unveiled at the UCSF Mission Bay campus in April of this year. Gallery Hours: Tues - Fri, 11am - 5pm.