TINA
FRUGOLI
contact
tfrugoli@rocketmail.com
805-906-1585
My
paintings are based on snapshots of everyday moments. I photograph these moments
just as I see them. I don’t adjust the camera much to avoid or include details.
I
translate these snapshots into loose line drawings accentuating unusual composition
and perspective. I strengthen lines and shapes that would normally fade out
into the background. For example I love the lines where walls meet the ceiling
in a corner, or where something is poking in, or cut off by the edge of the
frame. These elements really are there—but are often disregarded by our minds.
I think our expectations and how we value certain forms determines what we
see. Although my paintings are abstract, enhancing these “background” elements
makes them more realistic to me.
I
color in the line drawings using vibrant color fields. Bringing all the shapes
onto one plane unites the elements; giving objects, figures, and shadows equal
value. If there is a person in the painting I see that figure as simply another
part of the landscape.
I’m
mostly drawn to the aesthetics of a moment in time and space. I try to paint
things I see from the perspective in which I see—like the view of the freeway
from my car, my dad in his cluttered garage, or people standing in a valley.
These are not profound moments, or visually special images—they are just snapshots
of an instant of time. I like to take a frozen moment and activate it. Some
pictures may be more exciting or may have a more dynamic
composition, but to me any moment can be made visually stimulating.
education
| MA in Art, Painting | California State University, Northridge | |
| Single Subject Teaching Credential, Art |
California State University, Northridge | |
| BA in Studio Art, Sculpture | California State University, Los Angeles |
| 2012 |
Bohemia |
Ojai, CA |
| 2009 |
Spring Arts Tower |
Downtown Los Angeles, CA |
| 2008 |
Los Angeles Library |
Reseda, CA |
|
2006 |
Moorpark College Art Gallery | Moorpark College, CA |
|
2005 |
Spring Arts Tower |
Downtown Los Angeles, CA |
| Virtual World Café | Agoura, CA | |
| 2003 | Pluck | California State University Channel Islands |
| 2002 | Cannibal Flower | Downtown Los Angeles, CA |
| Stick Up | Downtown Los Angeles, CA | |
| Calypso | Ojai, CA | |
| Ned’s | North Hollywood, CA | |
|
2000 |
Moorpark College Art Gallery | Moorpark College |
| 1999 | Ojai Art Walk | Ojai, CA |
| The Smell | North Hollywood, CA | |
| Outdoor Exhibition | California State University Northridge | |
| 1997 | Master Student Exhibition | California State University Northridge |
| 1995 |
Gallery of Contemporary Arts | Hotchkiss, CO |
| America Past and Presents | Basalt, CO | |
| 1994 | Pork Rinds | California State University Los Angeles |
| Free Food | California State University Los Angeles |