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B.J. Spokes Gallery

PAPERWORKS 2022

August 13, 2022 By Debra Disman

I am thrilled to participate in
PAPERWORKS 2022
an international, juried exhibition featuring  artists creating work on, with, or about paper,
presented by the  B.J. Spokes Gallery

August 1 – August 31 2022 online

I am showing:  

“Throes of the Body”

 

Juror: Kiko Aebi is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, a position which she has held since 2019. In this role, she has provided exhibition and acquisition support on various projects. Most recently, she worked with Senior Curator Jodi Hauptman and Associate Curator Samantha Friedman on Cézanne Drawing (2021) and contributed texts to the associated exhibition catalogue. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Research Grant and holds an M.A. in Contemporary Art History from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and a B.A. in Art History and Environmental Studies from Amherst College.

Works by the winners of the international Paperworks 2022 competition will be on display on the Gallery website from August 1 – 31, 2022. There will be a Zoom reception on Saturday, August 13th. Meet and chat with the artists online and meet juror Kiko Aebi, Museum of Modern Art, NY.

Join us for the ZOOM RECEPTION for Paperworks!
Saturday, August 13th, 7 pm EST / 4PM PST!
Meet the artists! Meet the juror! Ask Questions!
Register with this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIoc-iuqzsoGNdKqDWGnJeAKSIa8RuCl204

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: "Profusion", B.J. Spokes Gallery, BOOK STRUCTURE, Form of the Book, Group Exhibition, International Exhibition, International Group Exhibition, Kiko Aebi, Paperworks 2022, Works using paper

EXHIBITIONISTA: PAPERWORKS 2022 at B.J. Spokes Gallery

June 11, 2022 By Debra Disman

Paperworks 2022 is an international, juried exhibition at B.J. Spokes Gallery featuring  artists creating work on, with, or about paper.

I am showing:  

“Throes of the Body”

Juror: Kiko Aebi is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, a position which she has held since 2019. In this role, she has provided exhibition and acquisition support on various projects. Most recently, she worked with Senior Curator Jodi Hauptman and Associate Curator Samantha Friedman on Cézanne Drawing (2021) and contributed texts to the associated exhibition catalogue. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Research Grant and holds an M.A. in Contemporary Art History from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and a B.A. in Art History and Environmental Studies from Amherst College.

Works by the winners of the international Paperworks 2022 competition will be on display on the Gallery website from August 1 – 31, 2022. There will be a Zoom reception on Saturday, August 13th. Meet and chat with the artists online and meet juror Kiko Aebi, Museum of Modern Art, NY.

Join us for the ZOOM RECEPTION for Paperworks: Saturday, August 13th, 7 pm. Meet the artists! Meet the juror! Ask Questions! Register with the link below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIoc-iuqzsoGNdKqDWGnJeAKSIa8RuCl204

 

Tagged With: B.J. Spokes Gallery, BOOK STRUCTURE, Form of the Book, Group Exhibition, International Exhibition, International Group Exhibition, Kiko Aebi, Paperworks 2022, Works using paper

EXPO 41 at B.J. Spokes Gallery

March 18, 2022 By Debra Disman

I am thrilled to be included in:


a virtual exhibition of the b.j. spoke gallery

The show was juried by Sewon Kang, Archivist at The Easton/Bourgeois Archive, formerly Curatorial Assistant at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, who selected the work of 15 artists. I am honored to be included in this roster of stunning creative makers.

Artists and their selected works can be viewed below. Enjoy

David Acquistapace, Saint Louis, MO
Kat Alyst, Austin, TX
Neville Barbour, Silver Spring, MD
Matthew Barton, New Orleans, LA
Kimberlyn Bloise, Edinboro, PA
Stephen Delaney, Middleton, MA
Debra Disman, Los Angeles, CA
Eriko Kobayashi, Carbondale, IL
Anthony Adonis Lewis, Ashland, OR
Kambel Smith, Philadelphia, PA
Karen Theisen, Santa Fe, NM
Amy Usdin, Mendota Heights, MN
Jae Yun Yi, Seoul Korea
Dier Zhang, Brooklyn, NY
Foad Seyed Mohammadi, Gainesville FL

I am showing:
Excavation of the Interior, 2021, 12 x 28 x 12.5″, mixed media (wood, canvas, muslin, mulberry paper, hemp cord, linen thread, watercolor paper)

and
Forest Through The Trees, 2021, 15 x 42 x 12″, mixed media (book board, acrylic paint, hemp cord, wood, canvas, typewriter tape, lace, watercolor paper)

ARTIST STATEMENT                                              
 I work in the form of the book, in forms evoked by the book, and in multidimensional media of my own devising. Both as a solo practitioner and in the public sphere of community engagement I push the body and boundaries of the book into new media, materials and meanings to invite altered ways of viewing the world and how we inhabit it. Although much of the work continues to relate to loose definitions of the book as structure, it is moving into other sculptural and conceptual realms where devotion to material labor and a passion for the haptic become powerful motivators and themes. I am fascinated by the parallels between books and buildings in terms of architecture, meaning and utility. Each constructs public and private spaces where stories are “read” on many levels, often revealing more than their makers ever intended. My work seeks to offer places of contemplation, solace and bafflement, while instigating exploration, investigation and examination of what we think we know, and are.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ARTIST'S BOOKS, B.J. Spokes Gallery, Conceptual Art, Conceptual Artist, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Artist, EXPO 42, Fiber, Fiber Artist, Group Shows, Juried Shows, Los Angeles Contemporary Artist, Sculptural Books, Sculpture, Sewon Kang, Textile, Textile Artist, The Easton Foundation

EXHIBITIONISTA: EXPO 41 at B.J. Spokes Gallery

December 20, 2021 By Debra Disman

I am thrilled to be included in:

EXPO 41, a virtual exhibition of the b.j. spoke gallery

Juror: Sewon Kang,  Archivist at The Easton/Bourgeois Archive in NYC. Formerly she served as Curatorial Assistant at the Museum of Modern Art.

 The Opening Reception will be held on ZOOM – Saturday, March 5th at 7:00pm (EST).

To Attend, Please REGISTER HERE!

View the show HERE!

Tagged With: ARTIST'S BOOKS, B.J. Spokes Gallery, Conceptual Art, Conceptual Artist, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Artist, Contemporary Fiber artist, Contemporary Textile Artist, EXPO 42, Fiber, Fiber Art, Fiber Artist, Group Shows, Juried Shows, Los Angeles Contemporary Artist, Sculptural Books, Sculpture, Sewon Kang, Textile, Textile Art, Textile Artist, The Easton Foundation

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