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Gathering: Artist Samantha Rausch

8/3/2017

Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706

Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017
Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm

www.samantharausch.com
@sambinarausch

Read about Samanta Rauchs's interactive works that address space, by creating playgrounds on and off the wall in our Summer 2015 issue and see what she's up to now by following her work on Instagram @sambinarausch

Her piece ZERO, is up for viewing at Abrams Claghorn as part of Gathering: A Venison Magazine Retrospective through August 31st!

work in progress by Samantha // image via Instagram

"If my art practice were to have a band name I would call it Storm Rider. When I begin any piece, I am acutely aware of the space where the work will exist. This is where the build-up starts, I am instantly drawn to an area and/or the architecture of the space and work towards warping one’s initial perception of the space in order to alter his/her experience of interaction. I aim to create a heightened awareness of our bodies moving through space. " - Samantha Rausch, Summer 2015

Bio:

Samantha Rausch is a conceptual artist whose interdisciplinary practice fuses installation, sculpture, painting, performance and public art together. Her work deals with creating immersive & interactive environments in relation to cosmic narratives Rausch devises. She currently lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Rausch received her MFA from the Mount Royal School of Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art and her BFA & BA in Art History from the University of South Florida. Rausch has participated in a number residencies including the Vermont Studio Center, group shows around the country, and has multiple works as part of permanent public art works collection.

ZERO // Burch Wood, Metal, Plastic, Cold Press Archival Watercolor Paper, Ink, Acrylic Paint // 12" X 12" 4" // on view at Abrams Claghorn

ZERO // Burch Wood, Metal, Plastic, Cold Press Archival Watercolor Paper, Ink, Acrylic Paint // 12" X 12" 4" // on view at Abrams Claghorn

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Summertime Views

8/2/2017

We've compiled a list of shows we're excited about this summer. Here's just a fraction of what's happening along the west coast.

Satisfactual
Heidi Schwegler + Derek Monypen

THRU Media
1706 NW Gilson St, suite 7,
Portland OR 97209

On view:
July 2017

New Modernism
group show
Math Bass - Pat Boas - Chris Gander - Chris Johanson - Samuel Levi Jones -Joanna Pousette-Dart - Amanda Wojick

Elizabeth Leach Gallery
417 NW 9th avenue
Portland OR 97209

On view:
July 20th - September 2nd, 2017
Tuesday - Saturday
1030am - 530pm

Chris Johanson // Do You Know the Anser to the Riddle (Perceptions #3) // color sugarlift aquatint // 28 x 25" // 2007 // ed of 30

Wolf Haven:
Annie Marie Musselman

Charles A. Hartman Fine Art
134 NW 8th Avenue
Portland OR 07209

On view:
July 20th - September 2nd, 2017
Thurs-Sat
11am - 5pm

Under Cover
Alison OK Frost

Fourth Wall Gallery
473 25th St
Oakland CA 94612

On view:
July 22nd - September 9th, 2017
Saturdays, 1 - 5pm
1st Fridays, 6 - 9pm & by appointment

Miss Van //soft blindess I // pencil and acrylic on paper // 16 x 10" // 2016

ONSET
group show
Adele Renault - Bagger 43 - Basik - Caratoes - David Ryan - Jade Rivera - Jaime Molina - Joseph Martinez - Josh Grotto -
Lena Gustafson - Li-Hill - Lie -Miss Van - Roan Victor

First Amendment Gallery
1000 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103

On view:
July 20th - August 17th, 2017
Wednesday - Saturday 12 - 630pm

Currents
Paula Morales

R/SF
1050 Larkin St
San Francisco CA 94109

On view:
July 28th - August 20th, 2017
Saturday & Sunday 8pm - 1030pm
& by appointment

Me, Myself & Delerium

Michael Reeder

Cordesa Fine Art
942 2nd St #208
Los Angeles CA

On view:
July 8th - August 5th, 2017
Wed - Fri 2pm - 6pm
Sat 12pm - 4pm

Figurative Futures
group show
Jason Shawn Alexander - Christian Clayton - Richard Downs - Chambliss Giobbi - Hugo Crosthwaite - Joshua Hagler - Nate Harris - Trenton Doyle Hancock - Seonna Hong - Tim Hussey - Maria Kreyn - Sophia Narrett - Joakim Ojanen - Irene Hardwicke Olivieri - Robyn O’Neil - Erik Mark Sandberg - Larry Rivers - Kristen Schiele - Allison Schulnik - Rodger Stevens - Mark Whalen - Kent Williams - Martin Wittfooth - Marco Zamora

