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Lodestar
MINUS SPACE
Brooklyn, NY
April 1 – June 3, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 1, 4-6pm
Online Artist Talk: Thursday, April 13, 7pm
Exhibition Tour with the Artist: Saturday, May 6, 3pm

This spring MINUS SPACE presents Lodestar, a new group of monochromatic objects intended to anchor and orient us in the world. Created from found rocks collected in personally significant locations, these pieces engage our surroundings through a lens of color-based and material-based reduction and a commitment to the power of monochrome. The Lodestars merge the natural and the manmade: a fusion of the natural world with human practices, perceptions, materials, and desires. Three-dimensional glass objects are hand-cast in a kiln using molds made from existing rocks: a transformation that imbues them with the wonder of alchemy. Two-dimensional silhouettes composed of silk chiffon on wood panels trace the energy and elegance of the rocks’ particular contours. Each Lodestar is a unique expression that amplifies the essence of the found rock from which it is made.

My gratitude to MINUS SPACE for presenting these new works and to Steve Easton Cast Glass for expert fabrication of the glass objects.




Healer – Blue, 2021, fused cast glass, 15 x 15 x 1 inches

Time is a Healer
Liliana Bloch Gallery
Dallas, TX
February 11 – March 11, 2023
Artist Salon: February 11, 4pm
Opening Reception: February 11, 5-7pm

Liliana Bloch Gallery will present a new group of works that combine the formal elegance of geometric abstraction with the sensual allure of varied material surfaces. Stable, symmetrical right triangles are presented through the material expressiveness of glass, felt, paint, aluminum chain, and Plexiglas to explore the intersection of grief and gratitude. Each work explores the beautiful contradiction of engaging our messy, amorphous experiences through a language of reductive hard-edge abstraction.



Exciting news!  I’m honored and delighted to receive a 2020 grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in support of my work. 
My deepest gratitude to the Foundation for their generosity. 



Golden
Liliana Bloch Gallery
Dallas, TX
February 16 – March 23, 2019
Opening reception: February 16, 6-9pm

Golden presents new drawings, constructions and an installation that explore the shared sensations of two seemingly dissimilar cities: Los Angeles and Istanbul. Works include ceramic, Plexiglas, synthetic turf, and fabric constructions, along with acrylic and colored pencil drawings on paper.
Horizon 10, 2017, ceramic and chiffon, 4 x 20 x .5 inches  



How Little is Enough?
Drive-By Projects
Watertown, MA
March 31 – May 26, 2018

These new drawings and an installation are part of a new series of works that explore the parallels shared by two seemingly dissimilar cities: Los Angeles and Istanbul.  The works combine color, material, light and space to explore the affinities I perceive between these two cities.

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Golden 3, 2017, colored pencil on paper, 15×11 inches
 



Community Dance Party!
A color + music public art project in collaboration with
NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley
40 South Main Street
Woonsocket, RI
June 24, 2017, 7 – 9pm

4x6 dance postcard

Sources
Mazmanian Gallery
Framingham State University
Framingham, MA
November 7 – December 16, 2016
Opening reception: November 15, 4:30 – 6:30 pm

This hybrid solo exhibition is part site-specific installation and part studio visit.  It examines the sources of titles of my work over the last 15 years and includes songs, books, dance pieces and television shows I’ve quoted for titles.
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Rocket
RAYGUN Projects
Toowoomba, Australia
November 4 – 27, 2016

Rocket is a site-sensitive installation exploring the interdependence of color and light in space.

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SONG
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
The Picture Gallery
139 Saint-Gaudens Road
Cornish, NH
July 23 – August 30, 2016
Artist Reception: Saturday, July 23, 4:30 – 6pm; Artist’s Talk at 5pm

This solo exhibition presents two works set in conversation with the home, studio and gardens of Augustus Saint-Gaudens.  The show includes a new site-specific piece that responds to the architecture of the gallery space and the natural landscape beyond its walls.

Electric, 2016, vinyl curtain, site-specific installation – detail view

Hey Sunshine
Liliana Bloch Gallery
2271 Monitor Street
Dallas, TX
April 2 – May 7, 2016
Artist reception: April 16, 7-9:30pm

A solo exhibition continuing the reductive exploration of light, color and material, and placing added emphasis on the behavior of light in relation to color and space. The exhibition includes a combination of fine art and commercial materials employed for their inherent physical characteristics: the expansive glow of fluorescent Plexiglas, the subtle movement of vinyl curtain, the delicate translucency of sheer fabric.

Looking at the Sun 2016 acrylic paint on Plexiglas 11.5x18x.5 inches crop

Looking at the Sun, 2015, acrylic paint on Plexiglas, 11.5 x 18 x .5 inches 

Ask the Sky: Baker Bridge Road
MINUS SPACE
16 Main Street
Brooklyn, NY (DUMBO)
February 27 – April 9, 2016
Opening reception: February 27, 6-9pm

A solo exhibition focusing on an exterior wall color from Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts.  The project explores this color in relation to light, surface, material, structure  and space.

