SEASON 13
EXHIBITS IN THE GALLERY
September 2016 - August 2017
| September 30 - October 28, 2016 | SEASON 13 LAUNCH: Opening Friday September 30, 6-10 p.m. |
main gallery + drawing room
PHOTOREAL Support for this FotoFocus Biennial 2016 exhibition
The Photo-Realism or Hyper-Realism movement responds to photography through painting, drawing, sculpture, and other media incorporating photographic qualities such as flatness, the illusion of depth, reflections, depth of field, and extreme detail. The two companion exhibitions presented by Manifest for the FotoFocus Biennial 2016 each explore the biennial-wide concept from different aspects of 'undocument' or 'untruth'. PHOTOREAL presents non-photographic media and reveals how it can do many of the same things as photography, deepening the consideration of the 'undocumented'. For this exhibit 64 artists from 25 states and 4 countries submitted 192 works for consideration. Twenty-one works by the following 16 artists from 11 states, and the countries of Canada and Colombia were selected by several jurors from across the U.S. for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication. RELATED WORKSHOP
Presenting works by: Erika Baez Katlyn Brumfield Jeanne Burris-Johnson Walter Castro Carrie Fonder June Glasson Brandon Hearty Timothy Jahn Travis Little Nick Long Tim Main Armin Mersmann Richard Morris Jon Murrill Jeremy Plunkett Pia Sawhney
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Timothy Jahn
Walter Castro
Jeremy Plunkett
Jeanne Burris-Johnson
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parallel space
The Best of Life
This exhibition of Jay Senetchko’s work is one of 8 selected from among 137 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 13th season. When Jay Senetchko's grandmother passed away in December 2012, he was given her collection of Time Life magazines from the 1960s, an era she had once described as being 'the happiest of her life'. This declaration, combined with the name of the magazine, forms the title of this series. Each painting is based on images that are cut away from their associated text. New narratives are formed by recontextualizing them into black and white, and colour collages. Selected images are then transformed into paintings that are part collage, part photograph and part painting, maintaining distinctions between each medium while drawing parallels between them. The goal in both the creation of the collages and the paintings is not a faithful depiction of either an historical or fictitious event, but the creation of a new narrative for exploration and interpretation. The viewer is welcomed to wade through confusing and sometimes contradictory visual information in an attempt to make sense of what they are seeing. The result are pictures that are unbalanced and uncomfortable, and simultaneously familiar and unfamiliar as they visualize the pathological nature of the North American dream. Through the reoccurring themes of nuclear family, violence, racial tension, labour and leisure, the dreamlike aspirations of a 1950-60's North America are presented, but never reached. Rather, they parallel many of the social tensions and obstacles we face today, but in unsettling, and at times nightmarish iterations. Of his work the artist states: "We all have a relationship with the past. Be these memories positive, negative or neutral, they are all inaccurate. We distort events mentally as a matter of course as soon as they have happened, and the further they recede in our private histories the more distorted they become. Considering how influential our individual pasts are in framing our personal presents, how we recall an event can have dramatic consequences upon our engagement with our present and future selves. The Best Of Life explores the dangers of our nostalgic, romantic, and distorted relationship with the past and its impact on our present lives by drawing contrasts and parallels between a halcyon era of history and contemporary Western life.” Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Jay Senetchko now lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a University of Alberta graduate (1997 - Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction) and spent several years as a professional soccer player in Edmonton and Montreal before pursuing entrepreneurial interests in Canada and the United States. In 2000 he moved to Vancouver and received a Diploma of Classical Animation from the Vancouver Film School in 2001. Primarily self-taught, his painting has been strongly influenced by apprenticeships with both Gideon Flitt and Odd Nerdrum. His work has exhibited since 2002 and shown in North and Central America and Europe. Recent awards and events of interest include an honourable mention in the 2013 Kingston Portrait Competition, shortlist for the BP Portrait Competition (2011, 2012, 2015), shortlist for the Kurt Beers 100 Painters of Tomorrow publication (2013), shortlist for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2015), inclusion in the recently published The Nerdrum School (a collection of paintings by those who have apprenticed with the Norwegian painter Odd Nerdrum - 2013), and 1st place in the juried 2012 Painting on the Edge competition sponsored by the Canadian Federation of Artists. He is the author of Making Pictures Speak: Composition for the Visual Arts, a textbook on perspective and composition for visual art; as well as the adult storybook Fishes and Wishes. He is currently developing another storybook, The Dragon and the Unicorn: An Ideological Fairytale. He has been teaching life-drawing, perspective, composition, colour theory and art history at Vancouver Film School since 2002, and teaching painting privately since 2003.
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central gallery + north gallery
REAL-PHOTO Support for this FotoFocus Biennial 2016 exhibition
From photography’s earliest inception into the culture at large, there was a recognition of both the artistic and scientific potentials of the medium. Within the art camp there was a push to validate photography’s role as ART by producing photographs that emulated the High Art of painting and drawing, peaking (possibly) with the Pictorialism Movement. At the opposite end were those who saw photography as a tool for ‘straight’, objective, representation —celebrating the photograph’s inherent characteristics as unique and valid in their own right. For this exhibit Manifest sought submissions of works that were made through the photographic process exclusively, but which appear to not be photographic in nature, at least at first glance. While we were eager to discover just what artists are making that could qualify, we imagined our pool of entries might include works involving manipulated film, photograms, abstracted digital photographic imagery, direct emulsion exposure, photo-transfers, historical and alternative processes, and the like. We got far more than we expected, as this exhibit reveals. The two companion exhibitions presented by Manifest for the FotoFocus Biennial 2016 each explore the biennial-wide concept from different aspects of 'undocument' or 'untruth'. REAL-PHOTO takes the common media involved in photography but presents resulting artwork that one may not suspect is photographic in nature, further expressing the boundaries of everyday assumptions, and cultural memes. For this exhibit 113 artists from 29 states and 9 countries submitted 394 works for consideration. Twenty-four works by the following 19 artists from 14 states, and England were selected by several jurors from across the U.S. for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication. RELATED WORKSHOPS The two-day Photogenic Drawing workshop will be led by local photographer/artist pair Michael and Marilyn Wilson with complete details here. The Neolucida workshop will be led by Pablo Garcia, professor at the Art Institute of Chicago, with complete details here.
