Posts Tagged ‘featured artists’
“Edgeworlds” Jamie Kinroy at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Jamie Kinroy was our first MFA award winner. Immediately after graduating last year he was offered an exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Exhibits for artists are always stressful. Having your first exhibit immediately following your MFA exhibit is very stressful. I think you will agree with us his talent speaks for itself. Artists…
Read MoreFey: Drawings by Joe Sinness
In Joe Sinness’s recent drawings, portraiture and still life become glossy, yet melancholic, tributes to queer performance. These meticulous works filter cinematic performance, sharp humor and sexual desire through carefully staged still lives and closely observed portraits. Sinness considers this performance a type of strip tease that creates an erotic tension loop between what may…
Read MoreStrandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen at the Peabody Essex Museum
The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) announces the first U.S. exhibition tour of Theo Jansen’s famed Strandbeests (“beach animals”). Working along the Dutch seacoast, Jansen has spent the last 25 years developing and evolving his Strandbeests, which today have become a global phenomena. An annual rhythm structures the Strandbeests’ life cycle. Innovations are imagined and explored in the…
Read MoreMichael Bentley at Gruen Galleries in Chicago
In his new series, Bentley continues to take on the challenge of scale with his works on paper, which size up to 4 x 8 feet. As he explores abstract seascapes with his signature application of gouache, Bentley infuses the work with an atmospheric serenity. Though not site specific, the imagery summons a stirring familiarity of place that truly resonates.…
Read MoreDeana Lawson at the Art Institute of Chicago
The first installment of the biennial Ruttenberg Contemporary Photography Series features the work of New York–based photographer Deana Lawson. For nearly a decade, Lawson has been investigating the visual expression of global black culture and how individuals claim their identities within it. Her staged portraits, carefully composed scenes, and found images speak to the ways…
Read MoreVirmarie DePoyster “Revelation” United States Embassy in Rome, Italy
Virmarie DePoyster is the first Arkansas artist to be selected for a solo exhibition at the United States Embassy in Rome, Italy. Her exhibition, Revelation, curated by Anna Maria Volpacchio, will be on view at the United States Embassy’s Tri-Mission Art Gallery September 1 – 30, 2015. The North Little Rock artist will be honored…
Read MoreAdam Ryder “Renovatio Imperii”
Through photography, found imagery and other media, Adam Ryder presents a new body of work that operates as evidence of a secretive fraternal organization known to its members as “Renovatio Imperii”. Latin for “restoration of the Empire”, Renovatio Imperii is purported to be clandestinely involved in geo-political affairs and claims ties to the Roman imperium…
Read MoreColin Matthes: Instructional and Flood Resistant Work at Bockley Gallery
Bockley Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibit by Milwaukee artist Colin Matthes. Instructional and Flood Resistant Work presents paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Ten works from Essential Knowledge, a series of drawings on paper illustrating basic skills for success in challenging situations, are included in the exhibition. Additionally the artist has constructed flood resistant…
Read MoreEric Ketelsen at Bloomington Theatre and Art Center
Eric Ketelsen’s abstract paintings and drawings may, at first glance, appear to be a series of repetitive lines, but it is the detail happening below and within the layers of each piece that reveal the subtle yet rich variations in tone, texture, color, and gestural mark. Influenced by Japanese Zen calligraphy, Ketelsen’s work centers on…
Read MoreJim Hittinger MFA framing award winner
Jim Hittinger is a co-winner of our annual MFA framing award. Providing professional framing advice to art students has been a long term goal of ours. For artists to be successful as they enter their professional life it is necessary to understand how to present their work professionally. Our goal is to help students understand…
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