Personality Prosthetic Fairfax High School Art Department & Teen Gallery Studio Art Group April 4 - April 10
Super Specific Selections from George Mason University Curated by Sue Wrbican and Edgar Endress April 13 - May 1
Eye Candy Remmi Brant May 6 - May 18
To See & Stitched Together, Katie Ketcham - Personality Prosthetic
Addison Ripley New Work Julia von Eichel March 12 - April 23 Along with large, boxed constructions, small watercolor and ink drawings make up this second exhibition of von Eichel's work at Addison/Ripley Fine Art, all accomplished in her Brooklyn studio. Ranging from intimate to monumental, von Eichel's most recent body of work demands close inspection for its intricate architecture and subtle surfaces.
Swirling Pink, Julia von Eichel
Alliance Francais Postcards From France Deborah Saks March 4 - April 1
American Painting Fine Art Gallery Showcase Andrei Kushnir Michele Martin Taylor Roger Doyle Eric Westbrook March 10 - April 23 See Andrei Kushnir C&O canal video: here
Indoors and Outdoors Barbara Nuss April 30 - June 11 Still life and landscape paintings
Enlightened Gala, Barbara Nuss
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center Bravos: Groundbreaking Spanish Design April 2 - May 15 BRAVOS introduces American audiences to new works by some of the most talented and successful young Spanish designers. The exhibition features 21 designers from throughout Spain, including internationally renowned Jaime Hayon and Patricia Urquiola, experimental and innovative Curro Claret and Nacho Carbonell, and well-established designers such as Martin Azua, Marti Guixe and Antoni Arola. The works portray a remarkable diversity of styles and techniques representing the best product design from the Spanish Design Boom. BRAVOS is curated by Spanish design expert Juli Capella and is produced by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and co-organized by the American University Museum and the Embassy of Spain.
Art Department Student Exhibitions First Year MFA Students April 2 - April 15
MFA Thesis Exhibition April 23 - May 15
Sam Gillian: A Viper in Paradise April 2 - August 14 Sam Gilliam first took his paintings off their stretchers in 1965, using the liberated canvases to transform gallery walls into three-dimensional abstractions. He has continued to experiment with the practice of painting and the line between painting and sculpture. For this exhibition, Gilliam will transform the 8,000 square foot space of the third floor of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center into an exciting and colorful work of art.
Robert D'Arista: Exceptional Glimpses of an Original April 2 - May 15 Robert D'Arista exerted a large and lasting influence on his many students and admirers. However, it is his artwork that most aptly shows his brilliance as a draftsman, painter and sculptor. Looking at a D'Arista work, regardless of its materials, allows one to enter a world of erudition, rare intellect and insight. The impact of great art says with us and D'Arista's art will surely stay with us a long time.
Chapapote, Curro Claret
Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery What Was There To Be Seen: Yew Tree Project Carolyn Bernstein Paradigm Shift: Bonds and Binds January 26 - April 24 What Was There To Be Seen is an exhibition that focuses on the complexity of science and human biology as seen through the eyes of artists, Carolyn Bernstein and Kindra Crick. Each featured artist uses different techniques while employing scientific and medical imagery to convey emotions, experiences, fantasies and fears.
Applegate Gallery Landscapes Amy McShane March 12 - April 6 Amy McShane is a graphic artist who has turned to oil painting. Her large landscapes are anywhere from Abstract to realism.
Amy McShane
Arlington Arts Center On the Road February 2 - April 3 Exhibition features artists who work in the world, away from gallery or studio environments, inviting unexpected encounters. Many of their projects are created in temporary residencies, and explore tourism, informal public spaces, and nomadic peoples.
New Blood February 2 - April 3 An exhibition by artists at the beginning of their AAC studio residency. Spring Solos April 15 - June 5 Six cutting-edge emerging artists from Washington DC and Baltimore MD, selected by DC collector and curator Michael Pollack and independent international curator Melissa Keys.
Kart, Mary Mattingly
Art Hop @ Tokoma Park April 7 - April 10 Showcases the work of more than 40 artists throughout the businesses in Old Takoma. A variety of art is featured and available for purchase including photography, mixed media, sculpture, jewelry, textiles, and painting
Art League Gallery Water Marks Barry D. Lindley March 10 - April 4 Watercolorist Barry D. Lindley creates striking paintings portraying the effect water has on natural and man-made objects. Filled with both precision and fluidity, these works that are both "of and from water" invigorate the viewer with a sense of physicality and force.
Food, Glorious Food Cindy Packard Richmond April 7 - May 2 For Cindy Packard Richmond, novelist and food writer turned painter, food has always been a central interest in her life. So when her creative passion grew to include the visual arts, it was only natural that she paint the subjects she wrote about for so many years. Richmond's sweeping food-scapes are bursting with color, flavor, and an innovative perspective.
