Tripoli Gallery of Contemporary Art

Born in 1969 in Norilsk, the Arctic Circle, Russia, Andrey now Lives and works in Moscow, Russia.

Since 2002 till 2010 he takes part in Robert Wilson's Watermill Center Summer Programs.

Since 2006 till 2010 teaches at Norwegian Theatre Academy, Hogskolen i Ostfold, The University College of Ostfold, Fredrikstad, Norway.

MEDIA ARTICLES

“Flash dancer – Russia’s greatest eccentric”

Dazed & Confused, 2008

“Andrey Bartenev – the russian avant-garde artist hits London”

The Independent on Sunday, 2008

“Northern light”.

The Times, London, UK, 2008

“Andrey Bartenev in outer space will save the human race…Beam me up! Andrey Bartenev!.. Extra-terrestrial origins are a common fantasy about him, and likely one he doesn’t terribly mind…In Andrey’s apocalyptic imagining of things, we are headed in one of two directions: frenzied new world, or brave new world.”

Carlos Soto, Useless, NY, USA, 2008

“Bartenev become virtually ubiquitous on the international scene… There is a mad rush for his works in London.”

Art + Auction, March, 2008

“Bartenev does seem genuinely to want, in this commodified world, to be iconoclastic and avant-garde…”

Sue Hubbard, The Independent, London, UK, 2008

“…that make 52^nd Venice Biennale a relevant art-world extravaganza…”

V MAGAZINE , NY, USA, 2007

"…reflection on narcissism"

The New York Times, 2005

“The King of Kitsch couture”

 The Guardian, London,1999

"…his own performances in such costumes have invited comparison with the work of Diaghilev and Meyerhold. The actors becomes both a person and a figure of art, both organism and mechanism… The figures break out of the usual areas within which we allow our bodies to move. Freedom springs from restriction."

The Guardian, London, UK, 1999

“Walking pop-art Thunderer… Great eccentric, the hero of the cartoons”,

Vogue, Russia

„… The costumes sort of Oscar Schlemmer meets Rodchenko…“

Brian Eno, the book „The year with swollen appendices“

“… magical installation costumes that recalled Russian constructivism”,

The New York Times

“Bartenev’s performances art steaked to the forefront of the Russian artistic avant-garde. He’s the Damien Hirst of the Arctic Circle… That is our visual art. Not a single British performance artist has achieved a reputation matching the Sensation artist…”

by John Windsor, The Independent, London, UK

“... Bauhaus-style costumes more like abstract forms than human dress. A chorus of flowers and goblins come in Ski Yoghurt wrappings with orange cones on their heads... As aficionados of the art of junk modelling they (children) were deeply impressed by the cleverness of the designs.“

The Guardian, London, UK

„…The costumes are hysterically funny and radiantly colourful to work with Bartenev you need courage, happiness and clear mind…“

The Independent, London, UK

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010            “The Sunpool”. Installation. Watermill Center of Robert Wilson AND William de Kooning Foundation. New York, USA

2010            “Kamasutra spoon” exhibition. Curator. 2^nd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA). Moscow, Russia

2009            “PIN Auction”. Group exhibition. Pinakothek der Moderne. Munchen, Germany

2009            “Monkey Bars”. The Sculpture Hand-walker. 3rd Moscow Biennale of  Contemporary Art. Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA). Moscow, Russia

2009            “The Sunpool”. Installation. Residence program of William de Kooning Foundation. East Hampton, New york, USA

2009            “Free WI-FI”. The 3^rd Annual Festival of Illustration.  Curator. Moscow museum of Modern art (MMOMA). Moscow, Russia

2008              Zoo Art Fair. Royal Academy. London, UK

2008            “Science, Philosophy and Art”. Group exhibition. American Visionary Art Museum. Baltimor, USA

2008            “The history of one centipede” Kseniya Sobchak and Andrey Bartenev. Pobeda Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2008            “Souvenirs N.L.O. Oslokino U.F.O.” exhibition. Curator. 1st Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA). Moscow, Russia

2007-2008   “DISCO-NEXION”. Solo exhibition. Riflemaker Gallery. London, UK

2007            “Institute of Smile”. The 2^nd Annual Festival of Illustration. Curator. Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA). Moscow, Russia

2007            “Connection lost. Field of lonely hearts”. Light Sculpture.

