Adrienne Bolsega was born in East Chicago, Indiana in 1955. Bolsega created her degree by going to a combination of schools, UC Berkeley, Parson School of Design, Academy of Art and Cabrillo College. She has studied photography with Ruth Bernard, Frank Espada, Janet Delaney and Tim Rudman. She is in the Harry Ransom Humanities Collection, the National Council of Jewish Women Collection, the Southwest Texas State University Collection, the Monterey Bay Women’s Caucus for Art Collection and W.M. Hunt Collection. Bolsega is a huge supporter of the arts, she is a cofounder of DUSTFISH a community that supports live music and live dance in the bay area and Burningman. Bolsega is working on a living wall project at American Steel Studios in West Oakland.
Artist Statement
With photograms there is a sense of freedom for both the viewer and the artist. To work impulsively, without the use of camera or digital screen, the photogram image has an immediate outcome. The figure or object is directly exposed on the photographic paper using light, requiring a spontaneous approach, creating unpredictable results. The portrait photograms are actual skin against the photo paper. I believe the finished image appears much closer to the spirit of the person, then the personality. These photograms are self portraits of me holding a California Native Plant from the Sierra Mountains.