COLLISION17:transformer assembles a wide range of new work from 6
countries to explore the notion of transformation. Power, signal,
material and meaning are altered, recast and impedance-matched to
underscore and harmonize with the ceaseless change of our lives.
Curated by COLLISIONcollective members William Tremblay and Georgina
Lewis, COLLISION17:transformer is the seventeenth COLLISIONcollective
show and the sixth held at Axiom. The 23 works that comprise the show
span sculpture, photography, video, surveillance, interactivity and
research, making this the most comprehensive and far-reaching
COLLISIONcollective show to date.
Included in the show is work by Natalie Andrew, Ryan Boatright, W.
Benjamin Bray, Sophia Brueckner, Alicia Eggert, Juan Escudero, Joseph
Farbrook, Chris Fitch, Antony Flackett, Ben K. Foley, Dave Gordon, Rob
Gonsalves, Lori Hepner, Wei-Ming Ho, Faith Holland, Annette Isham,
Arnold Koroshegyi, Victor Liu, Andrew Neumann, Bob Kephart,
Jean-Michel Rolland, Mark Stock, Wayne Strattman and Topp & Dubio.
Opening Reception: Friday March 2nd, 2011 6:00-9:00 pm
Gallery Hours: Wednesdays 6-9 pm, Thursdays 6-9 pm, Fridays 2-5 pm, Saturdays 2-5 pm. Alternative visiting hours can be arranged by appointment
Cost: FREE and Open to the Public
Where: Axiom Center for New and Experimental Media - 141 Green Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. Located in the Green Street T Station on the Orange Line
For more information, please call 617-676-5904 or visit www.axiomart.org
(Image Credit: Topp & Dubio, Mind of its Own. Single channel video)
29th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition
July 8 - August 21, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, July 8 from 6 - 8 p.m. Juror Remarks: Friday, July 8 at 5:30 p.m. Artist Talks: July 9 beginning at 2 p.m. Juror: Ariel Shanberg, Executive Director, The Center for Photography at Woodstock
Houston Center for Photography is proud to announce its 29th Annual
Juried Membership Exhibition and this year's participants. Juror Ariel
Shanberg selected 30 artist from over 200 entries. Mr. Shanberg will
give remarks about the selections on Friday, July 8 beginning at 5:30
p.m. prior to the opening reception from 6 - 8 p.m. Artist Talks with a
group of this year's participating artists will be held on Saturday,
July 9 beginning at 2 p.m.
One of HCP's most diverse exhibitions of the year, the Annual
Juried Membership exhibition highlights the photographs of its national
and international members. HCP's members have been an integral part of
its mission since 1981.
Participating Artists
Susan A. Barnett (New York, NY)
Mary Ellen Bartley (Wainscott, NY)*
Meg Birnbaum (Somerville, MA)
Cynthia Bittenfield (New York, NY)
Tami Bone (Austin, TX)
Mike Callaghan (San Francisco, CA)
Juan Fernandez (Downers Grove, IL)
Matt Gainer (Burbank, CA)
Tim Gruber (Minneapolis, MN)
Daniel Handal (New York, NY)
Sylvia Hardy (Brooklyn, NY)
Kathleen Hawkes (Albuquerque, NM)
Lori Hepner (Pittsburgh, PA)
Joel Hernandez (Houston, TX)
Chuck Ivy (Houston, TX)
Eleanor Owen Kerr (Baton Rouge, LA)
Stefanie Klavens (Boston, MA)
Rosine Kouamen (Houston, TX)
Elizabeth Libert (New York, NY)
Jessamyn Lovell (Albuquerque, NM)
Zach Nader (Lubbock, TX)
Christopher Olivier (Houston, TX)
Irby Pace (Krum, TX)
Maggie Preston (San Francisco, CA)
Ben Ruggiero (Austin, TX)*
Andrew Spear (Columbus, OH)
Motohiro Takeda (Brooklyn, NY)*
Erin Trieb (Austin, TX)
Bill Vaccaro (Chicago, IL)
Valerie Yaklin-Brown (Magnolia, TX)
...The 16 photographers were selected by Ellen Fleurov, Silver Eye's
executive director, from among more than 40 art and photography
professionals suggested by writers, gallery owners, publishers, teachers
and bloggers.
