HIVE Exhibition Opening Reception @ GOCA1420
Opening Reception is August 25th 5-8 p.m
Exhibition dates: August 25 – October 5, 2011
HIVE celebrates and investigates the important role honeybees play in human culture, history, food production, and ecosystems through the lens of visual art. Five artists have been invited to explore the impact of this vital insect through sculpture, site-specific and interactive video installations, and encaustic (beeswax) paintings.
Artists:
Matt Barton currently teaches 3D art making for the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs’ Visual and Performing Arts department. Following brief stints as a Chuck E. Cheese dancing rat, Barton spent a year in Italy as an artist apprentice. He earned his Masters in Fine Arts in 2006 from the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. www.matthewryanbarton.com
Jane McMahan is a conceptual artist, painter, educator, and social activist living and working in Colorado. Her work explores ways to visually capture the process of construction, deconstruction and reconstruction and the moments when they occur simultaneously. Recurring themes in her work include environmental issues, astronomy, biology, meteorology, cultural interactions and grids. McMahan received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Colorado. www.janemcmahan.com
Susan Meyer is a Denver-based artist and faculty at Denver University in the Visual Arts Department. Meyer earned her MFA at Boston Museum School/Tufts University and her B.S. in Studio Art at Skidmore College. www.susanmeyerinstallation.com
Elaine Ng is a sculptor working in ceramics and mixed media. She creates poetic installations, choosing subject matters for both their literal identities and the metaphorical references she assigns them. Born in Dallas, Texas, Elaine received her BA in music from the University of California, Davis, where she also studied pre-veterinary medicine and ceramic sculpture. Additionally, she holds an MBA and an MA in arts administration from Southern Methodist University. After a 10-year career in nonprofit management, she returned to making her own artwork and is currently living and working in Boulder, Colorado. www.elainekng.com
Laura Tyler is a painter and filmmaker who speaks nationally about beekeeping and honeybees. Her paintings feature rigorously cropped drawings of botanical subjects coated with a skin-like sheen of encaustic paint. She is the producer and director of the beekeeping documentary SISTER BEE and is a co-founder of the Boulder, Colorado honey company, Backyard Bees. Tyler earned a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and is a lover of sunlight, flowers and alizarin orange. This is her eleventh season keeping bees. www.lauratyler.com
Location:
Galleries of Contemporary Art
University of Colorado | Colorado Springs
1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
