ABOUT ADRIENNE SHISHKO

"adrienne shishko is a process-driven, mixed media artist based in boston, ma. she is known for her innovative ways of engaging communities in art beyond traditional gallery spaces through pop ups, digital murals, and building wraps. in 2017, she was commissioned by jbg smith to enliven a business district in crystal city, md which helped encourage new development in the area..."

"adrienne shishko focuses on consumerism’s easy-come, easy-go attitude, recycling clothes and plastics in her mixed-media works. printmaker suzanne mosely relishes the resonance of keepsakes. together, they have mounted “an object’s promise: the magical thinking we attach to our things” at fort point art community’s assemblage art space...

"ken fulk’s highly sophisticated interiors—often swathed in colorful hand-painted wallpaper and decorated with a mix of centuries-old antiques and custom contemporary pieces—are almost instantly recognizable to anyone with an appreciation for design. ..." 

"today we’d like to introduce you to adrienne shishko. adrienne, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist. my art career did not evolve in a conventional way. i have always followed my gut and as a result have had quite a diverse journey..." 

"the designs are based on existing — smaller — works that were tweaked through the miracle of software. shishko’s 'blue dot' grew from a 24-by-30-inch canvas that incorporated the remnants of sheets of circular stickers. 'it obscures a lot of the building, but the circular forms look like windows and give you a sort of hint of what’s coming next,' she said..."

"behind the green-and-teal storefront of sowa’s beacon gallery, owner christine o'donnell shows the work of half a dozen artists who take particular joy in their craft. highlights include myra abelson’s nuanced still lifes, adrienne shishko’s crisp pen-and-ink pieces, and aja Johnson’s exuberant abstracts..."

"this year marks the massart auction’s 28th anniversary, with proceeds going directly to scholarships and support for academic programs. the massart auction is this saturday, april 8, 2017 at 6:30 at massart. all the artwork in the silent auction is online now at paddle 8. here are some of my favorites. ready, set, bid..."

"The smfa art sale 2014 starts this thursday. It’s also known as the museum school art sale—the art sale that takes place every year at the school of the museum of fine arts, boston (smfa), the renown art school adjacent to the museum of fine arts, boston that has been influential part of the boston art scene since it’s founding in 1876..."

"adrienne shishko began making knitted sculptural works using recycled clothing and linens collected from her community in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election. the project explores 'the torn fabric of society' and contemplates transformation, adaptation, and shelter. the works are infused with the complex histories and identities of the individuals who used them and explore what it means to feel safe and secure..."

"one of the most challenging obstacles every artist faces is the ominous, looming presence of a blank canvas. one approach i take to overcome this hurdle is to begin a piece by affixing pieces of tissue paper, colored papers, ribbons, or fabric pieces to the board or canvas with gel medium. if you are using heavier fabrics, you may prefer to use a more rigid substrate like a wood panel instead of a canvas..."

"i thought adrienne's process would be a good exercise for anyone who tends to think in a linear fashion and who also hesitates to create abstract collage art or paintings. adrienne uses the typical collage supplies: tissue papers, found papers, fabric scraps and fibers, liquid medium and heavy gel medium, acrylic paints, and a variety of paintbrushes..."