Baker Bridge Road 3 2015 acrylic on plexiglas 5.5x5.5x1:2 inches each (2 panels)

Baker Bridge Road 3, 2015, acrylic paint on Plexiglas, two panels: each 5.5 x 5.5 x .5 inches 

Fiber Optic
MINUS SPACE
16 Main Street
Brooklyn, NY (DUMBO)
November 7 – December 19, 2015

A group exhibition highlighting several generations of artists innovating at the intersection of geometry and fiber.
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fermata, 2012, Fender amplifier grill cloth on stretcher, 19 x 28 x 2.5 inches

MINIMAX
a group exhibition organized by Tom McGlynn + Tenesh Webber
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PINK
a solo exhibition at Drive-By Projects

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Limitless and Lonesome

June 13 – August 15, 2015
opening reception: June 13, 3-5 pm

Drive-By Projects
81 Spring Street
Watertown, MA

Winter King Hawthorn
a solo project for the Providence International Arts Festival
presented by The Providence Biennial for Contemporary Art
Providence, RI
June 11 – 14, 2015
A site-specific installation combining color and light in a spatial arrangement that includes fabric, vinyl curtain and projected light.

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Winter King Hawthorn
vinyl curtain, voile, stretch fabric, natural light, colored light
site-specific installation: 10 x 45 x 78 feet

A Kind of Body-Heaven
The Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College
Dallas, TX
May 12 – June 5, 2015
A solo exhibition curated by Liliana Bloch featuring two installations: Got to Give it Up, a new site-specific work, and Limitless and Lonesome, a color and sound composition originally presented in 2005.

Limitless and Lonesome, 2005 acrylic paint, original recorded music, wood bench rectangle: 90” x 135”, room size variable
Limitless and Lonesome, 2005
acrylic paint, original recorded music, wood bench
rectangle: 90” x 135”, room size variable
Unexpected Art pages

Unexpected Art: Serendipitous Installations, Site-Specific Works, and Surprising Interventions
Jenny Spring, Editor
Chronicle Books
2015
Features 515 Chalkstone, an installation made in 2009 at the invitation of the Smith Hill Community Development Corporation, Providence, RI.

Domestic Partnership
Liliana Bloch Gallery
Dallas, TX
opens December 13, 2014
This dynamic group exhibition features numerous gallery artists and includes my most recent Plexiglas wall construction.

Bonfire, 2014, Plexiglas, nails, 3" x 41" x .5"
Bonfire, 2014, Plexiglas, nails, 3″ x 41″ x .5″

International Sculpture Center 
This excellent web publication recently featured my work in a blog post.  Click here to read Elizabeth Keithline’s thoughtful assessment of my work.

Sculpture from the Contemporary Collection
RISD Museum of Art
Providence, RI
opens October 10, 2014
The exhibition, curated by Dominic Molon, will include my 2006 piece Shake Some Action along with works by Karla Black, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, R. Buckminster Fuller, Jim Isermann, and Donald Judd.

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Outpost Journal, Issue 4  –  September, 2014
This excellent publication explores creative communities, one dynamic city at a time.  Issue 4 focuses on Providence, RI and includes a profile of my work.  Many thanks to co-editors Manya Kay and Pete Oyler.

2013 deCordova Biennial
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Lincoln, MA
October 9, 2013 – April 13, 2014
The show will present two of my installations for the run of the exhibition along with a site-specific performance featuring Mac Randall on October 24.

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AGAINST THE VELVET OF THE LONG GOODBYE
a solo project at MINUS SPACE

Against the Velvet of the Long Goodbye, 2013 site-specific installation MINUS SPACE, Brooklyn, NY
Against the Velvet of the Long Goodbye, 2013
site-specific installation
MINUS SPACE, Brooklyn, NY

November 1 – December 21, 2013
opening reception: November 1, 6-8 pm
The opening reception will feature a live performance
by Pete Galub.
(exhibition title from musician Pete Galub’s song Crying Time)

MINUS SPACE
111 Front Street, suite 226
Brooklyn, NY

RISD Museum of Art
acquires Shake Some Action and Tropic 1 – 7
for permanent collection

Shake Some Action 2006

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Shake Some Action will be included in Locally Made,
a survey exhibition at The RISD Museum of Art
on view July 12 – November 3, 2013

DECEMBER 2012 ARTFORUM
BEAT featured in Thomas Crow’s Best of 2012 review of
Notations: The Cage Effect Today.


TANGERINE

a site-specific commissioned sound and light performance
presented by Cade Tompkins Projects

Old Stone Bank
86 South Main Street
Providence, RI
April 28, 2012 at 8pm

Musicians: Mac Randall, Nich Haber, Tom Gavin,
Rob Kemp, Christian Caldarone
Special thanks to Barrett Bready
Fender bandmaster

rhythm..distance
Cade Tompkins Projects
Providence, RI
April 13 – May 31, 2012
This solo exhibition features works on aluminum, a pigment print edition and a sound installation.

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2012
(featuring an original drum recording by Paul Corio)

Hunters and Gatherers
Cade Tompkins Projects
Providence, RI
February 10 – March 31, 2012

Golden, 2011

Notations: The Cage Effect Today
Hunter College/Times Square Gallery
New York, NY
February 16 – April 21, 2012

BEAT, 2007

MINUS SPACE en Oaxaca: un panorama de 34 artistas internacionales
Oaxaca, Mexico
March 15 – May 30, 2012

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca will present an installation that I will make on site. A group exhibition of graphics and multiples will include my printed work.

BAU Institute Residency
During June 2011 I spent several weeks in Otranto, Italy as a Fellow in Residence with BAU Institute. The residency provided me with the time to reevaluate my relationship to reductive art making and to contemplate the amazing catapult balls located in the Castle of Otranto.

Thank you, Rhode Island Foundation!
I am a very grateful recipient of a 2011 Robert and Margaret McColl Johnson Fellowship from the Rhode Island Foundation. This $25,000 merit award supports my development of new work.