Artist Statement:

Enteles's work is inspired by nature. Specifically, insects, and the microcosm of the landscapes they inhabit. Using an old shed as a studio, she found it overrun with spiders and observed their web making and ruthless killing techniques. The moths and butterflies are the prey that get trapped in the webs.

The story of the Itsy Bitsy Spider was appealing as a starting point for this series because it turns this notion upside down. The spider is no longer in control but a victim of the environment. The lack of control reflects our current situation regarding the abuse of our environment.

Surface is an important part of this work. The paintings are done on aluminum panels that have a reflective sheen. They change with the light or movement of the viewer, mimicking the ongoing shifts of light in nature. Other pieces are on clear or colored Plexiglas. The industrial surfaces are used to contrast the organic content, and by leaving it partially exposed, add to the language of what paint can achieve on its own. Where the paintings continue off the panels, the sculptures are mixed media.
 

Education:

Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Parsons School of Design , BFA, New York, NY

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

Mulry Fine Art,Spider Stories, West Palm Beach, FL, Jan. 2006
Sara Nightingale Gallery, If a Butterfly..., Watermill, NY, 2004
Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd.,Light Lovers, New York, NY, 2003
DVAA Gallery, Organic Graffiti, Narrowsburg, NY, 2001, Mindscapes 1998

Selected Group Exhibitions:

Mulry Fine Art, Inaugural Exhibition, West Palm Beach, FL, 2005
Julie Baker Fine Art, "In the Garden" Grass Valley, CA, 2005
Good things come in Small Packages" 2003
ADA Gallery, "June Anniversary Show", Richmond, VA 2005
ArtLA, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2005
Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd., "Layered" New York, NY,
December 2002 *three person
MMC Gallery, "A Closer Examination" New York, NY, October 2002
Sara Nightingale Gallery, "...in residence" Watermill, NY, August 2002
80 Washington Square East Galleries/ NYU, Small Works Show, New York, NY curated by Barbara Millstein, 2002
Barrett Art Center, New Directions 2001, Poughkeepsie, NY curated by Charlotta Kotik New Directions'97, curated by Jennifer Blessing & '96, curated by Beth Venn
Alexandria Museum of Art, September Exhibition, Alexandria, LA curated by Beth Handler, 1999 & 1998

Awards & Honors:

2005 Fellowship to The Julia & David White Artists' Colony, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
2002 recipient of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance Fellowship for Visual Artists
2002 NYU Small Works Show Honorable mention

Public Collections:

PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York, NY
Hewitt, New York, NY

Press & Publications:

New American Paintings , The 2006 Mid-Atlantic Edition, a juried show in print
Ken Johnson, The New York Times , December 20 th , 2002
Stephen Israel, "Organic Graffiti unites industry and nature", The Times Herald-Record , May 20, 2001
September Competition Exhibition Catalog, 1999, 1998 Alexandria Museum of Art
Sullivan County Democrat , "Mindscapes Show" June 9 th , 1998
The River Reporter,   "Mindscapes on View", June 11 th , 1998