SEASON 12
EXHIBITS IN THE GALLERY
September 2015 - August 2016
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| September 25 - October 23, 2015 | SEASON 12 LAUNCH: Opening Friday September 25, 6-9 p.m. |
main gallery + drawing room + parallel space
FRESH PAINT BIENNIAL 2015
When Manifest cut the ribbon on its brand-new North and Central galleries in 2013, we celebrated by devoting all of our exhibition spaces to contemporary painting and watercolor. Two years later, we're kicking off our 12th season of exhibitions with FRESH PAINT, the second of our now biennial display of contemporary painting from around the world. For this exhibit 245 artists from 43 states, Washington D.C., and 16 countries submitted 757 works for consideration. Twenty-six works by the following 23 artists from 13 states, Ireland, and The Netherlands were selected by several jurors from across the U.S. for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication. Works included in the exhibition range from painterly realism, to abstraction, to works made from sensitive observation, to paintings that explore three-dimensional space. All works speak to the quality work and vibrant dialogue generated by today's painters. Presenting works by: Bartosz Beda Darcie Book Mark Bush Spencer Corbett Ron Gerbrandt Kenneth Hall Samantha Haring Matthew Hilyard Joseph Holsapple Ellen Holtzblatt Zoltan Janvary Riin Kaljurand Rob Kolomyski Kathy Liao Gordon Lee Marius Lehene Gregory Martin Michael McCaffrey Marcus Michels Barbara Miner Gibbs Rounsavall Paul Smulders Judy Takacs
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Darcie Book
Barbara Miner
Kathy Liao
Gibbs Rounsavall
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central gallery
PROPHETIC WORDS
Ivan Fortushniak’s collages picture the intrusion of art historical divine and pastoral figures into photographs of WWII warfare, raising questions about the repercussions of mass-scale violence on both its vicitims and perpetrators. His use of romanticised and mythologized figures from Renaissance, Baroque, and 19th century American painting act as a startling counterpoint to the monochrome and mundane images of war, resulting in contemplative strangeness that encourages the viewer to consider the significance of violence in our history. This exhibition of Ivan Fortushniak’s work is one of 9 selected from among 151 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 12th season. Of his work the artist states: "My artwork integrates images of war with mix-media approaches in fine art while examining its moral, religious, and sociopolitical implications. Part of this research comes from various historical texts and documentaries including the images of Eric Hammel's book Pacific Warriors and Sir Jeremy Isaacs' award winning 1973 television series, World at War. Some of these images are appropriated from Renaissance and Baroque artists as well as late 19th century American painting. The combined processes are...an attempt to instill photography with the tactile and malleable characteristics of painting.” Ivan Fortushniak is an Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has exhibited extensively in the United States as well as abroad. His work was featured in Manifest's inaugural group exhibit, Terrestrial Domains, in January 2005, has been shown at Manifest in a prevous solo exhibition, and will be included in the forthcoming 5th International Painting Annual. He received his MFA in Painting from the University of Cincinnati.
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north gallery
SWARM
SWARM is the newest of Chung’s installations providing the viewer the opportunity to navigate the piece visually and physically. The hundreds of linking marks and lines give the impression of a living mass winding through space, constantly shifting as the viewer explores its form. This exhibition of Joomi Chung’s work is one of 9 selected from among 151 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 12th season.
Of her work the artist states: "Swarm consists of abstracting thoughts and sensations into a gradually expanding web of lines. Through the act of drawing in three-dimensional space, this project explores the idea of image-space, which has been the foundation of my creative process. The composition of this work is unpredictable and changes from one installation to another, affected by the spatial condition and intuitive choices made while linking hundreds of segments...With a vein-like structure made of contours and intervals, Swarm creates a milieu where there is neither beginning nor end, but always a middle from which it grows and which it overspills. ”
Joomi Chung was born in South Korea and partially grew up in Argentina. She obtained her B.F.A. degree in Painting (1999); M.F.A. Research Certificate at Hong Ik University in Seoul, South Korea (2000); and M.F.A. at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2004). Her works can be viewed at www.joomichung.com
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| November 6 - December 4 | Opening Reception Friday November 6, 6-9 p.m. |
main gallery + drawing room
MONOLITHIC
Sometimes a particular work of art has a way of making us aware of our own physicality, helping us feel our bodies by giving us new perspective on our relationship to things around us. In MONOLITHIC, Manifest presents artworks from around the world that engage our sense of physical, intellectual, and emotional scale. For this exhibit 82 artists from 26 states and 4 countries submitted 240 works for consideration. Fifteen works by the following 14 artists from 12 states and Canada were selected for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.
