I am really excited to participate in the upcoming Love Is Love exhibition at the Emmanuel Gallery in Denver. This show was organized in support of National Coming Out Day and gave me an opportunity to create something special just for this show.
Here's a statement and some photos of the work:
In 1873 Pierre-Auguste Cot created Springtime, a painting that over the last 140 years has become one of the most prominent images of young romantic love. For the exhibition Love is Love, the work has been recreated as a diorama or stage set that visitors are invited to step into to take a seat on the swing with their sweetheart and be photographed. The idea being that romantic love is something that is not only accessible to all of us regardless of sex, age, or race, but also something that is arguably the most profound event of our individual lives. The more couples that participate, the greater our ideas will be surrounding what romantic love “looks like.” Participants are asked to share their photographs of the work using #meandmybae. Bae, as defined by Urban Dictionary, is an acronym that stands for “before anyone else” or a shortened version of baby or babe. It is another word for sweetheart and is a popular term of endearment used by the youth of today.
Love Is Love: an exhibition in support of National Coming Out Day
October 6 - November 7, 2015
Emmanuel Gallery, Auraria Campus
1205 10th St.
Denver, CO 80204
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 8, 2015, 4-7pm
Day of Arts in Action Workshops: Octover 13, 2015
The Love Party: October 23, 2015, 7-10pm
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Friday, June 27, 2014
Attract/Retract/Attract
Attract/React/Attract ~ Theresa Clowes, Sarah Scott, and Gretchen Marie Schaefer
Exhibition Dates: 26 June–2 August 2014
Artist Opening Reception: Friday, 27 June 2014, 6–9 pm
VERTIGO Art Space ~ 960 Santa Fe Drive, Denver CO 80204
Where: VERTIGO Art Space 960 Santa Fe Drive Denver, CO 80204
http://www.vertigoartspace.com
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Today! MoPrint Studio Tour
Tank Studios
1474 South Acoma
Denver, CO 80223
Best New Artist Studios Denver 2014 - TANK Studios!
Tank was named Best New Artist Studio Denver 2014 by Westword. I'm super proud of our space and everybody in it. Check out our mention at the link and also see the other Best Of categories that TANK members picked up - Ian Fisher, Joel Swanson, Adam Milner and Derrick Velasquez (ShowPen).
Monday, March 3, 2014
What If.... Berlin - Denver
A collaborative show between 50 Berlin Artists and 50 Denver artists; work will be shown at Neurotitan (Berlin), Hinterland (Denver), Groundswell Gallery (Denver) and Showpen (Denver)
MARCH 14 - APRIL 5, 2014
OPENING NIGHT MARCH 14, 6 - 11 PM
What if ..., reflects on the “call and response” nature of the artistic process where the artist initiates a work by manipulating material and then influenced by the material, follows through accordingly. This dance is repeated in a series of steps until completion. Often times the unknown variables in this process are what excites or motivates an artist. This project ensures unknown variables by pairing a Denver artist with an Artist from Berlin and asking each artist to initiate a work via the linguistic question, "What if…?" responding to that question visually, then allowing a visual follow up to complete the work. Thus begins the chance relationship.
The work created by artists from Berlin will be completed by Denver artists and shown throughout three venues, GroundSwell Gallery, Hinterland, and Showpen. The work by Denver artists will be completed in Berlin and exhibited at Neurotitan, a gallery in Berlin. There is no thematic curation involved. Instead the exchange process is seen as more of a cultural event. Rather than isolate the destination and focus on the exhibition as a crescendo, we are interested in exploring the whole exchange as a quasi "happening."
BERLIN
Neurotitan
is a gallery and shop in the heart of the German capital. It has been active for over 15 years and is recognized as an institution for street art and unconventional artistic forms.
neurotitan.com
DENVER
Showpen
is an artist residency in Denver, Colorado's Santa Fe Art District. Each Showpen resident has a personal studio, a private bedroom, shared use of the gallery, and the opportunity to engage with the artist community.
donaldfodness.com/showpen
GroundSwell Gallery
is located in the Bluebird District along East Colfax Avenue. Its mission is to support emerging professional artists by providing exhibition opportunities and to promote the growth of the Denver art community.
groundswellgallery.com
HINTERLAND
is Sabin Aell and Randy Rushton and is part of the RiNo Art District. Together, they opened the art space in 2008, and hence Sabin curates and exhibits adventurous contemporary art in a variety of mediums. The term HINTERLAND is derived from German and means: beyond what is visible or known. With that in mind, they focus on artists with extravagant yet coherent vision.
