Artist Spotlight - Frederick Haddox — Contemporary Art Curator Magazine

Biography

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Frederick Haddox is an American Expressionist based in Budapest, Hungary. Haddox experienced an early education in art from his father. The two would have regular drawing sessions.

Despite his constant frustration, Haddox was noted for his art throughout school. By the time he entered University, Frederick was also skilled at comic art and animation.

While at George Mason University in the Washington D.C area, Frederick worked as a veterinary technician. Having experience working with many kinds of animals, he learned more about their anatomy and natural movements.

Haddox's focus in science and English was redirected to Art after enrolling in a German Expressionism course. Through exploring artists such as Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinski, Frederick found an instant kinship with works coming from Southern Germany and Austria. He then felt the need to paint life and how he emotionally connected with it.

After graduation, Haddox traveled to Europe as an English teacher and painter. In that time, he has created in locations such as Hungary, Japan, Oman and Austria. In the past eight years, Haddox has participated in a number of group exhibitions in Venice, Florence, Rome, London and Vienna as well as solo exhibitions in Budapest.

As an Expressionist, Haddox focuses more on colour, form and line rather than composition. This results in his work adopting abstract and figurative qualities. Using colour, he creates emotional lines that are more harmonic than disruptive.

Haddox’s lines symbolise energetic movement that can be directed, broken, reformed, or contained within or outside his human subjects that are often hidden within the forms of animals.

Artist Statement

I'm an expressionist whose work focuses on energy, flow and vibration. Most of my works combine animals and human couples. Love connects and lies at the heart of my subjects.

My language is in the form of line. Although they have often put limits on where we can go, how we can think or what we can say; I found that lines that flow alongside each other can bring us together and make us stronger.

I believe our basic needs for love, life and happiness are aligned. I wish to demonstrate through my paintings that lines can "liberate" rather than "limit" us. It is because of this, I believe my paintings offer solutions rather than identify problems.

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