Chris Twomey (born 1954) is an American female multi-media artist and
filmmaker. Her work focuses on her life and experience as a
springboard for meditations on the human condition where origins and
identity in relationship to the individual in society are explored
through scientific, psychological, and conceptual art themes.Chris
Twomey works in series using a variety of mediums â€" film,
photography, painting, sculpture, digital media, sound, and
installation - which can incorporate one or all these
elements.Twomey’s family moved around the country frequently:
Chicago, IL, Nyack, NJ, Teaneck, NJ, Greenville, SC, Hixon TN,
Rochester NY, before settling in Wyckoff NJ. Twomey attended Reed
College in Portland OR, and eventually graduated with honors from
Ramapo College in NJ with a BA in Sculpture in 1976. She attended
Pratt Institute and obtained an MFA degree in 1979.In 1976, after
receiving her bachelor's degree, Twomey originated an art performance
group called “Performance People,†inspired by other multi-media,
conceptual artists like Meredith Monk, Vito Acconci, and Laurie
Anderson. Twomey used film-making techniques to document the
performances, becoming a filmmaker in the process. Later, immersion in
art films contributed to a sensibility where subject matter, sound,
time-based mediums and montage-like visuals were consistently
utilized. This resulted in the creation of many short super-8 films in
which Twomey used herself, as well as singing and composing many of
the soundtracks. In a review of Twomey's retrospective exhibition at
the Ramapo College Art Galleries, Daniel Rothbart wrote:
filmmaker. Her work focuses on her life and experience as a
springboard for meditations on the human condition where origins and
identity in relationship to the individual in society are explored
through scientific, psychological, and conceptual art themes.Chris
Twomey works in series using a variety of mediums â€" film,
photography, painting, sculpture, digital media, sound, and
installation - which can incorporate one or all these
elements.Twomey’s family moved around the country frequently:
Chicago, IL, Nyack, NJ, Teaneck, NJ, Greenville, SC, Hixon TN,
Rochester NY, before settling in Wyckoff NJ. Twomey attended Reed
College in Portland OR, and eventually graduated with honors from
Ramapo College in NJ with a BA in Sculpture in 1976. She attended
Pratt Institute and obtained an MFA degree in 1979.In 1976, after
receiving her bachelor's degree, Twomey originated an art performance
group called “Performance People,†inspired by other multi-media,
conceptual artists like Meredith Monk, Vito Acconci, and Laurie
Anderson. Twomey used film-making techniques to document the
performances, becoming a filmmaker in the process. Later, immersion in
art films contributed to a sensibility where subject matter, sound,
time-based mediums and montage-like visuals were consistently
utilized. This resulted in the creation of many short super-8 films in
which Twomey used herself, as well as singing and composing many of
the soundtracks. In a review of Twomey's retrospective exhibition at
the Ramapo College Art Galleries, Daniel Rothbart wrote:
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