Presenting works by: Claudio Ahlers Robin Assner-Alvey Diane Chung Ashley Czajkowski John Deamond Rose Desiano Brooks Dierdorff Patricia Drummond Mitch Eckert Josh Jalbert Ron Janowich Jenny Knavel David McCrae Bailey Miller Robyn Moore Caroline Roberts Francis Schanberger Patrick D. Wilson Rachel Wolf
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Francis Schanberger
Patrick D. Wilson
David McCrae
Brooks Dierdorff
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| November 11 - December 9 | Opening Reception Friday November 11, 6-10 p.m. |
main gallery + drawing room
SCHEMA The practice of studying the self is as old as human thought. A powerful and perhaps under-appreciated process, when applied well self-reflection can make us better. But when allowed to degrade it can lead to disease. In art, creating self-portraits is an old familiar genre. Such self-images are often quite different from other portraits, because they reveal the artists’ intensity of engaging and measuring their own image. For this exhibit Manifest was interested in gauging not only how this happens in the art of today but also in how artists address the wider concept of self-image, what it means to be aware of “I” and the experience of being an individual. While true ‘self portraits’ are represented in this exhibit, many other creative interpretations of the theme round out the exhibition nicely, giving the viewer a good prompt for considering the idea, and what it means to represent oneself symbolically. For this exhibit 271 artists from 43 states and 10 countries submitted 725 works for consideration. Twenty-three works by the following 20 artists from 14 states, and Canada were selected by a blind jury process for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication. Presenting works by: AWG Brandon Briggs Neil Callander Lauren Carter Daniel Dallmann Jason Ferguson Jason Guynes Rebecca Hayes Becca Levine Chris Liberti Eileen MacArthur Mary Murphy Omalix Charity Ponter Molly Scannell Rosemary Scott-Fishburn Shelby Shadwell Rachel Temkin Lauryn Welch Morgan Ford Willingham
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Molly Scanell
Brandon Briggs
Jason Ferguson
Shelby Shadwell
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parallel space + central gallery
VITAL
This exhibition of Margaret Smithers-Crump’s work is one of 8 selected from among 137 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 13th season. It is the first solo exhibition Manifest has ever presented in multiple spaces at the gallery. Three individual works will occupy two galleries, creating an environment through which viewers must pass, like small prey or symbiotic organisms, in order to experience them fully. As large wall-based installations the works insist upon a visceral, corporeal involvement on the part of the viewer. It is no accident that Smithers-Crump's works function perfectly to bridge, both literally and conceptually, between the two group exhibits also on view at this time. Of her work the artist states: "Through its inherent associations to life, death, and renewal, Vital explores water as the source and resource for all living beings and by extension, the vulnerability of the oceans. Acting as metaphors for a fragile existence, the glass-like artworks in this exhibition underscore the vital necessity of water on our planet. Each installation is made of hundreds of unique hand cut, painted, and chemically bonded units of primarily recycled plexiglas. Individually formed and shaped by heat, these translucent pieces become both membranous and organic. As glass is easily shattered, each of these plexiglas installations reminds us of the fragility of life on Earth and of the importance of water to its survival.” Margaret Smithers-Crump is a Canadian artist based in Houston, Texas. She received her BFA in Painting from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio in 1973. For the last twenty years, Smithers-Crump has been exploring the creative potential of Plexiglas in both painting and installations. She has had a series of solo and group exhibitions throughout Texas and the United States including her recent one person exhibitions at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, Galveston Art Center, Galveston,TX; Imperial Center for the Arts and Sciences, Rocky Mount, NC; Penn College of Technology - Penn State, Williamsport, PA; and Lawndale Art Center, Houston,TX.
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north gallery
SUSTAIN
In Manifest’s first season (2005) we presented GREEN, an exhibition about environmental consciousness. As public and scientific awareness about the state of the planet has grown ever more poignant, and as the relationship of civilization to the fate of the biosphere has grown more clear, so too have our methods for expressing concern, conveying cultural imperatives for better action, and explaining the situation and potential solutions in compelling ways. Four domains comprise the organizing principles of Sustainability: ecology, economics, politics and culture. But in general terms Sustainability is about endurance. In many ways the present cultural dilemma around the topic may be the fulcrum on which our specie's fate rests. Manifest was interested to learn how artists address this definitive topic, either directly through the subject matter, content or form of their work, or indirectly through less obvious but still relevant means. For this exhibit 64 artists from 25 states and 4 countries submitted 190 works for consideration. Eleven works by the following 10 artists from 8 states and India were selected by a blind jury process for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication. Presenting works by: Blake Conroy Jenny Freestone Gordon Lee Margaret LeJeune C. Matthew Luther David Marquez Michael Marshall Ellen McMahon Studio Third World Collective Kathleen Thum
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Margaret LeJeune
Gordon Lee
David Marquez
Ellen McMahon
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| December 16, 2016 - January 13, 2017 | Opening Reception - Friday, December 16, 6-10 p.m. |
main gallery
7th Annual TAPPED
The relationship between art students and their professors can be a powerful one. Even when this bond is left unstated, we carry our professors' voices forward in time as we mature as artists and people. We eventually realize that the instruction given by our teachers during our relatively brief careers as students continues to expand within us. We realize that the learning they inspired is a chain-reaction process that develops across our lifetime. All of us who have been students carry forward our professors' legacy in one form or another. And those who are, or have been professors, bear witness to the potency of studenthood. Out of respect for this student-teacher bond, and in honor of professors working hard to help their students tap into a higher mind relative to art and life, we offer TAPPED, an annual exhibit that presents works of art by current or former professor/student pairs. For this exhibit 104 artists from 22 states and 3 countries submitted 295 works for consideration. Sixteen works by the following 16 artists from 9 states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas) were selected for presentation in the gallery and Manifest Exhibition Annual publication. The artists are listed in pairings to illustrate their teacher/student relationship. Works on view will include paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs. The exhibition layout is planned so that each pair of artists' works will be shown side-by-side or in close proximity. Visitors will be able to enjoy the variety of types of works while also considering the nature of influence between professor and student.
