This Body Overwhems

Understudy

This Body Overwhelms explores the nature of possessing a physical body while living through a pandemic. We find our bodies fragile in ways we may not have expected, but still surprisingly adaptable.  The physicality of our own bodies and the bodies of ones we love becomes central to all acts.  

Accretion

showing with Jen Rose at Gray Contemporary for Sculpture Month Houston.

The sculpture Accretion is a cave, which is a natural void, but it is also in a process of growth or increase. The space is alive with organic reproducing cellular shapes which spill down the walls. Land becomes body.

Erupture

Wonderspaces Philidelphia

Get tickets at https://philadelphia.wonderspaces.com

BAD ART PRESENTS HOT AIR

http://www.badartpresents.com/bad-art-hot-air

Hot Air seeks to explore both the playfully innocent and darker underworld of the blow up. While momentarily buoyant, inevitably these are fleeting pleasures, transient and flimsy. Swipe left, single use plastic.

The inflatable object is an image of temporary joy- loved across a cross-section of darkroom corners and innocent play sessions. The pleasure derived from an inflatable could be anything from the simple joy at a helium unicorn balloon to the fetishistic delight at a creaking sex doll.

The space will be teeming with these inflatable creations, physically dominating the space, overwhelming the viewer, forcing themselves and their presence into any available space and over-expressing the (potentially) fruitless labour of inflating empty objects only to have them deflate again, pack them up and stick them in your, true to pre-specified easy jet format, carry- on luggage and go home.

PASSAGES INSOLITES

The Public Art Circuit in Québec City – 8th edition

Starting this summer in Québec City, PASSAGES INSOLITES is unveiling a new public art circuit leading to unusual urban wanderings. Let yourself be guided through iconic sites by over twenty artworks dreamt up by contemporary artists from near and far.

From ephemeral installations to incongruous encounters, art spans the city and can pop up on every corner!

https://exmuro.com/projets/les-passages-insolites/

 The work in this show is inspired by relationships and the ways in which we as humans find meaning.  Human kind naturally questions our origins, existence, and futures.  Where do we come from?  What is our place in this world, and in the earth’s ecosystem?  What are our responsibilities to this planet and beyond?  where will the future take us?  Each human asks themselves these questions and finds a variety of ways to answer them from science to religion to social networks.  All the works in the show address these questions.   Some reach back into the past to explore mysteries such as our biological origins, and how we as humans have found meaning. Others warn of possible futures through a science fiction aesthetic and sensibility.  My hope is that this exhibition creates a complex feeling of simultaneous joy and discomfort within the viewer encouraging them to question their place in this world.

Land Mark. Lakewood, CO USA

“LandMark” is a temporary, public outdoor exhibition curated by Anna Kaye and Kalliopi Monoyios. It will take place in parks across Lakewood. Video/virtual walking tours and free community events will accompany the exhibition; check back for details as the opening date nears.

“LandMark” features the work of 10 accomplished Colorado artists, many of whom live or work right here in Lakewood. Each public artwork will address the environment or sense of place in some way, whether it may focus on how the land has changed or reveal and highlight something that has always been there.

Find More info here https://www.lakewood.org/Government/Departments/Community-Resources/Arts-and-Culture/Exhibitions-and-Public-Art/Exhibitions-at-LCC/LandMark

Respire

By Nicole Banowetz

Diatoms are a type of phytoplankton that live near the surface of water, or in moist environments such as soil or tree bark. Not only are the complex forms of diatoms beautiful but they are an important part of the ecosystem. They produce 25% of the air we breathe and monitor the effects of climate change. The decaying log at the creek’s edge is wrapped in the enlarged forms of the diatoms found in the Bear Creek Reservoir. These usually hidden forms are on display here for us to appreciate not just their beauty but their importance to our lives.

No Place to Go: an artist made haunted house

No Place to Go is an artist-made haunted house where unrealized fears manifest in an immersive world driven by choice-making and the horror of the binary. 

For more information or to get tickets go to https://www.no-place-to-go.com

Simulant Futures at the LCCC Virtual Pop-Up Gallery

Visit at http://lccc.wy.edu/popUpArt/index.aspx

Changing a Point of View is an online group exhibition featuring 30 female identifying artists. While the works vary greatly in style, content and material, together they perhaps can change a few minds about how we look at art shows online. Without the constraints of budget, space or equipment that a traditional brick and mortar show would have, I was free to select work solely on its aesthetic and artistic qualities and conceptual ideas, using the images to tell a part of the larger collective story, one of which we are all involved. Like it or not, we are in the era of online shows. Even still, I could not help myself but to envision this show in a grand beautiful museum, as the work is truly of museum quality. I ask viewers to imagine themselves walking through large galleries, the works shifting slightly into clusters of themes like chapters of a novel.

