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 Michael Biondo |
SEVEN. ONE. SIX. PART DEUCE December 2009 SEVEN of Buffalo's young emerging artists cordially invite you to SEVEN. ONE. SIX. PART DEUCE. This painting exhibit brings together SEVEN artists brought together by ONE place, the University at Buffalo. The exhibit will include works by Michael Biondo Laura Bochet Cory Brabon Katie Coyle Alana Fajemisin Cat McCarthy Tara Warwick Although the artists share a common media their works differs greatly. The group's work generally comments on society, social issues, and pop culture. |
 Brian A. Kavanaugh |
Rumors and Folktales Expanding on his homage to The Garden of Earthly Delights, Brian A. Kavanaugh presents seven new, large-scale collage works, introducing us to provocative characters and themes in the process.
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 Dennis Maher  Julian Montague  J-M Reed |
Ecologies of Decay Ecologies
of Decay, featuring work by Dennis Maher, Julian Montague and
J-M Reed, examines urban decay that arises through the social,
political and economic processes of urban contraction. The resource
is Buffalo, NY, yet the ecologies surrounding the process of
decay describe the changing nature of the 19th century American
city. |
 Proof |
July, 2009 Proof, an integration
of media where photo realism meets analog layering and paint meets
philosophy. Featuring work by: Kristin Brandt, Elena Sireci, David
Tarsa, Margaret LeJeune and Daniel Christmann. |
 James Cooper |
May 1 - May, 2009 "Urban Sensuality: Textures & Tones" will showcase a collage of participating artists from Artspace Buffalo Lofts, the City of Buffalo and Boston, MA offering an opportunity for networking, exposure and future collaborations. The featured artist for this event is James Cooper III, Chicago born, raised in Buffalo. James Cooper is known for his use of vibrant colors, textures and tones in his paintings and digital mixed media. Two of the Spoken word performances will include, "I Now Know", an inspirational and encouraging look at love, written by Roszella Davis and "Chocolate" written by Lonnie Harwell. Other poets: Netare Ali Gault, Dayatra Molson and Jessica Thorpe. Visual artists from Artspace: Katie Sehr, Tim Raymond, Renee Oubre, Sherry Sherrill, Lukia Costello, Altamese S., Jason Redding, Amanda Beale, Ricardo Navarret. Community participants: Ricardo Thomas (Boston, MA), Michael Biondo, Robin Mols, Jessica Thorpe, Youssoupha Lo, Teresa Mingo and Lilly Pearl. |
 Settled |
May 1 - May, 2009 SETTLED followed last year's Unpacking Artspace, with more of the exciting art that drew hundreds to last year's opening party. The exhibition is curated by Gerald Mead. Mr. Mead exhibits widely and often. His work consists of photographic-based miniature collage and assemblage, utilizing found objects and a wide range of photographic material. During nearly 20 years as a curator at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, he organized more than 100 exhibits, including a Cindy Sherman retrospective and a survey of Milton Rogovin's work, as well as exhibits that traveled across the country. He continues to serve as a lecturer in design at Buffalo State College. He also teaches at the Chautauqua Institution. Featured artists including: Kathryn Sehr, Lukia Costello, Kristin Brandt, Patricia Schraven, Jeffrey Proctor, Anne Goldsmith, Colleen Morrissey, Timothy Englert, Brian Kavanaugh, Kyla Kegler, Amanda Beale, Eric Dates, Janice Davis, Chantal Morrisey, Melissa Luciano, Nick Bruscia, J. Tim Raymond and Shodra Cabrera. |
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April,
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Members of the freshman class of the New York Foundation of the Arts (NYFA) MARK Buffalo program will hold an exhibit of their artwork at Artspace, 1219 Main Street in Buffalo, with the opening to be held from 6-10 p.m. Saturday, April 4. The artists who will be exhibiting are Val Dunne, Lukia Costello, Jax Deluca, Iris Kirkwood, Connlith Keogh, Kara Daving, Kevin Kegler and Dennis Bertram. The Artspace gallery hours are from noon-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday or by appointment. MARK is the (NYFA) new statewide six-month program, started in late 2007, for visual artists who want an opportunity for individualized focus on the professional side of their creative practice. MARK addresses the concerns of artists living outside of New York City while providing them with a new network statewide. Participating artists can expect MARK to spark goals and help to define concrete steps while providing individual and group feedback on how to better present themselves. The MARK Program includes focus on