                      52^nd  Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition. The Russian Pavilion. Venice, Italy

2007            “Lightmusic”. Sculpture featuring the music of Alexander Scriabin. 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA). Moscow, Russia

2007            «Love Couture!» The 1st Annual Festival of Illustration.Сurator. Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA). Moscow, Russia

2006            “Emily likes the TV”. Installation. Deutsche Bank on Wall Street. New York, USA

2005            “Electric Aliens”. Sculpture. «Russian Pop-Art». Group exhibition. The State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2005            “Say: I Love You! “ Sculpture. 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Multimedia Complex of Actual Arts. Moscow, Russia

2004            “London under snow”. Sculpture. Art Moskva Fair. Moscow, Russia

2002              winner of the “TRIUMPH-2001” first Russian independent award for the highest achievements of literature and art

2000            “The Living room in the air”. Installation.  Basic Needs Pavilion 6. EXPO 2000. Hanover, Germany

1999-2000   “Snow Queen”. Solo exhibition. Royal Festival Hall (SBC). London, UK

1998            “Botanical Ballet”. Solo exhibition. Kunsthalle.

                      Baden-Baden, Germany

1998            “Botanical Ballet”. Solo exhibition. Royal Festival Hall (SBC). London, UK

1997            “Botanical Ballet”. Solo exhibition. IFA-Gallery. Stuttgart, Germany

1997            “Botanical Ballet”. Solo exhibition. IFA-Gallery. Bonn, Germany

1997            “Ten World of Sense Perception”. Group exhibition. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Moscow, Russia

1997            “Dressing the part”. Group exhibition. Victoria & Albert Theatre Museum. London UK

1993            “National Traditions and postmodernism”. Group exhibition. The State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

2010            “Bubbles of hope”.“Mados Infekcia” Festival. National Gallery of Art (NGA). Vilnius, Lithuania

2010            “Wash your hands until you get holes”. Performance by poem of Korney Chukovsky “Moydodyr”. Sergey Kuryokhin Award. The winner in the “Best Poetry Performance” nomination. Saint Petersburg, Russia

2009            “Bubbles of hope”. Art Basel Miami Beach. Miami, USA

2009            “Bubbles of hope”. Pinakothek der Moderne, Munchen, Germany

2009            "Electric Alien". Andrey Bartenev / Patrick K.-H. / Oleg Makarov. “CyberFest” Festival. Etazhy Gallery. Saint Petersburg, Russia

2009            “Bubbles of Hope”. MID_E International Exhibition. Arteleku Art Center. San Sebastian, Spain

2009            “Wash you hands until you get holes”. Norway Theater Academy. Fredrikstad, Norway

2009           "The Nightingale”. Performance by Igor Stravinsky's opera. Program of Vitra Design Museum. Boisbuchet, France

2009            “Parade der Unsichtbaren”. Young Star Festival.  Kampnagel. Hamburg, Germany

2009            “White Rainbow over the table”. Performance In collaboration with Katya Bochavar. Baibakov Art Projects. Moscow, Russia

2008            “Shaking Angles”. National Arts Club. New York, USA

2007            “Animal competition”. Watermill Center of Robert Wilson. New York, USA

2007            “Sausage goes under water”. “Mados Infekcia” Festival. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC). Vilnius, Lithuania

2006            “Emily likes the TV”. Watermill Center of Robert Wilson. Water Mill, New York, USA

2006            “Underpants on the stick”. Donau Festival. Vienna, Austria

2005            “Caution: Cats and Dogs on the Road”. Watermill Center of Robert Wilson, New York, USA

2005            “Wind of Sun’s flowers”. “Roza Mira” Festival. Kalyagin’s Theater “Et Cetera”. Moscow, Russia

2005              Lecture. Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. London, UK

2004            "100 games on the one face". Art Manezh Fair. Moscow, Russia

2004            “It’s all mine”. Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA). London, UK

2003            “If my mouth would be 1m 60 cm”. New Manezh. Moscow, Russia

2003            “Marrow snowflake”. “Moscow Abstract art. Second part of XX century” exhibition. The State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2003            “Falling object as basement for creating of the performance”. Lecture. “Moscow Abstract art. Second part of XX  century” exhibition . The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2002            “The Ladder of Red”.

