Ep. 121: Embracing Technology with Eric Standley
On this episode we interview artist and Virginia Tech professor, Eric Standley. In this conversation we talk about utilizing technology as an art-making tool, staying present in your practice, experimenting your way into an art style, trusting your creative voice, delegating elements of your art business to a team, and the challenges of exhibiting your work internationally.
Eric Standley
Artist & Professor | Blacksburg, VA
Artist Bio:
Eric Standley gave up his dreams of becoming a modernist in favor of maintaining a daily routine of discovery through irrational thought. He sleeps on rare occasions between working in his studio in Blacksburg VA and contributing his compassionate outlook as an artist and Professor of Studio Art at Virginia Tech. Eric is represented by Eli Bronner of the Charles Moffit Gallery, NY, Dinner Gallery, NY, and Media Force of Tokyo Japan. He has exhibited in over one hundred and thirty museums and galleries around the world. His artworks are a part of the permanent collections of the Haegeumgang Theme Museum, South Korea, Palace of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, the Scherenschnittmuseum, Vreden, Germany, and The Zupi Collection, São Paulo, Brazil.
Artist Statement:
The vulnerability of paper steals my heart as a medium. It seems so unlikely and out of place when cut with the impeccable accuracy of a laser. This relationship supports my compulsive and often irrational thought processes when composing an artwork. Paradoxical cognition for me is the essence of what it is to function as a human being. Applying critical thought to diverse, inseparable contradictions is an act of faith. Accepting the necessity of contradiction as a whole is an act of compassion. Intricacy, infinity and vulnerability are reocurring themes I use to witness these thoughts in physical forms.
Stay Connected With Eric:
Website: http://www.eric-standley.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eric.standley
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eric.standley/
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