The Beijing American Center (BAC) Presents…
A Public Reception & Lecture Celebrating the Exhibition
ShameeraWiest: To the edge of visibility
Speaker: Ms. Shameera Wiest, AmericanArtist;
Opening Remarks: Ms. Katie Crooks, Visual Art Specialist,Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy Beijing
北京美国中心热诚邀请您参加美国艺术家作品展开幕酒会暨讲座
《魏微作品展：视线的边缘》
主讲嘉宾：魏微女士 (Ms. Shameera Wiest), 美国艺术家；
开幕致辞：苏凯婷女士（Ms. Katie Crooks），美国驻华大使馆文化处视觉艺术专员
ShameeraWiest
Theartist, Shameera Wiest, was born in Delhi, India and immigrated the U.S. as ateenager.
She hasa B.A. in Graphic Design, B.S. in Neurobiology, and an M.S. in IndustrialEngineering. In 2009 she turned her focus back to the arts and began seriouslypursuing a professional career as an artist in 2012. She has exhibited theU.S., Switzerland and China, most recently completing a month long residencyprogram at Trelex Residency, Switzerland. This collection of paintings exploresWiest’s brief time in Beijing, countering it to her time living in Switzerland.
魏微女士出生于印度德里，少年时移居美国。她拥有平面艺术的学士学位，神经生物学的学士学位以及工业工程学的硕士学位。2009年起她重拾艺术并于2012年开始成为一名专职艺术家。她在
瑞士和北京都举办过展览，最近刚刚结束了在瑞士特雷莱镇的为期一个月的驻地艺术家项目。
魏微女士这次的参展作品，创作灵感来源于艺术家之前在北京的短暂停留，
以及她在瑞士度过的漫长时光。
Ondisplay unitl Mid-February, 2018
展期：2017年12月20日至2018年2月中旬
活动时间：2017年12月20日，星期三，18:30– 20:30
Reception& Lecture: 6:30 – 8:30 pm,Wednesday, 12/20, 2017
地点：北京美国中心，朝阳区燕莎桥东，美国使馆东门（同签证处入口）
Location: Beijing American Center, Tianze Road, EastGate of the U.S. Embassy
交通：地铁10号线，亮马桥站B出口上来，向东300米至天泽路左转，直行200米路西
Metro: Line 10, Liangmaqiao Station, ExitB; two blocks to the East and turn left.
RSVP: [email protected]
报名方式：我们的活动免费向公众开放，欢迎推荐给您的朋友、同事和同学。为了使我们更好地准备这次活动，如您有意参加，请回复美国大使馆文化处确认座位。
电子邮件：[email protected]
注意事项：
1) Theprogram will be in English with Chinese interpretation.
本次活动将以英文进行并配有中文翻译。
2) Wine and light Refreshments will beserved.
中心将提供简单茶点和酒水饮料。
3) Please enter the BAC with your validPhoto ID.
请务必携带有照片的有效身份证件进入北京美国中心。
4) No laptop is allowed into the BAC. No deposit service is provided.
禁止携带笔记本电脑入场。中心不提供存包服务。
5) Children under 6 years old are notinvited to this event.
本次活动不对学龄前儿童（6周岁以下，含6周岁）开放。
Attachment/附件： The Artist’s Bios /魏微女士简历及展览简介。
About the artist
Shameera Wiest was born in Delhi, India; her father, a USEmbassy local hire. As a child, she had limited exposure to western art, butthe women in her family were artisans, even making most of her clothing. In1982, Wiest’s family immigrated to America, and it was about this time shestarted drawing. In college, Wiest first pursued a graphic arts degree andparticipated in various art contests, showing in college exhibitions andmagazines. She stopped her artist pursuits to explore a career in the sciences,earning a B.S. in neurobiology and then a M.S. in industrial engineering. Wiestworked for the U.S. Government for 10 years before reconnecting with her artwhen she and her husband started living internationally. In 2009, they moved toMalaysia where Wiest studied the local art of batik. Enjoying the creativeexpression, she then took short art courses over the next few years rekindlingher artistic exploration. In 2012, she transitioned to pursuing her art fulltime. Currently her work focuses on serene, minimalist images of muted colorsin oil, watercolor, and photography. She has exhibited widely since immersingherself in the art world, including a group show at the United NationsHeadquarters in Switzerland and most recently at TRB-Copper in Beijing. Priorto her exhibition here, Wiest completed a month long residency at TrelexResidency in Switzerland.