Presenting works by: David Dorsey Mitch Eckert Marina Fridman Antonietta Grassi Kevin Haran Stuart Holland Christine Holtz Katie Miller Deborah Orloff Elena Peteva Michael Reese David Stenulson Guy Stricklin Nathan Sullivan
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Mitch Eckert
Kevin Haran
David Stenulson
Katie Miller
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parallel space
EVENT HORIZONS
Manifest is pleased to present Lucas James’s EVENT HORIZONS, an exhibition of photographs featuring the human body reflected in scarred and dented metalic surfaces. Instead of clear figures, the photographs show bodies twisted by implied internal conflict and massive transformation. This exhibition of James's work is one of 9 selected from among 151 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 12th season. Of his work the artist states: "Everyone, at least once in their lives, goes through an experience so profound, so traumatic, so transformative that it leaves them forever changed. I call these times Event Horizons, after the point of no return surrounding a black hole. Event horizons are moments of deep metamorphosis that, while often painful, result in profound growth- events after which we look back and say to ourselves "I was such a different person then!" This is what I'm trying to illustrate by interrupting the body with dents, creases and divots in the metal reflective surface—that moment of the Event Horizon when everything is about to be transformed, reborn and forever changed.” Lucas James was an avid photographer in his early twenties before putting the camera down for fifteen years to pursue advanced degrees in biology and chemistry. He then went on to work at several biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the Cambridge area where his focus has been on developing treatments for cancer and life-threatening infections. After a fifteen-year lull he picked up a camera again, looking for a way to explore the world from a non-analytical perspective and focusing early on the human form's limitless potential for creating new shapes. James holds a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Florida and a BS in Molecular Biology also from the University of Florida. He lives and works in Manchester, New Hampshire. His works can be viewed at www.anisotropicimages.com
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central gallery + north gallery
MACROSCOPE
It is often said in the drawing classroom that the more often you stand back, the faster your work will improve. We suspect this is true with regards to life in general, and to the quality and accuracy of our thoughts about our own existence within it. With this idea in mind, Manifest stands back to take a look at the big picture this fall with MACROSCOPE, a show of artworks exploring big ideas. Works of drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography by artists from around the world present themes of a grand scale for our examination. For this exhibit 84 artists from 30 states and 7 countries submitted 234 works for consideration. Fourteen works by the following 11 artists from 7 states and Ireland were selected for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.
Presenting works by: Ron Barron Alexander Boeschenstein Al Denyer Sonja Hinrichsen Emily Jay Mike Lombardy Tracy Longley-Cook K Mixon Seamus O’Rourke Alyson Ogasian & Claudia O'Steen Hal Yaskulka
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Sonja Hinrichsen
Tracy Longley-Cook
Al Denyer
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| December 11, 2015 - January 8, 2016 | Opening Reception - Friday, December 11, 6-9 p.m. |
main gallery
6th Annual TAPPED
The relationship between art students and their professors can be a powerful one. Even when this bond is left unstated, we carry our professors' voices forward in time as we mature as artists and people. We eventually realize that the instruction given by our teachers during our relatively brief careers as students continues to expand within us. We realize that the learning they inspired (or insisted upon) is a chain-reaction process that develops across our lifetime. All of us who have been students carry forward our professors' legacy in one form or another. And those who are, or have been professors, bear witness to the potency of studenthood. Out of respect for this student-teacher bond, and in honor of professors working hard to help their students tap into a higher mind relative to art and life, we offer TAPPED, an annual exhibit that presents works of art by current or former professor/student pairs. For this exhibit 107 artists from 33 states and Washington D.C. submitted 287 works for consideration. Eighteen works by the following 18 artists from 11 states (California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island) were selected for presentation in the gallery and Manifest Exhibition Annual publication. The artists are listed in pairings to illustrate their teacher/student relationship. Works on view will include paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints, and photographs. The exhibition layout is planned so that each pair of artists' works will be shown side-by-side or in close proximity. Visitors will be able to enjoy the variety of types of works while also considering the nature of influence between professor and student.
