Campbell received his MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute.  His work has been exhibited locally at the Abington Art Center, Arcadia University, and Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art.  Nationally and internationally his work has been included in exhibitions at the Arlington Museum of Art (Arlington, TX), the Salt Lake Art Center, The Luminary (St. Louis), and Oblong Gallery (London).  In 2002 Campbell was awarded the DeGolyer Award from the Dallas Museum of Art. He is an adjunct faculty member at the Community College of Philadelphia and lives and works in Philadelphia and Brooklyn. [website]

In Suburban Warlock, McManus presents new video and sculpture. Reggie, the Suburban Warlock, goes on his final quest to revive an abandoned strip mall. This event promotes the upcoming 14th episode of Hair and Diamonds, McManus' ongoing video series. In the spirit of Hollywood movie promotion, the audience can use Reggie’s magical powers to resurrect the mall in a scene of ritualistic sacrifice.

Christopher P. McManus created Hair and Diamonds to experiment with video, animation and puppetry. Hair and Diamonds has screened at international festivals and museums. Christopher holds degrees from Georgetown University and Yale University. He lives and works in Philadelphia. [website]

Growing up in Chicago during the 1980’s has informed Portlock‘s interest in the dialogue between place and the formation of identity in urban space. For his ongoing project Ghost City, Portlock uses the conventions of pastoral landscape painting and the tools for developing computer games to create large format prints based on the abandoned buildings within a five-mile radius of his house.

Portlock received an MFA in Studio Art from th e University of Chicago and an MFA in Electronic Visualization from the University of Illinois. Images from the Ghost City series have been exhibited at Moore College of Art (Philadelphia), Abrons Art Center (New York City) and Arlington Art Center (Arlington VA) among others. Ghost City #13, from the series, is featured on the cover of a recent issue of Photography Quarterly (#98). Other recent projects have been screened or exhibited at the This is Not a Gateway Festival (London, UK), International Guerrilla Video Festival (Dublin, Ireland) and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Portlock has work in the permanent collection at Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria) and has exhibited in France, the UK, Poland, Argentina, and Japan. [website]

Mark Stockton, Flesh for Worms

In the exhibition Flesh for Worms, Stockton introduces two new series of drawings. "A Selection of Popular Athletes, Canines and Entertainers" is a group of 18 graphite drawings that catalog three sets of distinct archetypes.  Each portrait is rendered with exacting specificity, yet inevitably descends to a generalization of the depicted persona.  Upon closer inspection, an underlying grid becomes apparent, as the counterfeit nature of the image is revealed. "The Hunters" series is comprised of four large-scale panels; each containing eight diminishing portraits in charcoal.  The groupings compile visual lists of iconic, sometimes deplorable, Americans. Loosely connected by their actions, these figures have altered the countenance of our national identity. 

in collaboration with Carlos Torres López and Beatriz Irizarry Gauthier