Caroline Kent

**Caroline Kent** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1975, Sterling, IL)  'yar Amurka ce mai zane-zanen gani da ke zaune a Chicago, wacce aka fi sani da manyan ayyukanta na zane-zane masu ban mamaki waɗanda ke bincika alaƙar harshe da fassara. Kent ta sami wahayi daga gogewarta ta sirri da kuma gadon al'adunta, ta ƙirƙiri zane-zane waɗanda ke bincika iko da iyakokin sadarwa.  Ayyukanta, waɗanda suka yi tasiri ga gadonta na Mexico, sun zurfafa cikin iyawa da iyakokin harshe kuma sun sake duba kundin tsarin zane-zane na zamani. Ta kwatanta tsarin tsara ta da zane-zane, tana bayyana alaƙar da ke tsakanin harshe, zane-zane, da zane. Ayyukan Kent sun nuna tattaunawa mai tasowa game da sararin samaniya, abu, da lokaci, wanda ya haifar da haɗuwar zane-zane, zane-zane, sassaka, da wasan kwaikwayo, yana ɓata layukan da ke tsakanin waɗannan hanyoyin.   

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Caroline Kent a Sterling, Illinois, Amurka.  A can ta girma tare da mahaifiyarta, mahaifinta, babbar 'yar uwarta Angela, da kuma 'yar uwarta Christine.  Mahaifiyarta, mai gyaran gida 'yar Mexico, da mahaifinta, ɗan asalin Afirka, akawu, sun yi tasiri sosai ga ɗabi'ar Kent a fannin aiki.  Kent, wacce ta bayyana kanta a matsayin 'yar yankin Midwestern, ta yi lokacin bazara tana girma tana aiki a wuraren da ake yin noma na bazara tana lalata masara da kuma mafarkin rayuwa mafi girma a wajen iyakokin ƙaramin garinta.  Caroline Kent ta kasance kusa da 'yar uwarta tagwaye, Christine Leventhal, tana girma. Su biyun sun yi amfani da wata hanya ta musamman ta sadarwa wadda ta yi tasiri sosai a ayyukan Kent. 

A shekarar 1993, Kent ta bar garinsu na Sterling don halartar Jami'ar Jihar Illinois bisa tallafin karatu na wasanni don tsere da filin wasa.  A nan, abubuwan da suka fara burge ta sun haɗa da fasahar masu gina gine-gine na Rasha da fina-finan ƙasashen waje.  Kent ya yi mamakin yadda harshen gani da ake samu a cikin fasaha ya zama ruwan dare gama gari, inda ya gano cewa a kan zane kowa yana da wuri ɗaya da ya fara, ba tare da ya wuce shingen harshe ba.

Caroline Kent ta yi karatunta na farko a Jami'ar Jihar Illinois, inda ta sami digirin BA a shekarar 1998.

Bayan kammala karatunta a shekarar 1998, Kent ta shiga Peace Corps, inda ta zauna kuma ta yi aiki a Transylvania, Romania tsawon shekaru biyu. A nan, Kent ta sami kwarin gwiwa daga dimbin launukan pastel waɗanda daga baya suka taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin wasu daga cikin ayyukanta da ta fi shahara.  Bayan Peace Corps, Kent ta zauna a Minneapolis na tsawon shekaru 15.

Daga baya Kent ta sami digirin digiri na biyu a fannin zane-zane daga Jami'ar Minnesota a shekarar 2008. 

## Sana'a da Tarin Abubuwa
Kent ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin farfesa a fannin Fasaha, Ka'ida, da Aiki a Jami'ar Northwestern . 

An haɗa ayyukanta a cikin tarin gidajen tarihi da yawa a faɗin Amurka kamar Gidan Tarihi na Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida; Jami'ar DePaul, Chicago, Illinois; Gidan Tarihi na Dallas Art, Texas; Gidan Tarihi na Hammer a Jami'ar California, Los Angeles, California; Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Zamani, Chicago, Illinois; Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na New Orleans, Louisiana; Gidan Tarihi na Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York; Gidan Tarihi na Studio a Harlem, New York; Cibiyar Fasaha ta Chicago, Illinois; da Cibiyar Fasaha ta Walker, Minneapolis; da sauransu.  

