Jon’s studio is filled with scrap materials from years of artmaking: sketches, notes, tape, table coverings, and unfinished works. They are artifacts of phases both inside and outside of the studio, containing the questions, mistakes, and discoveries of their time. The process is a reevaluation of each scrap, its origin, and the search for a resolution: when a torn drawing or an old piece of tape just fits.”
#jonrollins
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Juan Logan lives and works in Belmont, North Carolina. Logan’s artworks address subjects relevant to the American experience. At once abstract and representational, his paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, and videos address the interconnections of race, place, and power. They make visible how hierarchical relations and social stereotypes shape individuals, institutions, and the material and mental landscapes of contemporary life.
#juanlogan
Ruth states that her creative process begins with “designing my work digitally. This gives me the opportunity to experiment and make mistakes while also setting up my designs to be laser cut in the process. These designs are typically geometric in nature, surfacing the hidden yet simple structures behind people or moments – a person sitting in a chair or a moon rising over a rooftop.”
#ruthcsmith
Shara Mays is an Oakland-based visual artist whose work addresses systemic racism through an autobiographical approach. Using abstract expression and intuitive impression, Mays’ paintings and installations invoke landscapes and emotions connected to her family history in North Carolina.
#sharamays
Anthony Garcia-Copian is an abstract acrylic painter, born in Cuba, and now based in the Triangle.
#anthonygarciacopian
Mary Anne Keel Jenkins (1929-2017) is considered to be one of North Carolina’s most significant female painters. In addition to private collections, her work can be found in the permanent collections of many museums. Gallery C in Raleigh represents her estate.
#maryannekeeljenkins
So I had the pleasure of meeting Sydney at the opening of Taking Shape. She also recently told more about her story on HOKA’s blog. She’s truly an inspiration!
#sydneyzester
Eduardo is featured in Through the Layers along with Wiley, which is part of a showcase of art exhibitions, performances, and experiences accompanying the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability Conference (LEAD®), which will take place in Raleigh from August 1 – 5, 2022.
#eduardolapetina
Ann is the 2022 Artspace Universal Access Resident at Artspace. This program provides funding, studio space and support for an artist who identifies as having a disability to produce a solo exhibition (which is up now).
#annroth
has work up in In Conversation at Hodges Taylor along with Ashlynn.
More (definitely encourage readers to try to see this work irl, as with all Art, but these in particular- the details just do not translate in the tiny image below).
#katymixon
Painting After Art is Dead 