I have five paintings included in the exhibition the Ecology of Food: Past, Present, Future at the Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY. The images are from my on-going series Food Chain. The exhibition runs from October 3rd through December 10, 2012. With an opening reception scheduled for Wednesday, October 3rd from 5-7 p.m. There are numerous programs offered in conjunction with the exhibition. visit: www.geneseo.edu/galleries for info. The show is part of a broader interdisciplinary symposium on the topic of food in our society.

http://www.geneseo.edu/encompass/news_events/exhibition-examines-ecology-food

http://www.geneseo.edu/galleries/current_lederer

Collections opening photos

Collections opening photos

Collections opening photos

Collections opening photos

Pop Up Studio

Pop up! coverage in Encore Magazine


Pop Up Studio
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405 South 3rd Street
Wilmington, NC

March 16-22, 2012
opening night celebration on March 16th at 7pm
additional artist-hosted presentations throughout the week.


A full schedule is available here.   The event was designed to bring the port city a variety of talent and art mediums to one spot, from the prolific sculptor Dumay Gorham to the eclectic designer Jan Wutkowski.

The concept of a “POP UP” event is fast and furious.  In short, an available space is utilized to bring something unique to the community for a short period of time.  The energy of this event pairs well with enthusiasm of the participating artists.  The POP UP STUDIO! co-curators wanted to make local art immediate and accessible to several layers of audiences, with the premise that a combined cross-section of art will bring in an expanded group of supporters and therefore deeper artist exposure.

The goal of POP UP STUDIO! is to not only to showcase Wilmington artists and delight guests, but to give the community an opportunity to support these artists by purchasing their pieces.  Or in the case of filmmaker Dylan Patterson, who is in the post-production/editing phase of his film Anhedonia (starring T.V.’s ‘Supernatural’ actress Traci Dinwiddie),  attendees are encouraged to make a donation to this project so the film can see completion.
In addition to the artists mentioned above, POP UP STUDIO! is also excited to introduce these artists to the event::

Lucille Bruno
Elizabeth Darrow
Angela Stilley
Olivia Lake Stocks
Virginia Gibbons 
Jim Downey
Tres Altman
Laura Scott Bay
Steve Bakunas
Kim Bardill
Chris Lopata
Sarah Tector
Scott Balaban
Virginia Yarborough Colantuono
Kathy Babb
Gary Breece
Miriam Oehrlein
Jonathan Latona
Bo Webb
Abby Spangel Perry
Mark Weber
Mitzy Jonkheer
Susan Covington

All artists are available for further conversation regarding their art and their participation in POP UP STUDIO!.  Please contact Leilani (415-307-7417) or Kelly (917-701-6114) to arrange an interview.  POP UP STUDIO! is a free event open to the public.  POP UP STUDIO! will be held at the studio of Little Luxuries Co., 405 South 3rd Street in Historic Downtown Wilmington.

Collections @ FICTILIS

Collections @ FICTILIS

COLLECTIONS

Opening reception: Thursday, March 1st 6-9PM
On display until March 30

The world’s largest collection of “mailpiece security screens” (or envelope patterns).  A collection of “meteorwrongs” (rocks mistakenly identified as meteorites) from the Arizona State University’s famous collection.  A set of ceramic models based on a geologist’s verbal descriptions of favorite rocks. A small, traveling natural history museum that holds a lovingly assembled and ever changing exhibit of natural objects.A collection of sticky notes found all over the world. Selections from the Play Generated Map and Document Archive of paper documents created during play. A collection of 120 shoe heels found on the streets of Chicago between the years 1989-1992, with map marking each location. Photographic documentation of lost tennis balls. Twenty 1970s photographs whose provenance is unknown. A collection of matchboxes from India. An archive of collections of dried slugs, pet coffins, clay and shell sculptures, sweater lint art, and more from a 1980s childhood. 30 variations of Cobra Commander action figures arranged according to color. Crushed Crush bottles and cans photographed exactly as they are found.  A collection of used 35mm film canisters, flattened and photographed in a uniform method. One month’s worth of preserved food for an adult human. Two years worth of nail clippings. Four years of beard clippings. Seven years of drain catch from a New York City loft. A collection of tiny, unholdable pieces of bar soap melded together. A lifetime of daily to-do lists.
Featuring work by:

Center for Genomic Gastronomy
Gina Coffman
Michael Demers
Adam Farcus
Timothy Furstnau
Alan S. Hokins
Tim Hutchings
Mary Anne Kluth
Matt Lee
Noah Pedrini
Ben Pranger
Mary Rothlisberger
Hugh Russell
Dominic Sansone
Sarah Sinclair
Abby Spangel Perry
Ryan Thompson

Biological Aesthetics

http://www.yorkarts.org/

"Biological Aesthetics: Investigating the Art in Science"
YorkArts Gallery
10 N Beaver St, York, PA
Event Dates: September 29 - November 19, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 29, 6pm - 8pm
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YorkArts presents: "Biological Aesthetics: Investigating the Art in Science"
This exhibit showcases artists whose works reference biological subject matter, this exhibit seeks to inject our audience with the notion that science and art are not separate ventures, and that inspiration and innovation are closely linked. This exhibition intends to straddle two seemingly different worlds and bring them together to form an interesting cohesive experience. A variety of art mediums will be displayed.