Kent yana wakiltar Kohn Gallery a Los Angeles da Patron Gallery a Chicago. 

## Zane-zane
Ayyukan fasaha na Kent sun samo asali ne daga tambayoyi kan zane-zanen da ba a iya gani ba, suna mai da hankali kan sarkakiyar harshe da fassararsa. Ayyukanta sun yi tasiri sosai ga al'adunta na Mexico da kuma gogewarta ta sirri da harshe da fassarar rubutu, wanda ya samo asali ne daga gogewarta da 'yar uwarta tagwaye.  Waɗannan nassoshi na al'adu da gogewarta ta sirri sun haɗu a cikin aikin Kent don nuna sabon nau'in sadarwa, suna bincika iko da iyakokin harshe.  Zane-zanenta na zahiri suna isar da yadda za a iya fahimtar harshen gani a cikin siffofi masu faɗi, ta hanyar zane-zanen da ba a iya gani ba masu girma biyu da kuma ayyukan da aka tsara bisa lokaci uku. 

Ayyukanta galibi suna nuna haɗewar yanayin ƙasa, launi, da tsari, wanda ke tunawa da zurfin yanayin ƙasa na Hilma Af Klint da kuma abubuwan da Alma Thomas ya yi a sararin samaniya. Bugu da ƙari, aikinta ya ƙunshi tsarin zane-zane na ra'ayoyin harshe. Wani fasali na fasaharta shine amfani da bango mai duhu akai-akai a matsayin zane, yana nuna wani wuri mara komai ko kuma "ba za a iya gano shi ba", yana ba da tushe mara tsaka tsaki ga harshe don zama a ciki. Zane-zanen Kent sun haɓaka don nuna burinta na fahimtar harshen zane a cikin siffofi masu faɗi. Suna canzawa daga gine-gine masu girma biyu zuwa ayyuka masu girma uku, kuma daga ƙarshe, ayyukan da suka dogara da lokaci. Zane-zanen Kent galibi suna aiki kamar zane-zane, tare da tsari wanda ke ƙarfafawa ta hanyar haɓakawa da gwaji. Kent ta ba da rahoton cewa tana hango zane-zanenta a matsayin dabara ko daidaiton sararin samaniya, yana gayyatar sake fassara da sabbin hanyoyin fahimta.   

Jerin da Kent ta fi shahara da shi mai suna *Victoria/Veronica: Figment between us* . Wannan jerin ya yi nuni ne da kwarewar Kent a matsayin tagwaye a matsayin tsarin almara ga tagwayen da aka yi tunanin za su kasance a cikin baje kolin. An sanya mata sunaye biyu na farko na mahaifiyarta, jerin sun yi nuni da sadarwa da "wasikar sadarwa ta hanyar sadarwa" tsakanin saitin tagwayen almara. Baje kolin ya bincika yadda harshe mara magana zai iya aiki tsakanin 'yan'uwa mata.  An nuna takwas daga cikin waɗannan manyan zane-zanen zane-zane a cikin baje kolin ta *A Sudden Appearance of the Sun* a Kohn Gallery . A cikin waɗannan ayyukan, Kent yana amfani da yanayin ƙasa, launi, da tsari a matsayin layukan sadarwa.  Baje kolin ya bincika tambayoyi game da yadda harshe ke tsara duniyarmu da al'ummarmu, yayin da yake ƙarfafa baƙi su shiga cikin harshen zane-zane da aka ƙirƙira, wanda galibi yana ƙin fassara mai sauƙi.  Manyan baƙaƙen bango a kan zane-zane a cikin wannan jerin an yi su ne don tayar da "marasa sani na sararin samaniya", suna aiki a matsayin misali ga "wurare marasa ma'ana, marasa ma'ana". A halin yanzu, siffofin pastel suna wakiltar abubuwan da wataƙila an taɓa rufe su cikin duhu amma yanzu suna haskakawa.  Wannan jerin ayyukan ya samu tasiri daga mai zane-zane 'yar ƙasar Sweden Hilma af Klint .