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NEW YORK
In its first eleven seasons Manifest's projects included works by artists in 50 states and 40 countries. Starting with its 10th season Manifest launched a new ongoing series of exhibits focusing on works by artists living in its own three-state region. Season 12 continues that series, including projects like this one, focusing on definable regions outside our own. Our Regional Showcases are intended to complement the ordinarily very wide geographical makeup of most Manifest exhibits with a closer look at what's being done in particular places. For our third set of exhibits showcasing works from other regions we have decided to look at the states which anchor either side of the United States. New York and California offer the compelling east/west polar relationship which provides at the very least a starting point for conversation about the resulting simultaneous exhibitions. They are home to major international art centers and educational institutions which dominate the global art scene. (Last season our Michigan and Florida showcases provided a strong and visible contrast in our gallery.) Manifest's several-member blind jury process reviewed 399 works by 121 artists in New York and California for this two-exhibit parallel regional survey. Sixty-five artists from New York, and 56 artists from California responded to the call. Eleven works by the following 9 artists from New York were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season. Presenting works by: Matthew Addison Mark Bischel Carole P. Kunstadt Rob O’Neil Rick Schatzberg Sarah Phyllis Smith Jack Toolin Jersey Walz Tun-Ping Wang
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Matthew Addison
Tun-Ping Wang
Rick Schatzberg
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parallel space
CALIFORNIA
In its first eleven seasons Manifest's projects included works by artists in 50 states and 40 countries. Starting with its 10th season Manifest launched a new ongoing series of exhibits focusing on works by artists living in its own three-state region. Season 12 continues that series, including projects like this one, focusing on definable regions outside our own. Our Regional Showcases are intended to complement the ordinarily very wide geographical makeup of most Manifest exhibits with a closer look at what's being done in particular places. For our third set of exhibits showcasing works from other regions we have decided to look at the states which anchor either side of the United States. New York and California offer the compelling east/west polar relationship which provides at the very least a starting point for conversation about the resulting simultaneous exhibitions. They are home to major international art centers and educational institutions which dominate the global art scene. (Last season our Michigan and Florida showcases provided a strong and visible contrast in our gallery.) Manifest's several-member blind jury process reviewed 399 works by 121 artists in New York and California for this two-exhibit parallel regional survey. Sixty-five artists from New York, and 56 artists from California responded to the call. Eleven works by the following 7 artists from California were selected for exhibition and will also be featured in the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEA) at the close of the season. Presenting works by: Dan Good John Hundt Robert Koss Krystal Perez Tanya Ragir Edward L. Rubin Hamideh Zolfaghari
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Robert Koss
Tanya Ragir
Edward L. Rubin
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central gallery
ONE 6
"Yves, as in Jacques-Yves Cousteau" ABOUT THE $5000 MANIFEST PRIZE All of Manifest's projects are competitive. The stiffness of the competition has increased in proportion to Manifest's growing reputation, multi-faceted mission, and international reach. Our mission to stand for quality, to create a system whereby works are judged with objectivity as a primary aim, and assembled with as little subjective curatorial agenda as possible has gained the respect of thousands of artists from all over the world, and a vast following of arts lovers, patrons, and supporters. We respect the creative principle of reduction (the jury process) as it is employed to achieve an essential conclusive statement for each exhibit we produce. This is what has led to the high caliber of each Manifest exhibit, and to the gallery's notable reputation. We believe competition does indeed breed excellence. With this principle of reduction in mind, we have been inspired by the intensity of jury after jury to narrow down a collection of entries to a strong end result. Therefore we determined five years ago to launch the Manifest Prize in order to push the process to the ultimate limit—from among many to select just ONE work. Manifest's jury process for the 6th Annual Manifest Prize included multiple levels of jury review of 932 works by 311 artists from 40 states, Washington D.C., and 18 countries by a total of 18 different volunteer jurors from across the U.S. Each level resulted in fewer works passing on to the next, until a winner was reached. The size and physical nature of the works considered was not a factor in the jury scoring and selection. The winning work is entitled "Yves, as in Jacques-Yves Cousteau" by Joshua Gomez of Chicago, Illinois. It will be the recipient of the 6th annual MANIFEST PRIZE, and will be presented in the Central Gallery from December 11 through January 8, 2016. It will be accompanied by several juror statements and the artist's statement. About the artist: Joshua Gomez is a Chicagoland native. Growing up in the southwest suburbs he showed an interest and aptitude for the visual arts. He eventually took to the city to live and study painting at the American Academy of Art. During his studies he developed and honed his knowledge, history and skills of his craft. Through this he has developed a simpatico with contemporaries and initiated self-orchestrated group shows under the title “Below”(derived from the first show being in a basement space). Joshua currently works building up his body of work and leads the paint department of a Chicago based production studio. Ten semi-finalist works (runners up to the winner) will also be featured in the season-documenting Manifest Exhibition Annual publication (MEAs12). These are works by Tamie Beldue (Black Mountain, North Carolina) with two works, Ashley Blalock (El Cajon, California), Xia Gao (Okemos, Michigan), Philip Jackson (Oxford, Mississippi), Matthew Lee (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Jack Nixon (Wilmette, Illinois), Travis Townsend (Lexington, Kentucky) with two works, and Millicent Young (Ruckersville, Virginia).
