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 “The capabilities of modern technology are vast, and, I feel, it can provide us with a new vision, a new insight, and a new way of looking at a familiar subject. The beauty of the world that surrounds  us is not  so much in the modern world, but more in the one that has  been lost because of our complacency; our refusal to recognize it’s  majesty."

- Daniel Fuller

“The Lost World” is an exhibition of nine photographs from Daniel Fuller’s Moonscape Series.

The Lost World exhibition examines the planet we inhabit- a world that increasingly exists of opposing forces. Mankinds attempt to capture the rudiments of these forces in a more meaningful and positive manner is the challenge he faces - be it through correcting global warming or environmental policy that honors nature. While technology has been an instrument of beneficial change, all to often, it has been one of ultimate destruction as well. Nature, in contrast, remains a constant; a rich tradition linking our past to our future. The Lost World urges us to respect and care for the beautiful world we all call home.

Daniel Fuller was born in 1982 in Hanalei, Kauai. He spent his early years surfing the heavy Pacific waves of the Hawaiian Islands, becoming the extreme waterman he is today. At the age of 17, while traveling the world as a model and renowned professional surfer, he began to take advantage of his new experiences and the beauty that surrounded him by documenting the different cultures, peoples and landscapes he encountered.

Fuller soon began to experiment more seriously with the art of photography; taking hundreds of photos, trying different cameras, and getting advice from the professionals that he was working with. He was influenced by various photographers, including the great Ansel Adams and Hiroshi Sugimoto.

The evolution of Fuller’s craft was a natural and organic process for him. He compares the development of his photography to his surfing, in that each photograph is composed of elements of nature and the only way to truly improve is through trial and error.

Two years ago, in the backyard of his house in Hawaii, Fuller took in the beauty of an incredible full moon illuminating the Pacific Ocean. The vision evoked in him a deep curiosity and the determination to preserve it. That night, he photographed a single frame. Later, seeing the proof sheet, Fuller understood the possibilities. It was the catalyst of The Lost World.

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Klaus Kertes and Jake Uriah Patterson

Jake U. Patterson, born in Sag Harbor, NY, educated in California, New Zealand, Bali, and NY, has traveled extensively and experienced cultures that have influenced his artistic vision. 

Before graduating high school, Jake co-starred in a production at Bay Street Theater, where his rendition of a young Iraqi teen was most impressive. He was Student Council President, was inducted into the National Honor Society, and maintained honor roll grades. He played Varsity basketball and was the anchor on his All–League Varsity track team. 

Jake designed a T-shirt line  in 2007, Edgewood Goodies,  that was presented at a trunk show in East Hampton and sold out.  A Dan’s Papers review, acclaimed Jake as “one of the youngest new designers on the East End.” 

Jake exhibited at the Parish Art Museum and the Southampton Cultural Center, where he received an Honorable Mention award for a self portrait oil on denim. Concurrently, five other oils of the series were exhibited at Bridgehampton Historical Society. Klaus Kertess invited Jake to participate in The Annual Hamptons Show at the Springs Fireplace Project. An East Hampton Star review quoted Mr. Kertess:  “[Jake] was in the show [Historical Society] with…self-portraits that were really boldly and beautifully painted for someone that young,” Jake’s work has been well received, with six write-ups including photographs, and an interview on WLIU radio.  He has sold work and has been privately commissioned. 

Jake recently began his BFA at School of Visual Arts, NYC, and made the Dean’s List. He is transferring to California Institute of the Arts in September 2009.

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Matisse Patterson was born in Munich, Germany, in a hotel/apartment where her family was living on August 1^st, 1987. She spent her first two years in Europe before returning to the USA where she attended kindergarten at the Hampton Day School in Bridgehampton, NY. When she was a tiny girl she started surfing while the family was vacationing in Bali, Indonesia, and started competing in the USA at the age of eight years. Her family moved to Bali for two years in 1997, where she home schooled and continued surfing. After returning stateside for a couple of years, she attended the Ross School and Bridgehampton School. She competed in Surfing, Tennis and Track. Her family moved abroad again a few years later — this time to New Zealand. There she attended high school, studied art, surfed and played basketball. Matisse graduated from Bridgehampton High School with the highest average and achieved All League and MVP awards for basketball, a Bay Street Young Playwrights award for a play she wrote and directed, a Southampton Cultural Center Painting award and a Parish Art Museum Honorable Mention for her portfolio work. With scholarship award money she attended Student Art Centers International in Florence, Italy before being accepted at the School of Visual Arts in New York City last year, where she currently studies painting, sculpture, drawing and creative writing. The socially conscious Matisse loves art and is an avid surfer and basketballer.

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COMING SOON!!!

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GORDON STEVENSON

1984 Born, New York, NY

EDUCATION



2006 Bachelor Fine Arts, Bard College

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
Poured in Ketchum, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 
In Search of the Miraculous, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Better History, 7eleven Gallery, New York, NY
The Playground, The Puffin Room, New York, NY
Digital Print, Yes! Gallery, New York, NY

2008 
Basel Blastoff, The American Standard Gallery, Miami, Florida
Paradise Lost, 7Eleven Gallery, New York, New York
Color Flow, The Floating Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
A Juicy Death, Blue and Cream, New York, New York

2007 
Painted Poured and Constructed in the Loess Hill, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

2006 
Plastic Color, Blue and Cream LOLA, Southampton, New York.
Winter in Milan, Gallery 128, New York, New York. 
Color Wars, Bard College’s UBS Exhibition Center, Hudson, New York.