Learn more about the artist at www.shameera.org.
艺术家简介
魏微女士出生于印度德里，父亲曾是美国驻印度大使馆的当地雇员。童年时期，她没什么机会接触西方艺术，但家里的女性长辈本身就很有艺术才华，她所有的衣服几乎都是她们自制的。1982年，魏微一家移民到美国，直到那时，她才开始学习绘画。上大学时，她首先攻读了平面艺术的学位，同时还参加各类艺术竞赛，她的作品在学校的艺术展中展出，也曾刊登在杂志上。之后，她一度中断对艺术的追求，转而探索科学事业，期间获得了神经生物学的学士学位以及工业工程学的硕士学位。在美国政府任职十年以后，魏微重拾她的艺术爱好，并开始和她的先生一起游历世界。2009年，魏微夫妇移居马来西亚，在那里她学习了当地的蜡染艺术。魏微女士很喜爱这种有创造力的表达方式，随后数年里，她参加了一些短期的艺术课程，重新燃起了对艺术探索的兴趣。2012年，她转变为专职艺术家。目前，她的作品侧重于用油彩、水彩和摄影的方式来创作色彩轻缓柔和的，沉静安详的极简主义形象。重新沉浸于艺术世界之后，魏微女士参加过许多展览，其中包括在瑞士联合国总部的一个群展以及最近在北京TRB-铜餐厅举办的展览。来京举办展览前，魏微女士刚刚结束在瑞士特雷莱镇的为期一个月的驻地艺术家项目。
如需了解更多艺术家的相关信息，请您登陆魏微女士的个人网站：www.shameera.org。
Shameera Wiest: To the edge of visibility
In her most recent body of work,Shameera Wiest creates serene, minimalist images in oil and watercolor, as wellas photography, of muted colors with a silver line or cube intended to explorethe subconscious experience through the invocation of spatial immensity and allthat blocks this experience. Wiest believes in the profound experience of theviewer in her sparse, evocative works that create an atmosphere with color andspace representative of her commentary on climate change. Adding the element ofsilver spray, her paintings take on a dimension to investigate more fully theimmersive effects of light. Developingthemes of sublime, transparency and transmutation, her atmosphericpaintings are created from subconscious longings for a place of harmony, spiritualawakening and enlightenment. With her academic training and prior workexperience in science, Wiest works with principles of the scientific method increating her work. She collects, documents, interprets and analyzes data beforeembarking on the journey of laying paint on canvas. She adds in a metalliccompound to explore scientific principles of metal and chemical assault on theatmosphere and in turn on nature and humankind. Her imagery of subconsciousexperience is transmuted from experiences of Swiss alpine spaces to grey Beijingskies polluted with indescribable compounds that likely include metal.
魏微作品展：视线的边缘
魏微女士在她最新的作品中，用油彩和水彩以及摄影的方式，用柔和的色彩加上银色的线条或方块，创造了色彩轻缓柔和的、沉静安详的极简主义形象，想要探索那些通过祈求无限空间而产生的潜意识的经历以及所有阻断这种经历的东西。魏微认为，她的作品画面稀疏、引人遐想，这些作品用水彩和空间创造出一种氛围，不但给观者带来了非一般的体验，同时也代表了她本人对于气候变化的诠释。添加银色喷漆的元素之后，她的作品呈现出一种特点，能够更全面的捕捉光的拟真效果。她开发了升华、透明和蜕变这样的主题，在创作这些具有艺术氛围的作品时，潜意识里渴望着一个和谐的、灵魂觉醒和受到启迪的地方。魏微经过艺术专业培训并曾从事科学工作，她利用科学的方法和理论来 进行艺术创作。她会先收集、纪录、翻译并分析数据，然后才开始着手在画布上作画。她创作时加入了一种金属化合物，以便研究金属和化学制品侵害空气从而破坏自然并危及人类的科学理论。她所创作的那些潜意识经历的图像，来自于她的个人经历，有她在平静的瑞士山间度过的那些时光，也有因难以形容的、很可能包括金属在内的化合物造成的污染而形成的，柔和而灰色的北京天空。
