“On the Edge: Hard Edge Painting Today” Exhibition

Bronx River Art Center (BRAC)

This event has ended.

Curated by Gail Nathan

A native New Yorker, Sally Bowring received her first degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC in textiles, her BA from Goddard College and her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 1983. Bowring currently teaches painting at the University of Richmond and the Virginia Museum Studio School. Prior to her current positions she was the Interim Director of Administration for the Painting and Printmaking Department at VCU where she was an adjunct teacher for more than a decade. Always an advocate for the Arts in community public spaces she was also director of the 1% For Art for the City of Richmond and Chair of the Public Art Commission.

Bowring is a recipient of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship and has been a five-time resident at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts (VCCA). She is represented by Reynolds Gallery, in Richmond, VA; Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TX; Art Registry, Washington, DC, and Les Yeux du Monde, in Charlottesville, VA. Her artwork has been exhibited extensively nationally and internationally.

Born in Toronto, Canada, Mike Childs completed his undergraduate degree at Guelph University in Fine Arts and philosophy as a student athlete before immigrating to the US to complete a Masters of Fine Art at Florida State University in 1993. After completing a residency/teaching award in Florence, Italy, he moved to New York City in 1995 to engage with the international art community and broaden his knowledge of Contemporary Art. He became active as a working and exhibiting painter in the Brooklyn artistic community.
He received a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council grant in 1996 and the Pollock Krasner Grant in 2003. Solo exhibitions include The Cue Art Foundation, Heidi Cho Gallery, Lesley Heller Projects, Robert Henry Contemporary and at Wave Hill in the Bronx most recently. His work has also been included in a group show at The University of Bridgeport Gallery, and featured on a Law and Order program. Mike presently lives and works in the Bronx and is represented by David Richard Gallery in Harlem.

Heavylox is a New York based artist primarily focused on public works utilizing aerosol paint. He has been exploring the concrete and abstract relationships between letters since 1983. While letters are at the core of Heavylox’s work, they are not the sole entry point into each work. Heavylox creates dichotomous works that can be accessed by both experienced “style writers” and community.

Painting both sanctioned and unsanctioned works, Heavylox has participated in festivals from Tahiti and Denmark to the streets of Hong Kong. In 2019 he painted his largest work to date (approximately 120x40 meters) as an invited artist for Rust Magic; a mural festival in Edmonton, CA bringing international artists together to paint large scale works across the city.