faculty
Elena Peteva she/her
Associate Professor
Art & Design
Contact
508-999-9287
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College of Visual & Performing Arts 357A
Education
2007 | Syracuse University | MFA in Painting |
2004 | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | CFA in Painting |
Teaching
- Painting BFA
- Drawing BFA
- Painting MFA
- Drawing BFA
- Painting and Drawing PBC
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
A continuation of the focused studio and portfolio development from ART 508. Students are guided to critically view their work from the perspective of conceptual and visual content, develop best practices towards exhibition, including installation, gallery contracts, shipping and promotion. Students give a Sources Presentation on the motivating factors in their work, and produce a thesis portfolio to accompany their final exhibition. May be repeated for credit.
The preparation of a body of conceptually focused, original, and innovative visual work for exhibition or presentation. Graded A-F.
The completion of the written thesis, a verbal explanation of the visual thesis which includes research of sources and a discussion of pertinent aesthetic issues, materials, and processes. Graded A-F.
The completion of the written thesis, a verbal explanation of the visual thesis which includes research of sources and a discussion of pertinent aesthetic issues, materials, and processes. Graded A-F.
The completion of the written thesis, a verbal explanation of the visual thesis which includes research of sources and a discussion of pertinent aesthetic issues, materials, and processes. Graded A-F.
The major studios involve intensive work and research in the student's area of concentration. Students investigate the aesthetic, conceptual, technical, and structural properties of chosen media through an individualized study program developed under the guidance of their major advisors. Through questioning and experimentation, students are expected to consolidate technique with the development of strong, expressive ideas. Informal critiques and individualized discussions are scheduled.
Continuation of major and elective studios.
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline's course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
Final major studio/continuation elective studio.
Introduction to fundamental color principles, visual structure of color, color interaction, retinal painting, color and light, and the relationship between color and expression, psychology and meaning. Through a series of painting assignments, students develop essential understanding of color theory and practice. Students explore various concepts, methods and pictorial strategies, and develop the perceptual, technical, formal, analytical and critical skills necessary to competently work with color.
Biography
Elena Peteva works in painting, drawing and installation. She exhibits in the US and internationally, including: European Museum of Modern Art (Barcelona, Spain), Butler Institute of American Art (Ohio), Arnot Art Museum (New York), Fort Wayne Museum of Art (Indiana), Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Pennsylvania), and numerous contemporary art galleries. Her work is in public and private art collections, including Princeton University and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including three Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grants.
“My work is an allegorical representation of our individual, social and global states.
The image functions as a subtle but charged signifier that creates a net of meaning. I seek a distilled representation, an impossible stillness that captures the ephemeral essence of “now”, the memory of the past and the sense of what is to come and creates a deeper reality. What I try to do in my work is define, present and illuminate things which are, perhaps, unrepresentable.”