group EB
group EB
a group exhibition by Donald Downs, Peter Duffin, Elia Gurna, Sam Larson & Susan Walsh
June 26 - 27, 2010
chashama Times Square Art Space
112 West 44th Street
New York, NY
Opening Reception: June 26, 4 - 7p
Exhibit hours: Saturday - Sunday 12-6p
groupEB is a group of exhibiting artists who meet periodically to show and discuss work in progress. The artists, Peter Duffin, Donald Downs, Elia Gurna, Sam Larson and Susan Walsh, work in a wide range of media including artist books, sculpture, photography, painting, installation and performance—their work has been seen nationally and internationally.
Donald Downs explores autobiography through the juxtaposition of objects and texts. Recent work has focused on left-handedness as metaphor and on learning to write. A former symphony violinist, Downs received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was an associate faculty member of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and has shown work in Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Atlanta and New York.
Peter Duffin is an artist whose work has been exhibited internationally and an Art Director whose work has been acknowledged with various industry awards. He received a BFA from Brighton Polytechnic in England and an MFA from Rutgers University. He is the co-founder of the letterpress studio P.S. Press and the smART Cards project. Peter's current body of work is based on Primo Levi's short story 'A Tranquil Star' that explores the inadequacy of language to grasp the true nature and size of the universe in which we live.
Elia Gurna is a visual artist and poet whose work asks questions about nature and beauty in an excessive, commercial and increasingly artificial world. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Queens Museum of Art, the Center for Emerging Artists in Philadelphia, Collaborative Concepts and bau galleries in Beacon, the Kentler International Drawing Space NY, the International Print Center NY, the Ragnarhof in Vienna, Austria among others. Elia holds a BA in German and Visual Arts from Columbia University and an MFA from Queens College, CUNY. She currently lives and works in Beacon, NY, where she will participate in the live painting event "Electric Windows" on July 31, 2010.
www.eliagurna.com
Sam Larson's recent work focuses on exploring the nature of printed language and collaboration with letterpress printers from around the world. Sam received his MFA degree from Rutgers University. He has been working with letterpress since 1996. He and Peter Duffin founded P.S. Press, a letterpress shop focused on art and typography, in 2005.
Susan Walsh's Residue of Gesture Series opens up a narrative of associations left by objects, their possible stories, the still life of things left behind. Susan has been a fine art photographer for 25 years. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago and received her MFA at the University of Illinois, Chicago. She currently resides in Beacon, New York.
www.susanwalshstudio.com
a group exhibition by Donald Downs, Peter Duffin, Elia Gurna, Sam Larson & Susan Walsh
June 26 - 27, 2010
chashama Times Square Art Space
112 West 44th Street
New York, NY
Opening Reception: June 26, 4 - 7p
Exhibit hours: Saturday - Sunday 12-6p
groupEB is a group of exhibiting artists who meet periodically to show and discuss work in progress. The artists, Peter Duffin, Donald Downs, Elia Gurna, Sam Larson and Susan Walsh, work in a wide range of media including artist books, sculpture, photography, painting, installation and performance—their work has been seen nationally and internationally.
Donald Downs explores autobiography through the juxtaposition of objects and texts. Recent work has focused on left-handedness as metaphor and on learning to write. A former symphony violinist, Downs received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was an associate faculty member of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and has shown work in Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Atlanta and New York.
Peter Duffin is an artist whose work has been exhibited internationally and an Art Director whose work has been acknowledged with various industry awards. He received a BFA from Brighton Polytechnic in England and an MFA from Rutgers University. He is the co-founder of the letterpress studio P.S. Press and the smART Cards project. Peter's current body of work is based on Primo Levi's short story 'A Tranquil Star' that explores the inadequacy of language to grasp the true nature and size of the universe in which we live.
Elia Gurna is a visual artist and poet whose work asks questions about nature and beauty in an excessive, commercial and increasingly artificial world. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Queens Museum of Art, the Center for Emerging Artists in Philadelphia, Collaborative Concepts and bau galleries in Beacon, the Kentler International Drawing Space NY, the International Print Center NY, the Ragnarhof in Vienna, Austria among others. Elia holds a BA in German and Visual Arts from Columbia University and an MFA from Queens College, CUNY. She currently lives and works in Beacon, NY, where she will participate in the live painting event "Electric Windows" on July 31, 2010.
www.eliagurna.com
Sam Larson's recent work focuses on exploring the nature of printed language and collaboration with letterpress printers from around the world. Sam received his MFA degree from Rutgers University. He has been working with letterpress since 1996. He and Peter Duffin founded P.S. Press, a letterpress shop focused on art and typography, in 2005.
Susan Walsh's Residue of Gesture Series opens up a narrative of associations left by objects, their possible stories, the still life of things left behind. Susan has been a fine art photographer for 25 years. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago and received her MFA at the University of Illinois, Chicago. She currently resides in Beacon, New York.
www.susanwalshstudio.com
