Artist Statement
Hilda Witherspoon
2101 Connecticut Avenue #5
Washington, DC 20008
Phone (202) 667-7675
Fax (202) 332-6124
E-Mail: Hilda@HildaWitherspoon.com
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Artist Statement |
Hilda Witherspoon |
Hilda Witherspoon is an abstract expressionist artist with works in museums and collections in the U.S. and abroad. Her art reflects a love of abstract color, forms, and linear patterns, combined with an intuitive sense of visual structure. Assemblages, three-dimensional versions of her paintings, are vestiges of previously completed works that are transformed into new images of color and shadow. Ripped, torn, and cut into various shapes, the Assemblages almost leap out of their plexi boxes.
Now living with her family in Washington, DC, the artist is of Armenian descent. She was born in Istanbul, Turkey, studied at Notre Dame de Sion and at the University of Paris (La Sorbonne), and received her art education in drawing, painting, design and sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC under Leon Berkowitz, William Christenberry, Blaine Larson, and Berthold Schmutzhart.
In her heart, Hilda Witherspoon is an expressionist artist. Her worldwide travels inspire creations based on images from the past, symbolism and spirituality. She works in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture and assemblage.
A full time artist since 1973, Hilda Witherspoon has exhibited extensively in the United States and Europe. Her works are in private, public and corporate collections, including St. Mary's Armenian Church and The White House in Washington, DC; Armenian Library and Museum of America in Massachusetts; The Modern Art Museum of Armenia in Erevan, Armenia; The Palace of the Catholicos in Etchmiadzin, Armenia; The Modern Art Museum of Russia in Moscow; The Tula Art Museum in Tula, Russia; and The Jaroslavl Art Museum in Jaroslavl, Russia., Embassy of Morocco in Washington, DC, Embassy of Armenia, Washington, DC.
In recognition of her accomplishments, she was recently invited by the Library of Congress to present an illustrated lecture about her artistic career and contributions at the Library of Congress. She is also featured in The Marquis Who's Who of American Women, 20th Century Edition.