You are cordially invited to the opening reception of Stride Arts' Autumn Exhibition. Stride Arts is pleased to present new artwork by Kerstin Roolfs, Howard Gross, Elliot Cowan and Kate Thomas. Wine and refreshments will be served and a short Q&A with the artists will take place at 6 PM. Autumn Exhibition
October 24 - November 15, 2019
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 24, 5 - 8 PM Stride Arts 1110 Second Avenue, Second Floor
New York NY 10022 |
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Kerstin Roolfs focuses on themes of history and political systems, and the roles people play in shaping the world around them. She has a wide breadth of work ranging from a series of paintings that explores the movements of figures engaged in sport, collages that incorporate original phrases or seminal texts and sketches of medical specimens, to a more recent series of work through which she allows her unconscious to produce compositions and colors through the technique of automatic painting. RYBGPO (2019), at right, was the starting point for a new series, called V, in which Roolfs likened the patches of color to microscopic images that she sources and alters digitally before translating them to canvas. Kerstin Roolfs, Heads, 2019, ink on paper. Image courtesy of the artist. |
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Elliot Cowan is an award-winning animator, artist, and educator. Cowan has an established career in film; he began by writing, directing and producing commercials in Tasmania. In 2006 he moved to London, UK to join Uli Meyer Animation and transitioned to working on feature films. Since then he has settled in New York where he continues to develop his commercial work as well as his personal artistic practice. His in-depth experience with animation comes through in his prints and sculptures that demonstrate a unique sense of movement and vitality. Elliot Cowan, Aretha Triangles, 2018, digital giclee print. Image courtesy of the artist. |
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Over the span of his career, Howard Gross has worked with a variety of media ranging from large scale sculptures first exhibited at the Allan Frumkin Gallery in 1972 to several series of conceptual photographs. More recently, Gross has produced drawings, paintings, and sculptures that depict undulating, twisting forms, at once both familiar and otherworldly. Howard Gross, Masks, 2015, colored pencil on paper. Image courtesy of the artist. |
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Kate Thomas graduated from Franklin and Marshall College and is currently based in New York, NY. During a chance incident when her pug, Louie, knocked a cup of paint to the floor of her studio, Thomas was able to observe the color of the paint interlaced with the color of her floor and chose to continue experimenting with fluid painting. She finds inspiration in natural forms, and represents earth’s minerals, elements and geodes to channel their positive energies through her work. Kate Thomas, Bridge to Emerald City, 2019, fluid paint on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist. |
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