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north gallery
CONTROL AND CHANCE Artist's Gallery Talk: Saturday, December 12, 6pm. Manifest is pleased to present Alex Krajkowski’s CONTROL AND CHANCE, an exhibition of photographs, which together border on being a gallery-filling installation of dynamic photographically generated drawing-like objects. This exhibition of Krajkowski's work is one of 9 selected from among 151 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 12th season. Of his work the artist states: "My practice centers around a surrendering of control through the exploration of generative processes as a way to create art. Whether exposing prints to obscure chemical processes and the flow of water, or using simple machines to create exposures on gelatin silver paper, my work becomes an active collaboration between the process and myself. In many cases, the process itself makes the aesthetic and compositional decisions that drive the work. While these works are rooted in conceptual concerns, ranging from the idea of reproduction in the photographic process to the relationship between creator and machine-tool, they retain a strong formal edge as well, combining form and idea into a cohesive work that retains a strong aesthetic component.” Alex Krajkowski was born in 1987 in New Jersey. He received his BA from Franklin and Marshall College, did additional coursework at William Paterson University and Montclair State University, and received his MFA from the University of Oregon in Eugene, where he currently resides. He has shown in several galleries in Oregon, including the Disjecta Contemporary Art Center in Portland and the Umpqua Valley Art Center in Roseburg, as well as in smaller galleries in the New York area. Krajkowski's work deals with idea of control and the photographic, and explores the traditions of the photographic through an exploration of process. His works can be viewed at www.alexkrajkowski.net
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| January 22 - February 19 | Opening Reception - Friday, January 22, 6-9 p.m. |
main gallery + drawing room
FLIGHT
Our fascination with speed and movement through the air is probably as old as our ability to reason. Whether it be through mythological cautionary tales such as the flight of Icarus, or the scientific quest for technology through such visions as those proposed by the sketches of Leonardo DaVinci or Elon Musk, the concept has paralleled humanity's progress through the millennia in many forms, with many results. It seems even our subconsciousness carries a deeply rooted link to the process of flight, as many people recount having lucid aerobatic dreams. Like flight, velocity in general carries with it both technical, symbolic, and practical meaning. Speed (and velocity) is relative to time, distance, and direction. Manifest is interested in how these concepts, together or separate, are explored in visual art today. FLIGHT is a gallery exhibit that brings together a range of works which address, explore, or present issues, concepts, forms, or images related to flight, flying, or velocity. For this exhibit 136 artists from 31 states, Washington D.C., and 8 countries submitted 354 works for consideration. Eleven works by the following 9 artists from Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas were selected for presentation in the gallery and Manifest Exhibition Annual publication at the close of the season.
Presenting works by: Holly Donovan Kurt Dyrhaug Alicia Eggert Reagan Furqueron Ann Kim Joyce Rosner Susan Tennant Richard Theissen Copper Tritscheller
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Susan Tennant
Holly Donovan
Alicia Eggert
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parallel space
SECRET GARDEN
At one time the world of living things was classified into two simple groups, plants and animals. Botany concerned itself with the study of plants. We are linked to these, our earthly cousins, in so many ways. As a planetary phenomenon we take for granted that to our yin the plants provide the yang. We breathe in oxygen and out carbon dioxide, they absorb carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. Clearly an elegant arrangement was agreed upon by the forces of the Universe to arrive at such a symbiosis. Whether it be the form of organic plant life, or the concept of its functionality, the implications of its shared existence with humanity, or its clever ability to convert sunlight into food, plant life is as fascinating as it is beautiful. In the context of contemporary society it is interesting to consider what this can mean in the hands of artists. For our 12th exhibit season Manifest revisits the theme the gallery first presented with Botanical in spring of 2012, once again reviewing works which explore the theme of plant life through varous means. For this exhibit 209 artists from 38 states, Washington D.C., and 8 countries submitted 648 works for consideration. Eleven works by the following 8 artists from Alabama, Maryland, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, and Canada were selected for presentation in the gallery and Manifest Exhibition Annual publication at the close of the season. Presenting works by: Ron Geibel Lauren Lake Eileen MacArthur Rachel Reisert John Sabraw Benjamin Shamback Kathleen Taylor Alice Valenti
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Rachel Reisert
Ron Geibel
John Sabraw
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central gallery + north gallery
MEMORY PALACE
Because we're born within the context of time, like fish in water, we forget that it too is a medium and subject. 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. Memory is a sense we evolved to help us perceive our place in time, outside the now. The ancient Greeks personified memory as Mnemosyne, a titaness who with Zeus mothered the nine muses. Furthermore, the ancient Greeks and Romans described the Method of Loci (memory palace technique) for organizing and recalling information through spatial visualization and association. All forms of art are affected by time and memory. Some artists realize and embrace this, and it becomes the content and subject of their work. Sometimes the best impacts of visual art are delayed experiences in memory. Whatever the case may be, Manifest has set out to present an exhibition of diverse works which address, depict, or incorporate the themes of Memory, History, and Time. For this exhibit 219 artists from 38 states and 9 countries submitted 639 works for consideration. Fourteen works by the following 13 artists from Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia were selected for presentation in the gallery and Manifest Exhibition Annual publication at the close of the season. Presenting works by: Ashton Bird James Chase Susanna Crum Valerie Sullivan Fuchs Karen Hillier Sean Merchant Tim Parsley Heather Sincavage Tana Tapson Kathleen Taylor Samantha VanDeman Duat Vu Marisa S. White
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Karen Hillier
Sean Merchant
Tana Tapson
Samantha VanDeman
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| March 4 - April 1 | Opening Reception - Friday, March 4, 2016, 6-9 p.m. |
main gallery + drawing room
OHIO
In 11 seasons Manifest's projects have included works by artists in 50 states and 40 countries. Beginning in its tenth season Manifest launched an ongoing series of exhibits focusing on works by artists in its own three-state region. Last year we added projects that also focused on other definable regions outside our own. For this exhibit 135 artists from across Ohio submitted 412 works for consideration. Fifteen works by the following eleven artists were selected by several jurors for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.