Art Whino Viva La Gummy Mauricio Murillo March 19 - April 16 Mauricio Murillo is known for creating his humorous photographs using Gummy Bears and showing how they imitate human behavior, when left outside the package, in his cynical and hilarious manner. "Viva La Gummy" brings the viewer deeper into the Gummy Bear world Murillo has created.
Shadows, Persona, and Trickery Chris Sheridan June 17 - July 12 The exhibition takes an in-depth look at magic and religion, their symbolism and ritual, how they played a role in building our early societies, and the disconnect between these theories and beliefs and contemporary modes of thinking.
Athenaeum Bare Bones Ruth Trevarrow March 3 - April 10 A collection of powerful shapes and lines distilled from skeletal remains.
Seen and Unseen Joanna Knox April 14 - May 29 A show that is part of an ongoing exploration
of the effects of time on places. Since 2003, Knox has explored the connections
between people and spaces through her large format color photographs of
abandoned spaces. Motivated by the element of new discovery and fear of the
unknown, this series is the result of endless searching on the back roads to
find places long forgotten.
Ruth Trevarrow
Brentwood Arts Exchange Resonant Forms Alonzo Davis Martha Jackson-Jarvis Frank Smith February 1 - April 9 Resonant Forms is intensely visually rich. Its works frame a spectrum of artistic modes that range between expressing through pure color and speaking directly through the conceptual weight of material. Both means are important in each artist's work, while each artist approaches them in different ways. With that common thread, the exhibition takes pleasure in joining these three artists whose statements about their works may not suggest them as an obvious grouping, but when seen side by side reveal a complex kinship in form as well as content that viewers will find deeply rewarding.
Cade Art Gallery Family Matters Guy Ben-Ner Kathryn Cornelius Nathalie Djurberg with music by Hans Berg Thekla Ehling Jesper Just Hillerbrand + Magsamen Nicholas + Sheila Pye Curated by Andrea Pollan March 8 - April 4 An exhibition of video and photography by international acclaimed artists who routinely address family dynamics in their bodies of work.
Whether (video still), Hillerbrand + Magsamen
Corcoran Gallery of Art Richard Gordon: Meta Photographs February 5 - May 1 Framed: Street Photography from the Collection February 5 - April 17 On view this spring are photographs from Richard Gordon's influential book and portfolio Meta Photographs. In this body of work, Gordon explores the self-referential nature of photography in a series of ironic, humorous scenes. Consisting of 47 photographs created between 1973 and 1978 that refer to other images, to the camera, or to the act of looking, Meta Photographs confirms the significance of photography in American culture. Also on display this spring is Framed: Street Photography from the Collection, a small exhibition that considers the various ways in which photographers work with the unpredictable nature of the street. Beginning with Eugene Atget, who documented Paris from the 1890s through the 1920s, this show features street photographs made by such key figures as Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Helen Levitt, Joel Meyerowitz, and Frank Paulin.
NEXT at the Corcoran: BFA Class of 2011 April 23 - May 22 A unique opportunity to view the thesis work of the college's graduating seniors in a museum setting. The dynamic, interactive exhibition represents a variety of disciplines and intentions and features work by students from the Corcoran's Bachelor of Fine Arts degree programs in design, fine art, and photography.
Cross Mackenzie Gallery Covered Cindy Kane March 18 - April 13 New paintings on magazine covers
Farewell David Hicks April 15 - May 30 A new sculpture exhibition by the ceramic artist, David Hicks. The title of the show reflects the artist's recent move from his native California to North Carolina and the sculpture by that name was the last he made in his west coast studio. This exhibition will also be the last in teh Canal Square gallery before Cross Mackenzie moves to a new location in Dupont Circle.
Gallery 555dc Landscapes: Big and Small Georgia Nassikas Ellen Sinel Bruce Fransen March 3 - March 30 Abstract encaustic, oil on canvas and wood sculpture works
Heavy Metal Women Donna McCullough Joyce Zipperer Minna Newman Nathonson Leila Holtsman Joan Konkel Julie Girardini April 1 - April 19
Thirteen Inch Lure, Joyce Zipperer
87Florida Distracted Living Corcoran College of Art + Design 26th annual Printmaking Portfolio April 1 - April 22 This year's theme, Distracted Living, is brought to life through a collaborative effort between Corcoran artists and poets in the D.C. community and beyond. Working together, the creative partners interpret Distracted Living both visually and through the written word. The resulting prints will embody a shared creative vision realized through a wide range of traditional and experimental printmaking techniques, including screenprint, lithograph, etching, letterpress, relief, and digital.
