Biography
Meike Bertrand-Paniza, originally from the Netherlands, studied at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) where she earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Photography in 2017. In the past few years her photographs have been included in the All Alaska Biennial at the Anchorage Museum Rasmussen Center in Alaska, the Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival in Kobe, Japan and Punctum: Photographic Center North-West's 20th Annual Photography Exhibition, where her diptych Sparks was honored with the first place award.
Portfolios
Photo Eye Art Photo Index
Center Review Santa Fe
Between Land and Sky (2014-)
In Between Land and Sky I chose from the beginning to be attuned to the often overlooked and ordinary events of everyday life that attract my attention -fleeting time and and changes in light and mood from one second to the next. The work was inspired by a wish to create a series of images that mimic the sensory and visual cues that inform my recollection of that which is both highly personal but also true to experience. The physicality of that experience is condensed, or rather transmuted, into a sprinkling of space, color, visual, and even auditory phenomena.
Although these photographs were shot in Alaska, near my home and and with my family, they deliberately avoid being grounded to a specific location. The captured fleeting moments are grounded in the photographic real, however, because these scenes are isolated from the larger continuum, the meaning of the images remains open ended. The fragmentary views are both elusive and weightless, offering no more than a poetic pause or glimpse of temporal and physical space.
Prints & Books
Works are exhibited both individually and as compositions of multiple images combined. A select group of photographs from the series Between Land and Sky were included in a hand made artist book in 2017, printed on Japanese Washi paper in an edition of 25.
All images are printed in limited editions of 15 with a total of 3 artist proofs. Images are individually printed by the artist with ultrachrome K3 inks on archival, fine art paper. All prints and artist books are signed and numbered.
News and Contact
Exhibition news and installation photos can be found here.
Contact: send a query via this link.
Exhibitions
All Alaska Biennial 2017 & 2019, Anchorage Museum at the Rasmussen Center, Pratt Museum in Homer and Alaska State Museum in Juneau
Shadows, LoosenArt, Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy. *Catalog
Whatwillyouremember.com Lightness of Being
Emerging Photographer Showcase, Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival, Kobe, Japan. *Catalog
Der Greif, Guest-Room Timothy Persons
Smaller Footprints, Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
Punctum, 20th Annual Photography Exhibition, Photo Center North-West (PCNW), Seattle, WA. *Award for "Sparks"
Rarefied Light, Alaska Photographic Center, AK. *Award for "Sunbeam"
Publications
Alaska Women Speak, cover image, Spring Issue 2019
Australian Museum of Contemporary Photography, feature, 06/2018
Lenscratch, feature, 03/2017
Between Land and Sky, limited edition artist book, Anchorage, AK, 02/2017
Recognition/Awards
First place award, 20th Annual Photography Exhibition, Photographic Center North-West (PCNW), Seattle, WA. 11/2015
Rarefied Light Award, Alaska Photographic Center (APC), AK. 10/2015
Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist, Photolucida, Portland, Oregon, 08/2019
Review Santa Fe 100, 2016, Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 11/2016
Education
MFA Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2017.
BA Visual Communication, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2013.
Certificate Program in Film, Television and New Media, UCLA Extension, 2000.
Certificate Program in Film, Television and New Media, Specialization in Cinematography, UCLA Extension, 2001.