Ayyukan Caroline Kent na baya, waɗanda aka fi sani da "aikin rubutun kwamfuta" suma suna magana ne game da cire harshe. Waɗannan ƙananan ayyukan, waɗanda aka yi a kan takarda, suna ɗauke da zanen rubutu wanda ya samo asali daga ciyar da takardar ta hanyar tsohon na'urar rubutu. Waɗannan ayyukan suna ba wa mai kallo damar ƙoƙarin fahimtar alaƙar da ke tsakanin rubutun da siffofin fenti masu kama da juna. A nan, cike bayanan da suka ɓace yana nuna sadarwa da haɗin ɗan adam.

Kent kuma tana da wata hanya ta musamman da ta bi wajen ƙirƙirar ayyukanta na zane-zane. Tana ba da damar gwaji da haɓakawa don jagorantar tsarin zanen ta ta hanyar jingina ga dabaru da kuma aiwatar da fahimta.  Kent ta ƙirƙiri zane-zanenta ta hanyar juyawa da motsa takardu da aka yanke zuwa siffofi masu kama da juna kafin ta kammala hotunan da ke cikin fenti a kan zane. Wannan hanyar tana kama da hanyar Matisse ta zane. 

### Tasiri
Kent ta jawo tasiri ga zane-zanenta daga gadonta na Mexico. "Kyakkyawan yanayi" da kuma "tsarin gine-gine" masu wadata na masu fasaha na Mexico kamar Pedro Coronel da Luis Barragán sun taka rawa a cikin manyan ayyukan da ke cike da launi da laushi da Kent ya ƙirƙira.  Ziyarar da ta kai Casa Luis Barragan a Mexico City ta yi tasiri sosai a kan shirinta *na Victoria/Vernica: Figment between us.*  Ta hanyar bincika gadonta na Mexico a cikin zane-zanenta, Kent ta sami damar shiga cikin tattaunawa kan zane-zane wanda ya sanya wa masu fasaha masu launi wariya a tarihi.  Hulɗar da ke tsakaninta da yanayi wanda masu fasaha na Mexico suka jaddada shi ma ya taka rawa wajen tasiri ga launukan pastel da siffofi na halitta da ke bayyana a cikin ayyukan Kent. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
A shekarar 2017, Kent ta koma Yammacin Chicago, inda take zaune kuma tana aiki a matsayin mai zane kuma uwa ga 'ya'ya uku. 

## Nunin kai kaɗai
Nunin da aka yi da kai kaɗai ya haɗa da: Waƙoƙin da ke da Alaƙa: Tattara Takaitaccen Bayani, Gidan Tarihi na Solomon R Guggenheim, NY, 2022,  *Victoria/Veronica: Yin Ɗakuna*, Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Zamani, Chicago, IL 2021,  *Abin da taurari ba za su iya gaya mana ba*, Gidajen Tarihi na Jami'a, Jami'ar Jihar Illinois, Normal, IL, 2021,  *Bayyanar Rana Ba zato ba tsammani*, Gidan Tarihi na Kohn, Los Angeles, CA, 2020,  da *Siffofin Rubutu*, Hawthorne Contemporary, Milwaukee, WI, 2020. 

## Kyaututtuka da wuraren zama
2020

* Gidauniyar Joan Mitchell, Masu Zane da Masu Zane Grant, New York, NY 
* Kyautar Artadia Chicago, New York, NY 

2018

* Ƙungiyar Makarantar Fenti, Shandaken: Ayyuka, New York, NY 
* Mai zane a Gidan zama, Jami'ar Saint Catherine, Saint Paul, MN 

2016

* Ƙungiyar McKnight don Fasahar gani, Kwalejin Fasaha da Zane ta Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN 

2015

* Tallafin Gidauniyar Pollock-Krasner, Gidauniyar Pollock-Krasner, New York, NYMai zane 
* Tallafin Initiative, Jihar Minnesota, Mankato, MN 

2013

* Tallafin Yin Birni Mai Kirkire-kirkire, Minneapolis, MN 

2011

* Grant na Shirin Fasaha, Jihar Minnesota, Mankato, MN 

2009

* Ƙungiyar Masu Zane-zane ta Jerome Hill, Gidauniyar Jerome, St. Paul, MN 

2007

* Josephine Lutz Rollins Endowment, Jami'ar Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 

2006

* Josephine Lutz Rollins Endowment, Jami'ar Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 

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