                      Watermill Center of Robert Wilson. New York, USA

2001            “Botanical ballet” and “Mineral Water”. The Third Theater Olympics. Moscow, Russia

2000            “Gogol-Mogol or Adventures of the invisible worms in Russia”. Moscow, Russia

2000            “The last hour of white”. International Festival Theater Formen. Braunschweig, Germany

1999            “Faust or Series of protective armors for the trip with Mephistopheles”. Goethe-Institut. The Moscow Young Generation Theater (MTYuZ). Moscow, Russia

1998            “Botanical Ballet”. “Mineral Water”. International video art competition. Baden-Baden, Germany

1998           “Botanical Ballet”. Children version.

                      The Thames Festival. London, UK

1997            “Botanical Ballet”. Lipmanncultureproject. Church of St. Elizabeth. Art Basel’97. Basel, Switzerland

1997            “The Nutcracker”.                     

                      Program of Centre Pompidou (France) and Vitra Design Museum (Germany). Boisbuchet, France

1997-1998   “Sun isn’t Moon”. Royal Festival Hall (SBC).

                      Workshop with students from Sir John Cass Department of Art. London Guild Hall University.

                      Workshop for the exhibition “100 Years of art and fashion”. Hayward Gallery. London, UK

1996            “Swan Lake”.

                      Program of Centre Pompidou (France) and Vitra Design Museum (Germany). Boisbuchet, France

1996            “Botanical Ballet”. Victoria & Albert Museum. London, UK

1995 / 1998 / 2004 / 2009 Andrew Logan’s Alternative Miss World. London, UK

1993            “Botanical Ballet”. Museumsuferfest. Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1992 / 1994 “Botanical Ballet”(1992). “Snow Queen”(1994). Untamed Fashion Assembly. Theater of Opera and Ballet. Riga, Latvia

THEATER PROJECTS

2007            “The Blue Bird” play by Maurice Maeterlinck. Costume and set design. Urban Stages Theater. New York, USA

2006            “ELIZAVETA BAM” play by Daniil Kharms. Costume design. Mossovet Theater. Moscow, Russia

2003            “Cinderella”. Opera. Costume design. Kampnagel and State Opera House. Hamburg, Germany

1999 / 2000 “Snow Queen”. Ballet. Costume and set design.

  Choreographer Aletta Collins. Music by Oleg Kostrow.

Royal Festival Hall (SBC). London, UK

1998            “Ivonna” play by V.Gambrovich. Costume design.

Director Oleg Rybkin. Music by Oleg Kostrow.

The State Academic Theatre “Red Torch”. Novosibirsk, Russia.

The “Best artist” nomination in the National Theatre  Award “The Golden Mask’99”. Moscow, Russia

Eric Cahan has worked for several years as an editorial photographer, and his commercial work has been published in Vogue Nippon,  Elle Décor, Glamour, and House and Garden. His fine art photography, characterized by an unfailing attention to color and detail, pushes the viewer to be present and connected with their natural surroundings, resulting in a sort of photographic nature walk.

Cahan's most recent series of photographs is entitled Color Theory: Sky. Influenced by the work of Agnes Martin, James Turrell, and Mark Rothko, these photographic abstractions are created by an intricate and painstaking process. In each photograph, Cahan captures both the dramatic and subtle changes of light at sunrise and sunset, and heightens the color saturation with the use of multiple cameras and filters. Similarly, the chromium printing of each photograph involves an obsessive attention to detail. Cahan will reprint the image as many times as necessary until the final rendering is seamless, without striations or blemishes. The result is something beyond technical description, evoking the emotion and presence of nature at its most sublime. As described by the artist: "The pictures I make only exist on the paper surface.  I try to capture an unseen or rarely witnessed element in nature, hoping to lift the spirit and empower the viewer. I want the viewer to be drawn into this world, and be, for a time, completely absorbed in rather than separate from the image."

(b. 1979, New York)

Education-   

Maryland Institute, College of Art Baltimore, MD.

