Adam Lister Gallery Unfamiliar Territories Group Show January 14 - February 21 This exhibit brings together a group of artists that have a common ground of questioning our perceptions of the world within their work. Through modifying, investigating, and engaging in exploration for the purpose of discovery, each artist has formulated their own unique system of communication. The work in this show treads a fine line on the border of reality and imagination, incorporating elements and attributes from both sides. Visual language for these artists is not only a transmission of personal culture, but also a window into alternative views of the universe. Artists: Anna Jane Kocon, Bobby Coleman, Chris Duerk, Craig Hill, Eric Bos, Gail Vollrath, Geoff Ault, Glenn Fischer, Gwynneth VanLaven, Michelle Valenton, Phillip Scarpone, Sabine Carlson, Stephanie Rond, Steve Wanna, Travis Childers
Ring Around the Rosy, Stephanie Rond
Alliance Francais Photography Retrospective Owen Franken January 21 - March 2 Owen Franken's work covers over thirty years; traveling the world, eating good food and photographing everything in between.
American Painting Fine Art Parade of Roses Chad Alan Bernard Dellario Andrei Kushnir Barbara Nuss Carol Spils Michele Martin Taylor January 22 - February 19
Rose Study, Bernard Dellario
Applegate Gallery New Paintings David Grafton January 8 - February 9 "I'm a landscape painter. Like many of my contemporaries, past and present, I am constantly searching for the perfect painting. For me the physical act of painting has become the most important part. Certainly the end result is always something to look forward to, but I'm most interested in the journey" - David Grafton
Images of Bologna John Potter February 12 - March 9
David Grafton
Art League Gallery Understory Alison Sigethy January 6 - February 7 Environmental artist Alison Sigethy draws inspiration from the natural world surrounding her. From collages created of natural fibers to sculptures made from recycled glass, her works have an innate organic quality.
Alison Sigethy
Art Whino Gallery Biomorphic Gigi Bio January 29 - February 16 "My view of the world is a product of the past colliding with the present. I aim to expose the emotional side of the city streets pushing the final image to abstraction & constructing a new view of the world. Each piece represents a world full of ambition, energy and movement. I aim to recreate the world through multiple perspectives captured in various time frames. My artwork is greatly inspired by the world, but hidden between the layers is a narrative of life. My art is a prism of life, beauty and transformation." - Gigi Bio
Gigi Bio
Athenaeum Finding Zero John M. Adams January 6 - February 27 John M. Adams' work activates the perceptual connection between artist, object (or environment), and viewer. The paintings reflect a meditative process of repetitive mark making through the transparent layers of subtle atmospheric and textured surfaces. These chaotic marks are juxtaposed with the structure of a regulated rhythm of horizontal lines. The combination resonates with a quiet vibration that propels the viewer into an image whose color scheme and composition remain ambiguously familiar, as if from an incomplete memory that is nonetheless vivid.
Seep (detail), John M. Adams
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture MFA Imaging and Digital Arts Thesis Exhibition February 1 - February 12 Features works by graduates of the UMBC's MFA programs in Visual Arts
Chevy Chase Pavilion Sustainable and Scrumptious December 1 - February 6 Now in its sixth year, the Food Glorious Food art show, organized by the Zenith Community Arts Foundation will include artists: Bert Beirne, Jay Burch, Stephen Hansen, Philip Hazard, Frank Holmes, Robert C. Jackson, Peter Kephart, Shelley Laffal, Chris Malone, Joey Manlapaz, Anne Marchand, Bill Mead, Jane Pettit, James Tormey and Joyce Zipperer
Philip Hazard
City Gallery Color and Shape Nancy Donnelly Jill Finsen February 5 - February 26 Showcases
Nancy Donnelly's elegant glass art and Jill Finsen's whimsically primitive
paintings executed in oil paint.
Corner Store Gallery Binding Threads Group Show February 5 - February 28 Suspension & Alignment Thom Goertel March 12 - April 4
Cross Mackenzie Gallery Monumental Paisleys Tamara Laird January 21 - March 2 Sculpture Laird is interested in finding the connection between local culture and artistic development. Her current work is based on the paisley motif, a universally recognizable pattern that has been used for thousands of year. The form makes reference to botanical imagery, water, fruit, and fecundity. Usually applied to textiles, the shape is transformed into an elegant yet whimsical and expressive three-dimensional form in Laird's hands - resembling a plant shoot.
Tamara Laird
Curators Office Debt Simon Gouverneur & Andy Moon Wilson January 15 - February 12 About the slippery terrain of artistic debt. In 2006, artist Andy Moon Wilson was introduced to the work of iconoclastic and abstract symbolist painter Simon Gouverneur, who had been based in Washington, DC for the last decade of his life prior to his suicide in 1990. Andy Moon Wilson has spent his artistic career exploring the infinite possibilities of visual design and ornament both as an artist and in his day job as a carpet designer. Simon Gouverneur also investigated global visual design motifs in his paintings and notebook sketches. Both artists share a fascination with archetypal abstracted forms that can communicate on both ethnographically specific and universal levels.
