The Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery presents a program of rotating contemporary art exhibitions on the campus of Biola University. Located in the greater Los Angeles area, the Green Art Gallery is well positioned to represent a vital Christian worldview within the critical dialogue of contemporary visual art and to produce engaging exhibitions that grapple with issues concerning the intersection of faith with art and culture. The Green Art Gallery also provides professional development opportunities for Biola art students through gallery exhibitions and internships.
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BFA 2019-2020 Senior Show Catalog
Ashley Logue, Ben Morse, Jonah Ladesic, Hannah McLaughlin, Megan Yip, Katherine Sherlock, Kyol Shorack, Marie Kolenski, Micah Hickerson, Nichole Landon, Noah Archer, Noah Tessier, Walter Park, Wendy AE Raigosa, Yukari Becker, Addie Llanos, Sara de Novo, Christy Hwang, and Grecia Cordova Galdamez
Together we are at home (2020) - painting - Ashley Logue
Refresh - web experience - Ben Morse, Jonah Ladesic
Land of Emunah - web experience - Hannah McLaughlin, Megan Yip
Seven Sojourners -artists books - Katherine Sherlock
Coloring Book: Somewhere Outside the Lines - painting, poetry - Kyol Shorack
My Mother’s Mother - interdisciplinary - Marie Kolenski
Gun Show - painting, sculpture - Micah Kickerson
Ohr - design, light - Nichole Landon
Sneakertisement - design - Noah Archer
Liminal - photography - Noah Tessier
Awakening - advertising, design - Walter Park
She Rises & Falls: A Video Series - interdisciplinary - Wendy Antoniette Espinola Raigosa
ORIGIN - photography, interactive experience - Christy Hwang
Death’s Door - photography, interactive experience - Sara de Novo
Catalog design and COVID-19 timeline graphics by Grecia Cordova Galdamez
All the lessons that, as faculty, we hope to instill in our students – to care about context, to refine your craft, to consider your audience, and to communicate with depth and meaning – were demonstrated in shows that span new approaches to media and space. From creative social media engagement, to customized websites that experiment with the boundaries of digital interaction, to site-specific documentation strategies, art-by-mail delivery systems, and physical works given unexpected new life in digital spaces, suddenly your work was everywhere, often even better than before. This catalog serves as a glimpse into all these projects and practices. It is a document of an exceptional time and the exceptional artists who responded.
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BFA 2017-2018 Senior Show Catalog
Emily Hayashida, Marika Adamopoulos, Shelby Montelongo, Jordan Wilson, Kat Ashdown, Janna Christian, Rebecca Mott, Delanie Eng, Trevor Lunde, Michelle Parada, Amanda Delaplane, Brianna Eng, Laura Webster, Wesleigh Byrd, Lisa Tixier, Kaila Williams, Kibbi Peng, Tony Walsh, Chad Swanson, Jedidiah Angkasa, and Sean Leone
Exhibition catalog for December 2017 and Spring 2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) thesis exhibitions in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery at Biola University.