The work created by artists from Berlin will be completed by Denver artists and shown throughout three venues, GroundSwell Gallery, Hinterland, and Showpen. The work by Denver artists will be completed in Berlin and exhibited at Neurotitan, a gallery in Berlin. There is no thematic curation involved. Instead the exchange process is seen as more of a cultural event. Rather than isolate the destination and focus on the exhibition as a crescendo, we are interested in exploring the whole exchange as a quasi "happening."
BERLIN
Neurotitan
is a gallery and shop in the heart of the German capital. It has been active for over 15 years and is recognized as an institution for street art and unconventional artistic forms.
neurotitan.com
DENVER
Showpen
is an artist residency in Denver, Colorado's Santa Fe Art District. Each Showpen resident has a personal studio, a private bedroom, shared use of the gallery, and the opportunity to engage with the artist community.
donaldfodness.com/showpen
GroundSwell Gallery
is located in the Bluebird District along East Colfax Avenue. Its mission is to support emerging professional artists by providing exhibition opportunities and to promote the growth of the Denver art community.
groundswellgallery.com
HINTERLAND
is Sabin Aell and Randy Rushton and is part of the RiNo Art District. Together, they opened the art space in 2008, and hence Sabin curates and exhibits adventurous contemporary art in a variety of mediums. The term HINTERLAND is derived from German and means: beyond what is visible or known. With that in mind, they focus on artists with extravagant yet coherent vision.
HINTERLAND
3254 Walnut St. Denver, Co 80205 Libby Barbee / Pura Kauf Mike Bernhardt / Wurstbande Mindy Bray / Doro Huber Beau Carey / Ian Lidde Amber Cobb / Felix Bork Jacquelyne Cordova / Stephen Hiam Lanny DeVuono / Johannes Mundinger Amanda Gordon Dunn / John Reaktor Sandra Fettingis / Lisa Smith Donald Fodness / Tom Eingenhufe Matt Harris / Sophia Hirsch Sean Hudson / RYLSEE Diane Martonis / Jimmy Draht/ Marion Suchitra Mattai / Claudia Bernhardt Jamie Molina / Mille Jonathan Nicklow / Marie Jacobi Gabriel Otto / Kathi Käppel Rebecca Peebles / Xueh Magrini Thomas Robertson / acidfarm Dylan Scholinski / anef Sarah Scott / Tine Fetz Stacey Steers / Julia Benz Bruce Price / Anne Grön Chinn Wang / 44 flavours |
GroundSwell Gallery
3121 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80206 Nathan Abels / Natsuyo Koizumi Sabin Aell / Jim Avignon Theresa Anderson / Rebecca Blöcher Tyler Beard / Andres Villareal Tonia Bonnell / Maik Hasenbank Sara Guindon / Sophia Martineck Caleb Hahne / Nettman Andrew Haley / Parastu Katy Havens / Sabine Rollnick Travis Hetman / Johan Büsen Andrew Huffman / Vela Jeffrey King / Nat Hamon Susan Meyer / Adeline Meilliez Laurie Lynnxe Murphy / Nina Pagalies Jeff Page / Ann M Cazal (caz.l) Jason Reno / Francesco Cassi Gretchen Marie Schaefer / Breeda CC Jeff Starr / Olivia Pils Derrick Velasquez / Peter AUGE Lorenz Danette Montoya / Julienne Jattiot |
Showpen
809 W. 9th Ave Denver, CO 80204 Katie Caron / Katharina Salzbrunn Amber Farnell / Simon Becker Tobias Fike / Klub 7 Alvin Gregorio / Monkey an Aargh John McEnroe / Romy Blümel Johanna Meuller / Hendrik Berends Kelly Monico / Andrea Wan Zach Reini / Uta Kalthoff Rebecca Vaughn / Philip Janta |
Neurotitan
Rosenthaler Str. 39 10178 Berlin, Germany all artists listed will also show at Neurotitan based in Berlin, Germany. |
Thursday, October 31, 2013
PechaKucha Denver
I have been asked to participate in PechaKucha (Say it 10 times fast) Denver's event This Saturday night, November 2nd at the McNichols Building. It should be fun and a great chance for everyone to learn about my work and process. There's a bunch of other great Denver artists giving presentations as well. I hope to see you there. The event is free, but you must register here.
@McNichols Civic Center Building
144 West Colfax @ Bannock
Denver, CO 80202
Saturday, November 2nd, 2013, 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The Untitled Art Show
This week I was a guest on The Untitled Art Show with my fellow Tankers Conor King, and Gretchen Marie Schaefer. We were there to speak about all things Tank and our shared experiences as artists, RedLine artists in residence, and now Tank artist. We had a lot of fun. Many thanks to Erik Isaac and Michael Keen for having us on the show.
You can listen to the full podcast of the show here: http://untitledartshow.com/?p=2960
You can listen to the full podcast of the show here: http://untitledartshow.com/?p=2960
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