Upcoming
Natural Order
Opening Reception November 20th, 2021 4pm-6pm
Closing Reception December 18th, 2020 4pm-6pm
Show runs from -
November 20th, 2021 - December 18th, 2021
Artist - Scott Philip Goergens
Statement
There is comfort in the mundane and in what is predictable. In this stagnant and comfortable space there may be contentment, but there is no growth. In my art I like to explore how we manage difficulties that come our way throughout life. How we grow from processing what is uncomfortable to us. In my current series which I call Organic Forms, I explore this journey of energy, struggle, growth, blockage, and abundance. I create these from a place of exploration through a meditative process. Abstract shapes that explore the journey of energy in motion and the movement toward growth.
My Baltimore Monsters also work on this same principal, but from a different perspective. The destruction and transformation of places and beings that may hold a comfortable place in the psyche. To be challenged by observing what is familiar and to view it in a new way. How there is beauty in places of ruin and horrors in places of beauty.
My Baltimore Monsters also work on this same principal, but from a different perspective. The destruction and transformation of places and beings that may hold a comfortable place in the psyche. To be challenged by observing what is familiar and to view it in a new way. How there is beauty in places of ruin and horrors in places of beauty.
Biography
Scott Philip Goergens grew up outside Baltimore, and after many moves across the country he now lives back in the city. Throughout grade and high school levels he gravitated toward the arts and concentrated his efforts while in and out of class. Scott was awarded an art scholarship from the state of Maryland with the guidance of his High School teacher Olin Yoder. He used the scholarship to receive a general associates degree from Catonsville Community College (1993), where he concentrated electives in some art courses. He eventually decided college was not for him and chose to continue his art career in a less formal fashion. He continued to learn and develop his skills on his own in various mediums and styles - learning from trial and error with acrylic, oil, sculpture, ink, and watercolor. During the next decade after college, Scott Philip Goergens moved to San Fransisco, Boston, North Carolina, and Norfolk with his husband, but it wasn't until moving back to his home town of Baltimore, Maryland did he complete his first painting series and land his first public show in 2001. His styles/technique adapt to compliment each series he is working on, but there is always a defined connection to theme and execution.
Scott is also a writer and a filmmaker and his first feature film 29 Needles was shot between 2006-2009. After years in post-production, it's world premiere was at the Nightmares Film Festival (2019), where it was nominated for Best Midnight Feature, and Best Lead Actor, and won The Film From Hell - The Best of the Festival award. His first book, “You Are Now Leaving Torporville” was published by Vantage Press in 2004, and continues to receive praise and recognition from the arts community. Scott worked as a Casting Associate for Emmy award winning Pat Moran, CSA from 2010-2017 and during that time period she received many nominations and awards - as well as two more Emmy wins for HBO's VEEP and HBO's Game Change.
In 2018 Scott and his husband opened Gallery Blue Door to compliment and add to the cultural landscape of his neighborhood of Mount Vernon, Baltimore.
Scott is also a writer and a filmmaker and his first feature film 29 Needles was shot between 2006-2009. After years in post-production, it's world premiere was at the Nightmares Film Festival (2019), where it was nominated for Best Midnight Feature, and Best Lead Actor, and won The Film From Hell - The Best of the Festival award. His first book, “You Are Now Leaving Torporville” was published by Vantage Press in 2004, and continues to receive praise and recognition from the arts community. Scott worked as a Casting Associate for Emmy award winning Pat Moran, CSA from 2010-2017 and during that time period she received many nominations and awards - as well as two more Emmy wins for HBO's VEEP and HBO's Game Change.
In 2018 Scott and his husband opened Gallery Blue Door to compliment and add to the cultural landscape of his neighborhood of Mount Vernon, Baltimore.