Bio/Mass: Contemporary Meditations on Nature

April 17 - September 5, 2021

Libby Smith

Dorothy Churchill-Johnson

Carol Saindon

Lynn Hanson

Karen Kitchel

Maria Rendón

Scott Chatenever

Bio: Relating to life and living beings

Mass: A large body of matter crowded together

Artists are observers and interpreters of what they see around them, whether it is a social concern, the natural world, the built environment or their own unique vision. Often artists work in series, exploring a particular topic as they deeply observe their subject over time. For artists, this repetition can serve both as a meditative practice and a means of learning and understanding.

In this exhibition, artists were chosen who create work in series, examining some aspect of nature. They may be examining patterns in nature or the same location over a long period of time. Some combine and recombine singular elements that accumulate into a fascinating and revealing artwork or body of work.

These artists have transformed their fascination with deep observations of their individual environments into works that help us to see the beauty in the details of our world, celebrating both quiet and dramatic moments in nature.

Bio/Mass: Contemporary Meditations on Nature is co-curated by Holli Harmon and Nicole Strasburg.

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