Gretchen Wagner
"Color Interaction VI"
About the Artist
Gretchen Wagner is the designer and artist behind studio GRETCHEN WAGNER. Her point of view is informed by an eclectic mix of influences.
Throughout her career, Wagner has worked closely with both customers and manufacturers within the A&D community to address material, color and trend research. She is currently the Associate Chair of Fine Arts at the Savannah College of Art and Design (Atlanta). As both an educator and an artist, she consults industry partners while encouraging the creative growth of her students in Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture.
Artist Statement
My work is focused on color and rooted in practice. I have developed a system for observing the complex and often elusive behavior of color while examining the boundaries between art and craft.
Each edition is defined by a specific color experiment. These experiments are built to explore color and material in conversation with one another. The interactions are structured across multiple printed and embellished layers to shift individual and relative perception of color.
The results form a dialogue between the eye and the hand. The color fields are intentionally unstable and represent an opportunity for the audience to perceive themselves being deceived.