BFA, 97’-01’

Exhibitions-

2011-

“Thanksgiving Collective 2011”, Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, NY.

“Heart of the Matter”, American Heart Association Benefit, Belage Gallery, NY.

“Art and Architecture”, Wainscott, NY.

2010-

“Kipton Rising Artists 2011 Finalists”, Andrew Martin Showroom, NY.          

“Paradiso”, Watermill Center, Watermill, NY.

“ArtHamptons”, Bridgehampton, NY.

“Hamptons Designer Showcase”, Sag Harbor, NY.

“Fine Future Perfect”, 75 Wall St., NY.

“Urban Utopia”, 32 Greene St., NY.

“30^th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Port Jefferson, NY.

2009-           

“Solo” Peter Marcelle Contemporary, Southampton, NY.

“Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition” Mather Hospital, Port Jefferson, NY. 

2008-           

“Artists Against Abuse”  Ross School, East Hampton, NY

2007-           

“7th Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture”, Winter Haven, Fla.

“Group Show” Peter Marcelle Contemporary, Southampton, NY.

2006-

“Black and White” Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton, NY

“Sculpture Park” Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia MD

“Composite”  Current Space Gallery, Baltimore, MD                                                                         

 “2-D-2”  Energy Gallery, Toronto, Canada

“Sculpture Garden”  Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

2005-            

“Postcards from the edge”   Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY

“October Juried Exhibition”   Projekt30, New York, NY

“Artscape 05”  Baltimore, MD

2004-            

“Postcards from the edge”  Brent Sikkema, New York, NY

“Lightbox”  Downtown Riverhead, Riverhead, NY ( Collaboration w/ Almond Zigmund)

2003-            

“Postcards from the edge”  Galerie LeLong, New York, NY

“Up and Coming Artist”  Villa Maria, Watermill, NY

2002-            

“Postcards from the edge”  Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, NY

“Septemberfest V”  Period Gallery, Omaha, NE

“Ark Project Sculptors Exhibitions”  The Ark Project, Watermill, NY

2001-            

“Sculpture Exhibition”  Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD

“Installation at Inner Harbor”  Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD

2000-            

“Contemporary Forms”  Dubey’s Gallery, Baltimore, MD

“Abstractions” Charles County C. College, LaPlata, MD

-Private Collection/Public Works-

Merriweather Post Pavillion  “Full”  Columbia MD

Tyler Residence “Green House”  East Hampton, NY.

Elizabeth Saul “Codes”   Baltimore, MD.

Barton Residence“ Untitled” Southampton. NY.

“Waves of Grain” Southampton, NY.

Town & Country Real Estate “Rising Landscape/Boundless” Bridgehampton, NY.

Mather Hospital, “Highway 1”, Port Jefferson, NY.

Pesner Residence, East Hampton. NY.

Husrich Residence, East Hampton, NY.

Konner Development, Bridgehampton, NY.

In the 1970s, he received considerable recognition as editor of Interview Magazine. He went on to author the highly praised, Ronnie and Nancy: Their Path to the White House, 1911-1980 and a memoir of Andy Warhol in the '70s and early '80s,  Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up,  which was critiqued by the New York Times, as the “best-written and the most killingly observed” book on the subject.  In this exhibition, Mr. Colacello exhibits a rare series of vintage photographic prints from his most recent publication, OUT, which capture the happening late '70's and early '80s art and social scene. 

Education
2005-2011 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture 
Bachelors Degree in Architecture

2001-2005 Rudolf Steiner Private High School
Partial and Full Scholarship 

Exhibitions
2012 JEFFREY LEDER Gallery
2005-2011 COOPER UNION END OF YEAR SHOW
2007 ROMANY KRAMORIS Gallery
2006 SILAS MARNER Gallery

Collections
Deutsche Bank Art Collection

Ralph Lauren 
Private Collections in Argentina

Awards
2005-2011 Full Scholarship Cooper Union Architecture School
2005 Admitted - Cooper Union School of Art
1999 Bill Clinton Award for Academic Excellence 
$1,000 towards College

Work Experience
Fall 2011- Present 5h Architecture
Summer 2011 LEESER Architecture 
2006- 2009 Entrepreneur of Sculpture Business 
East Hampton, New York 
2003- 2005 Tasti D-Lite Ice Cream Store Manager 
2001-2003 Apprentice to John Chambers, Visual Artist

Extracurricular Activities
2005-2009 Starting Player of the NYU Stern Business School Rugby Team
2003-2005 Metropolitan Museum of Art Volunteer Tour Guide
1999-2009 East Village Chess Club Member

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Born in Brooklyn, New York, 1970.

