Artist Updates | Fall 2018

It’s October 2018 and the artists of whitespace continue to have a fantastic year. Check out these items of interest…

1 Our warm congratulations to Stephanie (Dowda) DeMer who graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with her Masters in Fine Arts this past spring. She is currently adjusting to life in Arizona with her husband Scott and promoting her photo book The Oblivion Seekers that has been published by Ultra Terrestrial.

2 More congratulations are in order to Bojana Ginn who was awarded the 2018 Ellsworth Kelly Award, with the Mary S. Byrd Gallery at Augusta University. The Ellsworth Kelly Award goes to galleries that are recognized for the transformative effect they can have on the lives and careers of their artists. Additionally, Bojana Ginn also received the 2017-2018 Working Artist Project grant and has currently has a solo exhibition at MOCA GA from September 22 to November 17. So double congratulations are owed to her!

3 Whitespace artists are traveling the world with their creations. Fulbright scholar Vesna Pavlovic recently returned from her fantastic show Sites of Memory in Belgrade, Serbia at Laufer Art. Vesna also continues the promotion of her book, Vesna Pavlovic’s Lost Art that was released earlier this year. You can find it on Amazon as well as here at the gallery for purchase.

4 Pete Schulte and Johan de Wit, participated in a two-person show, at Art on Paper Amsterdam, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam (NE).

5 Back in the USA, Nancy Floyd’s She’s Got A Gun was at the Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA. The Print Center, Philadelphia, selected Nancy as one of 10 finalists at their 93 Annual Competition. The jurors, José Diaz and Lisa Sutcliffe. Diaz is the Chief Curator at The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh. Lisa Sutcliffe is the Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Milwaukee Art Museum.

6 Matt Haffner’s show Harmonic Dysfunction left whitespace gallery at the end of July but stayed close to home going to the Atlanta Hartsfield- Airport. Countless travelers moving across the country and the world this summer saw his fantastic photo installation.

7 You, Darkness by Wendy Given is on exhibition at Vernissage Fine Art in Portland Organ from August 7 to October 30. Her prints and other works include images of birds and dark blue night sky images and her amazing sculptural pieces.

Standing Torso by Amy Pleasant, 2017, ink and gouache on paper, 30 x 22 inches

8 Amy Pleasant has a show in Hudson, New York at Tom Swope Gallery in collaboration with Jeff Bailey Gallery, September 15 – October 28. Amy’s paintings and sculptures are paired with early Chinese Buddhist sculptures displayed throughout the gallery. She is, also, in a group exhibition, The Unlikely Whole at the ArtYard, Frenchtown, NJ.

9 Eric Mack is in Nashville exhibiting Alpha Numeric at Channel to Channel through October 20. His works contain layers of materials to create geometric spaces from recognizable parts.

10 Sonya Yong James has an installation, A Hundred Blossoms and the Sweetest Scent, at the Zuckerman Museum of Art/Kennesaw State University. Her mixed media piece includes interwoven flowers, roots, and other mixed media materials. If you didn’t make it to the opening, never fear, it will be on view for an entire year.

11 whitespace artists Elizabeth Lide and Zipporah Camille Thompson have both received prestigious residencies. Elizabeth Lide is in residence at Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA. Zipporah Camille Thompson is winding up a 3 week residency the Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency. This much sought after residency interrupted her show at whitespace, September 7 through October 20^th. The show was recently reviewed by ArtsATL and Art Papers so please check it out to see what these writers have to say about Zipporah’s work.

12 Saturday, October 6 from 6-9PM, there will be a dance performance by Zoetic Dance in the main gallery and courtyard. This is a collaboration between Zipporah, choreographer Christina Noel Reaves and the Zoetic Dance Ensemble.

13 Mary Stuart Hall’s beautiful and sensitive installation continues in shedspace exhibiting Drawn From Memory through October 20^th.

14 And, last but not least, Zipporah will have an artist’s talk on Wednesday, October 10 at 7 PM. We hope to see all of you here soon!