Some were local, such as Robert Raczka, whose two untitled
still-lifes combining toys and fake foliage offer the same saccharine
quality that can be found in much of his studio work of the same genre.
Also, Dylan Vitone has two of his signature panoramic explorations of
Yellowstone National Park on display, which exemplifies work that he is
known for. And likewise, Lori Hepner registers a recognizable voice with
her signature "Code Words" series involving words combined in petri
dishes. Two diptychs from the series being showcased here -- "There is
No Evidence" and "Mutations Create New" -- have the titles spelled out
in the dishes....
An Emerging Artist Auction, sponsored by Daniel Cooney Fine Art is now live on iGavel through June 15, 2011. The starting bid on each piece is set at $200. Lori's work in the auction is a 10" x 10" piece from the InLight, Status Symbols project.
PITTSBURGH, Pa., 5/6/11 – The Silver Eye Center for
Photography announces the opening of Keystone.1,
the first Pennsylvania Photography Biennial, featuring sixteen statewide
artists working at the forefront of contemporary photography. The exhibition is
on view from May 24 to August 27, 2011. A special public reception honoring the
artists will take place on Friday evening, June 3 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Admission
to the gallery is free and open to the public. In planning the inaugural
Biennial, Ellen Fleurov, Silver Eye’s Executive Director, invited more than
forty art and photography professionals from the state – curators, writers,
gallery owners, publishers, teachers and bloggers – to nominate artists they
felt were producing innovative and exceptional work. After careful review of
these submissions and subsequent studio visits, Fleurov selected the following notable
photographers for the Biennial, who range in age from their late 20s to their
late 60s and are at various stages in their respective careers.
The Biennial’s featured artists are: Donald
E. Camp (Philadelphia, PA); Vicki
DaSilva (Allentown, PA); Lori Hepner
(Pittsburgh, PA); William Larson
(Collegeville, PA); Dennis Marsico
(Pittsburgh, PA); Edward McHugh
(Philadelphia, PA); Lydia Panas (Kutztown,
PA); Amie Potsic (Philadelphia, PA);
Robert Raczka (Pittsburgh, PA); Nadine Rovner (Philadelphia PA); Nicki Stager (Bethlehem, PA); Amy Stevens (Philadelphia, PA); Jeffrey Stockbridge (Philadelphia, PA); Sarah Stolfa (Philadelphia, PA); Dylan Vitone (Pittsburgh, PA); and Lori Waselchuk (Philadelphia, PA).
While regional by virtue of where these photographers live and work, the
Biennial’s artists are fully engaged with the global photography community and
the plurality of ideas and practices that characterize the medium today.
Traditional genres— landscape, still life portraiture, documentary and street
photography — are looked at from fresh, challenging perspectives while
abstraction, staged narratives and process-oriented work continue to push the
boundaries of photographic representation. Subjects range from considerations
of perspective, motion, color and form, and examinations of political,
scientific and sociological issues, to meditations on race, gender, and
generational identities.
As broad as the range of subjects presented, so are the techniques and
methodologies utilized by these artists. They include: black-and-white and
color photography; analogue and digital-based imagery or hybrids of both;
alternative and camera-less processes; work that intersects with drawing,
painting, printmaking, performance, time-based media and installation;
wide-format panoramas, staged still composites, and images that combine text
and computer code. “This first Biennial, the only exhibition of its kind in the
state, builds upon and reaffirms Silver Eye’s three-decade-long commitment to
Pennsylvania artists,” says Ellen Fleurov. “From rising photographers whose
vision will shape the future of the creative landscape to internationally-known
figures such as William Larson and Lydia Panas, this exhibition attests to the
extraordinary talent living and working across our state.”
