JOY KLOMAN
artist statement
    Joy Kloman participated in an artist residency that  influenced her
    series, titled, Patterns.  When she traveled through Amsterdam and
    several cities in Hungary, she was inspired by the use of pattern in
    the architecture of each region.  Kloman states, "Pattern utilized in
    structural design aids in establishing a sense of unity and solidity.  
    Patterns can be very comforting, because they provide an outline, a
    blueprint— a sense of what to expect, but patterns can also be
    extremely confining in their rigid adherence to structure, order, and
    repetition."

    She began thinking of other ways that people use patterns: in
    politics, communication, family behaviors, social mores, and
    lifestyles.  She started her series by depicting a unisex pattern that
    she purchased in Budapest, Hungary.  

    Kloman chose a clothing pattern because she wanted to use an
    object that is delicate, prearranged, and two-dimensional, however,
    when combined and stitched together, is soft but sturdy, three-
    dimensional, and capable of enveloping the human form.  Placing
    pattern pieces next to one another creates dynamic shapes,
    tangents, and interspaces.  Ambiguity and tension, yet harmony
    and unity are simultaneously expressed in the placement of these
    forms.
    Kloman earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the
    University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, and her Bachelor of Fine
    Arts degree in painting and printmaking from the Kansas City Art
    Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.                

    Kloman was formerly an associate professor of art at the University
    of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

    Her art is in the following permanent, public collections:

     Arts and Science Center, AR
     Balatonfüred City Hall, Hungary
     Gulf Coast Museum of Art, FL
     Isom Center for Gender Studies, MS
     Meridian Museum of Art, MS
     Pensacola Museum of Art, FL
     Ringling Museum of Art, FL
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