Education:
Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, B.F.A., 1993.

Lives in New York City and Sagaponack, New York.

Solo Exhibitions

1999                  Gallery 56, Budapest, Hungary.

2000                  Stefan Stux Gallery, NYC, NY.

2001                  Stefan Stux Gallery, NYC, NY.

2002                   Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

2003                   Bjorn Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.

            Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY.

            Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

            Glenn Horowitz Booksellers Gallery, East Hampton, New York.

2004                   Western Project, Culver City, California.

2005                   Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY.

2006                   Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland.

            Alain Noirhomme Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

2007                   Western Project, Culver City, California.

Selected Group Shows

1997                   The Moderns, Feature Gallery, NYC, NY.

2000                  24/7, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York.

2002                   Glenn Horowitz Booksellers, East Hampton, New York.

2003                   Glenn Horowitz Booksellers, East Hampton, New York.

2004                  Group Show, Western Project, Culver City, California.

2006                   Triumph of Painting, The Saatchi Gallery, London, England.

2007                   Abstract America, The Saatchi Gallery, London, England.
 

Selected Bibliography

Norwich, William, A.I.R. Rights, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, 30 June 2002, pp. 43-48.

Edelson, Sharon, WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY, 27 January 2003, p. 2.

Staff, Fanfair: May, VANITY FAIR, May 2003, p. 92.

Colacello, Bob, Eric Freeman, INTERVIEW, May 2003, p. 64.

Johnson, Ken, Eric Freeman, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 30 May 2003, p. E37.

Volandes, Stellene, Black Book: Patrick Mc Carthy, DEPARTURES, September 2003, p. 52.

Leffingwell, Edward, Eric Freeman at Mary Boone, ART IN AMERICA, September 2003, pp. 118-119.

Myers, Holly, Around the Galleries: Hard to look at, yet absorbing, LOS ANGELES TIMES, 24 December 2004.

Mason, Brook S., Retro Fit Retro Modern, ART & ANTIQUES, September 2005, pp. 62-69.

 “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.

Coming Soon!!!

Lisa de Kooning, who studied at the Lacoste School of the Arts, will be showing her whimsical bronze sculptures. Ever immersed in art and surrounded by her father's great works, Lisa inherited a love and understanding of art that she has developed into an adept and expressive hand.  Her magnetic and capturing sculptures range from the 1980s to her most recent works, made specifically for this show. This is Ms. De Kooning’s debut exhibition in New York City.

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.

Matisse Patterson was born in Munich, Germany, 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. This May, Matisse has graduated from SVA with honors. She is currently preparing for her first solo exhibition entitled, Danger Deep Water, May 27th - June 27th, 2011.

Morgan Pearse was born in 1989 and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She graduated with a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, NY.

Selected group exhibitions

2011  Stranger Than Paradise, Visual Arts Gallery, New York NY

2010  1 Minute Film Festival, Light Industry, New York NY

2010  The Intern Show, Art Since the Summer of '69, New York NY

2010  Wannabe, School of Visual Arts, New York NY

John Ross Rist (Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, 2006) appears in this, his New York City debut showing.  In 1997, at 15, Mr. Rist won the US Holocaust Memorial National Art Contest with his first ever painting, which now still remains on display at the Washington DC Holocaust Museum.  Now 27, John unveils his latest body of work. His "splatter heads" revisit renaissance classics while shedding light on the darker side. Bravely, John successfully combines old classical styles with modern action painting techniques; something so many contemporary artists try to achieve.