In Particular - photography - Emily Hayashida;
Cross Over Move Into - photography - Marika Adamopoulos;
In progress - photography - Shelby Montelongo;
have a dream and have a job and - photography - Jordan Wilson;
One Thing at a Time Frankie - drawing & painting - Kat Ashdown;
"How's Your Family?" - Interdisciplinary - Janna Christian;
Transept - drawing & painting - Rebecca Mott;
Mr. Pareidolia - Interdisciplinary - Delanie Eng;
Mojo - Interdisciplinary - Trevor Lunde;
Gas Bill - drawing & painting - Michelle Parada;
Exactly Not It - Interdisciplinary - Amanda Delaplane;
I’ll Be There for You Sometimes - Interdisciplinary - Brianna Eng;
Recovered - drawing & painting - Laura Webster;
Embody - drawing & painting - Wesleigh Byrd;
More Accidentally on Purpose - Interdisciplinary - Lisa Tixier;
The Darkness He Called Night - drawing & painting - Kaila Williams;
Invitation - sculpture - Kibbi Peng;
Dynamo Genesis - design - Tony Walsh;
Ambient - design - Chad Swanson;
December Eleventh - Interdisciplinary - Jeddiah Angkasa;
Side Eye - design - Sean Leone;
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BFA 2016-17 Senior Show Catalog
Alexander Sarina, Elaina Swanson, Adam Nienow, Blake Vallotton, Soren Iverson, Brianna LaFrance, Michelle Lum, Krystyny Vandenberg, Megan Van Vlear, Jessica Dueker, Michael Hallman, Zechariah Liszewski, Andres de Alba, Shelby Hands, Caisey James, Destiny Gough, Catherine Li, Tom Li, Hope Daley, Juliette Inocelda, Kira Bester, Amy Geiken, Adrianna Coe, Avery Anton, Devan Carpentier, Melanie Kim, and Savannah Morra
Exhibition catalog for December 2017 and Spring 2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) thesis exhibitions in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery at Biola University.
You Oceans Both - painting - Alexander Sarina;
Goodness Gracious - painting - Elaina Swanson;
Intersection - design - Adan Nienow;
Pretty Pleas - design - Blake Valloton;
Quality Content - design - Soren Iverson
A Fellow Feeling - design - Brianna LaFrance;
Sacramentality - sculpture - Michelle Lum;
Ekklesia - painting - Krystyny Vandenberg;
Reinventing the Mousetrap - design - Megan Van Vlear;
Taken From the Day. A Space Beyond This. - painting - Jessica Dueker;
Mountains & Meadows - photography - Michael Hallman;
XXXIII - photography - Zechariah Liszewski;
Wander Without - design - Andres De Alba;
326 Dots Per Inch - photography - Shelby Hands;
Common Access - design - Caisey James;
Lost in Translation - painting - Destiny Gough;
Subconscious Storage - design - Catherine Li;
Absent Minded - photography - Tom Li;
Rot in Ecstasy - interdisciplinary - Hope Daley;
(Un)usual - interdisciplinary - Juliette Inocelda;
As Above / So Below - design - Kira Bester;
As Above / So Below - interdisciplinary - Amy Geiken;
Threshold - painting - Adrianna Coe;
No Ordinary Man - design - Avery Anton;
They Can Accept (Unscathed) - painting - Devan Carpentier;
I Was Never on the Boat - interdisciplinary - Melanie Kim;
Kith and Kin - sculpture - Savannah Morra;
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ARBOR VITAE : Pontus Willfors
Pontus Willfors
ARBOR VITAE features sculptural works by Los Angeles based artist Pontus Willfors exploring tensions between idealized natural/organic forms and man-made/industrial constructions and materials.
Throughout, the artist’s frequent use of salvage materials evokes themes of death and rebirth, as the image of a tree—a symbol of vitality, beauty, and life—is drawn out from discarded material and products of industrial utility. This duality points with hopeful optimism to a process of transformation that builds on the layered history of each piece to restore a sense of wonder at the complex forms of life.
Cover image: Organic Form, 2009 (detail), by Pontus Willfors Artworks courtesy the artist and Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Los Angeles All artwork documentation photographs by Jeff Rau, curator, from exhibition in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery.
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Subconscious
Adrianna Coe, Alexander Sarina, Austin Bland, Avery Anton, Devan Carpentier, Hope Daley, Janna Christian, Kira Bester, Kristin Wong, Krystyny Vandenberg, Lauren Fitterer, Marika Adamopoulos, Melanie Kim, Michelle Lum, Ruth Roatch, Savannah Morra, Shelby Montelongo, Tom Li, and Tony Walsh
Exhibition catalog from juried group show in the Earl and Virginia Green Gallery at Biola University (La Mirada, CA) featuring artwork by students of the Biola University Art Department. November 7 – November 18, 2016.
