Division of Arts & Humanities - Faculty
Yvonne Love, MFA
Senior Lecturer of Art
Email: YMM1@psu.edu
Office: 229 Woodland
Phone: 215-881-7867
http://yvonnelove.com
Education
MFA, University of Pennsylvania, Sculpture, 1994
BDAE, University of Florida (summa cum laude), Art Education, 1990
PA Certified Art Instructor K-12
Research Interest
The collaborative process specifically seeks the multiplicity of dialogue; it is this process that has become a recent area of interest in my work. My past work has explored issues of identity, memory, and self as well as the interactions that take place between juxtaposed images and materials. Both my sculptural work and installations place familiar objects in unfamiliar settings, change the functions of the objects from utility to anxious memory, and are often laced with ambiguity. More recent work seeks to engage other artists in this dialogue both in and out of the studio – whether working collaboratively to create a tightly unified piece which engages the response of other artists, as in my recently formed collaborative media/sculptural group TangenT (http://tangent-art.net), or to open a more interactive dialogue with the viewer.
Recent Exhibitions/Reviews
Flashes of Hope, Invitational August 2010
Blood Bank, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Flashes of Hope, Invitational June 2010
Blood Bank, New Brunswick, New Jersey
PennDesign Philagrafika Exhibition, Juried, February 2010
Bahdeebahdu Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
709b, October 2009
Design Philadelphia, Video Installation in Rittenhouse Square
Transformation, Invitational August-October 2009
Hicks Art Center Gallery, Newtown, Pennsylvania
Selections from the Archives, August 2009
Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, Massachusetts
Eco, Echo, Ecco, October, November 2008
Multimedia Installation/Collaboration at Eastern State Penitentiary and the Grey Space at Cranes Arts Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hot Topic: Meditations on Global Warming, November 2007
Co-curated and exhibited
Germantown Academy Art Center, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Nakazato invitational, October 2007
Ice Box Projects Space, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Soledad–Solitude, February 2007
Abington Art Center – Solo Series, Abington, Pennsylvania
Some Assembly Required, November 2006
Sidetracks Gallery (currently represents the artist), New Hope, Pennsylvania
Telling Our Stories: Book Arts, Sculpture and Assemblage, January, 2006
Contemporary Arts council Of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey
Reviews
Zea Mays Printmaking Newsletter, July 2009
Crane, Alexandra, “GA’s Gallery features exhibit on climate change.” “Ticket,” Montgomery Newspapers. 27 November 2007.
“Young Talents, Mature Displays, Abington Art Center.” Philadelphia Inquirer, 18 February 2007, Galleries and Museums.
“Love Deasy in holiday show at Sidetracks Gallery.” Bucks County Herald, 23 November 2006: 43.
Kelley, Rebecca.“4 Perspectives: A Book Arts Exhibition.” Dog Eared Magazine. 16. October 2006: 26–30.
“Telling Our Stories.” U.S.1. 11 January 2006: 14.
“Artists tell their stories through visual vocabulary.” The Times. 20 January 2006.
Teaching Philosophy
Exposing my students to new ideas and new materials has always been a highlight of my teaching. Conceptually, I challenge students to express ideas within a given set of boundaries and additionally challenge them to push those boundaries in ways that are intellectually stimulating. Concretely, I share my experiences every day in the studio through my approach to materials and techniques, through discussion of arts and artist, and through student research projects, which often find students working alongside me in my studio through an ACURA project or an internship. Additionally exposing my students to new ways of moving through landscape, site, and memory has led me to develop study abroad programs to Italy and Spain.
Courses taught;
Introduction to Sculpture (ART 030)
Ideas as Objects (ART 111)
Beginning Sculpture (ART 230)
Intermediate Sculpture (ART 330)
The Body Issues and Objects (ART 338)
Installation ART (ART 431)
The Visual Arts in the Elementary School (A Ed 303)
Recent Accomplishments
Appointed Chair of the Academic Environment Committee (2007-present)
Elected Senator for Arts and Humanities (2008-present)
Invited Juror, Sidetracks Gallery, New Hope, PA (2009)
Penn State Abington Faculty Development Grant (2004, 2007, 2009)
Award for Distinguished Faculty Service (2008)