The Catalog from PHE2010, PhotoEspana is now available on Amazon.com. The book, published by La Fabrica, includes the 110 photographers invited to participate. Lori's work appears from page 118.
Lori's work from Status Symbols will be included in the 29th Juried Membership Exhibition at the Houston Center for Photography. The exhibition was juried by Ariel Shanberg and will be on display July 7 - August 21, 2011.
Opening Reception & Juror's remarks: Friday July 8th, 2011 from 5:30-8pm Artist Talks: Saturday July 9th, 2011 at 2pm
From Reality to Desire: Descubrimientos PHE10
January 20- February 19, 2011
The sample from the reality of desire. Brugal Extra Viejo PHE takes a journey through the photographs of 12 participants in the latest edition of the program. The selection was made by Commissioner Francisco Carpio, who has sampled works by artists from seven nationalities: Decorniquet Cécile (France, 1983), Fukutomi Miguel (Portugal, 1979), Lola Warrior (Spain, 1982), Lori Hepner (U.S., 1981), Päivi Koskinen (Finland, 1977. He lives in Spain), Alicia Moneva Moreno (Spain, 1969), Oliver Roma (France, 1967. He lives in Spain), Claudia Romiti (Italian, 1969), Motohiro Takeda (Japan, 1982. Lives in USA), Phillip Toledano (UK, 1968. Lives in USA), Curtis Wehrfritz (Canada, 1961) and Vanessa Winship (UK, 1960).
Lori recently visited Alfred University to give an artist talk and interview for Studio Visits. Videos of both will be posted within a few weeks.
Descubrimientos PHE Brugal Extra Viejo en Sevilla* 9/18/2010 The Arts Center of Seville, caS (Monasterio de San Clemente, Tournament 18) host from September 16 to October 16, 2010 the exhibition From the reality of desire. PHE Brugal Extra Viejo. The exhibition, organized by the City of Sevilla, Sevilla ICAS, Institute of Culture and the Arts, Arts Center of Seville, and PHotoEspaña caS, is sponsored by Brugal Extra Viejo.
Brugal joins the prize PHE Brugal Extra Viejo, in order to encourage the promotion of new talent from national and international photography, as the official beverage sponsor of the event and as in the traveling exhibition starting today in Seville and continue their journey through the cities of Valencia (El Punto del Carmen, in November) and Bilbao (Bilbao Arte, January). In this thirteenth edition of the Festival, Brugal Extra Viejo, reinforces once again the support for 10 years has been presenting to the world of photography on various platforms.
PHotoEspaña PHE organized since 1998, a program of professional meetings where photographers from all nationalities, ages and disciplines show their work to international professional environment. Graphical editors, curators, directors of art galleries and share their advice and expertise with emerging photographers.
The sample from the reality of desire. Brugal Extra Viejo PHE takes a journey through the photographs of 12 participants in the latest edition of the program. The selection was made by Commissioner Francisco Carpio, who has sampled works by artists from seven nationalities: Decorniquet Cécile (France, 1983), Fukutomi Miguel (Portugal, 1979), Lola Warrior (Spain, 1982), Lori Hepner (U.S., 1981), Päivi Koskinen (Finland, 1977. He lives in Spain), Alicia Moneva Moreno (Spain, 1969), Oliver Roma (France, 1967. He lives in Spain), Claudia Romiti (Italian, 1969), Motohiro Takeda (Japan, 1982. Lives in USA), Phillip Toledano (UK, 1968. Lives in USA), Curtis Wehrfritz (Canada, 1961) and Vanessa Winship (UK, 1960).
Since its inception in the mid-nineteenth century, photography has been considered a faithful representation strategy and objective to reproduce the real world. By the 1960s the picture would be reaffirmed as an instrument of visual and artistic creation at the same height as the rest of the Fine Arts. Thus, a large number of photographers have applied the language of photography not only as a faithful representation of reality. The exhibition From reality to desire, whose subtitle paraphrases the poems of Luis Cernuda, aims to reflect, through the singular and plural works in this series of photographers, with these two great ways to see and shoot-register has been photography as visual and artistic language. The memory and time, the fiction and drama, travel, gender and identity, the digital revolution or documentation, are some of the lines that cross the landscape photography.