Curatorial team: Hailey Currington, Hannah Dixon, Tom Li, Zechariah Liszewski, Brianna McGroarty, Shelby Montelongo, Sapphire Pride, Chad Swanson, Jacob Vasa
Featuring artwork by: Krystyny Vandenberg, Adrianna Coe, Marika Adamopoulos, Devan Carpentier, Kira Bester, Alexander Sarina, Shelby Montelongo, Avery Anton, Ruth Roatch, Lauren Fitterer, Austin Bland, Tom Li, Hope Daley, Janna Christian, Melanie Kim, Tony Walsh, Savannah Morra, Kristin Wong, Michelle Lum;
Show statement:
As our mind lies dormant, the line between the real and the surreal becomes lucid. Here our subconscious is awakened. This show aims to generate a space where artists have the ability and freedom to explore their dreams, memories, fears, and unspoken thoughts. This juried exhibition features nineteen student artists who have accessed these thoughts and have turned them into tangible works of art. These thoughts and ideas have expressed themselves as a functioning mess. Our minds are constantly flooded with images, ideas and feelings that are all at once chaotic, yet purposeful. The show is a product of these fleeting dormant forms that lie beneath the surface of our consciousness. Viewers will be challenged with engaging content that may evoke feelings of unrest and awe. How might theses feelings engage our own minds? How might diving into the mind of another shape our identities? Each work was intentionally chosen for their interconnectedness with each other and their attempt to delve into these ideas. Welcome to the subconscious.
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And Who is My Neighbor: Stories From the Margins
Nery Gabriel Lemus and Jeff Rau
Catalog for exhibition at the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery at Biola University, September 27 - October 28, 2016.
Curated by Nery Gabriel Lemus & Jeff Rau.
Featuring artwork by: Isabel Avila, Diedrick Brackens, Kent Anderson Butler, Alejandro Cartagena, Ramiro Gomez, Lauren Halsey, Nery Gabriel Lemus, Patrick Martinez, Amitis Motevalli, Cheryl Pope, Tali Weinberg, Dana Weiser, and Kehinde Wiley.
AND WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR: STORIES FROM THE MARGINS, brings together a diverse group of artists who respond to division and injustice by highlighting the stories of oppressed and marginalized people. At times these stories point to differences among us and the very real struggles faced by outsiders in our society; at other points the work focuses on our common-ground despite difference in an effort to bridge the divide. The exhibition title references an exchange between Jesus and another religious leader in the biblical story of the Good Samaritan. As the religious leader seeks to narrowly define who is covered by the command to “Love your neighbor,” Jesus instead tells a moral tale that centers on the love shown by a Samaritan man (a cultural outsider) to a man who had been beaten, robbed, and left for dead. At the end of the biblical encounter Jesus instructs us to, “Go and do likewise” — show mercy and love to all those in need.