101/Exhibit
668 North La Peer Drive
Los Angeles CA

On view:
July 22nd - August 26th, 2017
Tues - Sat 10am - 6pm

Sophia Narrett // Along the Vein // Embroidery thread and fabric // 26 x 20" // 2015

Loren Erdrich // I Will Touch A Hundred and Not Pick One // 30 x 22" // 2016

Wooleyes
group show
Miguel Aldaz - Thomas Birdsong - Christopher Brown - Nicolas Canales - JooYoung Choi - Seong Chon - Michael Crew - Sylvia Drzewieski - Scott Daniel Ellison - Loren Erdrich - Mandy Lyn Ford - Julio Galarza - Rema Ghuloum - Jamey Hart - Easton Miller - Alex Paulus - Larry Pearsall - Steve Remington - Dale Riley - Karen Veronica Taylor -

UCPLA Washington Reid Gallery
6110 Washington Blvd
Culver City CA 90232

Opening Reception:
August 5th, 2017
6 - 9pm

Gathering: Artist Meline Höijer Schou

8/1/2017

Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706

Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017
Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm

www.melineart.com
@melineart

Swedish multimedia artist Meline Höijer Schou has been stirring the pot with her work, exploring the role of an artist, decision making and confronting thoughts, feelings and actions. Learn about her work in our Winter 2015 issue, where you can also watch her short films.

Her film, see you in my art, based off of our interview with her, was nominated in several film festivals just last year! We're thrilled she's joined our retrospective with Artist is injured - state of our affairs, now on view as part of Gathering: A Venison Magazine Retrospective!

"I also love the idea that artwork can be truly versatile. Conditions and people change and so do my paintings apparently, as of lately. They evolved and thus survived." - Meline Hoijer Schou -Winter 2015

Inside out - an interpretation of Andreas Vesalius. On commission from the Board of culture in Uppsala, Meline was one of eight selected artists to interpret the marvellous Andreas Vesalius, the father of anatomy, as an hommage on the 500th year of his birth // 2015

Artist Statement:

About my art It is important that my work contains a vibrant energy.
Of sorts.
I want to capture the critical moment before the explicit outcome of a decision is possible to ascertain. I want to leave room for a great deal of ambivalence in the spectator. We don´t always make it easy on ourselves. But we communicate. Somehow. Autonomous from spatial realities.
Art as interactive speech bubbles. I adore the beauty of the uncouth and the slightly crude. I guess that´s why the knife is my tool when painting. I find knives easy to control and I love the sharpness, the edginess of its proceedings within the texture of the paint. To control it I have to hold my breath, so we´re both under an equal amount of pressure. Truce as an art form. When working with photography or making short films, I pretty much behave in the same way, I don’t look for absolute cleanliness. I want a certain amount of edge to remain. To cause some trouble. To stir something.
I want to pose questions, I don´t provide answers.

Meline Höijer Schou

Artist is Injured - state of our affairs // photograph // 12 x 12 x 1.5" // now on view at Abrams Claghorn

Found wanting // oil on canvas with dymo // 39x39 inches

Cordlessness (what if I open my eyes and find out for real) // oil on canvas // 39x39 inches

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Gathering: Artist Kay Healy

7/31/2017

Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706

Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017
Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm

www.kayhealy.com
@kayshealy

Philadelphia based artist Kay Healy spoke with Amber last summer about her large scaled screen printed and fiber based, installations. You can hear their conversation in our Summer 2016 issue! We're excited that Kay will be joining us on August 12th, 2017 for an artist talk at Abrams Claghorn as part of Gathering: A Venison Magazine Retrospective.

installation view of Lost and Found // 2014

Artist Statement:

Since 2008 I have been creating large-scale screenprints of furniture, based on images I have found online, from my childhood, and most recently a series created based on other people’s descriptions of their childhood homes. Through my art I investigate themes of transience and the search for stability in an ever-changing world. I am by nature a nostalgic person and am very interested in how an object as mundane as a plastic salad spinner can embody vivid memories of people, events, and periods of someone’s life.

Lady Liberty Out of Time // Stuffed and sewn cotton, acrylic shirt, ceramic // 2017 // now on view at Abrams Claghorn

George's Argus Camera and Miiko's Purse // 2016

Armchair // Screen printed, stuffed, and sewn fabric // 2015

Screenprinting allows me to make large-scale works that I can detach from with relative ease. If I made large-scale paintings, each one would be too precious to wheatpaste onto buildings or gallery walls, which destroys the art object. In direct contrast to my nostalgic impulses with the original objects, working with the multiple enables me to let go of the pieces and spread them throughout the community.