Biographical notes of the Commissioner
Francisco Carpio (Madrid, 1956) has been Director of Exhibitions of the Esteban Vicente Museum and has curated several projects for this center and to the State Society for Cultural Commemorations, Reina Sofia and MEIAC, among others. He is currently a regular contributor and critic for ABC Cultural Art.es and key. He has also written numerous essays for various publications produced by museums. Recently it has been part of the selection committee of the 70 portfolios in order to discover Madrid.
*Translated from original text (in Spanish from linked text on the PHotoEspana website) to English via Google Translate.
Descubrimientos 2010 Catalog 6/28/2010 The catalog Descubrimientos 2010 of the photographers selected for PHotoEspana reviews is now available through La Fabrica. Bi-lingual in English and Spanish, the 206 page guide showcases 110 photographers can be purchased for 24 Euros.
Lori is photographer #49 in the alphabetized catalog.
Work from Lori's Code Words series is currently featured in the InLight section of PQ#99, published through the Center for Photography at Woodstock (Summer 2010 edition).
Other photographers featured by guest editor, Deborah Klomp Ching, of KLOMPCHING Gallery, in the magazine include:
Marc Baruth, Matthew Baum, Alejandro Chaskielberg, Beth Dow, Dong Yoon Kim, Curtis Mann, Chris McCaw, Helen Sear, Jeffris Elliott, Martine Fougeron, Jessica M. Kaufman, Andrea Land, Adam Magyar, and Stephen Storm.
The current & previous editions are available for purchase through CPW.
Carnegie Museum of Art Purchase Award 5/29/2010
A dyptic from Status Symbols has been juried into the AAP 100th Annual Exhibition, which will be exhibited at the Carnegie Museum of Art from July 23-September 19, 2010. Jurors Donald Miller and and Al Miner selected around 100 works from the over 600 submitted for the exhibition.
The dyptic, @ranjit, 11:25am Dec 2nd from the web (x2) rrrrrrrrrr... (continue for 140 characters), has been awarded the 2010 Carnegie Museum of Art Purchase Award by Daniel Byers, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art. It will be entered into the Carnegie Museum of Art permanent collection.
A free, open to the public, Opening Reception will be held Friday, July 23rd at the Museum, 7:30-10pm.
Brooklyn Museum Q&A with Lori 12/22/2009 Take a hop over to the Brooklyn Museum's Blog to read a Q & A featuring Lori's work on the @1stfans twitter feed with Status Symbols.
Portfolio Published in Expsosure Magazine 42:2 9/14/2009 Lori's work is featured in Volume 42:2 Fall 2009 edition of Exposure Magazine. An interview by Collette Copeland entitled, Lori Hepner's Binary Code, is featured in the portfolio section of the magazine. Other artists in the volume include Carlos Diaz, Glynnis Reed, Nate Larson & Marni Shindelman, Zig Jackson, and Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.org.
Exposure Magazine is limited edition journal (2,500 copies) published by the Society for Photographic Education. To purchase a copy, please click here for ordering instructions.
Exposure is now on Amazon.com!
New Works Gallery Artist's Reception
Saturday, July 25, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Admission is free.
Come meet Jennifer Williams, enjoy the exhibition and a bite to eat next Saturday. Photographs by Lori Hepner of Pittsburgh and Jennifer Williams of New York are on view now through August 1, 2009 in the Silver Eye New Works Gallery. This reception is open to all so please join us and tell your friends.
Jennifer Williams is exhibiting photo-collages that deal with a “desire to recycle and build” in order to engage the viewer in overlooked moments from the everyday. Lori Hepner’s work, Code Words is a series of photographic prints based upon performances of binary code destructing as dyed silk in bleach. Refreshments will be served.
