Tavares Strachan   Cloud Chamber, 2006     Installation View       Detail   Cloud Chamber In this work Strachan recreates a natural phenomenon —cloud formation—within a fabricated environment using computer operated switches, pressure, water, and silicon powder . The silicon powder is released at varying intervals into a spherical glass chamber thus creating a cloud that exists for approximately 10-15 minutes. The cycle is then repeated. In February of 2006 I went about creating a cloud in my studio. Hooking up a system to the building’s water line, I was able to simulate a set of 18 different cloud formations in a hand-made glass system. On one level, I was interested in the idea of being able to use the water system that all of the people in New Haven, CT have access to, to assist in recreating this phenomena. On another level, I am very much interested in the impossibility and the desire to have something that is seemingly impossible, in this case, a cloud. (Strachan, 2006)   Education 2004-06 MFA. Yale University, New Haven, CT 2003 BFA, Glass. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI 2002 Liberal Arts Studies. Brown University, Providence RI 1999 Associates of Fine Arts, Painting. College of the Bahamas, Nassau Bahamas Solo Exhibitions 2006 The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA (Crown Street Dig) 2001 Synergism, Pro Gallery, Nassau Bahamas 1999 Reactions, Central Bank Gallery, Nassau Bahamas Group Exhibitions 2006 "School Days,“ Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY (January 14–February 25) 2005 SAFN Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland (March 5–April 17). Curated by Joe Amrhein. 2004 “Nothing Compared to This,” CAC Museum, Cincinnati, OH 2003 “One on One,” Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY “Mine,” Lombard Fried Fine arts, New York, NY 2002 “Meiosis,” Sol Gallery, Providence RI “Perspectives,” Woods Gerrry Gallery, Providence RI “Caribbean Biennial,” Museum of Modern Art, Santa Domingo 2001 “Synergism,” Pro Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas 2000 Glass Triennial, Woods Gerrry Gallery, Providence, RI “Shattered Fractions,” College Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas “On The Edge of Time,” Contemporary Art from the Carribbean, Washington DC 1999 “Visual Dialogue,” Group of works traveling through the Bahamas “Post Independent Art,” Central Bank Gallery, Nassau Bahamas 1998 “Floyd's Fury,” Pro Gallery, Nassau Bahamas Public Collections Central Bank, Nassau Bahamas Inter American Development Bank, Washington, DC Museo de Arte Moderno, Santa Domingo Nassau International Airport (Public Sculpture) Governor General’s Office, New Providence Bahamas Sir Linden Pindling’s Unity House, Nassau Bahamas Special Achievements 2003 Distinguished Student Award, RISD Glass 2000 Roots Junkanoo Group, Member 2000 Queen Elizabeth Arts/Poetry Award 1998 Governor’s Award, The Governor General of the Bahamas 1996 National Seal of the Bahamas, Stamp Design
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