By working with the memories of other people I am creating a physical representation of collective recollections, while investigating how a variety of people, who differ in gender, age, race, neighborhood, sexual identity, income, and education, all relate to the objects that populate their memories, and cope with the fact that there is no way to truly return home.

Artist talk with Kay Healy!

Philadelphia based artist Kay Healy will be joining us for our artist talk on August 12th from 5 - 7pm at Abrams Claghorn! This is an evening not to be missed!

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Gathering: Artist Bryan Kring

7/29/2017

Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706

Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017
Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm

www.bryankringdesign.com
@bryankring

Bryan Kring shared, as Danielle introduced, "His enchanting images and dark humored writing... often enhanced with interactive mechanisms that pull you into another world held in the palm of your hand" in our Summer 2015 issue.

We're delighted to have Shared Illusion showing in our retrospective, now up for viewing at Abrams Claghorn through August 31st.

Traveling together Apart // edition 40 // paper, ink, thread // 4" x 5" // intaglio and letterpress printed

Shared Illusion // woodblock print with painted figure // 10" x 4" x 4" // now on view at Abrams Claghorn

Bio:

I originally wanted to be a writer but moved on to painting when I found that I didn't have any stories to tell. I went to art school and filled my home with large canvases. When there was no room left I switched to printmaking and working with small bits of paper. Now, after finding a few stories, I am working in book arts and am able to do a little of everything and am enjoying connecting the circle back to the writing.

I am also a graphic designer and run the creative firm Kring Design Studio.

Sea Monster // edition: 100 // paper, ink, brass, wood, acrylic // 2.75" x 3.5" x 3.25” // intaglio and letterpress printed with hand water coloring

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Gathering: Artist Jennifer Pettus

7/27/2017

Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706

Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017
Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm

www.jenniferpettus.com
@jeneticp

Amber's interview with Jennifer Pettus was published in our Winter 2015 issue, where you can see more the intricate details of Pettus's embroidery mixed into a complex work of art made of various materials. Whatnot is up as part of Gathering: A Venison Magazine Retrospective, through August 31.

"I think the idea of grey areas or fluidity (not only in terms of art but gender, sexuality, politics, etc) is just recently being embraced. I love the idea that art is like a membrane where ideas are constantly seeping, shifting and changing and I think that’s what this new fiber-based mixed media work does very successfully." -- Jennifer Pettus, Winter 2015

Whatnot // Balloons, embroidery floss, satin, brocade, polymer clay, felt, tape // 12" x 11" x 2.5" // now on view at Abrams Claghorn

Artist Statement:

The complication of life inspires me to use complicated combinations of materials and methods in my work. I create three dimensional shadowboxes, free form assemblages, and installations that defy categorization with calculated hodgepodge. I spend a lot of time “making the stuff to make the stuff,” re-purposing second-hand and throw-away materials with techniques like knitting, knotting, stitching, wrapping, staining, poking, gluing, and smashing. I use excessive texturing in conjunction with vibrant colors and curious objects to create a visual pull, asking the viewer to come closer than they might otherwise to a work of art. My hope is to use this material mishmash to keep the viewer engaged with clues to a certain complexity behind the familiar

Make-like // 56” x 21” x 3″ // hand dyed yarn and embroidery floss, washcloth, cranberry juice, felt, air dry clay, spray paint, pencil, colored pencil, marker, polymer clay, wool, rubber bands, earrings, various trim // 2015

Get-up // 60” x 22″ // hand dyed embroidery floss, vintage lingerie, transfer ink, pencil, colored pencil, push pins, rubber, various trim // 2015

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Gathering: Artist Brian Donnelly

7/26/2017

Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706

Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017
Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm

www.briandonnelly.org
@bbbriandonnelly

Featured in our Winter 2014 issue, Toronto based artist Brian Donnelly joins Venison artists from all over the world with Confetti Portrait for Gathering: A Venison Magazine Retrospective. We're excited to see how much his work has evolved in the last couple of years. Centered on portraiture, Donnelly's minimalist portraits evoke a visceral response we cannot ignore.

"Ultimately I wanted the work to reflect back on me, as the antagonist, fiercely editing and perverting good paintings recklessly." - Brian Donnelly, Winter 2014

Confetti Portrait // oil on paper // 2017

Little Pieces // oil, paper, aluminum, mylar // 11" x 16" // 2015

Reliquaries // oil, paper, aluminum, mylar // 11" x 16" // 2014

A Hail // oil, wood, splinters // 36" x 40" // 2015

Read Donnelly's latest feature in House of Vans!

