SEASON 18
EXHIBITS IN THE GALLERY
September 2021 - August 2022
This exhibition season was financially assisted in-part by the Josephine S. Russell Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee.
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| November 5 - December 3, 2021 | Ticketed Preview (get tickets here): Thursday, Nov. 4, 7-9pm |
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Moderated Artists Panel Talk and Conversation (Closing Reception): Thursday, December 2,
6-8pm |
MANIFEST VR WALKTHROUGH — Social Distancing Exhibit Experience (link here to full screen view) |
main gallery
MISFITS
We offered this call to artists for their works that somehow represent, through their form, style, subject matter, construction, or context, the wonderful quality of being misfit, ill-fitted, non-conforming, odd or unusual in some way. For this exhibit 87 artists submitted 310 works from 29 states and 2 countries, Canada and the United States. Thirteen works by the following 11 artists from 9 states were selected by a blind jury process for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication. Presenting works by: Cassidy Ely Robert Jones Florence Liu Bobbi Meier Brett S. Poza Oliver Ray Katherine Rumminger Zak Smoker John Swartwout Kalin Thomas Travis Townsend
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Oliver Ray
Kalin Thomas
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drawing room + parallel space
SIGNAL
Signs, symbols, icons, indices, numerals, and other such forms of communication operate at an almost subliminal level in our society today, including in the form of these very words you read. We take their nature, their existence even, for granted. It is this that gives them their power, their potency as aspects of the human exchange of knowledge, ideas, expression, and energy. With this in mind we offered this call to artists for their works that feature or explore signs, symbols, icons, indices, numerals, and other semiotic phenomenon in some way. The inclusion of the subject of 'signs, etc.' may be overt and specifically about the concept, or subtle and circumstantial. For this exhibit 95 artists submitted 369 works from 34 states. Twenty-one works by the following 14 artists from 11 states were selected by a blind jury process for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.
Presenting works by: Jeffrey Baykal-Rollins Ann Clarke Neal Cox Andrew Heath William Karaffa Jean Mandeberg Steve Novick Rhea Nowak Claudia O'Steen Brett S. Poza Billy Renkl Marc Ross Hanna Sosin Kalin Thomas
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Jeffrey Baykal-Rollins
Billy Renkl
Brett S. Poza
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central gallery
Family Album Michael McCaffrey received a BFA degree from the University of Kansas in 2006 and an MFA in painting from Indiana University in 2008. In the winter of 2016, Michael was awarded a two-week residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Michael exhibits both regionally and nationally, recently with a solo exhibition at the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, KS, a group exhibition at the Leedy-Voulkos Arts Center in Kansas City, MO, and nationally at the 12th Annual International Drawing Discourse Exhibition at the University of North Carolina-Ashville. Michael's work is also published in Manifest Gallery's International Painting Annuals #5 and #9. In 2015 he received an international grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields foundation. This year (2021) he has been awarded a Fellowship to attend Ballinglen Arts Foundation in North County Mayo, Ireland in 2023. From 2014-2017 Michael functioned as the Artist-in-Residence in Hashinger Hall at the University of Kansas. Currently, he is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Visual Art at the University of Kansas where he teaches all forms of Painting, Drawing and Life Drawing. He has chickens and cats, and enjoys eating bagels with his father in the park on Sunday mornings. Of his work the artist states: "Six years ago, after my mother's death, I returned to my hometown of Lawrence, Kansas. Since that time, I have explored themes of Family, Place, History, and Death. Most of my work begins with a series of observations of a specific space, such as my fathers kitchen, or his dining room table. Additionally, I'm fascinated with the family albums my mother kept while she was alive. Viewing these photographs causes a disconnect within me. The images from these albums represent my history and lineage, but I have no recollection of these moments. To connect with a past I often feel left out of, I work to re-record and translate these images into paint, paper, and charcoal. These materials are familiar, tangible, and real. I can feel them, their materiality makes these memories real. As I work, I struggle with a balancing act of observation and artifice. I allow the work to migrate into a meditative, invented, and intuitive place. I oscillate between accurate visual representation and invented abstract forms. Shapes come together; recognizable forms materialize, then fall apart or become distorted. As this process unfolds, I hope to create a layered accumulation of paint and memories, a woven tapestry that captures a deeper and holistic view of my family's past and present. In these works, I hope to observe some personal truth about my memory, my family, and my place in it.” This exhibition was selected from among 128 proposals submitted in consideration for Manifest’s 18th season.