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BFA 2015-2016 Senior Show Catalog
Kathryn B. Ashford, Noah Schrader, Olivia Kincaid, Brianna Babcock, James R. McCahon, Jessica Guerra, Chris Rasmussen, Alexis C. Acquilina, Ryan Cook, Jessica Byrd, Robyn K. Barta, Arlene Cortes, Haylee Soma, Jacob Lucca, Grace H. Pan, Gabriel Voris, Sydney M. Hallman, Ellen M. Cambruzzi, Stella Sim, Hannah Brown, Leslie Chung, Sarah Sundberg, Rachel Emenaker, John M. Griffith, Jenn Jenison, Natalie E. Crane, Allison Winters, Rachel E. Malek, Tyler Cash, Choongman Lee, Hannah Ruth Hughes, Rachel Crichton, and Sarah Starck
Carnation Pink - design - Kat Ashford
What If - design - Noah Schrader
Weekend Warrior - design - Olivia Kincaid
Variant - design - Brianna Babcock
Rockhounder - design - James McCahon
Jemika (Jessica, Michelle, Katherine) - design - Jessica Guerra
Driving Fast Car - photography - Chris Rasmussen
The House that I Grew Up In, Of Which I Often Dream - design - Lex Aquilina
Rational But Not Animal - design - Ryan Cook
Uncharted Territory - design - Jessica Byrd
Earthly Soles - design - Robyn Barta
Eulogy - drawing - Arlene Cortes
Mahalo Come Again - design - Haylee Soma
Way of the Mind - drawing - Jacob Lucca
Foreign Exchange - design - Grace Pan
Unidentified Species - drawing - Gabriel Voris
Following Cairn - design - Sydney Hallman
Bear with One Another - sculpture - Ellen Cambruzzi
Jayden - photography - Stella Sim
Until Trees Sing - painting - Hannah Brown
Fruition - design - Leslie Chung
Death or Rest - interdisciplinary - Sarah Sundberg
Lethe - painting - Rachel Emenaker
Hammer and Nail - design - John Griffith
Heirlooms - Jenn Jenison
Is This remembrance... - photography - Natalie Crane
Bad Luck For A Long Time - sculpture - Allison Winters
Excuse Me - photography - Rachel Malek
Bleach Dry - design - Tyler Cash
In You - drawing/painting - Choongman Lee
Confession - design - Hannah Hughes
Nonmonotonous - sculpture - Rachel Crichton
Dark - design - Sarah Starck
Book design concept by Melanie Kim.Book layout by Melanie Kim and Chad Swanson.
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EXTRA-ORDINARY THINGS
Lynn Aldrich, McLean Fahnestock, Kiel Johnson, Olga Lah, and Steve Roden
EXTRA-ORDINARY THINGS features five artists who regularly transform the ordinary into the extraordinary—engaging with unexpected and often commonly available source materials to construct works that are surprising for their scope and simplicity. Teeming with allusion and wordplay, these objects sustain a certain tension as open/structured, logical/intuitive,playful/thoughtful, as they subvert expectations and suggest greater implications.
Cover image: Colonize, 2015 (detail), by Kiel Johnson All artwork documentation photographs by Jeff Rau, from exhibition in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery.
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Voice in the void
Alexis C. Acquilina, Kathryn B. Ashford, Kira Bester, Hannah Brown, Jessica Byrd, Devan Carpentier, Adrianna Coe, Ryan Cook, Hope Daley, Rachel Emenaker, Michael Hallman, Nico Hernandez, Melanie Kim, Cody Kim, Ludo Krabbendam, Daniel Lambert, Michelle Lum, Shelby Montelongo, Savannah Morra, Chris Rasmussen, Alexander Sarina, Sarah Starck, Sarah Sundberg, and Cherish Travnick
This exhibition features artworks that confront and explore the relationship between the void space and us: the artist, the viewer, the human. A void is more than just an empty space, it can be a formal component of an artwork such as: the negative space in a sculpture, an expanse of color across a canvas, or the embodiment of a feeling. A void can also be a problem or an unknown we must all confront. It can be painful or it can be wonderful...
These 24 student artists boldly confront and search the relationship between listening and answering. This show explores this aspect of the human experience and how we express ourselves in the midst of physical or emotional absence. Our goal is for these voices to reach beyond the void.