Handful, Shahrzad Jalinous
Fraser Gallery Water and Land Lee Goodwin March 11 - April 2 In it's last exhibition before closing, the Fraser Gallery presents landscape photography by this DC-based photographer
Lock 7 in Fog, Lee Goodwin
Glenview Mansion Artsites, the Guild for Judaic Art - Mixed media Elroy Williams - Mixed media North Bethesda Camera Club - Photography April 3 - April 26
Glenview Mansion Annual Student Art Show March 6 - March 29 Students in high school, middle school and elementary school are eligible to enter the exhibit. Students must reside or attend school in the corporate City limits of Rockville. The show allows each student to submit one 2-D or 3-D work in any media.
Greater Reston Arts Center Emerging Visions: A Sense of Place March 4 - April 14 Featuring collaborative projects between Art and English students from Herndon and South Lakes High Schools
Hamiltonian Gallery At Last Joyce Y-J Lee March 12 - April 9 In this latest series, Joyce Y-J Lee oscillates between mediums, utilizing video, drawings and digital prints created during the time she recently spent in the Amargosa Desert in Nevada located on the edge of Death Valley. Living and working amongst the hauntingly beautiful landscape as well as the local residents of this small mining community, Lee has yet again produced introspective works that highlight the use of light as meaning.
Call + Response: Textures April 16 - May 7 The exhibition builds on the theme of "call and response," a succession of two distinct phrases played by different musicians in which the second phrase comments on or responds to the first. In each pairing, the writer provides the "call" in the form of a new, intense piece of short fiction or poetry. The visual artist creates the "response" by creating an installation in the gallery. The pairings (writer + artist): Stuart Dybek + TM Sisters Naomi Ayala + Amanda Burnham Reese Okyong Kwon + Maggie Michael Srikanth Reddy + Jon Bobby Benjamin
Call + Response: Textures
Hillyer Art Space Process: Reaffirmation Curated by Gina Marie Lewis April 1 - April 29 This exhibition honors the personal philosophies, practices, and vocabularies of eight artists and attempts to explore a visual dialogue between their works. Ms. Lewis states, "The lack of a specific theme outside of this dialogue is not an oversight. The entire process of this exhibition from submission through selection to mounting the show is an experiment of creation in progress." The exhibition represents an opportunity for artists to retain power over their work in the context of their own philosophies and interpretations. The artists selected for this exhibition include Anne Bouie, Daniel Brookings, Joel D'Orazio, Victor Ekpuk, Corwin Levi, Barbara Liotta, Adrienne Mills, and Cleve Overton.
The Sketchbook Project April 15 - April 16 The Sketchbook Project is a touring library and exhibition which features nearly 10,000 sketchbooks by artists from a variety of artistic backgrounds and nationalities. Each artist included in the project was given a brand new sketchbook and requested to fill it with art demonstrating their own individual style and creative eccentricities.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Black Box: Hans Op de Beeck December 6 - March 27 The work of Hans Op de Beeck encompasses sculpture, painting, drawing, installation, photography, video animated film, and short story writing.
Directions: Cyprien Gaillard and Mario Garcia Torres November 10 - March 27 Cyprien Gaillard and Mario Garcia Torres represent a new generation of conceptual artists who examine the architectural and artistic "ruins" of the recent past. Both investigate idealistic historical movements, raising the provocative question of whether the convictions and achievements of today’s artists, architects, and theorists will prove any more enduring than those of previous generations. Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964 - 1977 February 24 - May 15 Though long celebrated throughout Europe, the influential postwar painter Blinky Palermo has mostly escaped America's notice. This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of his work in the United States.
ColorForms Currently on view Presents works from the Hirshhorn's collection, dating from the 1960s to the present, that explore the ways in which color has been an essential tool for artists, regardless of medium.
Milk Run, James Turrell, Colorforms Exhibition
Honfleur Gallery Try a Little Tenderness As Painful as it Seems Ben Skinner March 4 - April 8 The artist's work is heavily text-based, and ranges from installations to lighting to work that hangs on a wall
The New Clear Daze Andrew Liang Eamon Espey David Fair Matt Bovie April 15 - May 20 An exploration of similarities and differences in the work of four emerging Baltimore visual artists. New Clear Daze focuses heavily on color and pattern in their work.
International Visions Interconnected Stan Squirewell March 19 - April 23 In this collection of recent work, Stan Squirewell explores conditions revolving around the empowered and the powerless: institutions/identity, categories/boundaries, and assimilation/transformation
Lawd Please!!!