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north gallery
EPIPHANIES
Mixed Media & Alternative Processes
Like alchemists, artists walk the line between science, poetry, chemistry, and spirituality—usually steeped in history, but also crafting it moment by moment. Often our intuition, or the needs of our ideas, take us in a direction that is unexpected in an otherwise orderly, perhaps even traditional process. Materials merge, accidents occur, realizations are had—all affecting the magic of the work at hand, leading to epiphany.
In honor of the effort of searching, invention, and discovery by artists charting new paths we offered this call to artists for their works that represent mixed media or creation through alternative processes.
For this exhibit 64 artists submitted 268 works from 20 states and 3 countries, Brazil, Canada, and the United States. Thirteen works by the following 12 artists from 9 states were selected by a blind jury process for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.
Presenting works by:
Kirsten Ator
Brooklyn, New YorkSara Gallagher
Nicasio, CaliforniaAndrew Hardin
Louisville, KentuckyKaren Hillier
Bryan, TexasDavid Janesko
Houston, TexasMary Johnson
Denton, TexasSarah Knight
St. Louis, MissouriKathy Lovas
Dallas, TexasDereck Mangus
Baltimore, MarylandJane Nodine
Spartanburg, South CarolinaHeather Parrish
Iowa City, IowaKitty Schroeder
Cincinnati, Ohio
Heather Parrish
Kirsten Ator
| December 10 - January 7, 2022 | Ticketed Preview: Thursday, Dec. 9, 7-9pm |
| January 21 - February 18, 2022 | Ticketed Preview: Thursday, January 20, 7-9pm |
| March 4 - April 1, 2022 | Ticketed Preview: Thursday, March 3, 7-9pm |
| April 15 - May 13, 2022 | Ticketed Preview: Thursday, April 14, 7-9pm |
| May 27 - June 24, 2022 | Ticketed Preview: Thursday, May 26, 7-9pm |
| July 8 - August 5, 2022 | Ticketed Preview: Thursday, July 7, 7-9pm |
| August 12 - Sept. 9, 2022 SEASON 18 FINALÉ |
Ticketed Preview: Thursday, August 11, 7-9pm |
PREVIOUS SEASON 18 EXHIBITS:
Season 18 Launch!
September 24 - October 22, 2021Ticketed Preview:
Thursday, Sept. 23, 7-9pm
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Public Opening: Friday, Sept. 24, 6-9pm
Moderated Artists Panel Talk and Conversation (Closing Reception): Thursday, October 21, 6-8pm
ONLINE EVENT - FREE ADMISSION
MANIFEST VR WALKTHROUGH — Social Distancing Exhibit Experience (link here to full screen view)
main gallery + drawing room + north gallery
PAINTED 2021
5th Biennial Survey of Contemporary Painting
At some point many generations ago society reached a level where ordinary people could spend a lifetime perfecting their ability to mix and apply paint, in extraordinary ways. Manifest established this exhibit as a permanent biennial project in 2013 to inaugurate our expanded gallery. PAINTED 2021 is the fifth biennial presentation of this survey of contemporary painting.
PAINTED joins Drawn as a recurring gallery exhibition designed to complement our annual INDA and INPA (drawing and painting) publications. Every two years it launches our exhibition season by presenting a competitive group exhibition focused exclusively on painting.
For this exhibit 152 artists submitted 617 works from 33 states and 5 countries, Canada, England, Israel, Singapore, and the United States. Thirty-two works by the following 27 artists from 15 states were selected by a blind jury process for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.