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drawing room
TEXAS
In its first twelve seasons Manifest's projects included works by artists in 50 states and 40 countries. Starting with its 10th season Manifest launched a new ongoing series of exhibits focusing on works by artists living in its own three-state region. Two years ago we added projects that also focused on other definable regions outside our own. These Regional Showcases were offered to complement the ordinarily very wide geographical makeup of most Manifest exhibits with a closer look at what's being done here in our own backyard, as well as provide a platform from which we can examine the trends, qualities, and idiosyncracies of contemporary art within specific geographical areas and compare them to our own. For our fourth year of exhibits showcasing works from other regions we have again decided to look at states which anchor two sides of the United States. Minnesota and Texas offer the compelling north/south polar relationship which provides a starting point for conversation about the resulting simultaneous exhibitions. They are home to major international art centers and educational institutions which are involved in the global art scene. (Previously Michigan and Florida, and New York and California showcases provided strong and visible contrasts in our gallery.) Manifest's several-member blind jury process reviewed 272 works by 85 artists in Texas and Minnesota for this two-exhibit parallel regional survey. Thirty-three artists from Minnesota and 52 artists from Texas responded to the call. Eight works by the following 7 artists from Texas were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season. Presenting works by: Kurt Dyrhaug Carol Flueckiger Steve Knight Kenneth Lantz Gracelee Lawrence Caroline Roberts Laura Willig
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Kurt Dyrhaug
Laura Willig
Kenneth Lantz
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parallel space
MINNESOTA
In its first twelve seasons Manifest's projects included works by artists in 50 states and 40 countries. Starting with its 10th season Manifest launched a new ongoing series of exhibits focusing on works by artists living in its own three-state region. Two years ago we added projects that also focused on other definable regions outside our own. These Regional Showcases were offered to complement the ordinarily very wide geographical makeup of most Manifest exhibits with a closer look at what's being done here in our own backyard, as well as provide a platform from which we can examine the trends, qualities, and idiosyncracies of contemporary art within specific geographical areas and compare them to our own. For our fourth year of exhibits showcasing works from other regions we have again decided to look at states which anchor two sides of the United States. Minnesota and Texas offer the compelling north/south polar relationship which provides a starting point for conversation about the resulting simultaneous exhibitions. They are home to major international art centers and educational institutions which are involved in the global art scene. (Previously Michigan and Florida, and New York and California showcases provided strong and visible contrasts in our gallery.) Manifest's several-member blind jury process reviewed 272 works by 85 artists in Texas and Minnesota for this two-exhibit parallel regional survey. Thirty-three artists from Minnesota and 52 artists from Texas responded to the call. Eight works by the following 6 artists from Minnesota were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season. Presenting works by: Susanna Gaunt John Ilg Jesse Matthew Petersen Jeffrey Stenbom Nathan Stromberg Joshua Wilichowski
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Joshua Wilichowski
Nathan Stromberg
Jesse Matthew Petersen
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central gallery
ONE 7
Kei Ito (Baltimore, Maryland) Sungazing Print
ABOUT THE $5000 MANIFEST PRIZE We respect the creative principle of reduction (the blind jury process) as it is employed to achieve an essential conclusive statement for each exhibit we produce. This is what has led to the high caliber of each Manifest exhibit, and to the gallery's notable reputation. We believe competition does breed excellence. Therefore we determined six years ago to launch the Manifest Prize in order to push the process to the ultimate limit—from among many to select just ONE work. Manifest's jury process for the 7th Annual Manifest Prize included multiple levels of jury review of 1082 works by 350 artists from 47 states and 16 countries by a total of 18 different volunteer jurors from across the U.S. Each level resulted in fewer works passing on to the next, until a winner was reached. The size and physical nature of the works considered was not a factor in the jury scoring and selection. It should be noted that the finalist and semi-finalists, 11 works, represent the top scoring 1% of the jury pool. The winner represents the top one-tenth of 1% of the jury pool. The winning work is entitled "Sungazing Print" by Kei Ito of Baltimore, Maryland. It will be the recipient of the 7th annual MANIFEST PRIZE, and will be presented in the Central Gallery from December 16 through January 13, 2016. It will be accompanied by several juror statements and the artist's statement. The Runners-up: Ten semi-finalist works (runners up to the winner) will also be featured in the season-documenting Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEAs13). These are works by Becky Alley (Lexington, Kentucky), Marissa Angel (Virginia Beach, Virginia), Gordon Belray (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Christopher Cosnowski (Chicago, Illinois), Dylan Everett (Brick, New Jersey), Sarika Goulatia (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Kei Ito (Baltimore, Maryland), Michael Reedy (Ann Arbor, Michigan), Shelby Shadwell (Laramie, Wyoming), and Ying-Fang Shen (Richmond, Virginia).
