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Halsey Rodman’s work proposes a consensual and liberating encounter with objects by rendering apparent the radical instability of their forms. Though appearing disparate and sometimes improvised, his work is conceived and executed using specific structural, performative, and/or temporal frameworks. Rodman often integrates gestural painting, diagrammatic drawing, and intense color with sculptural and architectural constructions. He has collaborated with others to realize “event-based group figurative sculptures.” Rodman draws inspiration from wide-ranging sources, from the Pink Panther to Lacan to Virginia Woolf and Samuel Delaney. Rodman received his BA in sculpture from The College of Creative Studies at UCSB and his MFA from Columbia University. His work has been shown widely both nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions and projects include “Gradually/We Become Aware/Of A Hum In The Room” at High Desert Test Sites in Joshua Tree, CA; “Towards the Possibility of Existing in Three Places at Once” at the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art in Portland, OR; and a solo presentation at the biennial “Portugal Arte 10” in Lisbon, Portugal.