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BURB
An exhibit of work exploring zones of living


Curated by Tim Parsley

By the end of the twentieth century, suburbia became the place where over half of all Americans live and work. More than just an American phenomena, however, cities around the world have birthed an “outer ring” of domesticity, interconnected by nodes of consumer options and web-like traffic systems. This formational landscape of backyard BBQs, super-size shopping boxes, mini-vans, and cul-de-sacs is the terrain upon which many artists work today (while others respond from an urban distance). Through various contemporary visual art forms, artists are creating work that documents, explores, celebrates and criticizes these particular zones of living.

For this exhibit 147 artists submitted 360 works for consideration. Twenty-one works by the following 15 artists from 11 states and Hong Kong were selected by our two-part jury/curatorial process for presentation in the gallery and catalog.

Meg Aubrey (Alpharetta, Georgia)

Piotr Chizinski (Falls Village, Connecticut)

Andrew Dickson (Long Beach, California)

Kevin Haas (Pullman, Washington)

Andrew Harrison (Hightstown, New Jersey)

Barry Jacques (Hong Kong)
(with David Smith)

Charles Kanwischer (Waterville, Ohio)

David Linneweh (Shorewood, Illinois)

Craig Lloyd (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Ron Longsdorf (Wilmington, Delaware)

Stefan Petranek (Rochester, New York)

Ross Racine (New York, New York)

Travis Shaffer (Nicholasville, Kentucky)

Nathan Sullivan (Columbia, Missouri)

Art Werger (Athens, Ohio)

    Home of Network Administrator/Medical Biller by Piotr Chizinski

    (new)jersey: brasilia by Andrew Harrison

    Plan #1 by Ron Longsdorf

    McMansions by Art Werger

Opening Reception
Friday Jan. 22
6-9 p.m.

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Radio interview of Tim Parsley about Manifest, BURB, and Topographies.

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Stephen Cartwright
Topographies

Since 1999 Stephen Cartwright has recorded his exact latitude, longitude and elevation every hour of every day. Cartwright uses digital and traditional fabrication techniques to translate his collected data into his sculptural projects. Since the inception of the Latitude and Longitude recording project Stephen Cartwright has completed several grand bicycle journeys through North America, Europe and Asia, totaling more than 20,000 miles. Prolonged observation of his location has led Cartwright to his recent work investigating the use and alteration of the landscape.

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P A I N T

Curated by Jason Franz

Painting is something humans have done for millennia. The media has a lineage not unlike our own, evolving and accumulating like the culture that bears it. Yet like so many aspects of civilization, we take it for granted. For example, people don’t realize that numerous pigments are extremely toxic, not just the fabled ‘lead white’, or that in antiquity a pound of royal purple dye required the crushing of four million mollusks (and that the color purple was worth the trouble - to the Romans).

As art spread like a virus, from the skin tattoos and cave walls of prehistory, to temples and palaces, cathedrals and manuscripts, at some point it became desirable, advantageous even, for it to become portable, and transferable. Panels and canvases made art smaller, and pigment bound by egg, oil, or other experimental organic excretions, was invented to be more and more durable.

At some point, thanks to all that had gone before, society reached a level where ordinary people could spend a lifetime perfecting their ability to mix and apply paint, in extraordinary ways. Picasso put it nicely:

There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.

Now Manifest seeks to present and document the best painting of the most varied types being made in the world today. PAINT is an exhibit that called for works of painting from around the world, made by students or professionals, as they carry the tradition forward, or reform it for another day.

For this exhibit 324 artists submitted 730 works for consideration. Twenty-one works by the following 17 artists from 12 states, Belgium, Hong Kong, and Thailand were selected by our two-part jury/curatorial process for presentation in the gallery and catalog.

Rob Anderson
(Edgewood, Kentucky)

Stefan Annerel
(Antwerp, Belgium)

Matthew Ballou
(Columbia, Missouri)

David Dorsey
(Pittsford, New York)

Brett Eberhardt
(Macomb, Illinois)

June Glasson
(Bangkok, Thailand)

Joshua Hagler
(Berkeley, California)

Jason John
(Sidman, Pennsylvania)

Matt Klos
(Sparrows Point, Maryland)

Daniel Nevins
(Asheville, North Carolina)

Jessica Rebik
(Dubuque, Iowa)

Elise Schweitzer
(Indianapolis, Indiana)

Sarupa Sidaarth
(San Francisco, California)

David Smith
(Hong Kong)

Nathan Sullivan
(Columbia, Missouri)

Sunny Belliston Taylor
(Provo, Utah)

Jovan Karlo Villalba
(Miami, Florida)

    Treasure Chest by Matt Klos

    Chasing Elusion- I by Sarupa Sidaarth

    Tanker-sea by David Smith

    Sequential by Sunny Belliston Taylor

    The Climb by Jovan Karlo Villalba

Opening Reception
Friday March 5
6-9 p.m.

