“Surface Place” Exhibition

The Clemente

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Surface Place brings together seven artists interested in the abstraction of place. Material and visual elements from the streets of L.A., a Chicago urban garden, and the Alaskan wilderness are distilled, flattened, and reorganized. Place is constructed using the metaphors of painting; painting as illusion, painting as window on to the world, painting as a mirror of identity. From a variety of approaches to the process of abstraction these artists make strange places from familiar materials and elements.

Ross Jordan is currently in year-long curatorial residency at the Chicago Cultural Center. He is the recipient of the Studio Art Fellowship, Trinity College; the 12 month internship in the Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA; the Graduate Curatorial Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and a 2015 ACRE Curatorial Fellowship. Jordan holds masters degrees in art history and art administration from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received his B.A in sculpture from Connecticut College. rossjordanart.com

Jan Christopher-Berkson has an MFA in Painting and Drawing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Illinois in Chicago. She has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Painting and Drawing Department and in the Continuing Studies Program. Her work has been exhibited at the Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago; The Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts, Gary, IN; The State of Illinois Building; the Valerie Villeneuve Gallery, Chicago; and Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, FL. Her work can be found in corporate collections including the Kemper Group and JX Nippon Oil and Energy, USA, Inc. janchristopherberkson.com

Tully Satre is a U.S. artist based in Santiago, Chile. He received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011. Satre was awarded the Starr Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2012 and completed his residency at the RA in 2013 with his solo exhibition ‘Big, Big Bang’ in the Royal Academy Schools. Satre has shown in group exhibitions in Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago; Sullivan Galleries, Chicago; Royal Academy of Arts, London; La Ira de Dios, Buenos Aires. He was included in a touring exhibition in Chile with the Universidad de Valparaíso. His work can be found in the collections of the Royal Academy Schools in London and the Universidad de Chile in Santiago. www.tullysatre.com

Daniel Schmid lives and works in Chicago, IL. and earned his Bachelors of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His recent work has been on display in both solo and group exhibitions throughout Chicago, IL including Burn It Down, at Heaven Gallery, Where There’s Smoke… at Peanut Gallery, The Whitney Huston Biennial at Julius Caesar, and Objects at Roman Susan. In addition to his studio practice he has an interest in curating and most recently organized the group exhibition Scape at the Nicole Villeneuve Gallery. He is a recipient of the Nippon Steel U.S.A., Inc./School of the Art Institute of Chicago Presidential Awards and a finalist of the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Visual Arts Competition. danieljschmid.com

Manuel Lopez lives and works Los Angeles, California. He received MFA and BFA degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Lopez’s artwork is informed by on observation, memory, materiality, touch, and presence related to the Southern Californian landscape and East Los Angeles. He has exhibited in Los Angeles and Chicago. This is his first exhibition in New York city.

Shonna Pryor holds an MFA from the Painting and Drawing department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she currently teaches part-time. She is interested in the intersection of identity, race, culture and food politics. As an extension of her practice she volunteers for Urban Gardening organizations within the city Chicago area where she currently lives and works.

http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/142178-shonna-pryor

Betany Porter was born in San Diego, CA. and currently lives and works in Anchorage, AK. Recent exhibitions include General Objects, Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia; and Ballroom Projects, Chicago; All Alaska Juried Exhibition, Anchorage Museum; Recollection Jones, The Carl Gallery, Chicago; Mug Up, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage; Scape, Nicolle Villeneuve Gallery, Chicago; Spill, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago; Undone, Disjecta Gallery, Portland. She has an MFA and BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a Post-Baccalaureate from the Oregon College of Art and Craft, a Single Subject Teaching Credential from San Diego State University, and BA from Principia College.

Gabrielle Garland holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a Master of Fine Art from the University of Chicago. Garland’s work has been exhibited widely throughout America and internationally including the Hughes Gallery, Australia and Corbet vs. Dempsey, Chicago’ the Logan Center, Chicago among others. gabriellegarland.org

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from August 21, 2015 to September 25, 2015

Opening Reception on 2015-09-03 from 18:00 to 21:00

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