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north gallery
MODELING NATURE
This exhibition of Mark Pomilio’s drawings is one of 8 selected from among 137 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 13th season. In his proposal to Manifest Pomilio stated "Through these works and their abstract associations I attempt to expose the mystical beauty, harmony and intrigue found within naturally occurring systems of growth. Ultimately, it is my desire to expose nature at its magnificent core." Reading this one might have thought it was a statement by a landscape painter. The fact that the work was, in fact, geometric abstraction blended with what could be landscape architectural design surely ignited its appeal for selection. Eleven of Mark Pomilio's drawings will occupy the North Gallery. Ranging from delicate and small study-like drawings, through medium and large-sized finished sculptural drawings, the works nod to the formulaic works of Sol Lewitt, but maintain a satisfyingly distinct identity for being exactly what they are meant to be. Of his work the artist states: "My artistic interests are fueled by a desire to create artwork, which mirrors naturally occurring systems in our world. In mirror I am referring more to physical processes rather than mimetic duplication. I find inspiration on a myopic level by attempting to imitate cell repetition and cloning. The origin of this research has been formulated through a series of simple geometrical equations. These equations have yielded a group of 'parent' rudimentary geometrical forms. One or several of these forms are multiplied and folded equally throughout the pictorial field. Through this process, a formal pictorial structure is born. The resulting balance and symmetry has a visual equivalency in how we read the meditative qualities of a reflective pool, or a religious icon.” Mark Pomilio's current artistic output focuses on creating images, which embody principles of geometry, fractals, cloning, single and multiple cell manipulation. He seeks to understand how these human, abstract associations can expose beauty and meaning within naturally occurring systems of growth and procreation in our natural world. It is his desire to expose nature at its magnificent core. These interests have led to invitations to lecture nationally, on topics as diverse as art and mathematics and the role the visual arts can play in understanding the social ramifications of advances in the Life Sciences. His artwork has been featured in solo museum and gallery exhibitions nationally and internationally, including Xu Beihong Art Academy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, the Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salapetriere, in Paris, France, and Art Resources Transfer, in New York City. Originally from Philadelphia, Mark Pomilio is currently living in Phoenix, Arizona where he is an Associate Professor within the School of Art, at Arizona State Universitys Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Learn more at: markpomilio.com
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| January 27 - February 24 | Opening Reception - Friday, January 27, 6-9 p.m. |
main gallery + drawing room
HALF-TRUTH "Language is a virus." So goes a song by Laurie Anderson, dramatizing an idea originated in a 1962 William S. Burroughs novel. As externalized thoughts, words and their assembly have great power. Being external means that ideas and information carried by words are malleable and vulnerable to corruption. Information travels from host to host in biological ways by way of language. And it comes back to its source, often altered, bringing change through subsequent internalization. Truth as a concept is absolute by definition. The notion of 'personal truths' is an oxymoron. One can only have a relativistic perspective on the truth, a subjective interpretation of what really is. Yet, through consensus, enough relative interpretations combine to operate in effect as truth itself, and are often mistakenly assumed to be irrefutable. (Commonly, philosophers view truth as the correspondence of language or thought to an independent reality.) What happens when truthful information is altered by the omission of part of the message? What happens for example when a comma is removed from a sentence, or an implication is inserted, and therefore the interpretation of an entire otherwise truthful statement is changed? A half-truth is the result, often intended to make what is only a belief appear to be knowledge. Half-truths mislead through the use of truth as a decoy within which rides an intended deception. According to Wikipedia "A person deceived by a half-truth considers the proposition to be knowledge and acts accordingly." For this exhibit Manifest was very interested in how artists may respond to the concept of half-truth. The common threads shared between the selected works provide intriguing insight into the theme. With this the exhibit offers a story of the true and the believed. Manifest's blind jury process reviewed 342 works by 119 artists from 29 states and 14 countries for this exhibit. Twenty-two works by the following 18 artists from 14 states and the countries of Spain and Switzerland were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season.
Presenting works by: Jillian Bloise Elizabeth Claffey Rick Dailey Jaime de la Jara Chris Kalmbach Katia Lifshin Jennifer Meanley Zach Nagle Michael Nichols Roberto Osti Bill Porter Thomas Pfannerstil Dominic Lippillo & Mark Schoon Charles Scott Mark Tennant Nicolas Vionnet Margaret Whiting
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Margaret Whiting
Rick Dailey
Michael Nichols
Zach Nagle
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parallel space
FORM AND TIME
This exhibition of Charles Kanwischer’s drawings is one of 8 selected from among 137 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 13th season. Fifteen of Charles Kanwischer's drawings will occupy the Parallel Space gallery. The intimate works, most no larger than one-foot in size, embody through their delicate intensity a sense of grave but understated importance. While virtuoso in their execution, the management of nuance, composition, and content through choice of subject and viewpoint makes each drawing a profound contemporary experience, and the entire collection a symphonic exclamation. Of his work the artist states: "When I look at the world I see forms and histories in flux. Im attracted to sites that are visibly and obviously changing from one condition to another—the result of natural decay, erosion or flooding. Or, it may be initiated through human activities such as building and demolition. All these situations present evidence of an ongoingness that I believe constitutes the deeper subject of my work.” Charles Kanwischer was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He received a MFA in Painting/Printmaking from Yale University School of Art and a BFA in Printmaking from University of Iowa. He has served as Professor of Art at Bowling Green State University since 1997. He previously taught at Amherst College and Yale University. Kanwischer lives and works in Waterville, Ohio. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions including at Brett Shaheen Contemporary and Modern Art, Cleveland 2010 and Ellen Miller Gallery, Boston 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2007. Kanwischer's work has also been featured in many national and regional group exhibitions including: The Pencil Show, at Foxy Production in New York City, Eight Views Contemporary Landscape at the Washington Arts Center in Washington Depot, CT, New Master Drawings at the Akron Museum of Art, Visions and Revisions, Art on Paper Since 1960 at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the Annual Invitational Exhibition at the National Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City. He is a six time recipient of the Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Excellence Award (1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013) and has works in a number of public and private collections including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Akron Museum of Art, and the Progressive Insurance Corporation. Charles has also had his work included in numerous Manifest INDA publications, including taking the first place prize in the INDA 7. Learn more at: charleskanwischer.com
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central gallery
LINE AND LIGHT
This exhibition of Laura Makar’s hand cut paper drawings is one of 8 selected from among 137 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 13th season. Eight of Laura Makar's cut paper drawings will occupy the Central Gallery. As cut paper the works embody both the fluidity of energy and the stillness of empty paper. As captured essences cemented by impeccable craftsmanship the works serve as a meditation on time, light, and persistent intentionality for both the artist and viewer. It is by coincidence that Makar and Kanwischer submitted proposals for the same season, and were scheduled for side-by-side exhibits at Manifest. As it turns out, Laura was Charles's student at Bowling Green. Not realizing this at the time, our curatorial interest was in how the two bodies of work relate (silent, concentrated, colorless, highly crafted and detailed) and how they contrast (very small, realism based on observed environments versus fairly large, abstraction based on observed ideas and impulses). We feel the two exhibits together make a perfect pair for experiencing and understanding the motives of the contemporary artist. Of her work the artist states: "LINE, a language of mark making that provides a visual to the physical consciousness. It is an ambiguous form, which is completely dependent on vision, and will remain so until used to form a construct. Upon construction, the ambiguity fades and a point of perception begins. It is able, in its delicate form, to be openly conspicuous in showing process, and that transparency will simultaneously prompt intrigue. The most beautiful aspect of line is that a line itself has no prior vision, no baggage, and entrusts itself solely to action. In these tendencies, line develops into shape. These shapes exist as static media transforming into movement. But, it is on the process, not the visual effect that my work focuses. The process creates an organic and obsessive deliberation; decision-making becomes intuitive and unconscious. Through continuous repetition the positive becomes negative; the small becomes large, and vise versa. It is the repetition that embraces the essence of documenting what I see on a daily basis.” Laura Makar was born in Buffalo, NY and grew up in Toledo, OH. She earned her BFA in two-dimensional studies at Bowling Green State University, in 2009 and her MFA in drawing at Wayne State University (WSU) in 2014. While attending WSU she was awarded the 2013 Thomas C. Rumble Graduate Fellowship, and recently received an award for her artwork at the 2015 MFAC Exhibition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. Laura has exhibited her work locally and nationally; including exhibitions in California, Georgia, New York, and North Dakota. She was selected to be part of a two-person exhibition at ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH in late 2016. Currently, Laura serves as Preparator at the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery and Art Department Gallery, WSU. Learn more at: lauramakar.com
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north gallery
GAME ON!