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SELECTIONS FROM THE INDA 5

Curated by Jason Franz

Selections from the International Drawing Annual is the fifth annual presentation of this exhibit, featuring a sampling of artworks to be included in the forthcoming International Drawing Annual 5 exhibit-in-print.

The International Drawing Annual publication was conceived as an extension of Manifest's Drawing Center mission to promote, feature, and explore drawing as a rich and culturally significant art form through the pursuit of scholarly activities. More info. about this ongoing project can be found here.

The goal of the International Drawing Annual is to support the recognition, documentation, and publication of excellent, current, and relevant works of drawing from around the world.

All works included in each annual were made within three years leading up to its publication.

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RITES OF PASSAGE

Conceived and initiated in 2005, The Rites of Passage exhibits were developed in order 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 of regional institutions together in one place.

With this sixth annual installment of the Rites series, Manifest offers a $300 best of show award to encourage and support excellence at this career level. The Rites call for submissions was open to students graduating or expecting to graduate in 2009, 2010, or 2011.

now accepting submissions!

Opening Reception
Friday April 16
6-9 p.m.

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TEMPO
Works About Time

Because we're born within the context of time, like fish in water, we forget that it too is a medium. It is a part of all we do. When we're young, time seems to pass very slowly. As we age it seems to move more swiftly.

All forms of art are affected by time. Some artists realize this, and it becomes the content and subject of their work. Regardless of whether it be overt "time-based media" (works that, by design, change over time) or subtle references to time in works made by more traditional means, TEMPO is meant to feature art that addresses Time in some way.

now accepting submissions!

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GuideBook
Contemporary Collage

accepting submissions soon

Opening Reception
Friday May 28
6-9 p.m.

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MAGNITUDE 7


Small works are very portable and fit well into many spaces. They also evoke in the viewer a sense of one's own physicality, in a completely different way than average or large sized works. Small works are intimate; inviting approach and inspection. Like short poetry, they are a challenge to craft with the same presence of their larger counterparts.

In the spirit of Manifest's mission of exploration, we offer this sixth annual call to artists to submit works no larger than seven inches in any dimension.

accepting submissions soon

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2nd Annual
NUDE

An exhibit of works exploring the uncovered human form

Curated by Jason Franz

accepting submissions soon

Opening Reception
Friday July 9
6-9 p.m.

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Chris Sickels (Red Nose Studio)
A solo exhibit of works of sculptural and photographic illustration, drawing, and animation

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MASTER PIECES


Building upon the philosophy and success of the Rites of Passage exhibits for undergrads, Manifest offers a similar opportunity to graduate students for exhibiting at Manifest.

An annual offering, this fourth installment of the Master Pieces project will continue to reveal the intensity and professionalism of students working towards their terminal academic degree in the field of art or design.

Often the most exceptional work comes out of these artists’ immersion in their culture of study and intellectual pursuit. Manifest’s goal, therefore, is to select works that in the truest sense of the word are contemporary masterpieces – works that set the standard of quality that the artist is expected to maintain throughout his or her professional career. The exhibit catalog for this show will serve as a visual documentation of these artists’ own benchmarks for years to come.

Master Pieces is open to current graduate students, or those who received their MFA/MA degree after July 2009.

accepting submissions soon

Opening Reception
Friday Aug. 13
6-9 p.m.

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MONOCHROME
An International Competitive Exhibit

Curated by Tim Parsley

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. Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center is proud to announce the start of its 6th season with the exhibit Monochrome.

For this exhibit 250 artists submitted 540 works for consideration. Thirteen works by the following 10 artists from nine states and two countries were selected by our two-part jury/curatorial process for presentation in the gallery and catalog.

Stefan Annerel (Antwerp, Belgium)

Corey Baker (Medina, Ohio)

Jill Downen (St. Louis, Missouri)

Jessica Houston (New York, New York)

David Isenhour (New Smyrna Beach, Florida)

Robert Lansden (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Willard Lustenader (New Haven, Connecticut)

Robert Schefman (West Bloomfield, Michigan)

Sang-Mi Yoo (Lubbock, Texas)

    Alicia by Corey Baker

    New Village Floor Plans by Sang-Mi Yoo

SEASON 6
KICKOFF

Opening
Reception
Friday Sept. 25
6-9 p.m.

