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 PREFACE:

Angela Fritz
PO Box 1498
Alpine, TX 79831
(432)837-00117 or (432)386-0370

My main and early artistic influences were Chicano art, precolumbian and modern Latin American art, ancient Asian art, and Christian religious art alongside comic books and animation. While I have been introduced to and surrounded by many other inspiring art genres and traditions, the symbolism and storytelling that often filled those early passions remain the two strongest threads that tie my various works together-- most of my artwork has narrative within it, drawn from the way I see and hear the world around me, and also the symbols of that world and cultures. Whether the viewer will see/hear the story I was telling or a story that is more personally immediate, I strive to find the voice of human experiences and dreams.

 

I paint using acrylics, and enjoy working other mediums into them, my style heavily using outline and brilliant coloring, reflecting stained glass, pre-classical age art, and tattoo stylization.

 

Drawing remains the backbone of all my work, as well as a meditation in a way. My drawings are highly stylized, often seeming somewhere between calligraphy and tribal tattoo as I use bold lines and individual, sometimes symbolic shapes to make the whole.

 

My printmaking is relief work, usually using carved linoleum. I enjoy using different papers both as base and as part of the chine colle technique. My edition runs are usually small, for some designs I run two or three editions, plain, chine colle, and/or hand colored. I prefer handcoloring when printing, as it allows me to be more spontaneous. Sometimes I also incorporate my print blocks into other pieces as textural touches via modelling pastes.

 

A current project of mine that started in March 2011 is using stencils of my drawings on paper, panel and canvas with acrylic spraypaint, experimenting with repetition of line, shape, and colors to create my narratives. I consider all these pieces to be monoprints.

 

A similar project that is more background at the moment involves my drawings being cut into metal, and used to create silhouette pieces, and these techniques and goals also go into much of my glasswork, jewelry design or textilework, which are all areas and materials I have long been fascinated with.

 

Education:
University of Texas at San Marcos, San Marcos TX
Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids MI
Sul Ross State University, Alpine TX
No degree

College Level Arts-Related Coursework to date:
Drawing I, II
Painting I, II, and Independent Studies III, IV
Basic Printmaking, Independent Study II
Fused Glass
Fused Glass Jewelry
Jewelry I, II
Creative Writing: Short Fiction

Extra-curricular/personal activities:

Former member and website creator, Sul Ross State University Art Club

Currently boardmember for the Big Bend Arts Council (BBAC), a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting the fine and performing arts in the Big Bend area, main adminstrator and designer of their new website (http://www.bigbendartscouncil.org) former director of the BBAC Gallery on the Square

Recent Show Experience (2005 and after):

 

Juried Shows and Festivals:
Sul Ross Photography Invitational 2007 - "Jewel" wins Best in Show, and "the Princely Eye" wins best digital photograph
Texas Arts & Crafts Fair, Kerrville TX, 2008 as an "Emerging Artist" with Sul Ross
Texas Association of Schools of Art, Abilene 2009, student show
Sul Ross Student Show 2010, honorable mention for painting
Texas Arts & Crafts Fair, Kerrville TX 2010 as independent emerging artist
Septemberfest Midland 2010
Deep Ellum Arts Festival, Dallas TX 2011

 

Non-Juried Student Shows:
Sul Ross Student "Art Walk" Show, 2008 - Helped hang show as well
Sul Ross Annual Student Show 2008
Sul Ross Student Exhibit at Murphy Street Raspa Co. 2009
Sul Ross Student Exhibit at Murphy Street Raspa Co. 2010

 

Other Non-Juried Shows:
Alpine Art Walk 2005 - Very small showing at Front Street Books in Alpine, TX
Weaving Community 2006 - BBAC Show at BBAC Gallery in Alpine TX
Animal Instincts 2006 - BBAC show at Alpine Civic Center, benefitting the Humane Society
Alpine Art Walk 2006 - BBAC Show at BBAC Gallery in Alpine, TX
Alpine Art Walk 2007 - BBAC Show at BBAC Gallery, and One-Person showing in a space on 5th Street in Alpine TX
BBAC Fiesta del Sol Show, 2008 at Bread & Breakfast in Alpine, TX
Alpine Art Walk 2008 - BBAC Show - Helped hang show as well
November 2008 - One person show at West Texas National Bank in Alpine, TX
December 2008 - One person show at Big Bend Regional Medical Center in Alpine, TX
Affordable Art from the Heart 2009 - BBAC Show at Bread & Breakfast in Alpine, TX
Alpine Art Walk 2009 - Showing in the BBAC Gallery on the Square
Alpine Art Walk 2010 - Showing in the BBAC Gallery on the Square
"Borderlines" April 2011 - Solo print & drawing show, Murphy Street Raspa Co., Alpine TX
"Summer Heat" (upcoming June 18th) 2011 - Big Bend Arts Council Show for the Fort Davis Fire Fund

 

Internet Presence:

Personal Studio website at http://www.bakafox.com

Gallery at the free art-hosting site, Deviantart: http://bakafox.deviantart.com/gallery

Gallery at free art-hosting site, Blue Canvas: http://www.bluecanvas.com/bakafox

Tumblr of new works and works in progress: http://bakafox.tumblr.com

Gallery Presence:
Small paintings as well as some linocuts are shown at the Leapin' Lizard gallery in Terlingua, TX
Paintings and other artwork in the BBAC Gallery on the Square in Alpine, TX

 

Other notes:

A drawing of mine, "Ox" was used with permission by the New England Chinese Youth Summer Camp for their 2009 camp tee-shirts.