January Exhibitions

Two opportunities to see the vandyke brown prints from forces of nature in January 2010.

I will have several pieces in the tenth incarnation of Roy G Biv's Tenth Annual Image Ohio. Roy G Biv doesn't have the exhibition dates on their website but once the holidays are over I am sure you will be able to find them listed on http://www.roygbivgallery.org

Opening January 18th and running until February 18th I will be having a solo exhibition of forces of nature in the Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography at the University of La Verne 38 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

image from Marysville

Here is an early version of the typology grid of gingko leaves I have been working on. The white ground is the major difficulty with this project. I hope to expand this to at least 16 by the time I install at the Rosewood Art Center gallery in April.

The order of this set was expertly deduced by my wife Bridgette Bogle and is currently on view at the Marysville Library. Chasper Paw (Gingko I) and Gingko B are also at Link gallery in Dayton, Ohio.

Marysville Public Library debut of FON

With much help from the Ohio Arts Council and Montgomery County's Culture Works, not to mention the love and support from my wife Bridgette Bogle, I have reached a point of finally exhibiting the body of work known as Forces of Nature.

Marysville Public Library will be the debut of a series of images that will travel to Kettering, Ohio's Rosewood Art Center in April and to Sinclair Community College in October of 2010.

There will be about 25 framed images and a grid of 9 Gingko leave Vandyke Browns. I hope you can make it to one of these three venues in the next eleven months. The exhibition at Marysvile opens Dec. 1st and will continue during the month of December.

Christopher James juried exhibit still traveling

The Texas Photographic Society's Alternative Processes exhibition continues to travel through Texas and is currently up at the Watson Studio Gallery in Johnson City. The exhibit will be up through November 21st. WSG can be reached at 512.944.8585. Images from Tracey Longley-Cook, Christina Anderson and myself can be seen there or in the online catalog. Go to: http://texasphoto.org//images_Temp/AltProcessForWeb/index.html

Plates-to-Pixels, Body Pulses and OOVAR

Some quick notes of goings-on:

The Gingko Photogram Coat is part of Plate-to-Pixels' Body Pulses online exhibition. Their website for this is: http://www.platestopixels.com/bodypulses.htm.

I retrieved the work from Berea and was glad I got a chance to walk through the "Photo-Alternative: The Past as Future""exhibition. I got to meet a couple of the artists, one of who was Mary Rezny who did the lumen print on the Berea Arts Council's website, as well as Rene M Hales the exhibit sponsor.

OOVAR, the Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry, is actually having their 4th annual exhibition at the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Suki Kwon and I work in the exhibition.

170 years photography: the art of the photo archive

News from across the ocean came in the form of an email:

Exhibit 170 years photography: the art of the photo archive

Historic overview of photographic techniques and processes from the daguerreotype to ink jet printing with original historic objects and contemporary alternative works by renown international artists from the collection Atelier pH7, plus a personal exhibit of the artistic work of half a century of Roger Kockaerts, Belgian artist and visual media restorer.

From 5 to 27 November 2009 at Vrije Universiteit Brussel GalerY, Pleinlaan2, 1050 Brussels. (Free University of Belgium).

Contemporary works by: Christina ANDERSON (USA), 3-color gum over cyanotype; Gary AUERBACH (USA), platinum-palladium; Louis-François BACOU (FR), silver gelatin, platinum-palladium ; Philippe Berger (BE), carbon; Sabrina BIANCUZZI (FR), silver gelatin; Diana BLOOMFIELD (USA), platinum-palladium; Pascal BONNEAU (FR), platinum-palladium ; Jean DAUBAS (FR), Van Dyke Brown ; Jack FULTON (USA), Ink Jet; Eve GONDRY (BE), Polaroid transfer; Roger KOCKAERTS (BE), silver gelatin, cyanotype, platinum-palladium; Chia LÖFQVIST (SE), 3-color gum ; Pierre-Louis MARTIN (FR), mordançage ; Jeffrey MATHIAS (USA), platinum-palladium ; Philippe MEDARD (FR), Van Dyke Brown ; Michel MEDINGER (LU), cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown ; Christian NZE (FR), platinum-palladium ; Rinus ORTELEE (NL), daguerreotype ; Francis SCHANBERGER (USA), cyanotype ; René SMETS (BE), daguerreotype, salted paper, ambrotype, silver gelatin,cyanotype, oilprint, carbon, platinum, heliogravure, gum, bromoil, Sury powder process; Hamish STEWART (GB), 3-color gum ; Johan SWINNEN (BE), silver gelatin; Martin VAN KAMPEN (NL), Van Dyke Brown; Karel VAN GERVEN (BE), salted paper; Bruo VERMEERSCH (BE), oilprint; Carl WEESE (USA), platinum-palladium; Sam WANG (USA), platinum-palladium.

This event is organized at the occasion of the publication (in dutch) of ‘The art of the photo archive’ by Roger Kockaerts and Prof. dr. Johan Swinnen - ‘De kunst van het foto-archief’ – 480 p., ISBN 979 90 5487 540 6 by VUB press, Brussels.

