Visiting Artist Workshop: Gesture and Proportion of the Figure, Doane University

Posted February 13, 2022 & filed under NEWS.

In conjunction with my exhibition Natural Rites at Doane University’s Rall Gallery, I was invited to teach a figure drawing workshop to art students focusing on gesture and proportion on February 10, 2022. Thanks to all the students that participated!

Natural Rites – Solo Exhibition at Doane University

Posted February 1, 2022 & filed under NEWS.

My paintings, drawings, and videos are currently on view at Doane University in a solo exhibition titled Natural Rites from February 1-28

Faculty Exhibition 7

Posted January 30, 2022 & filed under NEWS.

EXHIBITION DATES:
January 28 – July 31, 2022
Bill L. Harbert Gallery and Gallery C
Opening Night Event for Jan. 27 postponed; New date and time to be announced

Central to the “Auburn Experience,” faculty members contribute some of the most provocative work and compelling visual arts research within the southeast. Faculty Exhibition Seven features more than 20 remarkable and noteworthy artists, makers and thinkers in textiles, furniture design, film making, painting, sculpture, public art, collaborative processes and installation-based media.

With strong representation from studio artists in the Department of Art and Art History, this dynamic group exhibition includes faculty from the College of Architecture, Design and Construction, the College of Human Sciences and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

**Faculty Artists**
Taneshia West Albert and Alaundra Shealey
Noah Breuer
Annie Campbell
Lijun Chao and Andy Holliday
Christian Dagg
Wendy DesChene
Anna Ruth Gatlin
Sara Gevurtz
Milliam Giang Pham
Lauren Howard
Zach Koch
Zdenko Krtic
Young A. Lee
Corky Nell
Sarah Odens
Lindsay Tan and Taneshia West Albert
Kristen Tordella-Williams
Courtney Windham
Jerrod Windham
Lauren Woods
Michael Zabala

CIRCLE/CYCLE at Pensacola State College

Posted December 1, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Six Degrees of Separation: A Retrospective Film Festival

Posted November 16, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Artist Talk – Hierophanic Territories, Ground Floor Contemporary

Posted October 17, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

A recording of the artist talk for *Hierophanic Territories* at Ground Floor Contemporary, along with artists Liza Butts and Tracie Noles-Ross, is now available to watch on Youtube. Click image for a link to the video.

The In Art Gallery Solo Feature – Dream State

Posted October 10, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Dream State is this month’s solo feature on the In Art Gallery’s website. The In Art Gallery is an online gallery and resource for artists to have a platform for exhibiting artwork and reaching a global audience by providing opportunities for artists to submit work in various mediums in an international juried competition.

Hierophanic Territories – Ground Floor Contemporary

Posted September 26, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

I will be a part of a three-person exhibition at Ground Floor Contemporary during the month of October titled *Hierophanic Territories* along with artists Liza Butts and Tracie Noles-Ross. I will be showing work created during my time spent at Athena Standards Residency during July 2021.

Review of Dream State at PSC

Posted September 24, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Read a review of my current solo show, *Dream State,* at Pensacola State College by Troy Moon in *The Pirate*, Pensacola State College’s Digital Magazine

Circle

Posted August 31, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Dream State

Posted August 16, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Athena Standards Residency

Posted August 15, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

This July, I spent a month working in Athens, Greece at Athena Standards Residency along with artist Erin Cross. This residency was funded through a New Faculty Summer Research Grant at Auburn University. I worked on two separate projects, one new body of paintings for an upcoming show at Ground Floor Contemporary, and the other, a beginning to a new video/performance concept titled Resuscutation of Psyche.

SMDT Dancer Sabrina Pretto featured in Dance Magazine

Posted August 12, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Congratulations to SMDT Dancer Sabrina Pretto for being featured in **Dance Magazin**e for your first performance in *Sleeping Beaut*y. It was wonderful working with you and all the other dancers.

Six Degrees Dance Review: SMDT Sleeping Beauty

Posted August 12, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Click photo for a review of SMDT Sleeping Beauty by Cecly Placenti of Six Degrees Dance

Our DNA- Kehler Liddell Gallery

Posted June 19, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Three of my videos were included in *Our DNA*, a juried exhibition at Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, CT. The show will be up from June 24-July 25. Click image for more information about the show.

SMDT Season III: Sleeping Beauty

Posted June 17, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

I am collaborating again with Sheep Meadow Dance Theatre to produce artwork for *Season III: Sleeping Beauty.* For more information about the livestream, which will take place on June 22 at 7:30pm EST and to purchase tickets click here.

Ground Floor Contemporary

Posted May 14, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Artfields 2021

Posted April 22, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Studio Visit Magazine vol 48

Posted April 14, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Excited to be in the company of other artists in Volume 48 of *Studio Visit Magazine*, juror, George Kinghorn, Director and Curator of University of Maine Museum of Art. Click here to see the digital version of the publication.

Artist Panel for NIU Storied References Exhibition

Posted March 26, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Click image to see recording of the event.