Curatorial team: Brooke Braden, Adrianna Coe, Jessica Dueker, Savannah Morra, Elaina Swanson
Old Soul, New Life - drawing - Adrianna Coe;
Formless and Void - painting - Devan Carpentier;
All Dolled Up - Jessica Byrd;
5’ 11” - film - Kathryn Ashford;
Untitled ( 10) - photography - MIchael Hallman;
Untitled (response to California Life) - ceramic - Hannah Brown;
Untitled (#1) - Sarah Sundberg;
Untitled 10.1-2 - drawing - Sarah Starck;
March - drawing - Cherish Travnick;
Untitled - photography - Daniel Lambert;
Fertilizing the Lawn With Calcium # 1 and Fertilizing the Lawn With Calcium # 4 - mixed media - Hope Daley;
Love Your Home - photography - Ludo Krabbendam;
You Could Sense That I Was There - photography - Nico Hernandez;
Parallel - photography - Melanie Kim;
A Captured World ( Wild) - painting - Rachel Emanaker;
Untitled (#1) - photography - Michael Hallman;
Platform - photography - Kira Bester;
Untitled - sculpture - Alexis Aquilina;
False Memories - drawing - Alex Sarina;
150. But Who’s Counting? - mixed media - Jessica Byrd;
Words of Condemnation - photography - Ryan Cook;
Anxiety - photography - Shelby Montelongo;
Just Hold On - drawing, mixed media - Jessica Byrd;
The First Release - mixed media - Savannah Morra;
It Was Like a Fire - painting, mixed media - Alexis Aquilina;
The Blessing - sculpture - Hannah Brown;
Psalm 8 - audio - Michelle Lum;
What Are You Running From? and Haunted - photography - Chris Rasmussen;
48.75° N, 122.47° W (1-3) - photography - Chris Rasmussen;
Lighted Shadow - photography - Kira Bester;
On The Road - photography - Kira Bester;
Possession - mixed media - Alex Sarina;
Silence (Organized) - mixed media - Rachel Emenaker;
"The gesture, not the substance of a prayer” - painting - Alexis Aquilina;
Conversation and Breathe - photography - Cody Kim;
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Additional Space : Hibbelton Gallery
Angelica Nicolle Abalos, Alexis C. Acquilina, Hannah Brown, Tyler Cash, Leslie Chung, Adrianna Coe, Nathaniel Colbert, Tyler Davis, Rachel Emenaker, Nico Hernandez, Lauren Higgins, Soren Iverson, Melanie Kim, Zechariah Liszewski, Randi Martinez, Kearci Moir, Litt Odom, Melody Phillips, Chris Rasmussen, Lisl Ruckert, Amanda Upp, and Jinghua Ye
This compilation of works, created by various art students from BIOLA University, investigates the influence of spatial awareness, both tangible and intangible. These varying approaches to define Additional Space are expressed through diverse media, displaying the inability to set physical limitations on the concept.
CURATORIAL TEAM: Leslie Chung, Jessica Guerra, Haley Hood Erin Jeffries, Melanie Kim, Alexis Rojas, Jinghua Ye
Images of artwork by Nathaniel Colbert, Kearci Moir, Melody Phillips & Chris Rasmussen provided by the artist; used by permission. All other artwork and installation images by Jeff Rau and Melanie Kim from Additional Space exhibition at Hibbleton Gallery, Fullerton, CA. Cover design by Leslie Chung, Jessica Guerra, and Erin Jeffries featuring detail of artwork by Rachel Emenaker.Images of artwork by Nathaniel Colbert, Kearci Moir, Melody Phillips & Chris Rasmussen provided by the artist; used by permission. All other artwork and installation images by Jeff Rau and Melanie Kim from Additional Space exhibition at Hibbleton Gallery, Fullerton, CA. Cover design by Leslie Chung, Jessica Guerra, and Erin Jeffries featuring detail of artwork by Rachel Emenaker. Book design by Leslie Chung and Jessica Guerra.