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(IN)ANIMATE
Paintings by Kirstine Reiner

As part of the launch of its sixth season Manifest is delighted to present a solo exhibit of eight paintings by Danish born San Francisco artist Kirstine Reiner. Selected from among dozens of exhibit proposals considered for the 2009/2010 exhibit season, Reiner's paintings provide an exquisite and important glimpse into serious contemporary realism. The collection of works brings 'old-world' craftsmanship and nuanced aesthetics unabashedly into the present day.

(in)animate serves as an intimate tour de force exhibit of painted realism, but it goes far beyond being a display of technical virtuosity. Each work, each object depicted, has a poetry as meticulously crafted as any formal or technical part employed in the process.

Kirstine Reiner was born in 1966 in Odense, Denmark. She received her BA degree in Illustration & Design at Kunsthaandvaerkerskolen, Kolding, Denmark in 1989.

Her works have been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally from California to New York City, including Washington D.C., Denmark, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Two of her drawings were featured in the most recently published International Drawing Annual 2007 produced by Manifest. One painting was also included in Manifest's first annual NUDE exhibit.

Reiner lives and works in San Francisco, California and teaches painting and drawing privately.

Artist's website: www.reiner-art.com

    Portrait Squared by Kirstine Reiner

    Brainstorm (detail) by Kirstine Reiner

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INTERIOR
Photographs by Andrea Hoelscher

Manifest is pleased to launch its sixth season, and the inaugural exhibit of its new Parallel Space, with a presentation of thirteen photographs by award winning artist Andrea Hoelscher. Selected from among dozens of exhibit proposals considered for the 2009/2010 exhibit season, Hoelscher's photographs are a perfect first show for the new gallery space at Manifest. Interior reveals the artist's fascination with the inevitable remolding of the purpose and meaning of architecture, just as Manifest itself has assumed and refined old spaces in the Victoria building where today so much art from across the world is presented to the Cincinnati public.

Interior offers a formal, playful series of subtle amalgamations - images of vaguely familiar yet intriguing environments telling a story and inviting us in.

Andrea Hoelscher was born in 1968 in Marshalltown, Iowa. She received her BFA degree in photography and drawing from the University of Northern Iowa in 1992. In 1994 she completed an MFA degree from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Her solo exhibitions have included locations such as the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, Roanoke College in Virginia, E3 Gallery in New York City, Bromfield Gallery in Boston, UC Berkeley in San Francisco, and Artemisia Gallery in Chicago. She has exhibited internationally, in solo exhibits at the Free University in Berlin, and at the International Artists Center in Poznan, Poland.

Hoelscher has been the recipient of several awards including a 2007 grant from the Indiana Arts Commission, a 2003 grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and a 1996 Fellowship for the Visual Arts from the New England Foundation for the Arts. From 1997 to 1998 she was supported by a Fulbright Grant for a project in Berlin, Germany.

Since 1995 Hoelscher has been engaged in teaching photography, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Currently she teaches at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville.

Artist's website: andreahoelscher.com

    Entryway by Andrea Hoelscher

    Antique Shop (detail) by Andrea Hoelscher

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SHAPED

Curated by Jason Franz

One of the primary elements of art and design, shape is all too often relegated to an after thought, a mere coincidence of convenience based on manufacturing systems, the perpendicular efficiency of architecture, or bland habit. It is suitable then that Manifest hosts an exhibit for works that break outside the expected, traditional, monotonous shapes of such systems.

For this exhibit 114 artists submitted 250 works for consideration. Thirteen works by the following 10 artists from 8 states and Alberta Canada were selected by our two-part jury/curatorial process for presentation in the gallery and catalog.

Bobby Campbell (Morehead, Kentucky)

Roxanne Driediger (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

Kurt Dyrhaug (Beaumont, Texas)

Gregory Euclide (Le Sueur, Minnesota)

David Hickman (Greensborto, North Carolina)

Martha MacLeish (Bloomington, Indiana)

Ian Magargee (Columbus, Ohio)

Laurel Nathanson (Oakland, California)

William Potter (Indianapolis, Indiana)

Crystal Wagner (Montgomery, Alabama)

    Centrifugal Composition by Ian Magargee

    Torrent by William Potter

    Rose Tint My World by Laurel Nathanson

    Device in Progess 04 by Kurt Dyrhaug

Opening Reception
Friday Nov. 6
6-9 p.m.