how artists can expand their visibility, emphasizes goal setting and includes using the Internet effectively, strengthening grant or project applications, improving writing and speaking about their work and identifying exhibition opportunities. Between seminars, artists will be assigned projects related to their specific goals and individual feedback given to all participants. The first class of Buffalo MARK artists traveled to New York City as the conclusion of the program to present themselves and their at to curators and gallery operators there. Kara Daving: Kara Daving's work represents a marriage of two contradictory worlds: the natural and the synthetic. She explores the similarity between jellyfish and plastic bags while examining the ramifications of when they are commingled in the oceanic abyss. Recently her work has been shown in Las Vegas, San Francisco, Kentucky, Ontario and New York. Kevin Kegler: This past year, Kevin Kegler had solo exhibits of his recent paintings and mixed-media constructions at the 10th Street Community Garden and at Chow Chocolat, both in Buffalo. He is preparing for two more exhibits in Western New York this year at Art Dialogue and the Meibohm Gallery. Lukia Costello: Lukia Costello is an award winning local exhibitor and arts volunteer working to local artists and arts organizations via board membership of Artspace Buffalo Alliance, The Urban Canvas project and volunteer with the Buffalo Society of Artists and the Arts Council of Buffalo. She also donates artwork and photographic services to non-profits. Dennis Bertram: Dennis Bertram is currently completing a large 60 by 72 inch painting at the Buffalo Arts Studio, one of his "flying" series of paintings. Dennis Bertram will be giving a painting demonstration and artist talk at the East Aurora Art Society on April 17. Val Dunne:
Is currently working in both traditional black and white photography,
as well as digital color formats. The resident photographer and
artist member of the board of the directors at the Buffalo Arts
Studio has shown her work at the Buffalo Arts Studio, CEPA, Hallwalls
and the Olean Public Library, and recently had a successful solo
show at Betty's. She has donated her work to various charities,
including AIDS research and the SPCA. |
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February 20 - March 29, 2009  Featuring work by: Malcolm Bonney, Robin Mols, Larry Griffis,
The Cartesian divide involves meditations on perception, seeing one's self seeing. It involves humanity's ability to recognize the fluidity of identity, for example: Kasmir Malevich using folklore as a tactic to insert.
The rhizome is not a tracing mechanism, but a map. Mapping can exist without referring to anything outside the map, a circulation of states. The Cartesian divide between mind and soul is the intersection of desire and repulsion where technical precision refutes chaos. January 30 - February 15, 2009 Featuring work by UB Fine Art Students: Michael Biondo, Corey Brabon, Laura Bochet, Katie Coyle, Alana Fajemisin, Cat McCarthy & Heather Yearley November 29 through December 20th
Artists: "Complex Compost" features the artworks of four emerging local artists, each using found objects as a medium to translate the material language of our surroundings. Viktoria Ciostek, Oreen Cohen, Kara Daving, and Scott Bye explore dualistic themes of the human role in the environment, particularly the relationship between creation and destruction, the material nature of existence, and the juxtaposition of the natural and the synthetic. In each of these works, objects once deemed as trash become celebrated, examined and reassigned into new meanings. By placing discarded objects into innovative, unfamiliar contexts, each artist examines the notion of reuse and renewal, transforming everyday experiences into their own artistic interpretations. October 10 through November 15th Being Absent is a video screening and exhibition at the Artspace Buffalo gallery that brings together past graduates from the MFA programs in Visual Studies and Media Study at the University at Buffalo. The theme of the exhibition is a response to the long-standing trend of migration away from the city, and results from a desire to reconnect with those who have left. 19 artists are bringing a diverse collection of time-based work that incorporates elements of video, animation, installation, robotics, and live performance - all of which was produced after finishing their degrees at UB. For some of the participating artists, Being Absent marks their first return to Buffalo and the first opportunity for the art community to experience any of their recent work. |
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