But there is where the similarities end. While Gouverneur intended a profound and rigorous spiritual engagement with his artwork, Moon Wilson rejects this spiritual quest in favor of an exploration of the intensely visual as it expresses itself both historically and, more importantly, in contemporary culture. Mostly, the artist just draws compulsively. But it is an intoxicating visual experience to present these two artists together. Gouverneur's two large paintings are flanked by Moon Wilson's hundreds of small intense works on paper.
Peyote II (detail), Simon Gouverneur
Del Ray Artisans Love Letters Group Show February 4 - February 27 A collection of love-inspired artworks paired with artist's love letters
Beyond Form: Expressing Art March 4 - March 27 All media show exploring color, energy and simplicity inherent in abstract artwork
Gallery 555dc The Media is the Message Jessica Beel Joan Belmar Elissa Farrow-Savos January 18 - February 25 Three regional artists take non-traditional mediums and push them to the limit. Works include: paper on metal, mylar, acrylic, paper and polymer sculptor, wood, metal
Landscapes: Big and Small Georgia Nassikas Ellen Sinel Bruce Fransen March 3 - March 30 Abstract encaustic, oil on canvas and wood sculpture works
Contrast, Joan Belmar
Flashpoint Gallery Solas Nua: Tracing Form Suzannah Vaughan January 7 - February 12 Flashpoint resident organization Solas Nua, the only organization dedicated exclusively to contemporary Irish art in the United States, presents their second Flashpoint Gallery exhibition. In Tracing Form, Irish artist Suzannah Vaughan combines glass and concrete sculptures with string installation. Informed by linear perspective and architectural drawings, the luminous installation is suspended across the gallery space to create a three-dimensional drawing.
Foundry Gallery Feb Four Wayne Johnson Judy Gilbert-Lewey Julia Latein-Kimming Tania Meski February 2 - February 27 New paintings
Shops @ Georgetown Park Georgetown Arts 2011 Citizens Association of Georgetown Group Show January 28 - February 1 More than thirty Georgetown artists exhibit painting, photography, sculpture, 2D and 3D mixed media.
Glenview Mansion Untold Fables Kirk Waldroff February 6 - March 2 DC-based printmaker, sculptor, and painter uses traditional woodcut techniques to create non-traditional prints in glass and on paper. His most recent body of work depicts never-told fables.
Magnus and Parvus, Kirk Waldroff
Greater Reston Arts Center Winter Focus Exhibitions (Un)Natural Travis Childers January 7 - February 18 Menagerie Ellen Cornett January 7 - February 18
Guilt Matt Ravenstahl January 7 - February 18
Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion Charis January 18 - March 4 Exhibit of work by 7 Asian and 7 North American artists that explores the implications of Christian faith and effective artistic practice in an increasingly visually-oriented world where the convergence of cultures is the norm rather than the exception
The Heurich Gallery at 505 Ninth Access and Alteration Adrienne Moumin Colin WInterbottom October 26 - January Both photographers present their interpretations of iconic architectural subjects, using various combinations of traditional photography, digital output and hand-cut and assembled collage techniques.
View to the Mall from the US Capitol Dome, Colin Winterbottom
Hillyer Art Space Monstrous Jessika Tarr February 4 - February 25 Emerging from the dark yet whimsical world of children's literature, Jessika Tarr's exhibition features works that are both narrative and theatrical. Just as German story books combine dark and provocative themes with seemingly innocent illustrations, her works contain a tension between content and style. While overtly signifying fear itself, much of her imagery alludes to the subconscious and collective fantastical, exploring the aesthetics of surrealism and dreams.
Clouds InFormation Helen Glazer February 4 - February 25
Monstrous, Jessika Tarr
Honfleur Gallery New Works Jordan Kasey January 14 - February 18 Jordan Kasey is an emerging artist living in Baltimore, Maryland. Her large scale paintings are surreal oil on canvas landscapes and portraits.
Industry Gallery Fossilized Jens Praet January 15 - February 26 The Belgium-born, Florence-based Praet has shredded and recycled copies of Art in America, Capitol File, Details, Fast Company and Robb Report mixed with clear resin to create five different designs - console, bench, side table, large table and large shelf - each in an edition of 12 with each design made from a specific title. Corresponding works for all the designs, except the large table, were also executed using shredded documents mixed with semi-transparent white resin to create the balance of the exhibition's nine works. Fossilized is part of the designer's Shredded Collection, which originated out of his concern about sustainability and the amount of waste paper being generated globally.
Shredded Collection, Jens Praet
Irvine Contemporary Saturnalia Gallery Artists January 8 - February 12 Exhibition includes works by Teo Gonzalez, Melissa Ichiuji, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Akemi Maegawa, Alexa Meade, Susana Raab, and Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick.