Presenting works by:
Erick Anderson
Ingleside, IllinoisDavid Andree
Fayetteville, ArkansasDavid Baird
Birmingham, AlabamaMatthew Ballou
Columbia, MissouriBrigham Dimick
Edwardsville, IllinoisDavid Dorsey
Pittsford, New YorkMark Hanavan & Paul Loehle
Middletown, OhioChris Krupinski
Maineville, OhioDustin London
Ann Arbor, MichiganRobert McCann
East Lansing, MichiganSusan Palmisano
Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaNorton Pease
Statesboro, GeorgiaAnn Piper
Selinsgrove, PennsylvaniaDavid Pjecha
Kansas City, MissouriBruce Riley
Chicago, IllinoisMarc Ross
Columbus, OhioLauren Sanderfer
Louisville, KentuckyBenjamin Shamback
Mobile, AlabamaBen Steele
Smyrna, GeorgiaHilary Swingle
Sandy, UtahLaura Truitt
Yellow Springs, OhioLance Turner
Ashland City, TennesseeJessica Mia Vito
Dundee, MichiganShaun C Whiteside
Radford, VirginiaMirabel Wigon
Modesto, CaliforniaCaitlin Winner
Craryville, New YorkDganit Zauberman
Guilford, Connecticut
David Baird
Ann Piper
Lance Turner
Caitlin Winner
parallel space
AQUACHROME
Contemporary Watercolor*
Quite possibly the oldest form of painting, watercolor persists today, defying narrow categorization and broad stereotype. Practiced for centuries in concept development preliminary to 'finished' paintings made in oil or other scale-worthy durable media, watercolor also found favor with botanists, illustrators, and portraitists, and was applied to varied and countless surfaces.The nature of the media itself represents a delicate and dictatorial transparency, fluidity, and a potential for expressive spontaneity. This not only makes it an ideal vehicle for contemporary art, but also one of training, intensity, philosophy, and play for any who practice it. Where an artist can easily dominate other painting media, forcing a will through viscous layers into a work of art like taming a wild horse, with watercolor there is dialog, compromise, and undeniable forthrightness. In this way the artist practicing watercolor works with a tiger in the room.
*Along with watercolor, works in gouache, ink wash, and other similar media were accepted for consideration.
For this exhibit 60 artists submitted 242 works from 25 states, Puerto Rico and 4 countries, China, England, Malaysia, and the United States. Sixteen works by the following 12 artists from 10 states were selected by a blind jury process for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.
Presenting works by:
Byron Anway
Lincoln, NebraskaScott Espeseth
Madison, WisconsinIvan Fortushniak
Indiana, PennsylvaniaJang soon Im
Long Island City, New YorkCaylin Jayde
Cedar Falls, IowaSoyoung Jung
West Lafayette, IndianaZdenko Krtic
Auburn, AlabamaChris Krupinski
Maineville, OhioMonika Malewska
Huntingdon, PennsylvaniaSiobhan McBride
Staten Island, New YorkMargi Weir
Detroit, MichiganCaomin Xie
Brookhaven, Georgia
Jang soon Im
Scott Espeseth
Soyoung Jung
central gallery
Raygun Gothic
Paintings by Jason Bly
Jason Bly resides in Wichita Falls, TX. He is Assistant Professor of Art at Midwestern State University where he has taught painting and drawing since 2017. He also serves as a member on the board of the Texas Association of Schools of Art. His previous experience includes teaching at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2007-2017) and Lewis and Clark Community College (2007-2017). Bly also served as Director of Exhibitions at the Edwardsville Arts Center (2013-2017). His paintings have been shown in solo, invitational, and juried exhibitions. He holds his MFA in painting from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and MA and BA degrees in painting and printmaking from Eastern Illinois University.
Of his work the artist states:
"In my paintings, I examine the present day through the lens of past predictions dating from the 1950's - 1980's. These forecasts, found in scientific journals and science fiction, saw beyond the year 2000 to a variety of outcomes whether hopeful or fearful of the future. Some theorists wrote of the potential for space travel, new technologies, and stability of life while others predicted a darker turn in nuclear annihilation, fear of the unknown, and a continuing lack of resources. Now that we exist within this future, we are able to see that very few of those outcomes took place directly, yet they set into public awareness the dangers and positive innovations that were becoming possible as time advanced. So, while neither prediction was necessarily true, elements of each did occur. I am interested in portraying these fantastic events alongside painted representations of everyday household items that act as symbolic tokens and serve as access points to the intangible.
Through painting elements that are both real and unreal, I engage in the painting's ability to stimulate not just the sense of sight but also that of touch.”
This exhibition was selected from among 128 proposals submitted in consideration for Manifest’s 18th season.
——— END OF SEASON 18 ——— THANK YOU!
Season Funder: Manifest's 18th season is funded in part by a grant from the Josephine S. Russell Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee. This season's programming is also supported by the generosity of tens of thousands of contributors to the ArtsWave Community Campaign, by a sustainability grant from the Ohio Arts Council, and through the generous direct contributions of individual supporters and private foundations who care deeply about the visual arts.
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