Playfulness is not just for children. The act of playing teaches the young how to grow up, survive, and interact. But it teaches adults how to be alive. For all its assumed frivolity, play is quite possibly a fundamental binding agent in the formation of both human and non-human societies. For this exhibit Manifest is excited to present examples of works of visual art that address the theme of play, or which are somehow generated or inspired by playing or the objects of such activity. Works include images or objects made of toys and games, playful abstractions, and images of playful moments all in various media including painting, photography, sculpture, and drawing. Manifest's blind jury process reviewed 363 works by 124 artists from 32 states, Washington D.C., and 4 countries for this exhibit. Thirteen works by the following 10 artists from 8 states were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season.
Presenting works by: Thomas Bosse Jason Bly Christopher Cosnowski David Colannino Jonathan Frey Richard Luschek Damon McArthur Lucy Meskill Rosalie Rosenthal Buket Savci
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Christopher Cosnowski
Richard Luschek
Jonathan Frey
Buket Savci
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| March 10 - April 7 | Opening Reception - Friday, March 10, 6-9 p.m. |
main gallery + drawing room
SPACE
This is not an exhibit of works about outer space. Rather this collection of competitively selected works explores the subtler concept of the distances or spaces between things, or spaces which things occupy. People often take space for granted, neglecting to respect its importance in defining our world and understanding of reality. Our interest in how this theme is addressed by visual art is broad, and artists interpreted it widely when selecting works to submit for our jury's consideration. The call for works was an open question seeking an answer about how artists address space as a subject, or key aspect in the design and creation of their work. Manifest's blind jury process reviewed 397 works by 135 artists from 37 states and 3 countries for this exhibit. Seventeen works by the following 13 artists from 9 states across the U.S. were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season.
Presenting works by: Zach Brown Sara Catapano Daniel Dallmann Thomasin Dewhurst Brigham Dimick Nicholas Hullibarger Andy Mattern Carolyn Norton Peter Precourt Billy Renkl Sarah Sutton Kim Thorpe Christina Warzecha
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Brigham Dimick
Nicholas Hullibarger
Sara Catapano
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parallel space
KENTUCKY
In 12 seasons Manifest's projects have included works by artists in 50 states and 40 countries. Beginning in its tenth season Manifest launched an ongoing series of exhibits focusing on works by artists in its own three-state region. Two years ago we added projects that also focused on other definable regions outside our own. Last year we presented an exhibition focusing on works by artists in our home state of Ohio. This year's 'local' regional showcase takes a look at our neighbor to the south of the river, Kentucky, whose hills we can see from the spire of the nearby St. Francis DeSales Church. For this 'open call' exhibit 85 artists from across Kentucky submitted 274 works for consideration. Eight works by the following seven artists were selected by several jurors for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.
Presenting works by: Jamie Green Claudia Hammer Paul Lorenz Julio Rodriguez Christian Schmit Sheldon Tapley Travis Townsend
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Christian Schmit
Julio Rodriguez
Paul Lorenz
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central gallery + north gallery
PLACE
Designed to complement its sister exhibition, SPACE, this exhibit sought submissions of works that explore the concept of specific location, whether from a conceptual or metaphorical standpoint or a more literal depiction such as landscape. Our jury and curatorial process considered this broad spectrum in the process of creating the final selections. Manifest's competitive blind jury process reviewed 426 works by 143 artists from 40 states and 7 countries for this exhibit. Eleven works by the following 10 artists from 9 states and Canada were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season.
Presenting works by: Kenneth Batista Gordon Belray Chris Cornelius David Dorsey Maggie Evans Sofia Gonzalez Kent Krugh Jason Lee Michael McCaffrey Daniel Miller
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Chris Cornelius
Daniel Miller
Sofia Gonzalez
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| April 21 - May 19 | Opening Reception - Friday, April 21, 6-9 p.m. |
main gallery
SINNERS AND SAINTS
This exhibition of Jessica Teckemeyer’s work is one of 8 selected from among 137 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 13th season. Of her work the artist states: "...Humans are domesticated animals. As social creatures, we combat reason versus instinct. These sculptures represent archetypes. Through translating a human experience into the form of an animal, we look at ourselves from another viewpoint. Animals are my focus because they are devoid of race, gender, and body politics. Jessica Teckemeyer creates mixed-media animal sculptures to explore the multiplicity in human nature. She maintains an active studio practice and serves as an Assistant Professor at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. Teckemeyer received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities in May 2010. Teckemeyer's sculptures have been featured in seven solo exhibitions and over forty group exhibits. Her work has exhibited nationally and internationally, including the cities of: Monaco, France; Montevideo, Uruguay; New York, NY; South Orange, NJ; Santa Ana, CA; Baltimore, MD; Chicago, IL; Tallahassee, FL; Cincinnati, OH; Denton, TX; Minneapolis, MN; and Des Moines, IA. She has received numerous awards and grants including the Third Place Founders Award at the “39th Rock Island Art Guild Exhibition” at the Figge Museum in Iowa, Best in Show for the “Social & Politically Engaged Art” at the Reece Museum in Tennessee, Second Prize at the “Tallahassee International” hosted at the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, and a $9,000 Iowa Arts Council Grant supported through the National Endowment for the Arts. Teckemeyer has fabricated sculptures for internationally known artist Siah Armajani since 2009. Prior to graduate school, Teckemeyer worked in the sculpting, mold making, and painting departments at "Tivoli Too" a 3D design and production studio located near Minneapolis, MN. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Minnesota State University Moorhead in 2004.