Of Fantastic Stories, Freaks & Feminism: Beyond Gender Myths in Art

A panel discussion with artists Sarah Bielski, K. Johnson Bowles, Patricia Constantine, Rhonda Urdang and Lauren Woods from Storied Reference at NIU Art Museum. Conversation and discussion moderated by Kristen Myers, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology at East Carolina University and Deputy Editor of Gender & Society.

Movements, Moments in Washington Post

Posted February 26, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Mark Jenkins of *The Washington Post* wrote about *Movements, Moments* currently on view at Target Gallery. Click Image to read the article on the show. My video *Circle Dances* is included in this exhibition.

Field Dress Portal

Posted February 11, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Vermont poet, Sarah Audsley, recently wrote an ekphrastic poem based on my painting *Field Dress*. Click image to read her commentary behind her creative process. And click here to read her poem *Field Dress Portal.*

Spring Valentine with Era Contemporary

Posted February 11, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

I have a few works included in Spring Valentine, a online exhibition by Era Contemporary based in Philadelphia, PA. Click image to see the collection of works.

Gallery Talk for Mythic Nature at GMA

Posted January 26, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

On January 7, I gave a virtual gallery talk at Gadsden Museum of Art for my solo show *Mythic Nature*, click image to see the Facebook Live

Review of SMDT Season II by Six Degrees Dance Blog

Posted January 26, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

Click Image to read a review of SMDT Season II by Cecly Placenti of Six Degrees Dance

Movements, Moments at Target Gallery

Posted January 8, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

*Circle Dances* is included in *Movements, Moments* is a new digital and in-person exhibition at Target Gallery. This exhibition aims to create a dialogue on work that focuses on the intersection of art and movement. This can be represented as physical movement as visual expression, such as dance or performance-based work, or movement represented conceptually, such as exploring the idea of growth or the passage of time. This is an all-media group exhibition with filmed performance-based work and video work encouraged.
This exhibition will be presented both on a digital platform and physically in the gallery space. Click image to see a digital catalog of the exhibition.

Storied References at NIU Art Museum

Posted January 8, 2021 & filed under NEWS.

I have five pieces included in this group exhibition at Northern Illinois Art Museum. Click image for more information.

SMDT Season II at Culture Lab LIC

Posted December 10, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

**Sheep Meadow Dance Theatre** Presents *Virtual SEASON II* with **Culture Lab LIC** at **the Plaxall Gallery on 12/22/2020**. *Season II* will present original choreographic works, including Body Tides and a new abridged Nutcracker by **Artistic Director Billy Blanken**. My artwork will be featured in the live-streamed performance produced by **10KProductions**. Click here for a link to tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4856175?fbclid=IwAR0dgEUeBSPmedc86M3Z2X2CROFU4GebnxAAX_G1OcEMLJqasI58VkG9CkY

Instagram Live Interview with Billy Blanken about SMDT Season II

Posted December 10, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

Recently, Billy Blanken and I did an Instagram Live to chat about our collaboration for **SMDT Season II at Culture Lab LIC on December 22, 2020**. Click image to view the chat.

Breeden Endowment Grant

Posted December 10, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

Recently, my project, *Contemporary Cast Sculpture Drawing: Bringing Greater Diversity and Inclusion Into the Studio Art Classroom*, was fully funded by the **2021 Daniel F. Breeden Endowed Grant Program at Auburn University**. This project aims to introduce a contemporary and inclusive approach to the practice of academic cast drawing by commissioning diverse, naturalistic portrait sculptures from a living artist. The Daniel F. Breeden Endowed Grant Program supports teaching and learning projects that directly benefit the instructor, students, and Auburn University’s overall teaching program. It is managed by the Biggio Center, and the grant review and selection panel is drawn from the University Senate Teaching Effectiveness Committee. Click image for more information about the program.

SECAC Conference 2020

Posted December 10, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

At this year’s SECAC virtual conference, hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University, I chaired a panel titled “The Figure Beyond a Constructed Ideal: Representing Contemporary Bodies and Identities in the Studio and the Classroom.” The panel, comprised of national and international artists Daniel Esquiva Zapata, Alaina Plowdrey, Alexandra Giannell, and Evin Dubois, focused on creative scholarship in the realm of figurative art. Participants discussed various ways of representing bodies in a contemporary context, and examined a range of approaches to the human form that expand upon or transcend classical, academic, or popular-culture ideals of representation.
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Mythic Nature

Posted November 15, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

WKGC Public Radio Interview

Posted October 29, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

Quarantine

Posted September 25, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

The New PreRaphaelites

Posted September 9, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

One of my paintings was chosen for this online group exhibition presented by Harcum College and Era Contemporary in Philadelphia, PA. Click Image for more details.

A Figural Exhibition

Posted September 9, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

Contaminated

Posted May 6, 2020 & filed under NEWS.

My video Circle Dance is a part of Contaminated, an online exhibition produced by the Institute For Aesthetic Advocacy, an art collective based in Minneapolis, MN. Click image for a link to the exhibition.