FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Gallery
on the fringe shows bold new art
Detroit, MI : January
9, 2013. An exhibition almost two years in the making opens to the
public on Saturday, February 2nd at the detroit
contemporary. Members Cut includes work by seven artists from
Detroit, Windsor, and Ohio selected by curator Aaron Timlin during the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit's 2011 Members All Media
Exhibition. The exhibition includes the work of both established
and emerging artists ranging from sculpture, painting, photography
and installation. Exhibiting artists are Steve Baibak (DeWitt),
Douglas Bedard (Windsor), Matthew Boonstra (Milford), Chrissy Deiger
(Toledo), Robert Quentin Hyde (Royal Oak), Ray Katz (Pontiac), and
Munazza Naeem (Windsor). Members Cut opens to the public on February
2nd with a reception from 6pm to 10pm.
The reception is free and provides an opportunity to meet the artists
and curator. The exhibition runs through Sunday, March 3rd.
Steve
Baibak
is a multidisciplinary artist with a strong interest in using found
materials in a fusion of processes, both artistic and non-artistic,
to create insouciant fancies, huggermuggers, and visual fictions.
Douglas
Bedard is an artist and curator. He graduated with Honours
Degree in Art History from the University of Windsor and over the
last 19 years he has participated in 90 exhibitions in the region
from galleries in southwestern Ontario, Detroit and Windsor, where he
continues to live and work. Some notable galleries in southwestern
Ontario include the Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford;
Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Latcham Art Gallery, Stouffville; Lambton
Art Gallery, Sarnia; Leamington Arts Centre; Peel Art Gallery,
Brampton; and Thames Art Gallery, Chatham. In Detroit, he has shown
his work in places including: Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit,
Detroit Artists Market, The Scarab Club, and Swords Into Plowshares
Gallery. In Windsor his work has been exhibited at the Art Gallery
of Windsor, Artcite, Artspeak Gallery, Common Ground Gallery and the
Windsor Printmaker's Forum. He is a regional artist, winning several
awards in Michigan and Ontario.
Matthew
Boonstra was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received is BFA from
Eastern Michigan University and MFA from Michigan State University.
Boonstra has received several awards for his creative work including;
Visual Arts Fellowship from the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition,
Outstanding Student Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture from
International Sculpture Center, Individual Artist Grant from the Arts
Council of Greater Lansing. Boonstra has exhibited his work at
numerous venues across the nation including Grounds For Sculpture,
Hamiltion, NJ, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, TX, Urban Institute
of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI and upcoming solo exhibitions
at MAINSITE Contemporary, Norman, OK and McLanahan Gallery at Penn
State Altoona, PA. Boonstra, maintains his studio practice in
Milford, Michigan and Stillwater, Oklahoma where he is a Visiting
Assistant Professor of Art.
Chrissy
Deiger
received her BA from Kenyon College, in both anthropology and
environmental studies. She later pursued a Masters in Teaching from
Pacific University in Oregon. Following numerous photography
classes in her college career, she has worked with many photographic
professionals at Anderson Ranch in Colorado, and the Ansel Adams
Gallery in Yosemite National Park. She has received several awards
for her work. She resides in Toledo, OH.
Robert
Quentin Hyde is an artiste
“multi-disciplinaire” whose work has been in many exhibitions
both locally and elsewhere. His work is included in the James Pearson
Duffy Collection at Wayne State University and in many private
collections. Robert earned his MFA degree in painting from Wayne
State and has 3 other graduate degrees. While very much influenced by
Surrealism and Dubuffet’s theories of l’Art
brut,
Hyde’s work defies classification and easy interpretation and
invites the viewer to look more closely at the often intricate and
colorful compositions.
Ray
Katz
was
born and raised in Detroit Michigan where he attended Mumford High
School. Immediately after high school he served four years in the
United States Air Force where he became interested in art. Upon
returning from the military he attended Detroit Society of Arts and
Crafts and Eastern Michigan University where he received his Bachelor
of Science in Fine Arts. He continued his education at Wayne State
University where he received his Master of Fine Arts degree in
sculpture and drawing. Currently he is a Professor of Art at the
Auburn Hills, Michigan, campus of Oakland Community College where he
teaches sculpture, drawing and design. In the past fifteen years Ray
Katz has exhibited in Japan, France, Florida, Georgia, Virginia,
Tennessee, Texas, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey and
throughout southern and western Michigan. His work is represented in
private, corporate and institutional collections. In 2006 his
sculpture Square to the Gate was purchased by the City of
Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 2007 he was a Finalist and Award Winner in
the Kajima International Sculpture Competition and Exhibition in
Tokyo and Osaka Japan. In 2008 his sculpture Galaxy was purchased by
the City of Mt. Vernon Illinois. Also in 2008 he installed his
sculpture Odyssey in the Theater District of downtown Indianapolis,
Indiana, as part of their site specific sculpture exhibition.
Munazza
Naeem
is a painter and printmaker who has been working since 1998. She is
originally from Pakistan. Munazza received her Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree from National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan. She came to
Canada in 2001, and studied at the Ontario College of Arts and
Design, Toronto. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from
Wayne State University, Michigan. Munazza is currently an art
instructor teaching drawing, painting, printmaking, and
Education
coordinator
at
the Windsor Printmaker’s Forum. She is Executive Director of
Trapezium Creative Solutions Inc., Windsor Ontario, Canada. Munazza
has exhibited her work extensively in a number of groups and solo
exhibitions across Canada and abroad. Her
work is in numerous corporate and private collections on national and
international levels.
Aaron
Timlin, curator,
has curated the Detroit Actual Size Biennial Exhibition since its
inception in 1999. He has
served as a juror for the Art Gallery of Windsor, ArtServe Michigan,
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and Central Michigan
University's annual student exhibition. He has curated numerous
exhibitions at the Northville Art House, Detroit Artists Market and
detroit contemporary among others. Timlin has also served as a grant
review panelist for the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural
Affairs, and worked under the Curator of Contemporary Art at the
Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City where he assisted
with the international exhibition, "The American Effect."
Timlin lives and works in Detroit where he was born.
detroit
contemporary's
mission
is to create positive social change by providing a space
where new ideas are shared and supported, where creative expressions
are celebrated, and where the imagination is the driving force behind
both our work and play. Located at 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd in Detroit,
the detroit contemporary, is an art gallery, theatre, film and TV
studio, community garden, and creative social hub.
detroit
contemporary 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd Detroit, MI 48208
Members
Cut opening reception Saturday, February 2nd from 6pm
to 10pm
For more information contact Kt
Andresky, director of exhibitions at
kt@detroitcontemporary.com
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