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drawing room + parallel space
DRAWN
Manifest was founded in-part to stand for the importance of drawing as a process, skill, and discipline, and as a continuing viable product of the creative fine art and design fields. Since its inception our nonprofit organization has continued to incorporate drawing-based programming, including education (Drawing Center), publications (INDA), and gallery exhibits into the broader spectrum of its projects. The students and professors who formed Manifest in 2004 knew that despite their diverging career paths (architecture, art history, painting, industrial design, photography) they were brought together by their connection to drawing and their mutually intense but multi-faceted pursuit of this fundamental discipline. Three years ago, in honor of the original spirit of the founding ideals of Manifest, the gallery launched DRAWN as a new annual exhibition. DRAWN seeks to survey and present the broad scope of drawing being made today. This gallery exhibit is completely separate from but nevertheless complements, and sometimes shares work in common with, the annual INDA publication project. DRAWN called for artists to submit works of drawing in any media relevant to the practice (including non-traditional approaches), any style, and any genre (fine art, illustration, design, conceptual, realism, etc.). For this exhibit 284 artists from 42 states and 16 different countries submitted 913 works for consideration. Forty-three works by the following 35 artists from 24 states, Australia and Sweden were selected by a panel of volunteer jurors for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.
Presenting works by: Nicole Adkisson Brian Andrews Ed Bernstein Lucas Bianchi Christopher Brown Dan Christian Larry Cressman Jennifer Cronin Nora Daniel Franklin Delgado Michael DeLuca Steven Elbert Christopher Fleming Tanja Gant Hiroshi Hayakawa Nicci Haynes Dale Inglett Ron Janowich Donald Keefe Robert Long Michael Meadors John McKaig Richard Morris Kevin Oehler Juan Perdiguero Elena Peteva Joseph Pfeiffer-Herbert Adam Rake Lauren Scavo Shelby Shadwell Lana Stephens Sheldon Tapley Alice Valenti Duat Vu Derek Wilkinson
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Christopher Brown
Ron Janowich
Michael DeLuca
Kevin Oehler
Steven Elbert
Richard Morris
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| June 2 - June 30 | Opening Reception - Friday, June 2, 6-9 p.m. |
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RITES OF PASSAGE An Exhibit of Works by Current or Recent Undergraduates Initiated in 2005, The Rites of Passage exhibits were developed to support student excellence by offering a public venue for the display of advanced creative research; to promote young artists as they transition into their professional careers; and to bring the positive creative energies national institutions together in one place. With this thirteenth annual installment of the Rites series, Manifest offers a $500 best of show prize to reward excellence at this early career level. The Rites call for submissions was open to students graduating or expecting to graduate in 2016, 2017, or 2018 (undergraduate juniors, seniors, and those who graduated last year). For this exhibit 91 artists representing 65 academic institutions in 29 states across the U.S. submitted 277 works for consideration. Fifteen works by the following 13 artists representing 12 different academic institutions in 8 states are featured in the 13th annual Rites of Passage exhibit. Artists are listed with their academic status as of the dates of their entry into this competition. Why is this important?
Cody Anderson* Mathew Brown** Michael France Nazareth Garcia Joseph Goh Samantha Jane Hardewig Cecilia Lo Simon McCool Azalea Patricia Rodriguez Melanie Tassone Samantha Taylor Livia Xie Ran Zheng
* Best of Show award recipient ** Director's Choice Award recipient
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Mathew Brown
Cecilia Lo
Samantha Taylor
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drawing room + parallel space
MAGNITUDE SEVEN Back in 2005 we launched the Magnitude Seven project with the idea that small works would be easier and more practical for artists to send to Manifest from anywhere in the world. This proved true, and right off it was this exhibit that lead to Manifest earning the tag line 'a neighborhood gallery for the world.' Inevitably MAG 7 is a wild and varied mix of works, including an extreme range of media, styles, and artist intents.The exhibit always gains unity from the common scale, so even disparate works seem to engage in playful and tolerant conversation across the gallery or side by side. We have found that having a couple galleries full of hand-sized works is a joyful experience of small things well made, a menagerie of creativity, and a poignant reminder that bigger is not always better. We are happy to offer this thirteenth annual exhibit of works no larger than seven inches in any dimension. For this year's project 153 artists from 34 states and 11 countries submitted 438 works for consideration by Manifest's intensely competitive jury process. Thirty-four works by the following 20 artists from 15 states and Canada were selected for presentation in the gallery and the season-documenting Manifest Exhibition Annual.
Pirjo Berg David Bonagurio Dimelza Broche Susan Bryant Ellina Chetverikova Adrienne Dixon Tenley Dubois John Ferry Christy Georg Marco Hernandez Anna Lee-Hoelzle Kathleen Lemoine Tammy McClennan Xi Nan Dora Natella Steve Paddack Molly Scannell John Spurlock Hayward Wilkirson Erin Wozniak
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Hayward Wilkirson
John Spurlock
Adrienne Dixon
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central gallery + north gallery
MAR 2016/17 Artists' Gallery Talk: Saturday, June 17, 6-7pm The year-long Manifest Artist Residency was launched in 2012 with the goal to provide artists with a combination of free studio space, supportive resources such as teaching opportunities and free access to life drawing and other programs at the Manifest Drawing Center, the powerful creative culture that permeates all Manifest programs, and routine engagement with the visiting public during each of our nine exhibit receptions each season. To cement their year of development each artist receives another benefit of the program–a MAR Showcase solo exhibition. These two solo exhibits feature works made by our two 2016/17 Artists in Residence, Ellina Chetverikova and Adam Mysock. This marks the culmination of their residency at Manifest which concludes in June, and serves as a celebration of their achievements, learning, and adoption into the broad Manifest 'family'.