Featuring artwork by Joan Austin, Ophelia Chambliss, Hollie Chantiles, Christel Emenheiser, Annalisa Gojmerac, Ian Hart, Amy Kopperude, Christina Nguyen Hung, Judeth Pekala Hawkins, Susan Scofield, Nicole Smeltzer, Abby Spangel Perry, and Amy Youngs.

Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday, September 29 from 6-8pm

Aquatic Synthesis

Aquatic SynthesisThe closing reception of Aquatic Synthesis is this Friday 6-9pm @ WHQR Gallery.

Aquatic Synthesis

Aquatic Synthesis

WHQR invites you to view the creative paintings of
Charmaine Ortiz and Abby Spangel Perry
"Aquatic Synthesis"

Join us Friday, April 22nd from 6 - 9pm
for the WHQR Gallery opening reception.
Meet the artists and enjoy complimentary wine and snacks.
A portion of all sales benefits WHQR. 

Aquatic Synthesis brings together the work of two talented local artists, Charmaine Ortiz and Abby Spangel Perry. The artists describe the show as “Broad in theory: of or relating to the water, but synthesized through artistic process.” The works of Abby Spangel Perry and Charmaine Ortiz draw upon the unique biological and psychological structures surrounding the notion of the Aquatic for the inspired creation of their mixed media works. Abby Spangel Perry's work takes a biological approach by utilizing scientific drawings of plankton as a starting point for a series of mixed-media paintings. Perry’s focus on the most minute components of the aquatic food chain is an effort to draw attention to the creatures that form the basis of aquatic life as we know it. Charmaine Ortiz examines the physical and psychological structures related to the Aquatic using processes of abstraction. Ortiz’ graphite paintings and time-based media rely on abstraction’s unfolding dynamic to expose the structural and psychological essence of her unique subjects. These two complimenting bodies of work have been streamlined into a single show, Aquatic Synthesis on view at the WHQR Gallery.

Charmaine Ortiz grew up in the small farming town of Meadow, North Carolina. She moved to Wilmington in 2003 to attend the University of North Carolina, where she earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Painting and Art History.  She has participated in numerous group exhibitions and has hosted a variety of art historical presentations at annual symposiums conducted by the North Carolina Association of Historians and Savannah College of Art and Design. Prior to her graduate studies she assisted local artist Virginia Wright-Frierson in building Airlie Gardens’ Minnie Evans Bottle Chapel. In 2008, Savannah College of Art and Design awarded her the Combined Honors Fellowship to facilitate her completion of dual graduate degrees in Art History (MA) and Painting (MFA).  After completing her MFA, she received the SCAD Encore Thesis Award for one of the most outstanding MFA thesis exhibitions of 2010. She is currently living in Carolina Beach, NC finishing her Art History MA and exhibiting her mixed-media works across the nation.

Abby Spangel Perry’s relationship to art developed out of a love of drawing from cartoons as a child in Pennsylvania. After a move to North Carolina to work with Americorps in Wilmington, Perry discovered an overpowering connection with the natural environment. In 2002, she earned a BFA in Painting with honors from East Carolina University. While there, Perry participated in the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources Environmental Education certification program and was awarded an internship through the NC Youth Advocacy Commission to work at Carolina Beach State Park. It was there that she developed her understanding of ecology and humanity's role within its framework. In 2004, Perry received the NC Arts Council Regional Emerging Artist Grant and returned to ECU in 2005. She received an MFA in Painting and Drawing at the end of 2007. Perry currently teaches Drawing, Design and Art Appreciation at Cape Fear Community College in Downtown Wi

Fritzi Huber Article for Wilma Magazine

Here is a link to my latest article about Fritzi Huber for Wilma Magazine

Wildlife

Project 30: Wildlife 

Here is a link to Wildlife, an online juried show that I was accepted into in June. The following is a description for the show submission.

The earliest artworks known to us, cave paintings from over 30,000 years ago, prominently feature depictions of animals. It is suggested those subterranean images might have been intended as a form of "hunting magic", an attempt by ancient artists to summon up game and increase the yield of the hunt. Another theory is that prehistoric shamans believed that by retreating into dark, secreted caves and creating images of powerful beasts they could draw power from those images into themselves, perhaps even taking on attributes of the beasts they depicted.
Millennia later in Egyptian reliefs, gods were regularly given the form of half-human half-animal hybrids. Ra the sun god is depicted with the head of a falcon, and sores through the sky on a flaming ship bringing light to the world. Set, originally the patron of Upper Egypt, would eventually be depicted with the head of a jackal, and be associated with all things chaotic and evil. The animal form symbolically conveys to the viewer the god's nature and supernatural abilities.
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Native North American peoples held a variety of beliefs centered around sacred spirit animals. In their arts, crafts, and religious monuments its apparent that a reverence for nature and a faith in the power of animals as spiritual guides was an intrinsic part of the belief system.
In modern art and culture, the human/animal divide is still a topic of interest: from the ever growing field of wildlife photography, to the embalmed sculptures of Damien Hirst, to the current cultural obsession with animalistic monsters such as vampires and werewolves.