E N I S S E F E R S AH

b. 1964 United States 1989 Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 1988 AICA New York Studio Residency Program

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009 Quizotic, Brooklyn New York

2008 Whitney Biennial, Performed in NPR (Neighborhood Public Radio) Guerilla radio broadcast with EDAS. A trilingual sonic explosion of Psychedelic schizophrenia

2006 Riviera Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2005 Alt Minimal Fest, Brooklyn, New York

2004 Detroit Artist Market Biennial, Detroit, Michigan 1998 La Boca Performance Space, Butoh, Los Angeles, California 1996 Form and Function Gallery, Alanta Georgia

Sea Gallery, New York 1995 Robot Boat, House of Candles Performance Space, New York

Whitney Biennial, Performed in Rirkrit Tiravanija's piece 1994 Art of Survival, Survival Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1993 Barbara Brathen Gallery, New York 1993-1995 Pet Project, Collective of musicians, artists and poets, New York 1992 Watch your Eyes, Tokyo Japan 1991 3, Sabu, Yokohama, Japan 1988 AICA NY Studio Residency Show, New York

1987 5, Center Gallery, Detroit, Michigan Xocipilli Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan

Nathalie Shepherd (b. 1981, New York City)

ARTIST STATEMENT

I am drawn to coloration and geometry as well as folksy attitudes towards lifestyles and social mores. This photo project exemplifies elements that are important in all my artwork, and especially the paintings and sculptures that play on my interest in geometric designs in a a faux-naive folk context that references the arts and crafts movements of the 1970's. Using industrial materials like rope and plywood demostrates my desire to participate in a building process that subverts the intended uses for the materials. I hope to dematerialize these industrial materials and make them into cerebral elements -patterns- in my work, the same process that stands behind the photographs in this show.

EDUCATION

M.S. Art and Design Education (professional certification), 2012, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

M.F.A, 2008, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

B.F.A., 2004, The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2008, Nathalie Shepherd and Rachel Jones, Gallerie im Andechshof, Innsbruck, AT

2008, Craftwork, New Orleans University Fine Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2008, The Candle Burned At Both Ends, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2005, Big Two, Bank Building, New Orleans, LA

2005, Night Lights, Mimi’s, New Orleans, LA

2004, Freaks, Geeks, and Weirdos, Jody Monroe Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012, Footprints, Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, NY

2012, Brucennial, Vito Schnabel and The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY

2011, Feather Throat #05, Kinderhook & Caracas, Berlin, DE

2011, The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

2010, Brucennial, Vito Schnabel and The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY

2008, Prospect 1 Satellite At The Brickyard, Kiersha Kershell Projects, New Orleans, LA

2007, Jody Monroe Gallery Booth, Milwaukee International Art Fair, Milwaukee, WI

2007, Flipbook Show, Little Cakes Gallery at Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY

2004, Providence Painters, Firehouse 13, Providence, RI

AWARDS

2012, Robert Hampton Tapp Foundation Grant, New York, NY

2012, Art and Design Education Grant, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2009, Robert Hampton Tapp Foundation Grant, New York, NY

2009, Art and Design Education Grant, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2008, Artist Residency and Travel Stipend, Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, AT

2005, M.F.A. Fellowship, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

2004, English Literature Concentration, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2001, Mobility Nomination, Cooper Union, New York, NY

1999, Academic Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Emmett Shine was raised on the East End of Long Island in Southampton, New York.

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. 


Nick Weber         (b. 1971, New York, NY)

Education

1993                         BFA Stanford University

Studied with Nathan Oliveira and Larry Thomas.

AWARDS: 
Daniel Mendhelowitz Scholarship and Reina Geese Award for Creative Painting.