(closed Thanksgiving Day)

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PAUSE
Contemporary Still-Life

Curated by Jason Franz

We live in man-made environments, filled with mundane and precious things. Some of these things we place incredible importance on, making them cultural talismans, and symbols of our identity, accomplishments, or aspirations. Others we take for granted, using, ignoring, discarding on a daily basis. Yet at some level everything shares an equivalence. The still-life genre has documented this object-oriented existence for centuries. But Manifest is curious, how is such work realized today? Therefore, Manifest Gallery is proud to present PAUSE, and exhibit of Contemporary Still-life.

For this exhibit 208 artists submitted 480 works for consideration. Twenty-five works by the following 19 artists from 11 states and Ontario Canada were selected by our two-part jury/curatorial process for presentation in the gallery and catalog.

Brett Eberhardt (Macomb, Illinois)

Hall Groat II (Endwell, New York)

Pat Hobaugh (Lake Mills, Wisconsin)

Spring Hofeldt (Brooklyn, New York)

Pamela Johnson (Chicago, Illinois)

Catherine Kehoe (Roslindale, Massachusetts)

Richard Luschek (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Michael May (Oxford, Ohio)

Nancy McCarthy (Roslindale, Massachusetts)

Katherine McNenly (Almonte, Ontario, Canada)

Joseph Morzuch (Hewitt, Texas)

Patrick Moser (St. Augustine, Florida)

Brent Payne (Oxford, Ohio)

Elena Peteva (Macomb, Illinois)

Shelby Shadwell (Laramie, Wyoming)

Benjamin Shamback (Mobile, Alabama)

Gabriella Soraci (Eugene, Oregon)

Sheldon Tapley (Danville, Kentucky)

Patrice Wolf (Athens, Ohio)

    Tough Love by Spring Hofeldt

    The Wait by Elena Peteva

    Green Painting by Catherine Kehoe

    Untitled by Shelby Shadwell

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PAST TENSE - MARKING TIME
Paintings by Jennifer Meanley

Curated by Jason Franz

Jennifer Meanley's paintings found a solid resonance with Manifest's seasonal exhibit committee in our annual review process. They quickly met with approval for inclusion in the season 6 lineup. Furthermore, based on their strength and size, Meanley's works are the first ever to be awarded a full two-room solo exhibit at Manifest.

While clearly grounded in the present-day, Meanley's paintings also bear a strong echo of Fauvism and Expressionism. The figurative narration that occurs throughout the exhibit trends towards the metaphorical, moody, and powerful. The pure paint, color, and implicit emotional tension promise to saturate the gallery, and provide a uniquely moving visual experience.

"The characters within my paintings often appear to be captured in moments of intimate self disclosure. In this way, they live the suspended existence of people held in that mental space in which the sensation of making discoveries is born or forms. This constitutes the objective ‘seeing’ of the self in relation to the subjective context."

Bio:

Jennifer Meanley grew up in Wolfeboro New Hampshire. From 1998 until 2001 she attended Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Massachusetts where she studied Literature and Studio Art. In 2002 she began attending the University of New Hampshire where she received her BFA in Painting. From 2004 until 2006 she attended Indiana University, graduating with an MFA in Painting. She currently lives in Greensboro North Carolina and teaches drawing and painting at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her work is represented internationally by the Beaux-arts des Amériques gallery in Montreal, Quebec.

Read a blog review here.

     For the Love of Birdsong and Incredible Heights
     by Jennifer Meanley

     Quadrant Performance: 7 Years on Tour
     by Jennifer Meanley

Opening Reception
Friday Dec. 11
6-9 p.m.

(closed Dec. 24, 25, 31 and Jan 1)

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B A C K Y A R D
An exhibit of regional work originating from within 100 miles of Manifest

The Cincinnati region is rich with an abundance of artists, galleries, patrons, collectors, university art programs, professors, and students of visual art. While Manifest serves as a neighborhood gallery for the world, bringing art and people together from around the world through our wide-reaching exhibits, the fact remains that we owe the ability of Manifest to exist and thrive in Cincinnati in large part to the vitality of the regional arts, which starts with the artists in our own backyard.

Patrick Adams (Nicholasville, Kentucky)

Andrew Au (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Cole Carothers (Milford, Ohio)

Hunter Stamps (Lexington, Kentucky)

Travis Townsend (Lexington, Kentucky)

Lisa Wilson (Oxford, Ohio)

    Another Tankard by Travis Townsend

   Frontier by Patrick Adams

    Invasive by Lisa Wilson

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2727 woodburn avenue
cincinnati, ohio 45206

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