I am happy to announce a new project that I am working on. Transmitter is a collaborative curatorial initiative, focusing on programming that is multidisciplinary, international and experimental, founded in 2014 by Rob de Oude, Carl Gunhouse, Rod Malin, Tom Marquet, Mel Prest, and me. We have a gallery space at 1329 Willoughby Avenue, 2A, Brooklyn, NY 11237. Our first exhibition is OPEN ENDED, with artist Clinton King. The opening will take place Friday, January 9, 2015 from 6–9 pm, and the works will be on view through February 15, 2015.
studio wall, works in progress
Vermont Studio Center Residency
in Residencies, Studio
I just got back from a productive two week residency at the Vermont Studio Center. I made several new paintings and met lots of great artists and writers. It was the perfect way to start off the winter.
Drawing for the Mind to Wander
in Interviews
Thanks to Annie Coggan of Chairs and Buildings for interviewing me for her blog--this month's theme is all about drawing.
Abstraction and Its Discontents
in Exhibitions
Abstraction and Its Discontents, curated by Deborah Brown, is on view at Storefront Ten Eyck through November 23rd. I have the above painting (Honest Misrepresentations) included in the exhibition. The show has been getting some press, including this article in Two Coats of Paint and this article on Hyperallergic. There will also be a panel discussion with the same title at SVA on November 11. It's free and open to the public!
Gowanus Open Studios this weekend!
in Studio
My studio will be open this Saturday and Sunday, October 18-19 from 12-6pm. Please stop by and say hi!
98 9th Street, 2nd Floor, studio #14
For more information about Gowanus Open Studios and all the events going on this weekend, visit artsgowanus.org.
Thanks to Hyperallergic for including my studio in their guide to the weekend!
The Wassaic Project Print Edition
in Residencies
This week I had the pleasure of traveling to Wassaic, NY to participate in the Wassaic Project Print Edition. They invite artists to come up and create a print edition with their master printer, which for me was an amazing experience to work in a medium that I am not that familiar with. It's fun to get out of your comfort zone, especially when it makes you think about your work differently! Here is a slide show of the process of creating the 4-color print I made with printer Scott Porcelli.
The Tale Tellers: "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"
in Exhibitions
A few weeks ago, artist and curator Enrico Gomez contacted me to use one of my pieces in an online exhibition he was curating. The exhibition is part of an online project called The Tale Tellers, which is a project conceived by UK based curator Charlie Levine. Artists, writers and thinkers have been invited to interpret their favourite stories, songs or poems via a series of images that represent key plot points within that story. Each selection of images tells a complete tale.
The tale Enrico chose to retell is Ernest Hemingway's short story "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." I am honored to have my drawing "Night Swimming" be included as the final image in the story.
Upcoming Exhibition at Storefront Ten Eyck in Bushwick
Very much looking forward to this exhibition at Storefront Ten Eyck in October!
Interview
I am excited to share this interview about my work and practice that was featured on the blog Temporary Land Bridge. Thanks to Andrea and Kirk for coming by for a studio visit and asking such good questions!
The Great White Whale is Black
in Publications
A book I began working on several years ago has been published! In January 2010, I had the great honor of working on an exhibition at The Cooper Union called "The Great White Whale is Black," featuring the work of painter and architect Tony Candido. At the time, we really wanted to put out a catalogue to celebrate the exhibition, but the project grew to include newer work and became an even richer and deeper investigation of Tony's thoughts and teachings. Steven Hillyer (the Director of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive at The Cooper Union) and I worked with Tony to edit and select the artwork that went into the book, Steven spent many hours condensing pages and pages of interviews, and I figured out a way to arrange and design a cohesive volume that ended up including over 100 works of art. I was endlessly inspired while working on this project, and am honored to have been able to have contributed to the creation of The Great White Whale is Black.
Current: Gowanus
in Exhibitions
One of my paintings has been selected for CURRENT: GOWANUS, an exhibition curated by Benjamin Sutton, that opens with a big benefit celebration next Wednesday, May 14th. You are invited to come out and celebrate and support the great non-profit that is Arts Gowanus! There will also be a closing party on Saturday, May 17th, as well as many other fun events in between. Please come out, see some great art, and support the artists who work in Gowanus! More information about all the events is here.
Installation shot of my painting at Galerie Impakto
Objektivity
in Exhibitions
My work is included in a group exhibition in Lima, Peru in March. Objektivity opens at Galeria Impakto on March 4th. The artists included are: Aaron López, Abel Barroso, Francisca Prieto, Livia Marin, Paul Wackers, Rob Wynne, and Sara Jones.
Greetings from Lahouny
in Exhibitions
I am excited to be included in this show at Avis Frank Gallery in Houston.
“In art history, regionalism has been understood as a relatively deliberate effort, by regional producers, to develop the characteristics of distinctively local artistic interests……. However, many artistic regions were probably denoted as such only with hindsight by a society or its historians.”
–Whitney Davis (Oxford University Press)
Any issues of geographical identity are more concerning to those that sell, criticize and categorize art than to the artist themselves. Artists do not declare themselves as “New York artists” or “Texas artists” as those phrases are limiting, but the media and critics will happily use them…. galleries too.
So Avis Frank is proud to present ten artists
from LAHOUNY.
Please support good local art
wherever it comes from.
Josh Alan, Sara Jones, Hiyme Brummett, Bryan Schnelle
Siobhan McBride, Annelie McKenzie, Heath West,
Loren Erdrich, Eduardo Portillo, Sara Cain Bowen.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! I am excited to share my new website with you. I have been busy in the studio, and hope to photograph my new work soon! In the meantime, enjoy the spruced-up new presentation, and be sure to check out my jewelry line, Two-point, and my tumblr, Piles + Voids.