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faculty
Elena Peteva she/her
Associate Professor
Art
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
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.
Final major studio/continuation elective studio.
Exploration of form and content in painting and drawing. Students work with nature, still life, the figure and abstract concepts with an emphasis on the development of an independent direction in their studio work.
Exploration of form and content in painting and drawing. Students work with nature, still life, the figure and abstract concepts with an emphasis on the development of an independent direction in their studio work.
Exploration of advanced concepts in painting and drawing with emphasis on the development of an independent direction in student¿s studio work. Individual critiques, presentations and seminar discussions of contemporary issues in painting and drawing are held throughout the course.
Exploration of advanced concepts in painting and drawing with emphasis on the development of an independent direction in student¿s studio work. Individual critiques, presentations and seminar discussions of contemporary issues in painting and drawing are held throughout the course.
The preparation of a body of conceptually focused, original, and innovative visual work for exhibition or presentation. Graded A-F.
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.
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.”
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