Academic Programs

1991                        Daniel Greene Portrait Workshop 


1992                        Vermont Studio Center

Solo Exhibitions

2011                        37 Newtown, East Hampton, NY

2011                        Orchard Windows Gallery, New York, NY

2009                        John McWinnie at Glenn Horowitz Books, New York, NY

2002                  Get Real Art, New York, NY December

2001                  Get Real Art, New York, NY June

1999                  John Harms Gallery, Englewood, NJ March

1997                  Estia Restaurant, Amagansett, NY 1997

Group Exhibitions

2011                        Local 87, East Hampton, NY

2010                        Tripoli Gallery of Contemporary Art – A Thanksgiving Collective

2007                        John McWhinnie @ Glen Horowitz - New York, NY August

2007                        The Fireplace Project - East Hampton, NY June

2004                        Glen Horowitz Bookseller - East Hampton NY, Summer 2007

2001                        Guild Hall Member Show : Honorable Mention

1999                        Studio NW - 601 W 26th St New York, NY

1998                        Sarah Renschler Gallery - Hudson, NY October

1998                        Estia Restaurant - Amagansett, NY

1998                        Prasad Project

1998                        American Academy of Arts and Letters

1998                        Century Club - New York

 1997                        Danse Art Space - “Figurative Works”

1996                        Southampton Ballet Benefit

1994                        Saint Michael’s Art Cafe

1993                        Stanford Graduation Show

Publications/Films

2007                        Time Out New York: Feb 2007 featured portraiture article;

1999                         Painting "Untitled Nude" featured in “Suits” the movie

1997                        Dan’s Papers Cover
(Hamptons and Manhattan circulation): 
September 19 1997 and October 31 1997;

1997            Wrote and directed short film: "Lost At Home", voted "Best Short" at 1997 Long Island Film Festival 
and Humboldt County International Film Festival

1997            Biographical Article 
Dan’s papers, by Marion Wolberg Weiss, September

Reviews and Press

Weber Night Scenes


Now through Fri 6.29 (10am - 6pm: Tue to Fri) 
Get Real Art (156 Fifth Ave., 212.741.2278) FREE 
  


getrealart.com


Don't be deceived by the name, the anti-gallery Get Real Art actually does have real art and it's hanging in the basement. The current gem-of-a-show in the Project Room downstairs features Nick Weber, a local artist trained on both coasts. This is Weber's first solo show in New York, and it is worth catching before it closes this week. Weber carves figures out of blackness, illuminating his nocturnal narratives with night lights - a solitary car bathed in lamp light, a shadowy figure of a girl lit by her cigarette and a couple exposed by a bed-side lamp, to name just a few. Weber's most obvious influences include Rembrandt and Munch and there may even be a California abstract expressionist in him somewhere. It seems a natural and logical reference as he studied with Nathan Oliveira and is familiar with the work of other California painters like Richard Diebenkorn and David Park. All in all, this intimate show is a rare find.

 

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what: Nick Weber: Between Moments 


when: Now through 1.9.02 


where: Get Real Art (156 Fifth Ave, 212.741.2ART) 
price: FREE

Get Real Art 


In this exhibition, the second solo show by painter Nick Weber, Weber displays his mastery of light, color and texture in single portraits and group scenes. Painting in oil on canvas, he captures subtle gradations of light and skillfully renders his figures in a manner that seems nonchalant and uncalculated. Weber's work is also full of subtext, exploring issues dealing with class, sexual politics and the fragility of male self-esteem. Clearly influenced by Rembrandt and Munch, Weber's art is a welcome sight in today's art scene. Give yourself a present and check out this show before it closes. (MB)

New York Post

Parents blast gallery featuring porn paintings near school

By KEVIN FASICK and JEREMY OLSHAN

Last Updated: 7:02 AM, May 20, 2011

Posted: 1:40 AM, May 20, 2011

A Lower East Side gallery is giving schoolchildren too much of an arts education.

"Porno Paintings," a series of sexually explicit canvases inspired by scenes from Internet pornography, is visible to anyone walking by the Windows Gallery on Orchard Street -- and parents are fuming.

"I definitely disapprove of this being on display near my daughter's school," said Elvin Almonte, 33, whose 5-year-old girl attends neighboring PS 42.

"I don't want to have to be answering questions in reference to those dirty paintings. It sickens me that little kids could see that right there through those windows," he said.

Owner Dino Eli (above) of the Windows Gallery on the Lower East Side defends displaying paintings inspired by porn.

The threesomes, fetishes and other hardcore visuals -- the work of Hamptons artist Nick Weber -- prompted complaints by officials and parents at PS 42, as well as a visit by the police, since the show went up several weeks ago, owner Dino Eli said.

"The police officer said that the schools and the church nearby complained," he said. "The paintings have been up for two weeks, and this is the third time the cops came."

An NYPD spokesman said he wasn't aware of any complaints.

