Katie Niewodowski’s cellular sculptures are both amazing and thought-provoking. She writes in her artist statement:
“I am fascinated with the paradoxical similarities of the cancer cell and the healthy human egg. Both have the potential for extraordinary growth. Yet while the cancer cell grows, it naively destroys… the effect is both seductive and disquieting.”
Vancouver-based artist Robert Mearns paints realistic portraits in black and white — such detailed work here!
Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, Debbie Tea is a twenty-something design grad with a passion for photography. Her series portraits are phenomenal. Also check out the Christmas Tree series.
Remember Meg Brown Payson’s paintings from three years ago? She has quite the exhibit up her sleeve in Boston, focusing her attention on what she calls “embodied perception.” Her latest pieces examine the human need to construct meaningful order in a world filled with too much information.
What: Paper Works by Meg Brown Payson
When: May 7, 2010 – May 29, 2010
Where: Walker Contemporary, 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Ciara Phelan is a freelance designer/illustrator living in London. A former Brighton University grad, this gal has quite the future ahead of her!
We’ve drooled over James Roper’s work before, but we couldn’t not mention his latest exhibition in Barcelona:
What: James Roper Paroxysm
When: May 18, 2010 – June 16, 2010
Where: ROJO® Artspace Barcelona, Carrer Girona 61, 08009 Barcelona, Spain
Julia Randall is a Connecticut-based with an impressive biography and even more outstanding body of work. I love her colored pencil pieces depicting human tongues in their various formations.
Not only does Netherlands-based Malu Berbers create stunning jewelry, but she’s also a gifted painter. I love her still life and object series!
Otis College of Art and Design student Davis Ngarupe certainly has a knack for creating really rad poster art. When he’s not craving typography or making art, he’s playing Scrabble on his iPhone. My kinda man!
Tadanori Yokoo’s bold use of collage, psychedelia and appropriation of popular cultural icons — both Japanese and Western — created a new visual language for the turbulent, youth-charged 1960’s. As a focal point of the Japanese avant-garde, Yokoo’s work helped define post war Japan as an international cultural force.
What: Tadanori Yokoo: The Aesthetics of End. Early Silkscreens 1965-1971
When: April 24, 2010 – May 19, 2010
Where: Friedman Benda Gallery, 515 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001