The Kreeger Museum In Unison: 20 Washington, DC Artists January 15 - February 26 The exhibition is a result of a project initiated by the renowned Washington, DC artist Sam Gilliam who invited 20 artists from the community, working in different styles and media, to come together to make a series of five monoprints, one of which would be selected for the show. Curating the selection of prints were Judy A. Greenberg, Director of The Kreeger Museum, Marsha Mateyka of the Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Claudia Rousseau, Ph.D., art critic and art historian and Sam Gilliam. Featuring: bk.iamART.Adams, Akili Ron Anderson, Sondra N. Arkin, Paula Crawford, Sheila Crider, Edgar Endress, Helen Frederick, Claudia Aziza-Gibson Hunter, Sam Gilliam, Susan Goldman, Tom Green, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Walter Kravitz, Gina Lewis, EJ Montgomery, Michael B. Platt and Carol A. Beane, Al Smith, Renee Stout, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Joyce Wellman
Spirit Bones II, Martha Jackson-Jarvis
Long View Gallery Symmetries Ernesto Santalla January 20 - February 13 Ernesto Santalla's photographs from his collage series uniquely document Washington's record-breaking snows of 2010
Second Impressions VII, Ernesto Santalla
The Soundry Object Poems & Toy Boxes James Prochnik January 15 - February 11 An exhibition comprised of more than 30 sculptural assemblages. The found objects which form the raw material for Prochnik's artworks range from the prosaic (old wooden croquet balls) to the utilitarian(hand-made boxes and bowls) to the innately artistic (carved wooden heads).
Space 7:10 Goddess Soul: Celebrating the Feminine Sharon Burton January 25 - February 25 Collage and mixed media art
Urban Illustration Meredith Nelson March 1 - March 26
Beauty, Sharon Burton
Studio Gallery New Work Steve Fleming February 2 - February 26 Watercolorist and painter Steve Fleming exhibits new work based on recent travels and landscapes.
Duo Show Trix Kuijper Elena Stamberg February 2 - February 26 Multimedia and Surrealist paintings
Iwan Bagus March 2 - March 26
La Serenissima - Views of Venice Elizabeth Grusin-Howe March 2 - March 26
Mostly Grey Peter Karp March 2 - March 26
Steve Fleming
Susan Calloway Fine Arts Atmospheres and Imaginary Soundtracks Matthew Langley January 28 - February 26
Perfect Afternoon, Matthew Langley
Touchstone Gallery Color of Love 50 Artists February 4 - February 27 Member show featuring interpretations on the theme, "color of love". Surfaces Michele Cormier March 2 - March 27 Paintings Inspiration Betsy Forster March 2 - March 27 Paintings
Virginia Farm Road, Betsy Forster
Unitarian Universalist Church Art Matters Marian Osher January 9 - February 6 New artwork and a retrospective selection of paintings and prints created over a 10 year period to combat fear, promote connection and mindfulness, and raise awareness of the importance of living in harmony with the environment.
Marian Osher
Vivid Solutions A space for the transitory Chajana denHarder January 14 - February 18 Chajana denHarder uses photography, performance, and interactive installations to investigate change in form and the assimilation of her body as it connects with other objects, people, and moments. In this exhibition she is simultaneously photographer, subject and model.
Washington Printmakers Gallery Excellence in Printmaking Juried by Katherine Blood February 2 - February 27 Washington Printmakers Gallery has partnered with the Washington Print Club and the Washington Print Foundation to award the Excellence in Printmaking prize to area college students. 40 prints were selected, out of 100 submitted, for the exhibition.
Reflections Past and Present Lila Oliver Asher March 2 - March 27 Lino-cuts, usually figurative in nature, including
her often-revisited motif of mother and child.
Waverly Street Gallery Paintings & Works on Paper Eric Harley Schweitzer January 4 - February 5 Schweitzer uses a variety of media, often in combinations, which can include enamel, acrylic, oils, pastel and ink. Schweitzer builds his paintings using a layering technique, while constantly rotating the canvas, and ensuring the composition is harmonious, balanced, and engaging.
Happy Man II, Eric Harley Schweitzer
The Workhouse Arts Center Ultraviolet to Infrared: Paul Reed 50 Years February 2 - February 27 This exhibition by one of the original artists of the Washington Color School presents a wide range of artwork from the past 50 years
2011 Collector's Showcase February 2 - February 19 Original artworks donated by Workhouse artists 2011 Best of Collector's Showcase February 23 - April 3
The Workhouse Arts Center Ultraviolet to Infrared: Paul Reed 50 Years February 2 - February 27 This exhibition by one of the original artists of the Washington Color School presents a wide range of artwork from the past 50 years
2011 Best of Collector's Showcase February 23 - April 3
Zenith Gallery @ Chevy Chase Pavilion Painting with Fire Peter Kephart December 8 - February 8 In 2004, while preparing a bonfire, Peter Kephart threw in small pieces of specialized art paper, along with kindling. Noticing that the paper burned more slowly than the other more common papers, he concluded that its composition of cotton fibers and gelatin sizing made it more heat resistant than wood pulp materials. Its surface burned gently to a beautiful golden brown, or remained bright white where water had been spilled. And, that's how he discovered Firepainting.