VESTIGES It’s always incredibly important to remember where we all came from. What is our background? How we got to where we are now? The collection of experiences that we all have as humans and our perception of them dictates and shapes our character. I often think about my past. Maybe because of the long 10-year separation with my homeland and my Ukrainian family. I wonder if anything at all will be the same upon my return home. Would it last until I can see it? I often contemplate about different people and places that influenced and raised me. This exhibit is dedicated to the recollection of my imprints. Vestiges that are forever imprinted in our minds hearts and influence us everyday.
Ellina Chetverikova was born in Severodonetsk, Ukraine in 1989. She developed a love of painting and drawing at an early age, and studied art since she was 13 years old. Ellina moved from Ukraine to Cincinnati, Ohio as an exchange student, to pursue her arts education. She received her BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2012, and her MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.
TO REPEAT We have an uneasy relationship with repetition. As children, navigating our earliest interactions with the world, we develop a zeal for repeating. Kids will read the same books, watch the same movies, sing the same songs—all to feel competent and in control of what's coming next. As we grow, we quickly learn that it’s reassuring and informative to engage in acts of repetition. Alternatively, through our subsequent functions in a society largely driven by profits, we’re pressed to associate repeating with waste—or even punishment. To repeat means to divert energy and time from the “next” and offer them again to the “last.” As we mature, we’re advised that repetition limits potential progress. It’s in these contradictions, the dualities that define our relationship with repetition, that the works in To Repeat find their purpose. Prompted by a restlessness with our current political climate and George Santayama’s often paraphrased words, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” the paintings survey both human-compelled repetition and potentially parallel, cosmically derived instances of recurrence. Through examinations into the most basic components required for something to qualify as a repetition and reflections on our attitudes toward the inevitable mutations produced amid repeated events, these paintings encourage contemplation of both the faults and promises of reiteration in our culture today.
Adam Mysock holds a BFA degree in Painting and Art History from Tulane University and an MFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. In collaboration with his studio practice, he has taught at the university level for more than 10 yearsmost recently as a Senior Professor of Practice at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Ellina Chetverikova
Ellina Chetverikova
Adam Mysock
Adam Mysock
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| July 14 - August 11 | Preview Reception: Thursday, July 13, 6-9pm | Public Opening: Friday, July 14, 6-9 pm |
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IN MEMORIAM
In a larger sense the creation of any art object is a form of externalized memory. Sometimes, however, the direct purpose of the artwork is to serve as a vehicle for a specific remembrance, a totem of loss, or a symbol of transition from a time, place, or state of being that is no longer accessible. As such, these objects become infused with more life—more substance—than they may at first appear to represent. Whether through abstract symbols, illustrations of the memorialized, or poetic conceptualizations of the idea of remembrance, Manifest asked artists to submit works made with these concepts in mind. This project was open to wide interpretation of the theme, and was not restricted to traditional definitions of the term 'in memoriam' (such as may relate to obituaries and epitaphs). Manifest's blind jury process reviewed 575 works by 202 artists from 23 states and 6 countries for this exhibit. Twenty works by the following 12 artists from 8 states across the U.S. were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season.
Presenting works by: Gerry Bannan Cole Carothers Christian Carson Samantha Haring Amber Law Kathy Liao Michael McCaffrey Emily McIlroy Greg Sand Judy Takacs Sarah Treanor Duat Vu
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Greg Sand
Cole Carothers
Emily McIlroy
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SKETCH
Nearly all artists, regardless of the media in which they realize 'final' works, create sketches or 'thought-works' that help them work out solutions to problems, conceptualize a plan, or test and re-test options before making an investment in time and media to create a finished work. Too often these works stay hidden, secret, or forgotten. It was in the Renaissance that commerce and the production of paper gave rise to the value of sketches as more than just private notations. Leonardo DaVinci is known for his prolific sketching, continually jotting down words but also beautifully detailed visual notations about the world around him. The directness of the connection between these sketches and DaVinci's ideas is part of what gives them their inherent energy, and makes them so alluring. We believe the same energy is encapsulated in sketches made by artists around the world today. This exhibition seeks to feature those hidden, unclaimed, yet immediately potent works so their energy may be appreciated and shared in the light of day. For this exhibit 62 artists from 24 states and 4 countries submitted 274 works for consideration. Twenty-three works by the following 15 artists from 9 states and Canada were selected by several jurors for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.
Presenting works by: Neil Callander Sean Caulfield Matthew Egan Steven Elbert Felicia Forte William Haney Samantha Haring Nathan Heuer Steve Hughes Evan Kitson Michael Mentler Marcus Michels Nathan Perry David Stallings Sheldon Tapley
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Sheldon Tapley
Michael Mentler
Evan Kitson
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parallel space + central gallery + north gallery
11th Annual Building
upon the philosophy of the Rites
of Passage exhibits for undergrads, each year Manifest
offers a similar opportunity to current and recent graduate students
for exhibiting at Manifest. As do our annual Rites of Passage and TAPPED exhibits, Master Pieces reflects our commitment to surveying, documenting, and presenting the state of arts in academia on an ongoing basis. We believe this is important to artists, the public, students, and teachers. For this eleventh competition for the project 80 artists representing 58 different academic graduate programs in 27 states and 3 countries submitted 252 works for consideration by Manifest's rigorous jury process. Twenty-one works by the following 14 artists from 12 states representing 14 different academic programs were selected for presentation in the gallery and MEA publication for season 13.
