About
Bio | Education | Exhibits & Presentations | Art Festivals | Awards | Press & Publications
I was born in Atchison, Kansas, and currently live and work as a full-time cut paper artist in Lawrence, Kansas, often operating under the moniker, ‘Rural Pearl’. I lived and worked in New York City for a number of years before returning to Kansas in 2009 to pursue my artistic career full-time. I exhibit at both galleries and art fairs nationally, do illustration work, and teach various classes and workshops. I am currently a member of the Lawrence Art Guild and the Guild of American Paper Cutters.
I began cutting paper in 2003 after seeing “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” – a cut paper stop-motion silhouette animation from 1926 by Lotte Reiniger. I had always wanted to be “an artist” – I knew from a very young age that it was my life calling, but it took me a long time to figure out in which medium this would manifest itself. The traditional forms taught in school never felt quite right, but when I saw Lotte’s work, something clicked.
My life philosophy revolves around achieving simplicity, winnowing away at all the things that are not needed so that the individual can be reduced to the rawest, purest being possible. I think at this level, one is more readily able to truly observe and take in the natural beauty that exists around us. Cutting paper is metaphorical for this – the cutting away of all that is uneccessary to reveal the subject in a simple, bold form.
My tools of trade are a rubber gripped x-acto knife, acid-free paper, mechanical pencils, a self-healing cutting mat, and coffee – for consumption and for a few stains here and there.
EDUCATION
Master’s Degree, May 2004
Interactive Telecommunications, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York City, NY
Bachelor’s Degree, May 2001
Business Administration (Major) and Art (Minor), Benedictine College, Atchison, KS
EXHIBITS & PRESENTATIONS
2013 – Feb – Mar – Solo Exhibit, Douglas County Law Library and Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, Lawrence, KS
2012 – Solo Exhibit, Lawrence Community Theater, Lawrence, KS
2012 – Invited presenter, Paper Cutting Workshop, Topeka & Shawnee County Library, Topeka, KS
2012 – Invited Artist, “A Cut Above” Group Exhibit, Sabatini Gallery at the Topeka & Shawnee County Library, Topeka, KS
2012 – Invited artist, “Paper Anniversary” Group Exhibit, View Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
2012 – Invited Artist, Lawrence Art Auction & Exhibit, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2012 – Invited Artist, “Recycled Fairy Tales: The 200th Anniversary of Grimm’s Fairy Tales” Group Exhibit, Buell Children’s Museum at the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
2011 – Public Art Installation, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2011 – Invited Artist, “Scratch, Sprinkle, & Cut: Conversations in Black & White” – three artist exhibit, Carnegie Cultural Center, Ottawa, KS
2011 – Invited Artist, Lawrence Art Auction & Exhibit, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2011 – Invited Artist, Fresh Start. Works in Progress. Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS.
2011 – Solo Exhibit, Lenexa Arts Council, Lenexa, KS
2011 – Invited Artist, Kansas Sesquicentennial Celebration, Kansas Museum of History, Topeka, KS
2010 – Adjunct Professor of Undergraduate Art Program, University of St. Mary, Leavenworth, KS
2010 – Solo Exhibit, Carnegie Arts Center, Leavenworth, KS
2010 – 2012 – Bill Monroe Centennial Art Exhibit, Group Exhibit, International Bluegrass Museum, Owensboro, KY
2010 – Invited Artist, “Animalia” Group Exhibit, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2010 – First Friday Exhibit, Czar Bar, First Fridays in the Crossroads, Kansas City, MO
2010 – Art By The Park, a group show, 1109 Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2010 – First Friday Exhibit, Wearhaus, Kansas City, MO
2010 – First Friday Exhibit, The Bulldog, Kansas City, MO
2010 – “March Madness” Group Exhibit, 1109 Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2010 – First Friday Exhibit, Crosstown Station, Kansas City, MO.
2009 – Invited Judge, City of Atchison Recreation & Park Board, Poster Contest, Atchison, KS.
2009 – First Friday Exhibit, Crosstown Station, Kansas City, MO.
2004 – “Turtle’s Escape” by Angie Pickman, Juried Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
ART FESTIVALS
2012 – Sept – Art Westport 2012, an annual juried art fair, Kansas City, MO
2012 – July – Open Arts Festival, an annual juried art fair, Boulder, CO
2012 – July – Art on the Rockies, an annual juried art fair, Edwards, CO
2012 – July – Cherry Creek Arts Festival, an annual juried art fair, Denver, CO
2012 – June 23-24 – ArtFest Midwest, an annual juried art fair, Des Moines, IA
2012 – June 8-10 – Smoky Hill River Festival, an annual juried art fair, Salina, KS
2012 – June 2- 3 – Invited Artist, Mulvane Art Museum’s Mountain/Plains Art Fair, an annual juried fine art fair. Washburn University, Topeka, KS
2012 – May, 53rd Annual Art & Book Fair presented by the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum, a juried art exhibit, Best of Show in Drawing & Illustration, Wichita, KS
2012 – May – Art in the Park, a juried annual art fair, 1st Place – 2D, Lawrence, KS
2012 – April 28 – Zeleny Art Fair, Parkville, MO
2012- Mid Winter Art Fair, Ward Parkway Center, Kansas City, MO
2011 – Lawrence Art Guild Holiday Art Fair, Lawrence, KS, an annual juried art fair.
2011 – Bizarre Bazaar, Lawrence, KS, an annual fine art fair for ‘bizarre’ art.