Self Portrait - sculpture - ANGELICA NICOLLE ABALOS;
Untitled - painting, mixed media - ALEXIS AQUILINA;
His/Hers - painting, mixed media - ALEXIS AQUILINA;
Untitled #1 - ceramics - HANNAH BROWN;
Over the Face of the Deep - video - TYLER CASH, TYLER DAVIS, NICO HERNANDEZ & CHRIS RASMUSSEN;
Portrait of Grace, Matthew, and Heidi - photograpphy - LESLIE CHUNG;
Sistine Chapel Sketches, Skyline, and Bubbles - ADRIANNA COE;
Woman Series - painting - ADRIANNA COE;
Connect 1 - photography - NATHANIEL COLBERT;
Vanishing (Exist) - RACHEL EMENAKER;
Red Triangles - painting - LAUREN HIGGINS;
Glint - printmaking - SOREN IVERSON;
Untitled - photography - MELANIE KIM;
Untitled #1, Untitled #2 - photography - DANIEL LAMBERT;
#1, #3 - photography - ZECHARIAH LISZEWSKI;
Uninterrupted - painting, drawing - RANDI MARTINEZ;
Avoid The Confusion - photography - KEARCI MOIR;
Pool Toys for Pool Boys - painting - LITT ODOM;
Time and Space - drawing - MELODY PHILLIPS;
Church of the Open Door - photography - CHRIS RASMUSSEN;
Polarity #1, Polarity #2 - photography - CHRIS RASMUSSEN;
Bark - LISL RUCKERT;
Seize - painting - AMANDA UPP;
Transgression - sculpture - JINGHUA YE;
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BFA 2014-2015 senior show catalogue
Angelica Nicolle Abalos, Jacob Adent, Katya Austin, Aaron Cantleberry, Hannah Efron, Lauren Higgins, Melinda Kaun, Alyssa Martin, Haley Martin, Randi Martinez, Eddie Moon, David Rhee, Julia Smith, Katelyn Seitz, Amanda Upp, Amy Van Vlear, Josue Abraham Luna, Carol Martinez, and David Wahlman
All artwork and installation images from B.F.A. exhibitions in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery at Biola University. All images provided by the artists; used by permission. Book design by John Griffith.
RUIN//REPAIR - interdisciplinary - Angelica Nicolle Abalos
Seventy Times - interdisciplinary - Jacob Adent
Dust & Dust - interdisciplinary - Katya Austin
Fine/Motion - design - Aaron Cantleberry
Somethings - interdisciplinary - Hannah Efron
An Efflorescence - interdisciplinary - Lauren Higgins
Tactile Spectrum - design - Melinda Kaun
Even in Memory - photography - Alyssa Martin
Super Fine - design - Haley Martin
Emergence - interdisciplinary - Randi Martinez
Return - interdisciplinary - Eddie Moon
Laundry - interdisciplinary - David Rhee
Round 2 - painting - Julia Smith
Excavation - design - Katelyn Seitz
Embrace - painting - Amanda Upp
Burn / Grow / Repeat - design - Amy Van Vlear
Nuestras Historias [Shared stories] - interdisciplinary - Josue Abraham Luna
The Exchange - design - Carol Martinez
“Dear Child” - interdisciplinary - David Wahlman
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I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me : Nery Gabriel Lemus
Nery Gabriel Lemus
Exhibition Statement:
I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me “And who is my neighbor?” Untitled (Mother and Pheasant) Untitled (Barry and I) Untitled (Mom, Barry, and I) Untitled (My Mother and I On a Chair) Guatemalan-American Flag De Guatemala a Guatepeor From L.A. to Calabasas I Was a Stranger in Egypt Mi Mama Nunca a Volado en Ovni My Mother Did Not Come From Outer Space
Cover images: Design by Rebecca McKinney featuring De Guatemala a Guatepeor and She’s Always Known that She’s Not a Wetback, by Nery Gabriel Lemus All documentation photographs by Jeff Rau, from exhibition in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery. I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me (exhibition catalog), by Nery Gabriel Lemus Editor: Jeff Rau Copyright © 2015 Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery All rights reserved. First Edition. Book design by Rebecca McKinney and Melanie Kim.
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The coded image
Adam Ferriss, Stephanie Washburn, Josh Azzzrella, Joshua Clayton, and Penelope Umbrico
The Coded Image features five artists wrestling with the increasing instability of images in the present information age. More and more of the images we encounter today are mediated by electronic technologies—from big screen televisions to smart phones, from mass media to social media. The distribution of this electronic content involves a process of breaking down images to streams of data that are later reconstituted on our screens. This inherently destructive/reconstructive process challenges the perceived stability and continuity that were early distinctives of photography. March 7-March 26, 2015.
