Post by havengallery on Nov 1, 2019 10:06:15 GMT -8
Zoé Byland, "Captured Dreams"
Opening Reception: November 9th, 6-8 pm
November 9th – December 8th, 2019
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Haven Gallery is pleased to present "Captured Dreams", a collection of paintings by Switzerland based artist, Zoé Byland. Bylands narrative portraits are known for her blending of victorian era narratives with surreal motifs. Staunch and poised individuals pose amongst strange weather patterns, animated toys and motifs of magic and illusion. An artist who loves to play with dualities, one may notice how disparate devices playfully bring her compositions to life. Contrasting elements such as her use of black and white, reality with illusion and the past with the present result in hauntingly beautiful images that represent the melding of time itself. Through a shift of focus Byland, is able to create a surrealistic world.
ABOUT Zoé Byland
Zoé Byland is a painter, based in Switzerland. She attended the F+F school for art and media design in Zurich and studied contextual painting at the academy of fine arts in Vienna (class of Muntean/Rosenblum, Prof. Elke Krystufek and Prof. Hans Scheirl). She studied art history and teached at an art school in Vienna. She lives and works in Bern.
"In terms of style and content my paintings are based on elements of vintage photography, film noir, graphic novels, super heroes, tattoos and classical genres of art history. I combine the traditional and the contemporary, the classical and the subcultural.
I like to use subjects from turn-of-the-century portrait photography because they are a timeless style of representation
We are always in the presence of the past but the past only exists in a selective, staged form, altered by memory. I want to create moments in my paintings that elude time and space, in which history and the present day are blended together.
Disguises are another central aspect of my work. My characters never fully reveal their identity; they retain a degree of secrecy, they protect themselves and are simultaneously visible and vulnerable. The viewer's imagination has enough room to think up their own narrative ideas. An image can be read in a variety of ways and I don't want to limit this spectrum of interpretation by applying specific meaning. Just like a good story for me a good painting needs an atmosphere that draws you in and defines the genre in which the narrative is taking place."
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Jason Mowry, "Amor Fati"
Opening Reception: November 9th, 6-8 pm
November 9th – December 8th, 2019
Haven Gallery is pleased to present "Amor Fati", a solo exhibition of new work by Jason Mowry. "Amor Fati" will include seven new gauche and watercolor paintings that weave together symbols and narratives stemming from ancient mythologies. Often finding inspiration from folklore, legends and the natural world, Mowry balances the relationship between humans and animals as a way of embracing the metamorphoses of many antiquital figures and further recounting their timeless tales. Lowry depicts these chronicles with a unique palette and distinctive stylization of the human figure creating readily identifiable histories grounded in contemporaneous times.
ABOUT Jason Mowry
Jason grew up between the art museums and comic book shops, combining the rhythms of each to walk the line between formal art and the fantastic. Jason calls Ohio home where he keeps a studio as well as teaches at the Columbus College of Art and Design.
Inspired by the stories he reads, and the people and times that surround him, Jason's work blends myth, personal narrative, and symbolic imagery to speak to the larger collective narrative.
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Andi Soto, "History of Emotions"
Opening Reception: November 9th, 6-8 pm
November 9th – December 8th, 2019
Haven Gallery is honored to present, "History of Emotions", a collection of new artworks by Panama based artist, Andi Soto. "History of Emotions" is Soto's second solo show at the gallery and will include fifteen new works on paper featuring her fearless use of ink and line. Solo's work is multifaceted; she blends the finest black ink drawings with gorgeous transitions of color and delicate gold leaf. With each new series, one notices increasingly complex line work juxtaposed with a constant new exploration of color, texture and medium. Motifs of the natural world harking to her Panamanian roots intermingle with the regality and the canonizing of her female sitters often found in art history.
Soto's states that her work is a result of "constant day-dreaming and contemplation. Her illustration work is the result of an introspection, a way to examine the world, lurking in the vast realm of the unconscious and the emotional response to darkness."
ABOUT Andi Soto
Andi Soto is a self-taught illustrator. Currently, Soto spends her time residing in Panama and Croatia.
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Modern Eden x Haven
"Esprit de Corps" Bicoastal Group Exhibition
Opening Reception: November 9th, 6-8 pm
November 9th – December 8th, 2019
Haven and Modern Eden are partnering up for an exciting exhibition! Both galleries have invited their most exciting and preeminent exhibiting artists for an exhibition about camaraderie, fellowship, and the common loyalty shared by the members of our collective art community. Participating artists are creating two works of the same size, one to be exhibited at Modern Eden Gallery (CA) and the other at Haven Gallery (NY). While being separated by distance, these works will interact with one another in the spirit of this exhibition. Inspiration of artworks will come from the dualities and unions within myth, nature, and/or classic narratives.
Featuring: Adam Caldwell, Alex Garant, Amy Sol, Andi Soto, Ania Tomicka, Bradley Platz, Brianna Angelakis, Crystal Morey, Daria Aksenova, Doubleparlor, Edith Lebeau, Emilio Villalba, Erica Calardo, Erika Sanada, Glenn Arthur, Gustavo Rimada, Jennifer Hrabota Lesser, Jessica Joslin, Joseph Weinreb, Julie Filipenko, Kai Carpenter, Lacey Bryant, Leilani Bustamante, Nadezda, Naoto Hattori, Nicolas Bruno, Olga Esther, Ransom & Mitchell, Redd Walitzki, Robert Bowen, Sandra Yagi, Stephanie Buscema, Stephanie Law, Syd Bee, Tracy Lewis, Vince Natale, and Young Chun.
