THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: Distortion in the Work of Ten Utah Artists
The Leonardo Museum, Salt Lake City, UT. June 1 to October 31, 2019
Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake Library Gallery June 25 to August 7, 2020
This exhibition assembles selected works by Utah artists who use swimming pools and rivers, window panes and windscreens to expand on a surface approach to the urban and natural world. These devices are employed as lenses and mirrors, and reject single-point perspective. Consequently, the works in this show twist and warp their subjects to create misshapen, contorted and sometimes garbled effects. The results serve a range of goals, from the purely perceptual to the socially critical. Artist include: Jean Arnold, Connie Borup, Alex Caldiero, Cara Despains, John Erickson, Ed Firmage Jr., Kristina Lenzi, David Chapman Lindsay, Brad Slaugh, and Jamie Wayman.
The Leonardo Museum, Salt Lake City, UT. June 1 to October 31, 2019
Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake Library Gallery June 25 to August 7, 2020
This exhibition assembles selected works by Utah artists who use swimming pools and rivers, window panes and windscreens to expand on a surface approach to the urban and natural world. These devices are employed as lenses and mirrors, and reject single-point perspective. Consequently, the works in this show twist and warp their subjects to create misshapen, contorted and sometimes garbled effects. The results serve a range of goals, from the purely perceptual to the socially critical. Artist include: Jean Arnold, Connie Borup, Alex Caldiero, Cara Despains, John Erickson, Ed Firmage Jr., Kristina Lenzi, David Chapman Lindsay, Brad Slaugh, and Jamie Wayman.
FEMALE AGENCY: BETWEEN PATIENCE AND ACTION
The Ladies Literary Club, Salt Lake City, UT Spring 2020
Waiting is central to female experience. In contrast to ‘men of action,’ literary characters such as Penelope (from the Odyssey) and Patientia (from the Psychomachia), are associated with patience and temperance. This exhibition calls for works of visual, poetic and performative art that explore the role of 'Waiting' as it pertains to the experience of women, wives, mothers and others. Of interest are the psychological dimensions of waiting: when is waiting a virtue and when is it time for action? Where does one’s mind go, when waiting for destinies to manifest, or for society to change? What kind of activities do women invent to pass the time? Does action ever lead to impetuosity? Finally, are these two modes of agency antithetical and irreconcilable? Or are there areas of overlay and commonality that can be imagined, salvaged and celebrated? A broad range of voices are sought, from Mormon to immigrant women, LGBTQi and African-American.
DUNCE SCHOOL for the ARTS (2012-2013)
Co-founder, co-curator of Contemporary Art venue / micro-gallery. Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City.
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CREME de la CREME (2000)
Exhibition featuring contemporary art by ten female artists from three British art schools (St. Martin’s, Goldsmiths and Norwich School of Art and Design) Organization of exhibition (transport, installation, dismantling), catalog essays and artist support. Artists include Julie Barlow, Victoria Bickell, Martha Houghton, Yumi Kondo, Susanna McDonald, Rebecca Oldfield, Elin Strand, Carla Thomas, Ingrid Weiss. Catalog copy available upon request.
The Ladies Literary Club, Salt Lake City, UT Spring 2020
Waiting is central to female experience. In contrast to ‘men of action,’ literary characters such as Penelope (from the Odyssey) and Patientia (from the Psychomachia), are associated with patience and temperance. This exhibition calls for works of visual, poetic and performative art that explore the role of 'Waiting' as it pertains to the experience of women, wives, mothers and others. Of interest are the psychological dimensions of waiting: when is waiting a virtue and when is it time for action? Where does one’s mind go, when waiting for destinies to manifest, or for society to change? What kind of activities do women invent to pass the time? Does action ever lead to impetuosity? Finally, are these two modes of agency antithetical and irreconcilable? Or are there areas of overlay and commonality that can be imagined, salvaged and celebrated? A broad range of voices are sought, from Mormon to immigrant women, LGBTQi and African-American.
DUNCE SCHOOL for the ARTS (2012-2013)
Co-founder, co-curator of Contemporary Art venue / micro-gallery. Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City.
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CREME de la CREME (2000)
Exhibition featuring contemporary art by ten female artists from three British art schools (St. Martin’s, Goldsmiths and Norwich School of Art and Design) Organization of exhibition (transport, installation, dismantling), catalog essays and artist support. Artists include Julie Barlow, Victoria Bickell, Martha Houghton, Yumi Kondo, Susanna McDonald, Rebecca Oldfield, Elin Strand, Carla Thomas, Ingrid Weiss. Catalog copy available upon request.
