News: Artists
2009
KIM BECK
Congratulations!
PS1 CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER / MOMA
Group show: LEARN TO READ ART: A History of Printed Matter.
October 8, 2009 – January 4, 2010.
22-25 JACKSON AVE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101 .
Prix Ars Electronica
OK Centrum Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria.
September 3 - October 4, 2009.
Kim Beck won the Prix Award of Distinction for Interactive Piece for : When laughter trips at the threshold of desire, at the Museum Ars Electronica in Austria. The work will be featured at the museum in September for show and award.
Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola College in Baltimore, MD.
September 7 - October 4, 2009.
Solo exhibition: Ownership Society.
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.
September 15 to October 4, 2009.
Show title: In Our Nature.
ROBERLEY BELL
Insite Out
October 9, 2009 - January 10, 2010.
Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO.
An exhibition that explores the relationship between the man-made and the natural with a focus on the artifice of nature.
KEVIN FINKLEA
At PAFA
(Annenberg Gallery, Hamilton Building) in Philadelphia.
October 2 - December 13, 2009.
Abstraction from the Collection.
Curators: Robert Cozzolino, Curator of Modern Art and Julien Robson, Curator of Contemporary Art.
Artists: Mark Rothko, Conrad Marca-Relli, Sam Gilliam, Lee Krasner, Stephen Greene, Henry Pearson, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Julien Stanczak, Edna Andrade, Robert Motherwell, Clarence Morgan, Franz Kline, Barry Goldberg, Elizabeth Osborne, Neysa Grassi and Kevin Finklea.
Victory for Tyler 2009: Sculpture
April 1 - 26, 2009.
At the Ice Box, Crane Building, Philadelphia, PA.
This was the second in a series of biennial exhibitions to benefit the Tyler School of Art’s Exhibitions and Public Programs department. Many works of sculpture from more than 100 artists were considered by the show’s juror, Sarina Basta, curator of the Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY.
The exhibition featured work by 29 artists and presents three-dimensional sculptures along with several time-based video pieces as well as premieres of several compelling performance-based sculptures. Kevin Finklea featured 2 of his most recent sculptures.
KIKI GAFFNEY
at Globe Dye Works, Philadelphia, PA.
Layers, a group exhibition featuring the works of 13 artists opens on May 9 to June 7, 2009.
MATT HAFFNER
in Dreams Of A Sleeping Giant
at MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Atlanta, GA.
Exhibition dates: April 24 - June 6, 2009.
Matt Haffner's solo exhibition is the first in the series presented by the 2008/2009 Working Artist Project winners.
JOSEPH HU
in Forest Reverie at Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA.
Exhibition dates: May 1 - June 28, 2009.
Joseph Hu presents a new sculptural work constructed of paper and cardboard.
JACOB LUNDERBY
at the Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA.
The exhibition dates: April 3 - May 3, 2009.
Included in his solo exhibition were new paintings, drawings and a site specific wall drawing.
AURORA ROBSON
Congratulations!
Aurora Robson received this year a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts for her 3-D works. Also, she was awarded the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant'09.
REBECCA ROTHFUS
in Green at the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), San Jose, CA.
Exhibition dates: July 7 - September 20, 2009.
Green will survey fresh perspectives from emerging artists on the issues of global warning, energy and water conservation.
2008
ROBERLEY BELL
Delaware Center For The Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE.
Fantastical Imaginings, group exhibition curated by J. Susan Isaacs, Ph.D. October 30, 2008 - February 12, 2009. This exhibition will travel to Maryland Art Place and Julio fine Arts Gallery Loyola College in Maryland, February 17, 2009 - March 28, 2009.
RICHARD BOTTWIN
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center / MoMA, Long Island City. NY.
Minus Space, group exhibition curated by Phong Bui. October 19, 2008 - January 19, 2009. His sculpture is included in the show, featuring 54 artists from 14 countries.
KEVIN FINKLEA
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center / MoMA, Long Island City. NY.
Minus Space, group exhibition curated by Phong Bui. October 19, 2008 - January 19, 2009. His painting Free Falling Division #5 is included in the show, featuring 54 artists from 14 countries.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
His painting (part of the Contemporary Permanent Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) was on view in Spot Check: Academy Contemporary, to June 8, 2008.
JUDY GELLES
The Parachute Factory Gallery, New Haven, CT.
Featuring her photographs in Family Business, a group exhibition curated by Howard el-Yasin and Debbi Hessefrom November 18, 2008 to February 27, 2009.
Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, FL.
Her photographs were on exhibition in Family Ties: Three Generationsat the Brevard Art Museum in Melbourne, FL, September 18 - November 9, 2008.
KAY HWANG
Received the 2008 Pollack Krasner Grant from Pollack Krasner Foundation, New York, NY.
MARGARET MURPHY
Pelham Art Center, New York. NY.
Her paintings were included in the group exhibition Handle With Care at the Pelham Art Center on Fifth Avenue, New York, September 12 - October 25, 2008.
M. Murphy received :the 2008 Fellowship in Painting, NJ State Council on the Arts and the 2008 Fellowship recipient: New Jersey Print and Paper Fellowship, Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, Rutgers University, NJ.
JACKIE TILESTON
Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA.
Exhibition from November 4, 2008 to May 31, 2009.
Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center, Caspar, WY.
Group exhibition This Is My Nature at the Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center in Casper, WY, February 1 - May 4, 2008