current shows

I'm in two groups currently, one in Boulder at The Dairy Center for the Arts, and one at b.j. spoke gallery in Huntington, New York. At The Dairy I'm showing my large piece, CW, and two smaller heraldic shields, Kit and Nan. At b.j. spoke I'm showing two small prints on paper, All Me and Healed.

ROY G BIV

My first show in my hometown of Columbus, Ohio opens tomorrow night at ROY G BIV Gallery!  I'm showing with two other talented artists, Michael Kellner and David Leighty.  Install went great and the work looks fantastic!

I will also be giving an artist talk in the gallery on Saturday, June 29.

If you find yourself in Columbus, please stop by the gallery in June!

uw parkside

I have a print in the 23rd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  The exhibition was curated by my mentor and friend, the AWESOME John Hitchcock.  The opening reception was on April 6th and the show is up until July 19th, so if you find yourself in Kenosha stop by!

upcoming shows

I have works in two upcoming printmaking exhibitions, one here in Denver and one in Iowa.

The Print 528.0 exhibition opening reception is on Friday, February 1 during First Fridays in Denver.  My friends and fellow artists, Catherine Chauvin and Fawn Atencio, are also showing work, so come out and support us if you're in the area!

material engagements

The RedLine resident artist group show, Material Engagements, curated by Harmony Hammond, is currently on view until the end of the month!  We had a lovely opening reception at the end of October and have had a couple of write-ups.  Read about the show here and here.

I showed four new 30" x 40" screenprints on paper:

Closely Knit (Bluebell)

Closely Knit (Aster)

Closely Knit (Sunflower)

Closely Knit (Sweet Pea)

dana schutz and new work

Here's a sneak peek of some new prints (on paper!) that I made for our upcoming group show at RedLine, Material Engagements, curated by the artist, writer, and curator Harmony Hammond.

In other news, Dana Schutz was in residence at University of Denver this past week and a half.  Her exhibition of works on paper at the Denver MCA opened last week, and her big ten-year survey opens at the Denver Art Museum in November.  While on campus, she made some monotypes in the printshop with Catherine Chauvin.

UICA

CW is currently installed in an exhibition at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  the show at UICA was a part of ArtPrize 2011, an annual city-wide art competition that invites national and international artists to exhibit in art venues all around Grand Rapids.  the competition hosts numerous art-related events and seeks to encourage the general public to venture out into the city to view art.  my piece was also featured on the cover of the exhibition pamphlet!  thanks to UICA for such a great opportunity.

click here for my artist page at the UICA website.

you win some, you lose some

DO installation

 

direct object sneak peek

amelia and i are collaborating on an installation for the overture center for the arts.  the opening reception is on friday, july 15, coinciding with the openings of two other exhibitions at the overture.  our installation will be up until the middle of september!

here's the blurb from their website:

Overture Galleries

Direct Object

an exhibition by Amelia Toelke and Chinn Wang

Tue, Jul 5 - Sun, Sep 18

Gallery I | Free

 

In the exhibition, Direct Object, low-relief wall pieces depict images of everyday objects to explore the power and psychology of humans’ intrinsic attraction to objects and images.  Collaborators Amelia Toelke and Chinn Wang combine the materials and techniques of both sculpture and printmaking to create their installation at the Overture Center, employing punctuation elements and typographic symbols to compose a visual run-on sentence.  The exhibition presents the artists’ shared interest in themes of domesticity, nostalgia, consumerism, ornamentation, heirloom, and history.

Summer Gallery Cycle RECEPTION: FRI, JUL 15th from 6 pm to 8 pm

faux finish finished

well it's been a few weeks since my show, and i'm still reeling from the excitement and exhaustion from the epic install (thank you to my all my heroes that day, but especially to lisa, for being the best thesis-maid a girl could ask for, my super duo, A + A, for helping out yet again, and to my mom and dad for slaving away the entire day/night/weekend), my opening reception and the ensuing fun-filled family/friends weekend, my orals, the equally epic deinstall (thank you again to my heroes, andy and andrea), and then the post-grad-post-show slump/life insanity that has unfurled the past couple of weeks.  but that's another tale....

finally, here are some photos from the show and a some of my faves from install and the reception.  more shots can be seen here and here.  and more details of the individual pieces are still to come, as well as the statement that goes with the exhibition.

(the first nine photos are by the amazing jim escalante)