View here: https://www.allshemakes.org/online-exhibits

In obligate mutualism, one organism cannot survive without the other. Both organisms have evolved in such a way that they are obligated, or forced to, rely on one another. There are a variety of plant and insect relationships that fall into this category. I found that yucca and the yucca moth have this unique relationship. The pollen of the Joshua tree can only be moved by the yucca moth, who very carefully gathers the pollen under her chin. She takes the pollen and pollinates another flower. She also lays her eggs in the flower being careful not to lay too many or else they will eat too many of the seeds which will develop from her pollinating the flower. A delicate relationship has evolved between the moth and the yucca, and both are aware that they must fulfill their part of the relationship to survive. Humans could learn a lot from watching such balanced and careful interactions between species. I want to create a piece that highlights the poetic beauty, strangeness and fragility of this unique relationship.

The concept of volume is turned on its head through this collection of immersive sensory installations in which expansive sculptures are softly buoyant and two dimensional works extrude energetically from the walls.

Experience 10 days of wonder at the Scottsdale Waterfront during this FREE annual confluence of water + art + light, all with a focus on sharing the story of how water, through diverse perspectives, has greatly impacted Arizona’s history.

https://canalconvergence.com/public-art/permutate/

Giant, glowing strands of algae emerge from the canal as this surreal, alien-like growth stretches out its tendrils toward viewers on the Waterfront. As humans we have infinite interactions with our natural environment every day. Often, we are unaware of how they create ripples in the world around us. Permutate encourages the viewer to have a collaborative interaction with the environment by rewarding thoughtful interaction with the installation. 

Permutate is a series of three inflatable sculptures, inspired by freshwater algae living in the Arizona Canal. It is sewn from black and white fabric and lit from the inside with more than 80 meters of LED strands. When the algae portions remain untouched, they pulse lime green, similar to the natural color of an algae bloom. As viewers touch them, tendrils of red and orange discoloration emanate from the points of contact, simulating a “toxic” effect. But as more people work together to thoughtfully engage with it, the colors transform to a brilliant turquoise. When viewers engage the right amount of touch points on the pieces on either side of the canal, an algae medallion hanging above the canal at Goldwater Bridge will reward them with a light show. 

This installation is a creative technology collaboration with Bryan Costanza. 

Sculpture Month Houston (SMH) is an organization that hosts a citywide festival showcasing sculpture in various venues throughout Houston, Texas. This festival directs attention to the diverse creative energies of local, regional, national and international artists and sculptors. It joins a succession of existing art celebrations, like FotoFest, and adds to Houston's reputation as an art-enthusiastic city.

Erupture at Wonderspaces

https://arizona.wonderspaces.com

The Arvada Center is proud to present Art of the State 2019 , the latest installment in our critically acclaimed Colorado artist exhibition. In its third iteration, Art of the State 2019 garnered 1,555 entries from 566 artists in a call for entry that was open to all Colorado artists utilizing all media.

DETAILS & ARTISTS: http://bit.ly/2QTgaO0

http://moaonline.org/natura-obscura/

The University Art Gallery, Arbury Fine Arts Center

Saginaw Valley State University

Denver Art Museum

Inspired by the natural world, Denver artist Nicole Anona Banowetz has created a larger than life, immersive insect nursery made from sewn inflatable sculptures and assembled forms. She says, “Forget that the work is art for a moment and have the sort of pure interaction you would have in nature.”

Walk amongst the cocoons and larva as you would in nature. Immerse yourself, be curious, and contribute to the life cycle of the nursery by designing your own creature. Come back to see the installation evolve over the course of the year.

Fun for kids and adults alike, The Incubation Effect is included in general admission, free for members and kids age 18 and younger.

Concerning Plants: A Mythic Conversation.

Nature Will Not Miss Us

Microcosms was created on site in Korpo, Finland.  I lived for one month on the island in the AARC residency program preparing my sculptures, which were inspired by the lichen and moss growing in the forests of the island.  The sculptures were installed in the forest which inspired them for the annual summer environmental art exhibit Barfotastigen / Paljasjalkapolku / Barefoot Path. 

Teaching/Artist at Understudy will exhibit the work of Denver Arts + Technology Advancement (DATA), Marie EvB Gibbons, Nicole Banowetz, and Tony Ortega, with guest appearances by Molina Speaks and Jennifer Ghormley. The teaching artist straddles two worlds of creativity and innovation, manifesting the creation of their own artistic practice while sharing that practice with students of all ages.

Join us for the first-ever showcase of Think 360 Teaching Artists and explore our programs outside of the classroom!