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Gathering: Artist Bonnie MacAllister

7/25/2017

Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706

Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017
Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm

www.bonniemacallister.com
@bonniemacart

Showcasing throughout the eastern United States this year, artist Bonnie MacAllister joins us in the west for Gathering: A Venison Magazine Retrospective with Hurts Like Broken Glass. We interviewed the multimedia artist in our Summer 2015 issue, where we explored her works in 2D, 3D, fiber and film. We're thrilled to see her work up close, on view until August 31st!

Bio:

A former student of notated scholars Jacques Derrida, Hélène Cixous, and filmmaker Agnès Varda, MacAllister is an award winning multimedia performance artist. Her work has been showcased at Riverside Library (Lincoln Center), Boricua College (Manhattan), the Delaware Art Museum, et al Projects (NY), Glenview Mansion (MD), Commerce Square, and the swag bags at the 55th

Hurts Like Broken Gllass // embroidery // 10" x 10" x 2" // on view at Abrams Claghorn

Annual Grammy Awards. She has showcased her films and music through Classwar Karaoke (UK), the Leap Second Festival (Norway), University of Sussex (UK), Kongo Kanvas (PA), and at the Kyoto Hotel (Los Angeles). MacAllister has performed at Sandy Spring Museum (MD), New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), Raandesk Gallery (NY), Highwire Gallery (PA), the Rotunda (University of Pennsylvania), Cat Cat Club (Paris), Pterodactyl Gallery (PA), and Le Grand Fromage (NJ). She has received grants from the City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce, a Fulbright-Hays award (Ethiopia), Teach for America Fellowship (2008), and a fellowship award to Lyon (2010).

sun on her face // embroidery on felt

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Gathering: Artist Ankica Mitrovska

7/24/2017

Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 9470

Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017
Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm

www.ankicamitrovska.com

Ankica Mitrovska was featured in our Spring 2015 where we specifically discussed the relationship between the aggressor and victim, the duality between powerful and vulnerable, and so much more. She's exhibited all over the United States and internationally, including Macedonia, where she grew up. We're thrilled Ankica has joined us for Venison's Retrospective with Untitled (D.T.).

Untitled (D.T) // mixed media // 12" x 8.5" x 0.3" // now on view at Abrams Claghorn

detail view of Untitled (The Demise of Bog) // charcoal, acrylic paint, wire, wood, plastic // 8' x 8' //2015 // Outpost Residency Missouri

Artist Statement:

My work operates on the dualities of aggressor and victim, powerful and vulnerable, the same way along which politically driven ideologies are implemented in western contemporary society. Thus, different means of control such as surveillance over people, controlled media, and propagation of fear create social anxieties of isolation, oppression, and division. The metaphorical nature of the work is intended to be a starting point of questioning the social and political structures we live in.

My work alternates between drawing, installation and video performance.

My central interests are concerned with gender (in)equality, social (in)stability, social pressure, power relationships and the individual's or collective psychological transformations over resisting and embracing social change.

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Gathering: Artist Amabelle Aguiluz

7/24/2017

Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706

Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017
Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm

www.amabelleaguiluz.com
Amabelle Aguiluz on Facebook
@amabelleaguiluz

Amabelle Aguiluz was featured in our Spring 2016 issue, where we discussed fiber arts, fashion and meditations of her process. She has joined Venison's first retrospective with Veil. We're delighted to have her speak during the artist talk on August 12th!

Artist Statement + Bio:

Amabelle Aguiluz expresses the flow of life as a vast web of interconnections using the medium of fiber as a symbolic map; linking us to the past and connecting us together. Her preference for using discarded fabrics allows her time to explore the process of transformation while collecting and analyzing the materials of her production. Aguiluz uses her art as a means to connect with history, nature and her surroundings.

Amabelle Aguiluz lives and works in Los Angeles.

Veil // cotton, linen, puma stretch // 11" x 7" // 2017 // on view at Abrams Claghorn

Her practice incorporates clothing, textile, fiber sculpture, and installation processes that are presented as free form sculptures and often are incorporated into live performance, video, and photographs. She studied at Politecnico di Milano, Italy and graduated in 2011 from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York BFA in Fashion Design. Aguiluz’s work has been exhibited nationally and was part of the La Triennale Internationale des Arts Textiles in Outaouais, Canada in 2016

Veil // cotton, linen, puma stretch // 11" x 7" // 2017 // on view at Abrams Claghorn

Shhh Chute // Triennale Internationale des arts textiles en Outaouais // Canada // 2016

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Stop by the gallery to see all the art, and pop in on August 12th for an artist talk!

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