Presenting works by: Ron Barron Craig Fisher Mike Jacobs Rob Jefferson Virginia Kistler Colleen McCulla Kortney Niewierski Yvonne Palkowitsh Lyndon Probst Josh Rectenwald Sarah Treanor
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Lyndon Probst
Craig Fisher
Josh Rectenwald
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parallel space
SYNESTHETICA
Manifest is, by definition, an organization and gallery focused on the visual arts. However, we do not miss the fact that the visual represents only one-fifth of the commonly understood five human sensory faculties. We also recognize that some often very engaging and compelling artworks are, despite their primarily visual aspects, reliant upon one or more of the other four senses in order to be fully experienced and understood. So we offered a call to artists for works which do this. Manifest is pleased to present this intimate, jury selected exhibition which explores the concept. The common image of an artist is that of someone creating something to be seen, however many artists have explored works that stimulate and unify human senses outside of the visual. SYNESTHETICA presents works that challenge our regular way of perceiving artworks and bring our perceptions together in new and intriguing ways. For this exhibit 50 artists from 20 states and 6 countries submitted 131 works for consideration. Eight works by the following 6 artists from 6 states were selected by a committee of several jurors for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication. Presenting works by: Cathleen Faubert Kerry Hirth Young Suk Lee Ryan Lewis Monika Malewska Lianne Wappett
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Lianne Wappett
Monika Malewska
Ryan Lewis
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central gallery
Claustra/DAM
Manifest is proud to present Carsten Meier's photographic exhibition using man-made dams as a focus to examine human progress and our relationship to the natural world. This solo exhibition is one of 9 awarded from among 151 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 12th season. Of his work the artist states:
Carsten Meier is a German-born photographer known for his large-format renderings of urban and natural landscapes. His work has been exhibited in the United States and in Europe and published in his monographs Public Parking (2005) and Dams. Meier has also worked to document habitats, most recently of the Rocky Mountain landscape, often collaborating with the wildlife sciences to raise awareness surrounding habitat degradation. He is the recipient of several awards and fellowships including a Fulbright scholarship and a National Geographic grant. Meier currently teaches Photography, including alternative processes, at Utah State University. Meier's work has also been featured in Manifest's own International Photography Annual publication.
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north gallery
CALIFORNIA VALLEY
Manifest is proud to present Richard Gilles' photographic exhibition exploring the cycle of ownership and the hope for a new life in the California Valley. This solo exhibition is one of 9 awarded from among 151 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 12th season. Of his work the artist states:
Richard Gilles grew up in North Carolina and received his BA in Art from San Francisco State University. His work has been exhibited nationally. He currently lives and works in Sacramento, California.
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| April 15 - May 13 | Opening Reception - Friday, April 15, 6-9 p.m. |
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DRAWN
Manifest was founded in-part to stand for the importance of drawing as a process, skill, and discipline, and as a continuing viable product of the creative fine art and design fields. Since its inception the organization has continued to incorporate drawing-based programming, including education (Drawing Center), publications (INDA), and gallery exhibits into the broader spectrum of its projects. The students and professors who formed Manifest in 2004 knew that despite their diverging career paths (architecture, art history, painting, industrial design, photography) they were brought together by their connection to drawing and their mutually intense but multi-faceted pursuit of this fundamental discipline. Two years ago, in honor of the original spirit of the founding ideals of Manifest, the gallery launched DRAWN as a new annual exhibition. DRAWN seeks to survey and present the broad scope of drawing being made today. This gallery exhibit is completely separate from but nevertheless complements, and sometimes overlaps, the annual INDA publication project. DRAWN called for artists to submit works of drawing in any media relevant to the practice (including non-traditional approaches), any style, and any genre (fine art, illustration, design, conceptual, realism, etc.). For this exhibit 422 artists from 43 states, Washington D.C., and 16 different countries submitted 1294 works for consideration. Fifty-two works by the following 37 artists from 17 states (California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington) and England were selected by a large panel of volunteer jurors for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.
