Dustin Hedrick (Nashville,TN)
Face Recognition, 2019
Medium: Site-specific installation using black tape
Dimensions: variable
Richard Echols (Cordova, TN)
Embrace, 2017
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions: 54x42 inches
Bonjour, 2018
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions: 48x56 inches
“This series of works originate from pictures of old family photos, in order to invoke feeling and create a sense of normalcy to the black figure being present in paintings. In addition, these paintings also serve as counteractive measure; to construct dialogue around the idea of black figures only being portrayed in paintings in order to present a political agenda.” – Jerrell Gibbs
Khadija Nia Adell (Baltimore, MD)
Emergence (One), 2018-2019
Medium: Digital collage, glass beads, wood, woven wallpaper, and mirrors on canvas
Dimensions: 44x34x4 inches
“Emergence One & Emergence Two are sister pieces. They are composed of the same mother and sister prints from the series ‘Distant Histories’ and a collection of graphite collages. These pieces are representative of the continuous cycle and style of my work. The source images were made four years ago after a journey abroad, but the multiplicity of collage (digital and analog) allows for these works to be born again and again.
The mixture of materials is close to home, as my creative practice and technique have emerged from the vocabulary of mark making I have been adding to for the last decade. They are a part of my larger body of abstract works that utilize visual distance, digital manipulation, and handcrafted details, to explore the complexity and texture of the African Diaspora-past, present, and future”. – Khadija Nia Adell
Khadija Nia Adell (Baltimore, MD)
Emergence (Two), 2018-2019
Medium: Digital collage, glass beads, wood, woven wallpaper, and mirrors on canvas.
Dimensions: 44x34x4 inches
“Emergence One & Emergence Two are sister pieces. They are composed of the same mother and sister prints from the series ‘Distant Histories’ and a collection of graphite collages. These pieces are representative of the continuous cycle and style of my work. The source images were made four years ago after a journey abroad, but the multiplicity of collage (digital and analog) allows for these works to be born again and again.
The mixture of materials is close to home, as my creative practice and technique have emerged from the vocabulary of mark making I have been adding to for the last decade. They are a part of my larger body of abstract works that utilize visual distance, digital manipulation, and handcrafted details, to explore the complexity and texture of the African Diaspora-past, present, and future”. – Khadija Nia Adell
Melissa Wilkinson (West Memphis, AR)
Reach, 2017
Medium: Ink wash on paper
Dimensions: 30x24 inches
“This amalgam of two figures dancing on a disco floor is part of a series entitled ‘Flashe Cocotte’ or ‘fast tart’ in French. Each work is an appropriated and dismantled painting showcasing the unabashed freedom found in the festive theatre of a dance club.” – Melissa Wilkinson
Melissa Wilkinson (West Memphis, AR)
She wore slacks, 2017
Medium: Ink wash on paper
Dimensions: 30x24 inches
“This painting is a quasi-photorealist mash of a young Brooke Shields on the dance floor of Studio 54. The awkward and pubescent youth embodies both influential beauty and influence while gyrating with the strange movements of a teenager in a public theatre of debauchery.” – Melissa Wilkinson
Austin Stern (Seattle, WA)
Red Fatty, 2017
Medium: Blown and sculpted glass
Dimensions: 17x14x11 inches
“Red Fatty is a piece from my ‘Little Monster’ series, where cartoon-like creatures interact with physical manifestations of their thoughts and feelings. This piece was made as a playful comment on greed, and the inclination to chase after that which is just out of reach.” – Austin Stern
Austin Stern (Seattle, WA)
Daydreamer, 2017
Medium: Blown and sculpted glass
Dimensions: 23x14x9 inches
“Daydreamer is a piece from my ‘Little Monster’ series, where cartoon-like creatures interact with physical manifestations of their thoughts and feelings. This piece was made during my featured artist residency at the Tacoma Museum of Glass in 2017, and captures the overwhelming feeling of joy and possibility that characterized the residency.” – Austin Stern
Adama Delphine Fawundu (Brooklyn, NY)
Vernacular #1, Body Language Series, 2017
Medium: Archival pigment and screen print on paper (Limited Edition 2/3 + 1AP)
Dimensions: 16x22 inches
Adama Delphine Fawundu (Brooklyn, NY)
Vernacular #4, Body Language Series, 2017
Medium: Archival pigment and screen print on paper (Limited Edition 1/3 + 1AP)
Dimensions: 16x20 inches
Adama Delphine Fawundu (Brooklyn, NY)
Vernacular #2, Body Language Series, 2017
Medium: Archival pigment and screen print on paper (Limited Edition 1/3 + 1AP)
Dimensions: 16x22 inches
“Body Language explores themes of identity and the African Diaspora, using paper as a material to distort the identity of fabrics. [My work often incorporates] hand-dyed fabric inspired by [my] paternal grandmother, Adama, and aunt of Sierra Leone in West Africa.”