The last 10 years, Atelier pH7 has organized more than 60 exhibits. Most of the artists represented in the present exhibit showed their work at Atelier pH7, situated in Brussels, the capital of united Europe.

Photo-Alternative: The Past as Future

Less than two weeks left to visit the Berea Arts Council gallery and see some amazing alternative process photography. A partial list of artists included in the exhibition are: Heather Leavitt, Donna Moore, Meg Wilson, Mary S Rezny, Mary Carothers, Pag Fredi, Marydorsey Wanless, R Kirk Williams, Jyl Kelley, Gregg Kemp, Kelsey Wurtz, David Cory, PK Koduri, Candace Law, and myself, the artist formerly known as Dr. Frangst. Why doesn't BAC post the complete list on the exhibition page of their website????

to lumen or not to lumen?

Lumen print made as a demo for the Visual Art Photography 330 class (alternative photo) using gingko leaves collected outside the new Studio 238 facility at College Park Center.

I like the look of this. Maybe make an inkjet negative and combine with vandyke?

two plus hours south of dayton

Two and three quarter hours south of here one finds the town of Berea. On Friday, the Berea Arts Council will open an exhibition of alternative process photography. The juror for the exhibition Photo Alternative: The Past as Future, Kurt Godhe, will be on hand to discuss the selected work. "Five (Sweetgum)" and " Broken (Gingko Leaf)" are among the work on display.

You know what it all means...Lexington is two and one quarter hours south of here!

http://www.bereaartscouncil.org/exhibits/exhib_current.htm

It's time for the state fair fine arts exhibition

The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition opens Tuesday evening, July 28 from 6-8 pm. I have two of the vandyke brown prints on the wall at the Cox Fine Arts Center. The exhibition runs the entire duration of the fair and suffers greatly from the competition with the butter sculptures in the Dairy Expo. Regardless, the exhibition is open to the public from July 29th - August 9th.

It's really a messy CV or artist bio.

Let me apologize. This blog isn't meant to an intellectual or cultural magnet. I update it mainly to list upcoming exhibitions, news, publicity, reviews, etc.

It's really a messy CV or artist bio.

Bridgette Bogle and I have work in the Dayton Visual Arts Center's annual member show juried by Sara Pierce. My photograph "Twelve" got an honorable mention. Look for it near the window of the DVAC gallery on Jefferson street.

I don't have a jpeg of the piece but once I photograph it I will upload it to this blog.

"Green", the members show at Dayton Visual Art Center, runs through August 20th.

Pulp II Columbus Dispatch Review

Christopher Yates reviewed Pulp II:Works on Paper in last Sunday's Columbus Dispatch. The link appears below.

This exhibition features the work of Ryan Agnew, Bridgette Bogle, Jason Amantangelo, and Laura Alexander. At the left is Moet Takeuchi's Organic Form which if I remember correctly is a salted paper print.





http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2009/06/14/2_YATES14_ART_06-14-09_E6_QUE49O8.html?sid=101

2008 Alternative Processes Exhibition still traveling

Alternative Processes, 2008: A Traveling Exhibition at River City Silver. 5103 McCullough Avenue San Antonio, TX 78212 [800] 938.2788 [210] 734.2020 Mo-Fr 8:30a-6p, thru June 15. To view a catalogue of accepted entries. To go to the River City Silver website.

Two plus months worth of news

Decaying Leaf (Digits), vandyke brown print, 2009, 13" x 13"

During the month of May I took part in the Link gallery members show. If the work is still up there are two pieces on the wall, "Two Seed Pods" and "Birch Pollen". Kaye Carlile should have the "Five (Sweet Gum)" in the back room.

Decaying Leaf (Flying Bird) was part of the Dayton Visual Arts Auction during April and "Second Heart" was purchased by a faculty member of Stivers at their annual fund raiser, also in April.

Some new images in the FON section of the website. In the near future I will be posting information regarding some solo exhibitions in 2009 and 2010.

Shows Coming Down, Shows Going Up

The works on paper show at the Rosewood Art Center is ending. Bridgette Bogle's painting installation at DVAC is also closing on March 26th. At the risk of sounding like a promoter which I am, Dayton will not see an installation of Bridgette's work like this for a very long time. Go get immersed in the painting room while it is still up!

...and Bridgette's funny and a little inaccurate review in the Dayton City Paper. If I can track down the URL I will link to it. Corrections: Both Jeana Eve Klein and Bridgette got MFA degrees from their respective institutions (http://artslide.fa.asu.edu/mfaslide/klein/index_klein.htm) and Bridgette doesn't use her painting as a respite from teaching. She is a teaching artist...she has two jobs that she does well, maintaining a studio practice and immersing others in the media of painting and drawing.

Some exhibitions in the works for me. Marysville Public Library in December 2009 and Sinclair Community College, the Zone VI gallery, in January 2010.