Presenting works by: Heather Accurso Cecile Baird Karen Bondarchuk Sue Bryan Blake Conroy Albert Ramos Cortes Katherine Cox Eric Elliot Mary Farrell Haley Farthing Jeffrey Fichera Maureen Forman Benny Fountain Sara Frantz Tracy Frein Tanja Gant Charlie Goering Rick Goldsberry Beth Grabowski Hiroshi Hayakawa Cynthia Hellyer Heinz Karen Hillier Zach Horn Aneka Ingold Michael Kellner Elizabeth Labarge Jill Lavetsky Darren Marsh Taylor Mazer Douglas Miller Adam Rake Tom Rice Jenny Roesel Ustick Jessica Springman John Sproul Duat Vu Derek Wilkinson
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Sara Frantz
Jeffrey Fichera
Tanja Gant
Beth Grabowski
Charlie Goering
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north gallery
ELEVATING THE COMMONPLACE
Manifest is proud to present Brett Eberhardt's exhibition of ten paintings featuring commonplace objects found within and around his studio. Eberhardt offers an intensely philosophical and sensitive viewpoint on existence, essentially instigating a dialog between living and non-living objects—us and the things nearby. This solo exhibition is one of 9 awarded from among 151 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 12th season. Of his work the artist states:
Brett Eberhardt received a BFA from Northern Michigan University and an MFA in Painting from Syracuse University. He is an Associate Professor of Art at Western Illinois University, where he teaches painting. His work is in private collections in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and California. He is represented by Packer Schopf Gallery in Chicago, Illinois.
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| May 27 – June 24 | Opening Reception - Friday, May 27, 6-9 p.m. |
main gallery
RITES OF PASSAGE An Exhibit of Works by Current or Recent Undergraduates Initiated in 2005, The Rites of Passage exhibits were developed 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 and national institutions together in one place. With this twelfth annual installment of the Rites series, Manifest offers a $500 best of show award to reward excellence at this early career level. The Rites call for submissions was open to students graduating or expecting to graduate in 2015, 2016, or 2017 (undergraduate juniors, seniors, and those who graduated last year). For this exhibit 104 artists representing 66 academic institutions submitted 334 works for consideration. Twelve works by the following 9 artists representing 8 different academic institutions are featured in the 12th annual Rites of Passage exhibit. Artists are listed with their academic status as of the dates of their entry into this competition. Why is this important?
Alex Bauer
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Jonathan Etringer
James Lange
Kirsty Templeton Davidge
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drawing room + parallel space
MAGNITUDE SEVEN Back in 2005 we launched the Magnitude Seven project with the idea that small works would be easier and more practical for artists to send to Manifest from anywhere in the world. This proved true, and right off it was this exhibit that lead to Manifest earning the tag line 'a neighborhood gallery for the world.' Inevitably MAG 7 is a melange of various works, including an extremely wide range of media, styles, and artist intents.The exhibit always gains unity from the common scale, so even disparate works seem to engage in playful and tolerant conversation across the gallery or side by side. We have found that having a couple galleries full of hand-sized works is somehow a relief steeped in the joy of small things well made, a menagerie of creativity, and a poignant reminder that bigger is not always better. We are happy to offer this twelfth annual exhibit of works no larger than seven inches in any dimension. For this year's project 140 artists from 34 states and 9 countries submitted 414 works for consideration by Manifest's intensely competitive jury process. Twenty-three works by the following 12 artists from 9 states were selected for presentation in the gallery and the season-documenting Manifest Exhibition Annual.
Andreas Baumgartner Mitch Eckert Marina Fridman Valerie Sullivan Fuchs David Gracie Philip Jackson Carole P. Kunstadt Taylor Mazer Armin Mersmann Dora Natella Omalix Bill Porter
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Mitch Eckert
Omalix
Philip Jackson
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central gallery + north gallery
MAR 2015/16 Artists' Gallery Talk: TBA The year-long Manifest Artist Residency was launched in 2012 with the goal to provide artists with a combination of free studio space, supportive resources such as teaching opportunities and free access to life drawing and other programs at the Manifest Drawing Center, the powerful creative culture that permeates all Manifest programs, and routine engagement with the gallery-visiting public during each of our nine exhibit receptions each season. To cement their year of development each artist receives another benefit of the program–a MAR Showcase solo exhibition. These two solo exhibits feature works made by our two 2015/16 Artists in Residence, Marina Fridman and Samantha Haring. This marks the culmination of their residency at Manifest which concludes in June, and serves as a celebration of their achievements, learning, and adoption into the broad Manifest 'family'.
