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Photomontage with 3D scanned silk
Photomontage with 3D scanned hive
Photomontage
Photomontage
Photomontage with handmade paper and ink stain
Palimpsest: Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. This work, linking memory and landscape, examines the imprint we leave on our environments and the information - often misinformation - we leave behind.
Photomontage - 12 x 30 inches
Photomontage - 12 x 30 inches
Photomontage - 12 x 30 inches
photomontage - 12 x 30 inches
Photomontage - 12 x 30 inches
Photomontage - 12 x 30 inches
The narrative of this work is a reflection on family life and the fragility of family dynamics; what is exposed when differing personalities and relationships surface during family gatherings. This work began after a family reunion where multiple issues surfaced during a weekend cabin retreat.
These prints are made by creating an image using scanned collage pieces, which is then digitally altered and printed on archival paper or canvas. Some are further layered and reworked by adding, ink, paint, found objects, fabric, or paper to the surface.
14 x 20 inches
16 x 21 inches
14 x 20 inches
14 x 20 inches
16 x 21 inches
14 x 20 inches
18 x 24 inches - mixed media on canvas
16 x 22 inches
20 x 24 inches - mixed media on canvas
16 x 18 inches
16 x 21 inches
16 x 21 inches
18 x 24 inches
16 x 21 inches
16 x 18 inches
Photomontage with paint and ink.
Vikings Art Collection - U.S. Bank Stadium - 50 x 72 inches
Vikings Art Collection - U.S. Bank Stadium - 47 x 72 inches
Vikings Art Collection - U.S. Bank Stadium - 45 x 72 inches
Vikings Art Collection - U.S. Bank Stadium - 53 x 72 inches
Vikings Art Collection - U.S. Bank Stadium - 51 x 72 inches
Vikings Art Collection - U.S. Bank Stadium - 22 x 24 inches
14 x 21 inches
16 x 21 inches
16 x 21 inches
16 x 21 inches
16 x 24 inches
Chase Center Art Collection - Chase Center - 34 x 66 inches
Chase Center Art Collection - Chase Center - 34 x 66 inches
Chase Center Art Collection - Chase Center - 34 x 66 inches
34 x 56 inches
This series is about making memories.
I collaborated with research scientists at the University of Arizona, and Dr. Matias Ison, a lecturer in Bioengineering at the University of Leicester, to merge art and science by using captured cell imagery and database mapping in mixed media prints.
This work exhibited in the TRIO Campus Center at North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, throughout the summer and into the fall of 2016.
The images feature TRIO students and staff.
16 x 21 inches
16 x 20 inches
16 x 20 inches
17 x 38 inches
17 x 38 inches
17 x 38 inches
2017 16 x 21 inches
11 x 14 inches
16 x 21 inches
Joan Bemel Iron Moccasin is a fiscal year 2015 recipient of an Artists Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Native/White combines personal family photographs with iconic Edward Curtis images to capture the blending of generations and cultures as I question how this fiction impinges on our experience of reality.
This series embodies the assumptions we make about others based on stereotypes. It explores myths and media stereotypes of Indigenous culture, American culture, and personal memories.
16 x 22 inches
16 x 16 inches
15 x 20 inches
12 x 16 inches
14 x 18 inches
15 x 21 inches
11 x 22 inches
16 x 17 inches
12 x 16 inches
15 x 16 inches
12 x 20 inches
These 2D and 3D works explored the connection between my Lakota husband and myself as our relationship evolved. Understanding the differences between our childhoods, lifestyles, and the rituals we were brought up with, became a microcosm of understanding the world itself.
24 x 8 x 8 inches
27 x 8 x 6 inches
18 x 15 x 8 inches
23 x 17 x 10 inches
22 x 13 x 7 inches
18 x 10 x 10 inches
24" x 11 inches
12 x 12 x 18 inches
12 x 12 x 18 inches
18 x 10 x 8 inches
12 x 16 inches
11 x 16 inches
oil on canvas - 40 x 60 inches
Fluxjob, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Creatives Rising, Long Island City, New York
Elements Environmental Arts Exhibit, Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Nebraska
Looking For America - State Montage, Bethesda, Maryland
Carlos Avery Wildlife Preserve, Forest Lake, Minnesota
Interactive Game - Minnesota Center for Book Arts 2014
2014
Long Island City, New York 2013
Long Island City, New York 2013
Long Island City, New York 2013
Forest - Summer
Riverview - Summer
Forest - Summer
Boardwalk - Summer
Weisman Art Museum
Mississippi River
mixed media sculpture
mixed media sculpture
mixed media installation
mixed media sculpture
mixed media
mixed media sculpture
mixed media oil painting
mixed media oil painting
found object sculpture