Works on Paper at Rosewood Art Center again

The works on paper exhibition is up and running. The Dayton Daily News reviewed it and listed the award winners.

Go to http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/entertainment/2009/03/06/ddn030609goRosewood_1.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=40 to read the review.

Both the University of Dayton and Sinclair had a strong showing. Erin Holzer Almazan and myself had work on the walls. For Sinclair, Pat McClelland and Bridgette Bogle won awards and the reviewer describe Pat's winning entry.

Also two of Bridgette's students are mentioned in the write-up as having work "worth viewing." They are Katelin Reeser and Joshua Shouse.

Bridgette Bogle at DVAC

Bridgette Bogle, my wife, will be having a solo exhibition at the Dayton Visual Art Center.

New Exhibition Opens
The eye-popping color of Bridgette Bogle’s painting installation will be unveiled at 5 p.m. All 135 paintings are arranged on three walls in grids of 45.

Showing concurrently with Bridgette are the quilts of Jeana Eve Klein, part of the REACH Across Dayton exhibition.

Both exhibitions will run from Feb. 26th until March 26th. First Friday, March 6th at 5pm is the scheduled opening reception for both exhibitions. Both artists will give a talk beginning at 6:15pm.

Works on Paper at Rosewood Art Center

Bridgette Bogle and myself both have work in the city of Kettering's Rosewood Art Center gallery as part of the 2009 works on paper exhibition.

In fact both Bridgette and I have received honorable mentions for our work. A married couple getting our work acknowledged, a first for the Rosewood Art Center? Bridgette's piece is one of the Anthropology Murder Mystery paintings. Gingko Leaf (broken) and Dunce were my accepted entries. The juror for this exhibition is Laine Bachman. In all, 127 individual artists submitted a total of 263 pieces. From these Laine Bachman selected 55 pieces, representing 44 artists, for the exhibition. The opening reception for the exhibition is on Sunday, March 1, from 2 - 4 pm at the Rosewood Gallery. Awards will be presented at 3:00 pm.

The exhibition dates are March 2 – March 27, 2009.

Gallery Hours:

Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

The Rosewood Art Center's upcoming schedule can be found at:

http://www.ketteringoh.org/newweb/departments/cultural_arts/cularts_rg_schedule.php

ImageOhio 9 reviewed in the Columbus Dispatch

I strongly favorable review of the ImageOhio 9 exhibition appeared in yesterday's (Sunday) Columbus Dispatch. Thank you Diana for posting this to Facebook. I believe it marks the first time that I have been mentioned in a review of a group exhibition. Does this go into my publication section of my CV?

Here's the link:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2009/02/01/2_YATES01.ART_ART_02-01-09_E6_AECLLSS.html

Texas Photographic Society's TNS 17 Catalog

TPS 17: The National Competition Show opens in Longview at Tammy Cromer-Campbells' Gallery on February 5, 2009 at 5 pm. The show continues until April 24. The gallery is open from 11am - 6pm, Monday - Friday and by appointment by calling 903.236.4686.

Lisa Sutcliffe, associate curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, juried the exhibit. Ms. Sutcliffe selected 56 images for the Show. A total of 267 artists submitted 1,872 images for jurying. Entries came from 36 states.

To see the online catalog please go to:

http://www.texasphoto.org/images_Temp/TPS17forweb/index.html

Please visit the Tammy Cromer-Campbell gallery website at:

http://tccphoto.com/gallery/

hints of the alternative processes traveling exhibit in Odessa

In my search for information regarding Alternative Processes, 2008: A Traveling Exhibition, I came across the website of the photography department at Odessa College. They have a few images up by three of the artist as well as a link to the catalog in PDF form which reproduces 50 of the accepted images. No names appear (that I can) see in the catalog.

For their news archive, go to:

http://www.odessa.edu/dept/photo/news.htm

The pdf can be found at:

http://www.odessa.edu/dept/photo/AP2008.pdf

Walt Whitman Souvenir photos ala Polaroid Type 55

Some of the Polaroid souvenir photos I helped Ryan Kelly create for his MFA thesis exhibition are online at his website. Basically I was the camera operator and Polaroid technician for the instant souvenir photos recreating a well known image of Walt Whitman. I will dig up my copies of the negs (Oriental Warmtone paper) and post them here.

http://ryanwilsonkelly.com/artwork/519571.html

ImageOhio 9 (or is it Image Ohio?) at Fort Hayes

The opening of ImageOhio 9 will be Thursday January 15, 6-8m. In the event of heavy snowfall, Roy G Biv has scheduled a belated snow opening on Thursday, Jan 22, 6-8pm. The exhibition is located at the Shot Tower Gallery, Fort Hayes, 365 Jack Gibbs Boulevard, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

In case you can't make it to the opening the exhibition will be on display from January 19th - February 27th, 2009.

Gallery hours are: Monday - Friday 9am-4pm but will be close on Martin Luther King day (January 19th).

The Shot Tower gallery's contact number is: 614-365-6681.