Thursday, August 05, 2010
Contemporary Glass Exhibition at New Harmony Gallery
Jiyong Lee
Leaf Cuboid
Glass
2010
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Erika Myers-Bromwell Director of New Harmony Gallery of Comtemporary Art 812/682-3156 The exhibition of artwork by glass artists Jiyong Lee, Carmen Lozar, Amy Rueffert, and Matt Urban runs from Saturday, August 21, to Sunday, September 26, 2010. A reception for the artists will be held 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, August 21, during the New Harmony Art and Antiques Stroll, and is free and open to the public. During the reception, the artists will be available to answer questions. While Matt Urban's organic sea shapes give us the illusion that they are swimming in the gallery, Jiyong Lee's geometric and heavy forms evoke the cellular origins of life, more common in biology textbooks than in art history. Carmen Lozar's flame-worked figures summon our deepest emotions from the most personal and intimate moments in our lives. And Amy Rueffert's mixed media curios and sculptures playfully refer to the domesticity of the 19th and mid-20th centuries. Originally from Korea, Jiyong Lee received a BFA in Ceramics Design from Hong-ik University in 2001 he received his MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology. In 2005, he received the Emerging Artist Award from the Glass Art Society. He also received the Saxe Award in 2004 for the Outstanding Teaching Assistant from Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington. Lee's physically dense cold-worked and kiln formed sculptures look anything but. The geometric forms instead exude a brilliant luminosity that is only possible through these time- and labor-intensive techniques. Carmen Lozar's incredible flame-worked glassworks reveal a myriad of emotional experiences through whimsical characters and evocative interactions. Lozar completed her BFA at the University of Illinois and attended Pilchuck Glass School, and interned at Bullseye Glass Factory in Portland, Oregon. After receiving her BFA, she explored eastern art throughout Asia and accepted a residency from Corning Museum of Glass. In 2003, she was awarded an MFA from Alfred University in New York. Lozar is currently an assistant professor at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Amy Rueffert earned her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art in 1998 and pursued independent study at Ohio State University. She then received her MFA at Mills College in Oakland where she studied sculpture and ceramics. She has been awarded numerous scholarships and awards including travel grants to study contemporary glass in Sweden and Australia. Rueffert has exhibited in Japan at the International Exhibition of Glass, and has taught and exhibited throughout the US. Matt Urban's current work focuses on his devotion to our natural environment, specifically aquatic life and the artist's fascination with the forms, patterns, and colors present in the natural world. Urban has worked at Nine Iron Studio, Certified Glass, the Pilchuck Glass School, and the Corning Museum of Glass. He completed his graduate work in 2007 at Illinois State University. New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is located at 506 Main Street in New Harmony, Indiana, and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon until 4 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 812/682-3156 or visit www.nhgallery.com. This exhibition was made possible through the generous support of the University of Southern Indiana. |
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