According to one PS 42 teacher, the principal did lodge a complaint "but was told nothing could be done. It's horrible."

Another teacher, William Garley, 34, said the gallery should remove the paintings from street view.

"That's pretty disgusting. Our kids walk by there," he said. "Our children shouldn't see something like that."

Defending the work, and the placement of the paintings, artist Weber said children are exposed "to much worse."

"They're afraid it's going to corrupt the kids, when kids can watch people getting shot on TV," he said.

Although oil is often used in pornography, it isn't usually the type that winds up on a canvas, Weber said.

"It's art," he said. "I started doing them because I was conflicted about how something that is bad could be beautiful. They are not photographs -- they take about six months to paint."

Parents disagree

"That's not art; that's just porn," Joanna Morillo, 28, said. "When little kids see that, they will ask questions. That shouldn't be out here."

Paintings of a man sucking on someone else's foot, or a threesome being a watched by another man, are no longer smut, the gallery owner said.

"Porn is the norm," he said.

Additional reporting by Lorena Mongelli

William Wood is an accomplished artist who has shown extensively throughout the world since1994. His paintings are in the permanent collections of many leading American museums, including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In this exhibition, Mr. Wood demonstrates his experience and insight in a vibrant blue series of depth-defining and radiant oils on canvas. 

EDUCATION

1991 - 1994  Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA.

1994 - 1996  The American University in Paris, BA – Art History.

1998 - 1999 Studio Art at San Diego State University.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003“White Grass” Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY.

2003“Darius Yektai: Survey 2000 - 2003” Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY.

2004“Scope NY “ Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY.

2006 Salomon Contemporary, Easthampton, NY.

2009“All I Know About Love at Thirty-Six, part 1”  Salomon Contemporary, NY

2009“All I Know About Love at Thirty-Six, part 2”  LTMH Gallery, NY

 2010 "Not Everyone Gets A Unicorn" Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1997All-California Juried Exhibition: San Diego Museum of Art.

2001“Re-emerging Artists” Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton.

2002“Spring Exhibition 2002” Clark Fine Art, Southampton.

2004“Fresh Paint” Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton.

2005“Large Paintings” Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton.

2005“Hampton’s Artists: Then and Now” Remy Toledo Gallery, NYC.

2006M*A*S*H @ art basel Miami, curated by David Hunt

2007“Sex and Sensuality” Salomon Contemporary, Easthampton, NY

2008“The Annual Hamptons Show” theFIREPLACEproject, curated by Klaus Kertess

2008“Conference of the Birds” Berardi and Sagharchi Projects with LTMH gallery, London, England

2009“Selseleh Zelzeleh: movers and shakers in contemporary Iranian art”  LTMH Gallery, NY curated by Leila Heller and Dr. Layla  S. Diba

2009“Iran Inside Out”  The Chelsea Art Museum, NY curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath

2009“In Stitches” LTMH Gallery, NY curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody

2009“Before We Let Go…” Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, NY

2009“Recent Acquisitions” Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY

2010“Tehran-New York”  LTMH Gallery, NY

2010 "Thanksgiving Collective 2010" Tripoli Gallery, southampton, NY 

AWARDSGuild Hall Museum’s annual members show

2002Best in Show     - Amei Wallach

2008Best Sculpture   - Linda Jablonsky

2010Best Representational Work  - Benjamin Genocchio

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY. 

Bench #1 from Bench Series #2

Sapele and Spanish Cedar 18”H x 89”W x 21”D

$6,400

Bench #1 is characterized by the gestural movement of the stacked up legs. This spontaneous movement is typical of the sculptural style of Nico Yektai.

This particular version of the bench is presented in two woods as an indoor bench. The seat is Sapele and the legs are stacked out of Spanish Cedar.

Signed and dated by the artist.

Cocktail Table

Oxidized Sapele and Glass 20”H x 62”w x 32”D

$7,200

Sweeping Sapele curves dance under the glass top. Sapele is a cousin of the Mahogany tree and in this case it has been oxidized to bring out the deep dark color.

The clear glass top provides a very functional surface and allows the interplay of the curves to be viewed from every angle.

Signed and dated by the artist.