Presenting works by: Brianna Angelakis Lisa Bryson Whitney Causey Cam DeCaussin Shiqing Deng Kylie Ford Jess Holz Hillary Heckard Carolyn Norton Kristen Peyton Molly Phalan Julio Suarez Megan Alyce Taylor Jeremy Thurlby
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Hillary Heckard
Brianna Angelakis
Jeremy Thurlby
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| August 18 - September 15 (SEASON 13 FINALÉ) | Preview Reception: Thursday, August 17, 6-9pm Public Opening: Friday, August 18, 6-9 pm |
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MONOCHROME
Sometimes you can say more by saying less. Many artists find that the intentional reduction of visual information actually increases a work of art’s impact. One such reduction is the use of color, creating engaging art through the use of a single hue or very narrow pallet. The only limitation for this competitively juried exhibit was that entries were required to represent original works of art or design and address the theme of 'monochrome' in some way. The 'chroma' that is 'mono' was up to each artist. The color was not required to be the primary content of the work of art. The limited pallet was simply expected to be a factor in the realization of the work, whatever form it may take. Manifest was open to artists' interpretation of the definition of 'monochrome'. Manifest's blind jury process reviewed 421 works by 144 artists from 21 states and 5 countries for this exhibit. Thirteen works by the following 12 artists from 8 states across the U.S., Germany and Switzerland were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season.
Presenting works by: Wes Battoclette Judith Brandon Namwon Choi Drew Etienne Veronique Gambier Katie Kameen Ann Klem Kat Knutsen Jessica Larva Alegria Polit Kathleen Taylor Maxim Wakultschik
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Veronique Gambier
Katie Kameen
Ann Klem
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9th Annual NUDE
Every exhibition season Manifest exhibits many kinds of works, from more conceptual and experimental art to the traditional. In fact we think it's important to have such a range in our repertoire. It is something that Manifest is known for. Our annual projects allow us the chance to track how artists around the world address a consistent theme, subject, or media over time, or allow us to document the state of art in a particular strata of creative activity, and to study and preserve our findings in a meaningful way through our publications and website. NUDE is one such project. The human body is a popular subject for many reasons, the most obvious being that it is us. Throughout history the representation of the human form has been charged with tremendous energy, both positive and negative. Whether it be a religious edict that one should not depict the human form—a taboo, or the glorious opposite, a revelation of mastery over form in the crafting of sensuous and life-like physical human beauty, the art of the body has nevertheless moved us through time. Through all the permutations art has experienced across history, work of the body persists. We use the human nude to master skill, understand ourselves, and push social and psychological buttons for the sake of expression (sensual, delicate, and so on). We intend for Manifest's ongoing annual NUDE project to explore how our collective body is used today in art to achieve these goals and more. This year we were happy to renew our invitation to artists to submit works in any media, of any style or genre (abstract, conceptual, realistic, etc.), and of any size and media, for consideration in Manifest's ninth annual NUDE, an international competitive exhibit exploring the uncovered human form in current art.
Presenting works by: Martin Beck Sally Bousquet Chris Corson Paul Cotter Shiqing Deng Matthew Durante Martha Gaustad Annie Gonzalez Stephanie Grenadier James Grubola Jose Gomez Dora Natella Nick Reszetar Kevin Schroeder Alex Spinney Tim Waite
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Stephanie Grenadier
Shiqing Deng
James Grubola
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ANIMAL NATURE
This exhibition of Ralph Slatton's work is one of 8 selected from among 137 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 13th season. Of his work the artist states: "My influences are considered fantasy Gothic, an often dark view of fable, humor, and lore. What better vehicle to convey these ideas than those found in the world of animals. Their sense of balance and gravity are beautifully choreographed. Their expressions are inscrutably humorous, but always raw, with unbridled presence. As such, my animals elusively disguise some moral truth, human condition, personal dilemma, or conundrum. Those who view my work often respond with opposite reactions. Some experience humorous animals, while others see sinister ones. This often occurs in the art of ancient cultures, where humorous icons carry serious content. For example, the cute plump dogs found in Pre-Columbian art would at first glance appear whimsical. On the darker side, the dogs are supposedly eaten by their masters, during the journey to the underworld. It is my intention to take the viewer down a visual and psychological rabbit hole. A place where animals wear disguises of both the strong and weak, experiencing the freedom of entrapment, and generally revel in the dark side of human foibles. ” Ralph Slatton was born in 1952 in an old farm house, surrounded by the cotton fields of Trumann, Arkansas. He was a descendant of both Far Eastern and Southern culture, as his mother was a native of Yokohama, Japan, and his father a resident of Northeast Arkansas. Slatton earned the BFA and MA degrees from Arkansas State University and the MFA degree from the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History. While working as Assistant Registrar at the Iowa Museum of Art, he served as courier for a large exhibition of African art to the Taiwan Museum of Art in Taichung. Working with the collections greatly influenced his interest in animal imagery and symbolism, which is a major theme of his work today.
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A QUIET MIND
This exhibition of Tamie Beldue's work is one of 8 selected from among 137 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 13th season. Tamie's work has been included in many Manifest exhibits and publications over the years, including achieving semi-finalist status in the prestigious and highly competitive Manifest Prize. Most notably it was a solo exhibition of her drawings, Figures in Gray, that was one of two exhibits that launched Manifest's exhibition program in January of 2005. We are very excited to feature another gallery full of Tamie's works nearly thirteen years later to help close out our 13th season of exhibitions. Of her work the artist states: "While focusing on the figure and the environment as subject, these mixed media works demonstrate a contemporary context of drawing through pieces that balance a representational canon with conceptual motivations through distinct bodies of work. Tamie Beldue was born in upstate New York. She is a contemporary American artist focused in mixed media drawings. Beldue received a BFA from the Columbus College of Art & Design and earned her MFA at the University of Cincinnati. Beldue has exhibited extensively in the US in group and solo exhibitions, including the Fort Wayne Museum of Art Realism Biennial, Southern Ohio Museum, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mobile Museum of Art, the Arnot Art Museum's Re-Presenting Representation and the Fontbonne University Fine Arts Gallery. Her works are in the permanent collections of the Arnot Museum of Art, The DeYoung Museum, Howard & Judy Tullman Collection, James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings and the Sandy & Diane Besser Collection. Currently she is represented by Blue Spiral Galleries in Asheville, NC and is an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina Asheville.
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