Cover image: Enceladus, 2015 (detail), by Adam Ferriss All artwork documentation photographs by Jeff Rau, from exhibition in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery.
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L.A. Tabulae ad Astra
Drik Hagner and Karin Lanzoni
L.A.: Tabulae ad Astra (Los Angeles: Maps to the Stars) is a series of prints integrating portions of street maps of Los Angeles with gestural lines, impromptu marks from testing pen nibs, and cutting lines on boards—all unwittingly produced in the artist’s studio while working on other projects. The combined layers of intersecting and overlapping marks take on a surprising cartographic character that is reinforced by additional ancient map-like elements such as measurement grids, Latin phrases, beastiary, and scale markers. The resultant prints are also physically connected to the Los Angeles landscape, being printed on paper that was first soaked and stained in the waters of the L.A. River. Together Tabulae ad Astra plays on the constant tensions of control vs. freedom, order vs. complexity, safety vs. adventure, and city vs. wilderness.
Cover images: Design by Rebecca McKinney featuring Tab.10 and ephmera, by Dirk Hagner, courtesy of the artist. Artwork images by Dirk Hagner, courtesy of the artist. All other documentation photographs by Jeff Rau and Melanie Kim, from exhibition in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery. L.A. Tabulae ad Astra (exhibition catalog), by Dirk Hagner Editor: Jeff Rau Contributing author: Karin Lanzoni Copyright © 2015 Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery. Book design by Rebecca McKinney.
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Transform
Tina Linville, Jaime Scholnick, J. R. Uretsky, Jeff Rau, Virginia Broersma, Shana Nys Dambrot, and Chris Davidson
TRANSFORM brings together new and recent works by Tina Linville, Jaime Scholnick, and J.R. Uretsky. All three artists develop their work through a studio practice that may be most concisely described as mixed media sculpture—beginning with ordinary materials and found objects that are transformed into something new, greater than the sum of its parts. At the hands of these artists, discarded packing material is admired for its complex sculptural forms, piles of fabric and netting become a skin for anthropomorphic objects, and the human figure is transformed into strange creatures.
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BFA Spring 2014 Senior Show Catalog
Holly Mosebar, Amanda Yamashita, Thomas Mauriello, Michael Mauriello, Madison Krueger, Meagan Ellena Hubin, Nathaniel Smith, Daniela Pacheco, Matthew Whaling, Tammy Oh, Tiffany White, Beau Morris, Christa Rorer, Lori Lusk, Sydney Walters, Cristina Malais, and AnnaLisa Cruz Gasporra
Exhibition catalog for Spring 2014Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) thesis exhibitions in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery at Biola University.
Unwind - photography - Holly Mosebar;
Humans Being - interdisciplinary - Amanda Yamashita;
Big Miley - design - Thomas Mauriello;
Humans Being - interdisciplinary - Michael Mauriello;
Drop - design - Madison Krueger;
Collate - design - Meagan Ellena Hubin;
The Metaphysics of Unnatural Light - design - Nathaniel Smith;
Between the Lions - sculpture - Daniela Pacheco;
Inquiry - painting - Matthew Whaling;
Ambiguous Psyche - design - Tammy Oh;
Recollections - photography - Tiffany White;
Everyday Bulbs - design - Beau Morris;
What Makes a Man? - photography - Christa Rorer;
{ b a r e } - photography - Lori Lusk;
The Quickening - painting - Sydney Walters;
Correlate - painting - Cristina Malais;
Illuminate - painting - AnnaLisa Cruz Gasporra;
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IMPERFECT, IMPERMANENT, AND INCOMPLETE : the sculpture of John Leighton
John Leighton
I’m not seeking universal symbols or truths; I am interested in making sculpture that remains viable, perhaps even poetic, as time passes. I want my work to exhibit what I have called “strange familiarity.”
