2017
2016
2015
Vermont Studio Center March - April 2015 Residency
2013
threaded colors // drawing lines
707 Penn Gallery in the Cultural District November 15–December 31, 2013
“Czapinski constructs wooden frames enclosed by sheer fabric, creating semi-transparent, two-sided screens. Varicolored thread is woven between the two fabric panels, effectively creating three-dimensional drawings of polygons that appear to float in space. Through backlighting the structured string and sheer fabric, the negative space within the frames becomes palpable. The work—an exploration of sculpture, painting, and drawing—investigates perception.”
Photos by Josh Barker.
Glass expands quite literally holding the space of a captured breath of air. Through the process of glass blowing the structure of an exhale materializes. Puff your cheeks out. Breathe in, breathe out. What shapes do our organs take as we inhale, as we exhale? This project captures that space offering a moment to reflect with a breath of air.
These glass pieces were made in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Glass Center with assistance from Jason Forck and Billy Guilford as part of Idea Furnace. Idea Furnace is a program hosted by the PGC where artists who are not familiar with glass blowing techniques are invited to create work.
Photos by Josh Barker.
2010
Melting Ice Bling, 2010, performance consisted of people, white clothes, frozen paint, string, body heat. Each person stood on a white pedestal in the gallery wearing frozen paint in the form of jewelry. Their body heat, the summer humidity, and body heat from the audience the heat helped to melt the ice, releasing color pigment.
2008
From pregnancy to anorexia, goiters, erections and bloating, to the effects of gravity and the loss of elasticity, to weight gain and weight loss, and the body's ability to grow as we grow, skins was an exploration of the largest organ and its ability to manipulate itself over time. These living sculptures were presented as part of the 2008 Pittsburgh Biennial at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
2007
Thread Through at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
2006 - 2004
