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THREE DIMENSIONAL SCULPTURAL PAPER

"I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." - Henri Matisse

 

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INSTALLATIONS & INDIVIDUAL SCULPTURAL PAPER

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RECENT WORK - "Circumstance", 30" x 24", 2020

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RECENT WORK - "Red Silver", 16" x 20", 2020

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RECENT WORK - "Blue Silver", 16" x 20", 2020

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INSTALLATION VIEW - SQUANKO FRONDIC, "Dark Matter" Gallery Pink, Oak Park, IL

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INSTALLATION VIEW - PAPERWORK, Stevenson HS Gallery, Lincolnshire, IL

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Paperika", Out Of The Shadows, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN

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INSTALLATION VIEW - Out Of The Shadows, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City IN, 2016

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INSTALLATION VIEW - Out Of The Shadows, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN 2016

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INSTALLATION VIEW - Out Of The Shadows, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN 2016

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INSTALLATION VIEW - Out Of The Shadows, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN 2016

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 INSTALLATION VIEW - Shadows On The Wall, Foundry Art Center; St Charles, MO, 2016

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Shadows On The Wall", Foundry Art Center; St Charles, MO, 2016

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Crossed Streams", "Unfolded", Chicago Design Museum, Chicago, IL

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Paperika Revisited", "Sightlines", South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, 2017-2019

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chi art loop open

INSTALLATION VIEW - Paperika 2010, Chicago Art Loop Open, Chicago, IL, 2010

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Paper Migration", Artprize 2010, Grand Rapids, MI, 2010

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paperikaRedux

INSTALLATION VIEW - "Paperika Redux", Artprize 2011, Grand Rapids, MI, 2011

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hex panels

INSTALLATION VIEW - "Textured Hex Panels", Life in the Counter-form, Robert Morris Gallery, Springfield, IL Sept - Oct 2011 see more

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Textured Hex Panels", Dancing in the Counter-form, RMU State Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2018

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Squanko Frondic", Papier Global 3 International, Stadtmuseum Deggendorf, Germany, 2015

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Paperika Three", 2014 Papier Biënnale, Museum Rijswijk, Netherlands, 2014

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Organic Flow" Sky Garden Lounge in Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago, IL, 2015

INSTALLATION VIEW - "Organic Flow" Sky Garden Lounge in Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago, IL, 2015

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Organic Flow 8" Gallery Pink window display, Oak Park, IL

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Paper Fantasy", residential installation, Chicago, IL

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Paper Dream" Simply Thalia Restaurant, Chicago, IL

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Paperika White", residential installation

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Intentional Randomness Two" corporate installation

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Organic Flow Red #8", corporate installation

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Organic Flow", residential installation

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Crosscut Hive", residential installation

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INSTALLATION VIEW - "Latin Rhythm", residential installation

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INDIVIDUAL WORKS

LOW RELIEF SCULPTURAL PAPER

 

 

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"New Points", 300gsm watercolor paper on backing board, 40"h x 30"w, 2016

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"Uncharted Conundrum", Tyvek paper on painted board, 40"h x 30"w, 2016

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"Latin Rhythm", acrylic paint on 300 gsm watercolor paper, 42"h x 48"w, 2015-16

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"Asymmetricosity One", Tyvek paper, 40"h x 60"w, 2016

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"Irrational Factors", Tyvek & Illustration paper, 24"h x 36"w, 2016

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"Momentarily Untitled", Illustration paper, 30"h x 24"w, 2016

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"Organic Flow 23", Tyvek paper, 32"h x 92"w, 2016

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"Organic Flow 22", Tyvek paper, 36"h x 112"w, 2016

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"Organic Flow 21", Tyvek paper, 48"h x 140"w, 2016

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"In Plain Sight", Tyvek paper, 40"h x 28.5"w, 2015 sold

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"Untitled 2465", Tyvek paper, 40"h x 28"w, 2015 sold

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"I'll Never Know Too", Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 30"h x 40"w, 2015

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"Squanko Frondic", Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 46” x 94”, 2014

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"Organic Flow Red #8", Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 48"h x 96"w, 2014 sold

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"Redscape One", Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 40"h x 60"w, 2014

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"Redscape Two", Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 34"h x 86"w, 2014

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"Intentional Randomness" (front) Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 70"h x 57"w, 2014

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"Intentional Randomness", (back) Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 70"h x 57"w, 2014

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"Red Organic Whim Number Two", Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 34"h x 34"w, 2015

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Untitled 2466, Tyvek paper, 20.5"h x 30.5"w, 2015

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Haystack, Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 37"h x 57"w, 2015

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Sarondish Fulcrum, Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 37"h x 57"w, 2015

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Wildlife, Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 60"h x 40"w (framed), 2015

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Collaboration with Voyo Woo, Tyvek paper, approx 40"h x 60"w, 2015

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Matissification, Tyvek paper, 38"h x57"w, 2014

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Matissification 2, Tyvek paper, 38"h x57"w, 2014

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Matissification 5, Tyvek paper, 38” x 58”, 2015

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hatch

Hatchlings One, 300 gsm watercolor paper, 28"h x 40"w, 2014

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Squanko Zootie, illlustration paper, 28"h x 40"w, 2014

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Organic Flow #6, Tyvek paper, 40"h x 60"w, 2013

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OrganicFlow8

Organic Flow 8, Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 50” x 94”, 2015

