Upcoming 2012 Exhibitions
Spring Thaw Group Show
April 6 - 28, 2012
Opening Reception, Friday, April 6, 5-7pm
To welcome the beginning of our exhibition season, our Spring Thaw features a selection of work from artists new from the gallery as well as recent work from its current artists. Every year Chiaroscuro brings in approximately five artists, some emerging, some established, to round out its selection of represented artists.
Our Spring Thaw artists will include Nora Naranjo-Morse, Emmi Whitehorse, Gretchen Wachs, Peter Millett, Mike Stack, and new arrivals Katherine Chang Liu, Mar Geaux, and Jack Slentz.
John Garrett – New Work
May 4 - June 2, 2012
Opening Reception, Friday, May 4, 5-7pm
Garrett’s new sculpture takes his unique mixed media vocabulary to a new extreme, exploring forms that explode from a center point and hang freely from the ceiling. Garrett refers to these dynamic new pieces as “Chain Columns”. This will be his third solo show at Chiaroscuro.
Irene Kung – Gli Alberi
May 4 - June 2, 2012
Opening Reception, Friday, May 4, 5-7pm
Known for her exquisite large scale architectural photographs, where buildings emerge from a jet-black background, Kung’s second solo show with Chiaroscuro will feature her majestic tree series. Gli Alberi, Italian for “The Trees”, pays homage to her roots and to these graceful and powerful natural wonders.
Rebecca Bluestone
June 8 – July 8, 2012
Opening Reception, Friday, June 8, 5-7pm
Bluestone’s works are like abstract paintings in silk, each thread hand-dyed by the artist and woven into tapestries on a cotton warp. They inspire tranquil contemplation with delicate gradations of vibrant color and beautifully resolved compositions. This is Bluestone’s second solo show at Chiaroscuro, and will expand on her recent Triptych Series, and individual gradation pieces.
Australian Contemporary Indigenous Art – Part II
July 13 – September 8, 2012
Opening Reception, Friday, July 13, 5-7pm
Following the success of Chiaroscuro’s 2010 Aboriginal show, Part II heralds the return of work by contemporary Australian Indigenous artists, in partnership with the Vivien Anderson Gallery in Melbourne, Australia. Deep ties to the earth, tradition, and culture mark these works as incredible narrative abstractions unfold in vivid colors, shapes and symbols. This group show will feature new pieces from over a dozen major Aboriginal artists. Names to be announced in early June, show curated by aboriginal art expert Vivien Anderson.
Rose B. Simpson
August 10 – September 8, 2012
Preview Reception, Saturday, August 11, 5-7pm
Opening Reception, Friday August 17, 5-7pm
Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara) is an exceptional young artist from Northern New Mexico. Simpson’s second solo show at Chiaroscuro will feature her latest body of work, exploring themes of personal and cultural identity and pushing the boundaries of ceramic technique and form.
Emmi Whitehorse
August 10 – September 8, 2012
Preview Reception, Saturday, August 11, 5-7pm
Opening Reception, Friday August 17, 5-7pm
Abstract painter Emmi Whitehorse (Navajo) continues to define new territory with her progressive abstractions of “a moment in the landscape.” Whitehorse, from Whitehorse Lake, NM, is an accomplished painter whose work is included in most major contemporary Native American museum collections as well as numerous public and private collections. This is Whitehorse’s fifth solo show at Chiaroscuro.
Gretchen Wachs
September 14 – October 13, 2012
Opening Reception, Friday, September 14, 5-7pm
The ceramic sculpture and encaustic paintings of Gretchen Wachs have gone through many transformations over her long productive career. This exhibition will include the contemporary totems of the Arboles and Torso series as well as a selection of two-dimensional work. Wachs has hinted she will incorporate cast glass into her large scale ceramic forms, adding another color, texture and form to the whole.
Nora Naranjo-Morse
September 14 – October 13, 2012
Opening Reception, Friday, September 14, 5-7pm
Nora Naranjo-Morse (Santa Clara) has been developing this new body of work for years, alongside her work in documentary film and major sculptural installation commissions. Employing recycled materials as diverse as wire and string, Naranjo-Morse’s work will show a transformation of imagery and subject matter while maintaining her natural gift with the visual arts. This is Naranjo-Morse’s second solo show with Chiaroscuro.
