Catherine Rupan Mapp
Catherine Mapp creates works “…characterized by the playfulness, disorderliness and anxiety of modern life.”
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Mapp uses black light to merge the experience of color and movement works both visually and in the physical act of creation. She currently lives and works in Baltimore, MD where she attends the Maryland Institute College of Art. Mapp has exhibited in numerous international exhibitions including “Colour Boom” at Boomer Gallery, London UK; “Abstract Only!” at Waiola Art Center, Hilo HI; “1st Contemporary Small Format Exhibition” at Cowry Art Studio, Miami, FL; and “XXXChange: A Showcase of Contemporary Women Makers” at Area 405, Baltimore MD. Public Collections include The Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft in Sussex, England. She is currently working on exclusive editions of linocut prints for the “2021 Print Exchange” at Remarque Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM.
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Her first experiments with color and movement began with weaving on large floor looms while translating the rhythms of Techno and House music into the physical movements required of operating the loom and visual translations of the music quickly ensued. She combines use of ancient ancestral technology such as the back strap loom and extraction of color from natural dyes with her interest in modern dance music to create works characterized by the playfulness, disorderliness and anxiety of modern life.
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