These works are on display during September at 5 Merton Road in Newport, RI.

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French Artist Véronique Sapin Brings Contemporary Ink Works to Newport

NEWPORT, R.I. — Gallery Sitka South will present an exhibition of work by French visual artist Véronique Sapin from Sept. 6 through Oct. 2 at 5 Merton Road in Newport, Rhode Island. The exhibition offers Newport visitors an opportunity to experience Sapin’s distinctive contemporary ink paintings, rooted in movement, balance, chance and the expressive possibilities of ink.

Born in Rive-de-Gier, France, in 1960 and now based in Cugnaux, France, Sapin is an internationally exhibited visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice includes video, photography, installations, artist books and ink painting. Since 1995, her work has been presented in more than 240 events in 40 countries, including galleries, museums, art centers, biennials and festivals.

At the center of Sapin’s ink practice is the drop of ink. Working on raw canvas or paper, she allows the liquid medium to generate lines, tracks and forms while carefully influencing its movement. She describes the process as a balance between anticipating what the ink will do and responding when it takes an unexpected direction. The resulting works explore rhythm, movement, tension and the constantly shifting relationship between control and chance.

Sapin’s approach is informed in part by her background in dance, which she practiced intensively for 15 years. Movement, its traces and its memory have remained central questions throughout her artistic career. Her experience with video editing and digital manipulation has also influenced the way she approaches her ink paintings, allowing her to consider the works as evolving compositions rather than fixed gestures.

While living in Singapore, Sapin studied ink painting with artist Lim Choon Jin, developing the mastery of the medium that characterizes her current work. Her practice reflects a sustained fascination with what happens when an artist gives a material room to move while still maintaining an intentional relationship with the final composition.

Sapin is also the curator, co-founder and coordinator of FemLink-Art, an international women artists collective founded in 2005. The collective has included 143 artists from 63 countries and has developed partnerships with institutions including UNESCO.

The Newport exhibition continues Gallery Sitka’s commitment to bringing contemporary art and international artists to Rhode Island. Gallery Sitka’s Newport residency features monthly exhibitions at Newport Wine Cellar & Gourmet, providing a rotating destination for art lovers, collectors and visitors exploring Newport’s creative community.

Visitors can view Sapin’s work at Gallery Sitka South, 5 Merton Road, Newport, R.I., from Sept. 6 through Oct. 2. The Newport location is open daily from noon to 6 p.m.

For more information about Véronique Sapin and Gallery Sitka’s Newport exhibitions, visit Gallery Sitka online.

About Gallery Sitka

Gallery Sitka is a woman-owned and operated New England art gallery with locations in Shirley, Massachusetts, and Newport, Rhode Island. The gallery represents more than 20 painters, sculptors, encaustic artists and jewelry designers from New England, New York City and Italy, with a particular interest in abstract and contemporary art. Gallery Sitka’s mission is to support the arts and provide opportunities for artists to be seen in a gallery-style setting.

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Gallery Sitka announces the exhibition “Symptoms” by French visual artist Veronique Sapin, with an opening reception on Friday, April 26 from 4:30-6:30pm. Sapin, whose studio is in Cugnaux, France, will be in attendance at the Shirley gallery. The show will be displayed through May 3. Also planned is an Artist Talk, “Sisterhood in Art, as a Consequence, as a Strategy” at the Fitchburg Art Museum Thursday, May 2, from 12:30-1:30pm. Both the artist reception and the artist talk are free and open to the public.

The full scope of Véronique Sapin’s artwork is of the visual arts nature, including videos, installations, photos, ink, and art books. Her artwork has been a part of more than 240 showings in forty countries. She is also curator, co-founder and coordinator of the international women artists collective FemLink-Art which involves 140+ artists from 60+ countries. She has initiated important partnerships with institutions such as Unesco for the video training of African women artists.

For this exhibition at Gallery Sitka, Sapin focuses on an ink painting art method she gleaned while living in Singapore where she took classes from artist Lim Choon Jin.

Ms. Sapin offers, “Working with ink means anticipating what the ink will want to do, expecting it not to do so, and measuring our degree of intervention on its freedom. This implies a constant game of partnership and adversity between the artist and the medium.”

Gallery Sitka owner, Tamar Russell Brown states, “We have been expanding the gallery’s breadth of artists and offerings to include more international art. Veronique is our first French female artist to have as part of our Gallery Sitka family; we invite the community to join us in welcoming her!”

Additional information can be found at Gallery Sitka – Sapin.

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