2011 – Artclectic, University School of Nashville, Nashville, TN
2011 – Maple Leaf Festival, an annual juried fine art fair, Baldwin City, KS
2011 – Oktoberfest, an annual fine art festival, Atchison, KS
2011 – 80th Annual Plaza Art Fair, an annual juried fine art fair, Kansas City, MO
2011 – Lawrence Fall Arts & Crafts Festival – Lawrence, KS, an annual fine art fair.
2011 – Spinach Festival, a juried art festival, Lenexa, KS
2011 – July 16 – 17 – Open Arts Fest, an annual juried fine art fair, Boulder, CO
2011 – July 9 – 10 – Greenhorn Valley Arts & Music Festival, a juried art festival, Colorado City, CO
2011 – July 2 – 4 – Cherry Creek Arts Festival, an annual juried fine art fair, Denver, CO
2011 – June 25 – 26 – ArtFest Midwest, an annual juried fine art fair, Des Moines, IA
2011 – June 11 – 13 – Smoky Hill River Festival – an annual juried festival, Salina, KS
2011 – June 5 – 6 – Mulvane Mountain/ Plains Art Fair, an annual juried fine art fair, Topeka, KS
2011 – May 1 – Art In The Park – An annual juried fine art fair.
2011 – Apr 29 – Artwalk, Atchison, KS
2011 – Feb. 13 – 15 – 48th Annual Mid-Winter Art Fair, Kansas City, MO, an annual juried fine art festival.
2010 – Dec. 4 – Lawrence Art Guild Holiday Art Fair, Lawrence, KS, an annual juried art fair.
2010 – Nov. 27 – Bizarre Bazaar, Lawrence, KS, an annual fine art fair for ‘bizarre’ art.
2010 – Oct. 21 – 24 – Artclectic, Nashville, TN, an annual “rock-show for artists”.
2010 – Sept. 24-26 – 79th Annual Plaza Art Fair – Kansas City, MO, an annual juried fine art fair.
2010 – Sept. 17 – 20 – Zona Rosa Arts Festival, Kansas City, MO, an annual juried fine art fair.
2010 – Sept. 12 – Lawrence Fall Arts & Crafts Festival – Lawrence, KS, an annual fine art fair.
2010 – Sept. 11 – Spinach Festival, a juried art festival, Lenexa, KS
2010 – July 16 – 18, Spearfish Festival in the Park – a juried art festival, Spearfish, SD
2010 – July 10 – 11, Greenhorn Valley Arts & Music Festival, a juried art festival, Colorado City, CO
2010 – June 19 – 20, Kansas City Chalk & Walk Festival, Kansas City, MO
2010 – June 11 – 13, Smoky Hill River Festival – an annual juried festival, Salina, KS
2010 – June 5 – 6, Mulvane Art Museum’s Mountain/ Plains Art Fair, an annual juried fine art fair, Topeka, KS
2010- May 2 – 1st Place – 2D Art, Art In The Park, An annual juried art fair, Lawrence, KS
2010 – Feb. 12 – 14, 47th Annual Mid-Winter Art Fair, Kansas City, MO, an annual juried fine art festival. Second Place, Mixed Media.
2009 – Dec. 5, Annual Lawrence Art Guild Holiday Art Fair, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, an annual juried fine art fair.
2009 – Oct. 17-18, Maple Leaf Art Festival, Baldwin City, KS, an annual juried fine art festival.
2009 – Oct. 3 – Atchison Oktoberfest, Atchison, KS, an annual fine art festival.
2009 – Sept. 26 – 27 – Cider Days Fall Festival, Topeka, KS, an annual juried art festival.
2009 – Lawrence Fall Arts & Crafts Festival – Lawrence, KS, an annual fine art fair.
AWARDS
1st Place – 2D Art – Mulvane Mountains/ Plains Art Fair, 2012, Topeka, KS
Best of Show in Drawing & Illustration – Wichita Art & Book Fair, 2012, Wichita, KS
1st Place – 2D Art – Art in the Park, 2012, Lawrence, KS
3rd Place – Mixed Media – Mid-Winer Art Fair, 2012, Kansas City, MO
Honorable Mention – Art in the Park, 2011, Lawrence, KS
1st Place – Mixed Media – Mid-Winter Art Fair, 2011, Kansas City, MO
1st Place – 2D Art – Art in the Park, 2010, Lawrence, KS
2nd Place – Mixed Media – Mid-Winter Art Fair, 2010, Kansas City, MO
Honorable Mention – Artclectic, 2010, Nashville, TN
Griffis Memorial Art Award, 1999-2001
1st Place – Wishful Wings Foundation Business Plan Competition – Atchison, KS, 2000
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
“Outsider Art from Outside the City Limits” by Cory Stephens, Keep St. Joe Weird. http://keepstjoeweird.com/post/2622799534/angie-pickman-rural-pearl.
“Atchison Artist Finds Beauty in Simplicity” by Tim Linn, Leavenworth Times.
http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/entertainment/arts/x1790514919/Atchison-artist-finds-beauty-in-simplicity
“Paper Scraps (Behind the Cover Art)” by Stephanie Gladney, Time Out Chicago. http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/features/88549/paper-scraps
“Angie Pickman: Delicate Cut Paper Artwork” by Lisa Orgler, Empty Easel. http://emptyeasel.com/2010/04/06/angie-pickman-delicate-cut-paper-artwork/
“A Series of Cutaway Views” by Steve Brisendine, eReview. http://ereview.org/2009/11/06/a-series-of-cutaway-views-angie-pickman-at-crosstown-station/
Kansas City Star Press Release by Brian Hagen. http://pressreleases.kcstar.com/?q=node/25981