Commissions

BLAKE CARRINGTON
"TOPOEXTENSION"
Sound art installation

Blake Carrington is an artist exploring the interstices between geography and phenomenology. In 2008 he completed an artist residency at Atlantic Center for the Arts under Carsten Nicolai. Returning from a two-year stay in Japan, he has recently completed an MFA in the Department of Transmedia at Syracuse University. There he was co-founder of Urban Video Project, a public arts initiative that used the post-industrial landscape of Syracuse as context for multimedia projections.  His work has been shown recently at Alternative Film/Video Festival in Belgrade, NeMe Independent Museum of Contemporary Art in Cyprus, and at 404 Festival in Trieste, among others. He is also one-third of the artist group, Avalanche Collective, with whom he exhibited in 2008 at Rochester Contemporary Art Center.

www.blakecarrington.com

STEPHANIE KOENIG
"Now I am Quite Sure You Want Everything, Everything, Everything Outta Me"
Chandelier sculpture

Stephanie is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio where she earned her BFA in sculpture at the University of Cincinnati.  She recently finished her Masters of Fine Art at Syracuse University.  Stephanie has attended the Center for Land Use Interpretation’s Wendover Residency Program in Wendover, Utah and the Vermont Studio Center.

www.stephaniekoenig.net

LEWIS COLBURN
"The X-Prize and the Heroic Theory of Invention"
Large rocketship on the roof of Red House

Born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Lewis Colburn received degrees in studio art and Russian language from St. Olaf College. His studies and his artwork have taken him repeatedly to Russia, including a stay in St. Petersburg as a visiting artist at the Herzen Pedagogical Institute. He is currently enrolled in the sculpture MFA program at Syracuse University, and recently produced a project for the International Prize for Performance in Trento, Italy.

www.lewiscolburn.net

MARIANNE SMITH DALTON
"Cloud Cover"
Two hand-painted mannequins on the top of Red House

Artist's Statement
"How Does Your Garden Grow?"

Painting, for me, is a cathartic passion enabling me to remain rooted in both the past and present. The act of painting itself is linked to history and its struggle to survive in the ever-changing world of immediacy due to technology is an ever-present challenge. The physicality of oil paint in particular is paramount to my work because it blends and moves, transforming from a creamy paste into an image alive with color, form and texture. The tactile quality of each painting invites the viewer to ‘touch’ every inch of it, visually. The painted surface adds to its seductive, personal quality. The juxtaposition of computer-generated images and graphic elements highlight the sensual nature of the oil painted surface. I deliberately create a space that is flat and ambiguous by exploiting the strain between two and three dimensions. The collage components culminate in literal and/or figurative fragments of images, words and/or patterns.

My goal is to put a new twist upon the historic written and visual language of the past while utilizing elements of metaphor, icon, allegory, and satire to tell my stories. From Van der Weyden, Beardsley, and Warhol to the energy, emotion and color in urban graffiti art, inspiration surrounds me. Again, reaching into my past I draw upon phrases from my own childhood; nursery rhymes and familiar sayings carry new conceptual meaning while adding an element of whimsy. I am also intrigued with the conflicting image of woman portrayed throughout art history as both Eve and Mary, (seductress and angel) and the multiple ubiquitous symbols women represent:  mother, earth, nature and humanity; and these are often interwoven throughout my visual palette. Each painting represents a story that unfolds from deep within my own consciousness, each relating to a memory, image or event that haunts and intrigues me.

www.mdaltonart.com

MATTHEW GEHRING
"From the Bottom of My Heart"
Sonar/ Motion activated sound interactive piece in public bathrooms

"From the Bottom of My Heart "is an interactive installation that uses ultrasonic sonar to detect the precence of someone in front of the mirrors in the men's and women's restrooms at Red House.

Matthew received a BS from the University of Southern Indiana and an MFA from the University of Delaware, in 2001.  Recent solo exhibitions include: Flamejobs, Collisions and Other Stuff, Rosefsky Gallery, Binghamton, NY; Matthew Gehring: Recent Work , Cubicle Ten Gallery, Baltimore MD; Matthew Gehring: Recent Work, Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma WA; Absence, Thacher Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Allegories and Games, Reese Bullen Gallery, Arcata, CA.  He has participated in numerous group shows including the following venues: 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA (2 person show); Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA; The Shore Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY; Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN.  Recently, his work has been reviewed in Art Journal (New York), Artweek  (California) and was published in Art Review (London) magazine.  Matthew lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

www.matthewgehring.com