Panta Rhei My work questions what is truly “real”: the physical realm that is seen, or the ineffable that is felt. I draw from my practices of yoga and meditation, which transmute the often uncomfortable heaviness and solidity of the body into sensations of pure, weightless energy.
Marina Fridman (b. 1989 in Russia) is a Canadian multi-media artist. She received her BFA Degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (2014), and will be an MFA Candidate in the Sculpture & Dimensional Studies program at Alfred University in the fall of 2016. Marina has been awarded grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation and the Edmonton Arts Council, and her work has been exhibited and collected in the United States and Canada. Her works have been published in Manifest’s International Drawing Annual, Poets & Artists Magazine, North Light Books’ Art Journey, Strokes of Genius, Drawing Magazine and Express Magazine. Besides the Manifest Residency, Marina has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, the League Residency at Vyt, the I-Park Foundation, and the Creative Practices Institute. She is also the Founder and Author of The Drawing Source, a website dedicated to providing accessible representational drawing education.
Interlude I make quiet paintings in a noisy world. My work is an intimate meditation on humble objects and the detritus of studio life. I aim to promote a reengagement with the mundane while creating a moment of reflection for the viewer. The artist’s studio is full of memory; its history is evident in the residue layered on the walls and floor, as well as in the dusty objects scattered around the room. These remnants serve as a metaphor for the imprints people leave behind on each other and on the world. By painting forgotten corners, blank expanses, and abandoned objects, I explore the duality of absence and presence while questioning the intangibility of loss. Emptiness is an illusion. Even in silence, there is a tremendous amount of noise. Samantha Haring is a Midwest painter from Des Plaines, Illinois. She makes quiet paintings that discuss the nature of loss and the inherent duality of absence and presence. Haring earned her MFA from Northern Illinois University (2014) and her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2011). She has also studied in Italy at the International School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture; it was there that she fully developed her commitment to light, color, and observational painting. Haring’s paintings have been exhibited nationally, recently in the 2016 Wet Paint Biennial at the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago. Her work is published in issues #119 and #123 of New American Paintings as well as the Manifest International Painting Annuals 4 and 5. |
Marina Fridman
Marina Fridman
Samantha Haring
Samantha Haring
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| July 8 - August 5 | Manifest's 100th Opening Reception! Friday July 8, 6-9 p.m. |
main gallery + drawing room + parallel space +
10th Annual An Exhibit of Works by Current & Recent Graduate Students This exhibition marks Manifest's 100th exhibit reception and presentation! Building
upon the philosophy of the Rites
of Passage exhibits for undergrads, each year Manifest
offers a similar opportunity to current and recent graduate students
for exhibiting at Manifest. The exhibit is the only one to-date assigned to all five galleries at Manifest. As do our annual Rites of Passage and TAPPED exhibits, Master Pieces reflects our commitment to surveying, documenting, and presenting the state of arts in academia on an ongoing basis. We believe this is important to artists, the public, students, and teachers. For this tenth competition for the project 114 artists representing 66 different academic graduate programs in 30 states and 3 countries submitted 345 works for consideration by Manifest's rigorous jury process. Twenty-eight works by the following 22 artists from 14 states representing 17 different academic programs were selected for presentation in the gallery and MEA publication for season 12.
Mia Beach
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Benjamin Cook
Siri Langone
Emily Wiethorn
Sarah Deppe
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| August 12 – September 9 (SEASON 12 FINALÉ) | Opening Reception Friday August 12, 6-9 p.m. |
main gallery
ALL OR NOTHING Sometimes works of art are made up of many parts, each playing a critical role in forming a complete whole. Diptychs and triptychs (two and three panel images) are simple examples, where the parts could qualify as stand-alone images, but the meaning or impact of the entire work would be lost without the set. Other examples we have seen in Manifest exhibits over the years include (but are by no means limited to) grid installations, modular or installation-based sculptural works, interdependent narrative or conceptual series, and so on. For its final competitive thematic exhibit of Manifest's 12th season, the gallery called for submissions of such works which explore the role of unity in establishing a singular artistic experience or statement through multiple physically disconnected parts. For this exhibit 115 artists from 30 states and 6 countries submitted 288 works for consideration. Eight works by the following 8 artists from 6 states were selected for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.