Whatever they may or may not mean is beyond my influence. Whatever I have to say in my work sounds different to each listener. It is my sincere hope that, for you, these sculptures are precisely what they were meant to be. -- Professor John Leighton Winter, 2014
THE ITINERATE TINKER
SHOTOKU’S CARRIAGE
Kuwa
Warrior
Burden
Magatama
THOUGHTS ON PROCESS & MATERIALS
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Storytellers
Adonna Khare, Patty Wickman, Laura Lasworth, Nathan Huff, Siri Kaur, and Duncan Simcoe
Cover background image and page textures: Courtesy of Lost & Taken (lostandtaken.com) Images of works by Siri Kaur and Nathan Huff provided by the artists; images of works by Laura Lasworth provided by Lora Schlesinger Gallery; used by permission. All other documentation photographs by Jeff Rau, from exhibition in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery. Book design by Katelyn Seitz.
The Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery BIOLA UNIVERSITY
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Violent bear it away : 12 artists respond to violence
Luc Delahaye, Sonny Assu, Ira Lippke, Amanda Hamilton, Nery Gabriel Lemus, Margarita Cabrera, Jes Schrom, Sandow Birk, Elyse Pignolet, Samira Yamin, André Goeritz, Lia Chavez, and Binh Danh
Francis Tarwater awoke to find himself laying in the wake of unspeakable violence. When he arose, he found himself transformed—a prophet. His eyes, at last burned clean, began to see the world differently. This revelation brought a new calling and soon, a message that he must deliver to those still sleeping in the darkness. Much like Tarwater, Flannery O’Connor’s bourgeoning prophet from the novel The Violent Bear It Away, each of the artists in this exhibition have been struck by an awareness of violence, the scars of which are seen etched on bodies, inflicted upon the landscape, and cut into our memories. They now stand on the other side of their own awakening, unable to turn back, compelled to respond. The specific violence examined by each artist varies greatly: from the substantial physical cost of war to the abstract metaphysical violence of representation/ memory; and from the oppressive action of human institutions to the sublimely terrifying forces of nature.
Jeff Rau - curator; We also sincerely appreciate the work of graphic designer Kaylin Johnson who has helped to translate this project into its present book form so that its impact live on beyond the walls of the gallery.
Kabul Road - photography - Luc Delahaye;
Taliban - photography - Luc Delahaye;
Longing - sculptures - Sonny Assu;
untitled (Banda Aceh tsunami - photography - Ira Lippke;
Beautiful Terrible - film - Amanda Hamilton;
If Your Daughter Ever - drawing - Nery Gabriel Lemus;
Until the Day Breaks and the Shadows Flee - drawing - Nery Gabriel Lemus
untitled (DV Series #’s 1-9) - drawing - Nery Gabriel Lemus;
Backpack (Green) - soft sculpture - Margarita Cabrera;
Cleaning Supplies - soft sculpture - Margarita Cabrera;
Reconstructive Memory - drawing, video - Jes Schrom;
99 Names of God (AK-47 exploded view) - drawing - Sandow Birk & Elyse Pignolet;
99 Names of God (U.S.A.) - drawing - Sandow Birk & Elyse Pignolet;
Geometries II - media - Samira Yamin;
Geometries III - media - Samira Yamin;
Geometries VI - media - Samira Yamin;
Geometries V - media - Samira Yamin;
Does Not Play Well With Others - painting - André Goeritz;
It’s an Odd Fickle Cross - painting - André Goeritz;
Ignore the Smoke and Smile - painting - André Goeritz;
Wager - painting - André Goeritz;
True Light Dynamic Image: For healing & unity in the world of art - fiber print - Lia Chavez;
True Light Dynamic Image: For the future of performance art, 2:00 - 3:20am - fiber print - Lia Chavez;
True Light: HEAL US/ HEAL U.S - print - Lia Chavez;
Portraits of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum - photography - Binh Danh;
Iridescence of Life - photography - Binh Danh;