West Windsor Arts has announced visual artist Fiona Clark as its first-ever Artist in Residence through April.
Clark will be spending time on select days in the studio space at West Windsor Arts, which is located on Alexander Road in Princeton Junction. She will be working on projects and sharing her knowledge and expertise with students and artists.
“I specialize in bright, bold, colorful abstracts that spark joy,” says Clark of her work. “I do this through paintings, ceramics or public art.”
Aylin Green, executive director of West Windsor Arts, said that the Artist in Residence program was established to “provide the community with access to an artist who engages them in a variety of ways about art by sharing their unique experiences, processes and purpose.
“It’s also a great opportunity for the artist to share their work with our passionate audience and to participate in a meaningful exchange of ideas.”
Clark graduated cum laude in 2007 from the University of Hartford Art School with a BFA concentration in Visual Communication Design, minors in Photography and Art History. She moved to New York City post graduation to pursue a career in graphic design and worked as a digital art director in the fashion industry for 10 years before deciding to pursue art full-time. Clark moved back to New Jersey in 2020 and now creates out of her home studio in Princeton.
“Prior to making the leap to full-time art five years ago, I worked as an art director in the fashion industry for brands such as Kate Spade, Coach and Kenneth Cole,” Clark said. “Once I found my creative voice, I sought to put it across different mediums, paintings and drawings, ceramics and public art, and I decided it was a good time to become a full-time artist.”
Clark will jury the 2024 West Windsor Arts Member Show, ‘Leave Your Mark,’ which will include her work along with that of our members,” Green said. The show, which will be on display from April 9 through June 1, will spotlight individual mark-making techniques, “whether they are the kind of brush strokes we see in a landscape painting, pencil marks from an initial sketch, fingerprints in the clay of a sculpture, or a repetitive pattern in woven fiber,” said Clark.
The members of the West Windsor Arts volunteer Exhibits Committee, who were instrumental in selecting Clark as the art center’s inaugural Artist in Residence, said were impressed not only with her artwork but also her experience and unique perspectives. They collaborated with Clark when writing the Call for Art for the Member Show.
“My goal is that other artists learn from working with me, and vice versa,” she notes. “West Windsor Arts has a lovely facility and offers a space for me to give back (to the community). If anyone has ever considered being a full-time artist, this is a discussion you won’t want to miss.”
Learn more about Clark Clark on her website atfionac.nyc.
For more information on West Windsor Arts, go to westwindsorarts.org. Hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gallery hours may vary. Call (609) 716-1931 in advance or write info@westwindsorarts.org.
Fiona Clark is the Artist in Residence at West Windsor Arts.,