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Lightning (close-up), Tyvek paper, 56"h x 84"w, 2012

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Organic Flow #5, Tyvek paper, 52"h x 85"w, 2013

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keeps

Keeps On Flowing, Tyvek paper, acrylic paint, 72"h x 118"w, 2012

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Crossing Streams 6, Tyvek paper, acrylic paint, 60"h x 119"w, 2012

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Crossed Streams 2, Tyvek paper, acrylic paint, 39"h x 75"w, 2012

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nothing isnt hard

Nothing Isn't Hard 987, Tyvek paper & acrylic paint, 40"h x28"w, 2014

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Field Work, 300 gsm watercolor paper & acrylic paint, 40"h x30"w, 2014

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So much to see, so much to say, 300 gsm watercolor paper & acrylic paint, 40"h x30"w, 2014

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untitled 53

Untitled 53, Tyvek paper, acrylic paint & paint pen, 16” x 20”, 2015

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Crosstown Traffic, 300 gsm watercolor paper & acrylic paint, 16"h x 20"w, 2014 sold

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weeza gonna

Weeza Gonna, 100lb Bristol & acrylic paint, 14"h x 22"w, 2014

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itsa Gonna

Itsa Gonna, 100lb Bristol & acrylic paint, 14"h x 22"w, 2014

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ImaGonna

Ima Gonna, 100lb Bristol & acrylic paint, 14"h x 22"w, 2014

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untitled 14

Texturosity 14, 300 gsm watercolor paper & acrylic paint, 24"h x 30"w framed, 2014

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untitled15

Texturosity 15, 300 gsm watercolor paper & acrylic paint, 24"h x 30"w, 2014

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Organic Flow #7, Tyvek paper, 74"h x 44"w, 2013

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Nothing Isn't Hard 1, 300 gsm watercolor paper, 72"h x 42"w, 2013

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nih2

Nothing Isn't Hard Too, in situ, 300 gsm watercolor paper, 72"h x 42"w, 2013

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streamery

Streamery & Red Organic Form 1a, Tyvek paper, acrylic paint, 60"h x 76"w, 2012

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Untitled 7123, 98 lb illustration paper, 16"h x 20"w, 2013

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Untitled 7125, 98 lb illustration paper, 19.5"h x 25.5"w, 2013

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Manic Exaltation, corrugated cardboard assemblage, 40"h x 28"w, 2013

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Dark Lyrics, corrugated cardboard assemblage, paint, 40"h x 28"w, 2015

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Red Organic Form 1, Tyvek paper, 43"h x 38"w, 2012

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Red Wild Thing, Tyvek paper, 44"h x 30"w, 2012

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Red Wild Thing detail, close-up dimensional Tyvek paper, 2012

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organicflow3

Organic Flow 3, Tyvek paper, 36"h x 60"w, 2013 dot

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organic flow4

Organic Flow 4, Tyvek paper, 26"h x 57"w, 2013 sold

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reflexion1

Reflexion, Tyvek paper, 30"h x 60"w, 2013 dot

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vituperative

Vituperative Veracity, Tyvek paper, paint pen, 48"h x 78"w, 2010

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points too

Points Too , 300 gsm watercolor paper, 46"h x 42"w, 2010

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Paperika CU7

Paperika 2010, close-up, Art Loop Open 2010

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PaperikaReduxW2

Paperika Redux Panel W2, white Tyvek paper on metal grid, 9'h x 15'w, 2011

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Dimensional Buzz - Red, Tyvek paper, acrylic paint, 48"h x 60"w, 2011

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Wada Yagon Adieu , 300 gsm watercolor paper & acrylic paint, 9'h x 3.5'w, 2009

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Wada Yagon Adieu, close up

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SMALLER LOW RELIEF WORKS

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Untitled Rhythm 13B, Tyvek paper, 36"h x 24"w, 2012

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Untitled Rhythm 13A, Tyvek paper, 24"'h x 30"w, 2012

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RABBLE

Rabble, Tyvek paper, 30"h x 24"w, 2012

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anxiety

Anxiety, 98lb illustration paper, 30"h x 24"w, 2012

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Passive Aggressive

Passive Aggressive, 98lb illustration paper, 24"h x 30"w, 2012

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Paper Migration - Study #1, Tyvek Paper, 40"h x 28"w, 2010

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Paper Migration - Study #3, Tyvek Paper, 40"h x 28"w, 2010

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Random Intentions, Tyvek paper, 30"h x 24"w, 2012

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sprite flow

Sprite Flow , 98lb illustration paper, 19.5"h x 25.5"w (unframed), 2011

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sprite vortex

Sprite Vortex , 98lb illustration paper, 19.5"h x 25.5"w (unframed), 2011

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sprites one

Sprites One, 98lb illustration paper, 19.5"h x 25.5"w (unframed), 2010

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Just Testing cu

Just Testing , 300 gsm watercolor paper, 42"h x 50"w, 2010

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MadnimusDeepCU720

Madnimus Deep, 98lb illustration paper, close-up, 2011

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cut paper PAPERMASH TWO

Papermash Two , 98lb illustration paper, 24"h x 36"w, 2008

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cut paper PAPERMASH THREE

Papermash Three, shoji rice paper, 32"h x 32"w, 2008

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All visual and written content, unless otherwise attributed, is copyright Richard Shipps

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Richard Shipps, Chicago, IL (248) 867 1958, shippsr@comcast.net