Liz Donadio Interviews Connie Imboden
Connie Imboden was first introduced to photography at the age of 17 in a class at MICA. Since then, she has always used the camera to document the human body, abstracting form to intuitively express psychological states.
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The artist lives and makes work in Maryland but also travels extensively throughout the US and abroad, leading photography workshops and speaking about her work. Her photographs are in the permanent collections of national and international museums as well as held in public and private collections.
Over the course of her career, Connie has exhibited widely in group and solo shows around the word, most recently in China. Her retrospective at Y:Art Gallery in Baltimore features photographs made over three decades, from early black and white prints to recent large-format color images printed on aluminum.
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In addition to her personal work, Connie is the president of the William G. Baker Jr. Memorial Fund and a co-founder of the prestigious Baker Artist Awards. Active since 2008, the Baker Awards are dedicated to providing resources and support to artists of any discipline or background, at any point in their career.
The interview was conducted in September of 2016 at Y:Art Gallery in Baltimore.
Exhibition at Y:ART Gallery October 19 -November 26, 2016.
Opening Night. Installation view
Exhibition Y:ART Gallery 2016. Opening Night. Patricia Dwyer and Sydney Hopkins.
Catering by Kim Battista
Exhibition Y:ART Gallery 2016. Opening Night.
Exhibition Y:ART Gallery. Opening Night.
In middle of photo, John Ruppert and Katherine Kavanaugh
Exhibition Y:ART Gallery 2016. Opening Night.
Connie Imboden and Neil Meyerhof
Exhibition Y:ART Gallery 2016. Opening Night. Juli Yensho, owner of Y:ART,
Connie and Sydney Hopkins, artist
Exhibition Y:ART Gallery 2016. Opening Night.
David London of GBCA, Rhea Feikin
Exhibition Y:ART Gallery 2016. Opening Night.
Carl Stevens talking to group
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Connie, George Ciscle, and Juli Yensho, owner of Y:ART
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Connie, at 5 wearing her favorite tool belt (1958)
Connie, with dog (1958)
Connie 5 yrs old on the Queen Mary traveling to Europe in 1958 with her Aunt Mary.
Mary is the namesake of William G Baker JR. Memorial Fund’s
Mary Sawyer Baker Artist Awards
Connie, 9 years old, as a matador (1961 )
25 yrs old at party (1978 )
Traveling in Siberia (1988 )
Early photograph-self portrait.
Early photograph, self portrait.
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Connie with her wife, Patricia Dwyer
and their children on Delaware Bay (2005 )
Connie and Patricia at Machu Pichu (2008 )
Winning the Golden Formstone award presented by J.D.Talasek (2009 )
Connie shooting with broken wrist (2015 )
Connie Critiquing (2015)
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Sainthood
Viscural thoughts
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“Conversations” is a podcast series on the arts and culture of the Baltimore Region produced by BmoreArt. The series is funded by a Warhol Foundation Grit Fund Grant administered through The Contemporary of Baltimore.
The “Conversations” podcast series is recorded and produced by Jack Livingston.
This Interview was conducted by Liz Donadio, a Baltimore-based photographer, professor, and owner of Color Wheel Printing Services.
“Conversations” intro music by 98Owls .