About the Artist
Jeff Wallace is a multi-media artist whose work examines the relationship between time and memory through sensitive color studies and meditative collages that rely on repurposed materials — ephemera, discarded books, faded spines, foxed pages, and personal inscriptions.
Trained in painting, printmaking, and graphic design at the Yale Design Program in Brissago and Purchase College (BFA, Visual Arts, 1985), Wallace's tactile, process-driven practice excavates history, favoring materials with timeworn details. The resulting works function as both allusion and invention — their layers embodying the gradual process by which reflection shifts to interpretation.
"My paintings and installations are constructions that amplify the relationship between time and memory. I use materials that may be familiar to a viewer, but are not immediately recognizable out of context — often starting with discarded books. With this medium, I am interested in preserving the 'what was' and in elevating the 'as is' to represent what remains present in memory with the passing of time."
Splitting his time between Brooklyn and Lecce, Italy, Wallace has been awarded fellowships at the American Academy in Rome, the Vermont Studio Center, and Yaddo. He has exhibited at Jane Lombard Gallery, Cristine Tierney Gallery, and Rick Wester Fine Art, among others, and his work is held in private collections in the United States and abroad. In addition to his studio practice, he is curator of Main Window Dumbo, an art presentation space for emerging New York artists.
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