Presenting works by: Greg Boll Bryan Florentin Nichole Maury John Dixon Edward Kelley Alissa Neal Roscoe Wilson
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Bryan Florentin
Alissa Neal
John Dixon
Kathryn Maxwell
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drawing room + parallel space
8th Annual NUDE Every exhibition season Manifest exhibits many kinds of works, from more conceptual and experimental art to the traditional. In fact we think it's important to have such a range in our repertoire. It is something that Manifest is known for. Our annual projects allow us the chance to track how artists around the world address a consistent theme, subject, or media over time, or allow us to document the state of art in a particular strata of professional creative activity, and to study and preserve our findings in a meaningful way through our publications and website. NUDE is one such project. The human body is a popular subject for many reasons, the most obvious being that it is us. Throughout history the representation of the human form has been charged with tremendous energy, both positive and negative. Whether it be a religious edict that one should not depict the human form, a taboo, or the glorious opposite, a revelation of mastery over form in the crafting of sensuous and life-like physical human beauty, the art of the body has nevertheless moved us through time. Through all the permutations art has experienced across history, work of the body persists. We use the human nude to master skill, understand ourselves, and push social and psychological buttons for the sake of expression (sensual, delicate, aggressive, and so on). We intend for Manifest's ongoing annual NUDE project to explore how our collective body is used today in art to achieve these goals and more. This year we were happy to renew our invitation to artists to submit works in any media, of any style or genre (abstract, conceptual, highly realistic, etc.), and of any size and media, for consideration in Manifest's eighth annual NUDE, an international competitive exhibit exploring the uncovered human form in current art.
Presenting works by: Michael Bergt
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Lin Wei
Stephen Cefalo
Ruth Owens
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central gallery
A WALK IN THE WOODS Armin Mersmann's drawings provide an intense energy that exceeds the consideration of the labor and concentration put into them. As observations of the natural world, in such a rigorous method, they become meditations on space, air, and fragmentation of time (the artist's as well as life's). Wavering between abstraction as explosions of form, and ultra-realism exhibiting obsessive attention to detail over long expanses of paper, the drawings promise to envelop the viewer like epiphanies found while on a walk in the woods. This exhibition of Armin Mersmann's work is one of 9 selected from among 151 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 12th season. Of his work the artist states: "Winter—the land is silent, stripped down and pure. I am awed by the sheer impact of unsentimental patterns bent and broken, intrigued by the complex quality of fallen trees. Their manic lines and texture speak to a powerful natural abstraction. The very act of drawing every branch, twig, highlight, and shadow, rendering textures from the extreme winter skins to the silkiness of new-fallen snow, transforms the scene into an intimate journey. This undertaking is considerably different than merely taking a photo or simply being there. The drawing process immersed me for hundreds of hours, interpreting and translating what I saw and felt from hundreds of reference photos, collected branches, twigs, and revisits to the site. Each drawing is a journey of discovery and understanding. ” Armin Mersmann was born in Remscheid, Germany, in 1955. Along with his parents, he immigrated to the United States in 1962. After six years of college, Mersmann began a successful stint as a portrait artist in Chicago, Illinois. Although commission work was financially rewarding, he stopped doing it and soon found more interest in the fine arts. Mersmann has taught drawing and the creative process at the American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL; the Colorado Academy of Art, Boulder CO; Northwood University, Midland, MI; the Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI; and countless workshops within the United States. He lives in Midland, Michigan, where he is the Artist in Residence and Art School Manger at the Midland Center for the Arts. His work has been featured in previous Manifest exhibitions, and the Manifest International Drawing Annual publications. More about Armin and his work can be found online at www.arminmersmann.com
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north gallery
VESSELS: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD Elizabeth Runyon's Vessels reminds us of the gray line between fine arts and fine crafts, masterfully blurring any preconceived notions of hierarchy between the two. Her reed and seagrass constructions offer both a dedicated yet playful realization of traditional materials and techniques, and a view of the evolution of functional objects into formal and expressive conveyors of experience in the gallery or museum context. With her sculptures, Runyon reminds us that objects may well be far more than at first assumed—revealing themselves as animated bearers of memories, hopes, and life's shared energy. This exhibition of Elizabeth Runyon’s work is one of 9 selected from among 151 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 12th season.
Of her work the artist states: ""To have and to hold" plays on traditional uses of baskets as decorative and/or utilitarian objects and my artworks ask the viewer to reexamine notions of a basket and why it exists. If it doesn't have a purpose, is it actually a basket?”
Elizabeth Runyon's large sculptural baskets are based on traditional Appalachian ribbed egg basket techniques. She works in reed and seagrass, natural basketry materials. Runyon is a Kentucky native who lives in Oxford, Ohio, and is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati. She has had solo exhibits at the Eva G. Farris Art Gallery, Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, Kentucky.; Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio; and the Zanesville Museum of Art in Ohio. Her works have been included in many regional and national exhibition including Manifest's 10th season Regional Sculpture exhibit. She recently exhibited work at the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, Kentucky, the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus, and in a National Basketry Organization exhibition in St. Paul, Minnesota and Boston, Massachusetts. Her piece "Leap of Faith" was recently selected for inclusion in "After the Pedestal" at The Sculpture Center in Cleveland. Runyon is a member of the National Basketry Organization and Surface Design Association. More about Elizabeth and her work can be found online at nationalbasketry.org/elizabeth-runyon
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