STATEMENT
As emotional beings we tend to seek permanence and certainty. But there is no way of knowing what surprises good or bad tomorrow will bring. We begin each day without reliable knowledge of what will occur. This tension between intent and outcome, control and chaos, is what informs my drawings. Sometimes our expectations are exceeded and sometimes our hopes are shattered. But beauty can be found in all of it. After all, life is a series of peaks and valleys. Swells and swales. Highs and lows. Ebbs and flows. As the grounds shift beneath us we adjust our balance and move forward.
BIO
Bennett Bossert is an artist/architect currently based in Minneapolis, with a global heart. After graduating with a master’s degree in architecture from Cornell University, Bennett spent four years living and working as an architect in Hong Kong. His wider travels have earned him a broad perspective and a network of friends and colleagues throughout the world.
As a precursor to his freehand abstract drawings, Bennett spent 10+ years developing the skill and craft of digital parametric design as an architect and artist. Parametric design is a method of coding relationships between different entities to create complex formal outcomes whereby a variation to one entity will cause an effect on all others. This enables many iterations of a design to be generated, and very often unexpected outcomes emerge. The results are akin to organic forms found in nature, as all of nature is governed by interconnected relationships and geometric principles. Breaking free from the computer, he now draws intuitively with ink and paint on paper or wood panels rather than using digital tools to create images. The theoretical and aesthetic pursuit of parametric design shows through. Slowing the iterative loop, the process has become natural and meditative. Drawing one line at a time allows him to more deeply understand how each line is directly influenced by those that came before it and directly influences those to come after. He revels in the balance between feeling like he can control the process and realizing he cannot. The results are reminiscent of rolling waves, eroded earth, molecular structures, or the vibrations of the cosmos. These works can be read at any scale.
Bennett’s artwork is currently held in private collections in nine countries.