– Adama Delphine Fawundu
Jess Tinsley (Germantown, TN)
Rolling Seas, 2019
Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 36x48 inches
“This piece is about the majesty and beauty of the world around us - in the hopes that it will inspire people to pay attention to the intricacies & majesty of the world we often take for granted. I hope it inspires thought, questions, & imagination. Each piece begins with a first layer acrylic wash, followed by a layer of heavy body acrylic paint, which adds texture and depth, and a layer of organic lines in ink. Finally, a layer of resin is added for a beautiful reflective quality.” – Jess Tinsley
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Chambers Austelle (Charleston, SC)
Charlie, 2019
Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 20x24 inches
Chambers Austelle (Charleston, SC)
Penelope, 2019
Medium:Mixed media
Dimensions: 20x24 inches
“[In Charlie and Penelope] I am exploring the complex way in which our society views women and their relation to beauty. Inspired by fashion photography and the evolution of the roles of women, I place idealized women in isolated settings saturated with bright colors, challenging the viewer to confront the dichotomy between the perception of liberation and that of confinement.” – Chambers Austelle
Tracy Treadwell (Memphis, TN)
An Avenue, 2018
Medium: Steel strap and Lucite shelves
Dimensions: 60x 68x12 inches
“Tracy Treadwell’s work bridges the familiar and the suggestive through assemblage of found and fabricated objects and through her exploration of memory as it fades and evolves over time. In an attempt to decipher and acknowledge her own history, Treadwell taps into the pathways that determine a variety of relationships: how object mass relates to body mass, how materials extend themselves to the human anatomy, and how color, object, and space trigger memory.”
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Tracy Treadwell (Memphis, TN)
It's a Dream in Here, 2018
Medium: Chrome bumpers and LED Lights
Dimensions: 66x58x5 inches each
Jonathan Adams (New Brunswick, NJ)
Who Let The Kat Out The Bag?, 2018-2019
Medium: Ink, gouache, crayon, pain, empty apologies, puns, bullshitting, and "Why did she say those things to me?" on paper
Dimensions: 22x15 inches
“I began to think of the power of words as weapons. How could a set of words embody a feeling, how can they take physical manifestations through written words, physicality of representations; but most of all, how could the communication of the phrase within the piece change the dynamic meaning of the work itself.”
– Jonathan Adams
Jonathan Adams (New Brunswick, NJ)
The Arrival / Pale Blitz, 2018
Medium: Ink, gouache, decorative paper, acrylic, and "...a storm is looming" on paper
Dimensions: 22x30 inches
“An introduction piece into the collected body of work "Sonnet in Thunder". The collection foretells the colonization of thunderbirds on a lower civilization. The body of work explores the facets of colonization, race, equity and power dynamics.” – Jonathan Adams
Paige Ellens (Memphis, TN)
Octagonal Prism, 2019
Medium: Acrylic and ink on canvas
Dimensions: 56x56x3.5 inches
“In the last year or two, I have become obsessed with line work and using repetitive patterns. I also love experimenting with colors that work to make some sort of optical illusion. In this piece, I worked with a zoomed in photograph of an iridescent bag as a reference for my background. Overlaid, I have line work that mimics the octagonal shape. It can be seen from afar because of its size, yet up close even more can be discovered.”
– Paige Ellens
LaToya M. Hobbs
Kelli R., 2012
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Dimensions: 50x34 inches
“Kelli R. is from my ‘Beautiful Uprising Series’, which investigates the intersection of race, beauty, and identity among women of the African Diaspora in an attempt to counter negative misconceptions and stereotypes based in Eurocentric ideals.” – LaToya M. Hobbs
Natalie Eddings (Memphis, TN)
Bend, 2019
Medium: Digital collage on Photo Rag paper
Dimensions: 24x24 inches
“The woman asks herself, ‘Am I selfish for being small or small for being selfish?’ This piece addresses the way in which women are socialized to be smaller in every aspect than men.” – Natalie Eddings
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Anna Bearman (Memphis, TN)
Skin Shifts, 2018
Medium: Digital painting on paper
Dimensions: 20x20 inches
“This piece reflects on the emotional quality of our skin and how colors reflect certain feelings.”
– Anna Bearman