Irvine Contemporary Image/Fame/Memory Curtis Knapp, Gerard Malanga, Billy Name, Kate Simon & Shepard Fairey in collaboration with Billy Name and Kate Simon March 11- April 23 This exhibition presents photographs by Billy Name, Kate Simon, Curtis Knapp, and Gerard Malanga, and recent screen print images by Shepard Fairey created in collaboration with Billy Name and Kate Simon.
McLean Project for the Arts Youth Art Show: Middle and High Schools March 25 - April 10 Featuring art from Fairfax County Public Schools in the McLean area
Parallels to Terminus Fiona Ross April 14 - June 4 Richmond artist Fiona Ross creates complex images through intricate line work, focusing primarily on stylized depictions of landscape and figure. These drawings, often created from a single, uninterrupted meandering line, possess a directness of purpose that translates to a sense of sureness and serenity.
Unseen Extracts: McLean Project Bill Prosser April 14 - June 4 McLean based photographer Bill Prosser exhibits a series of finely composed black and white images taken primarily in and around McLean, Virginia.
Point of Origin Kristin Reiber Harris April 14 - June 4 Large-scale kaleidoscopic drawings and woodcut prints.
Bill Prosser
Morton Fine Art The Memory of Water Choichun Leung March 11 - March 31
Stories That Breathe Jules Arthur Kesha Bruce Mario Andres Robinson Maya Freelon Asante April 8 - May 4 Exhibition features African American figurative narrative artworks by four nationally renowned contemporary artists.
Mrs Reels, Mario Andres Robinson
Pepco Edison Gallery A Room of Our Own March 1 - April 1 Sponsored by The Art League in Alexandria, VA in honor of Women's History Month, the exhibition features more than 50 images created by the 18 members of f11, A Women's Photography Collective. "The images are as rich and varied as the methods used to make them, reflecting the different perceptions, styles and processes of f11's members," stated Rose O'Donnell, Gallery Director for The Art League.
Shelia Galagan
Project 4 Gallery Green Works Heidi Fowler Sayaka Ganz Julia Anne Goodman Duncan Johnson March 12 - April 22 Features artists who remove paint from their palette and look to the recycling bin for their medium and inspiration. Wood recovered from construction sites, plastic utensils retrieved from a back alley, bottle caps, junk mail, recycled aluminum, and paper made with site-specific ingredients replace traditional artist materials.
No. 122.92.009, Heidi Fowler
Rio Entertainment New Summer Works Anabela Ferguson March 29 - April 19
Soundry Gallery The Chase III: Member Show February 26 - March 30 Over 60 new pieces of art generated by the Soundry Studio Members
Space 7:10 Teens Exhibit Posters on Social Issues Poster Retrospective Gandhi Brigade Program Director: Heather Bradley March 29 - April 22
Stamp Gallery Postconceptualism: The Malleable Object Curated by Mark Cameron Boyd March 7 - April 8 "Exhibition explores the work of nine artists who individually extend and expand upon the theories and ideas of Conceptual art in unique ways" - Mark Cameron Boyd See the Opening Night video: Here
Midpoint Works from UMCP 2nd Year MFA Candidates April 14 - May 13 An exhibition showcasing the work of Selin Balci, Michael Booker, Felicia Glidden, Adam Nelson, Peter Karis, and Alexander Peace
DerHonigschlecker, Felicia Glidden - Midpoint
Studio Gallery Uncommon Boundries Joyce McCarten March 30 - April 23 New abstract paintings Rectangle Revisited Bud Hensgen & Transition Veronica Szalus March 30 - April 23
Protect. Nurture. Release. Jacqui Crocetta April 27 - May 21
a flow of different light and deep Angelika Wamsler & New Abstract Paintings Suzanne Yurdin April 27 - May 21
Bud Hensgen
Vivid Solutions Cartograph Gerard Lange March 4 - April 8 A combination of digital prints of collaged artists journals, artists trading cards and a large mixed media map featuring the eastern coastal region of North Carolina
Destino Michelle Frankfurter April 15 - June 3 A collection of photographs taken in Mexico along the migrant trail.
New Prints Jenny Freestone April 27 - May 29 New lithographs, etchings, and gravures. The juxtaposition of natural elements and architectural objects raises these prints from simple botanicals to commentary on current issues including human rights violations, environmental stewardship, and religious (in)tolerance.
Waverly Street Gallery International Symmetry Don Bandler March 8 - April 2 "The photographs show my interest in symmetry as reflected in the balanced proportions of the composition of the subjects, using the photographer's rule of thirds and the play of light, shade and grain." - Don Bandler
Pastel Paintings Jean Hirons & New Work Gallery Artists April 5 - May 7
