The BC MFA show, curated by Ambre Kelly and Andrew Gori, was spaciously installed on the third floor of Moynihan Station, and I was pleasantly surprised by the number of
painters graduating this year.
However, there are many more younger
painters graduating each year who were never confronted with the existential challenges that the 20th century offered these painters.
Not exact matches
In the exhibition, 23 -
year - old Chicago artist Darius Airo's bright, poppy paintings will be displayed near classics by the influential
painter Ed Paschke, and whimsical semi-figurative works by the recent School of the Art Institute of Chicago M.F.A.
graduate Jenn Smith will share space with those of Hairy Who founding member Jim Nutt.
Recently
graduated from Slade School of Fine Art in 2016, 23
year old Faye Wei Wei is a young
painter whose passion and energy has earned her considerable attention in the public eye.
Andy Burgess is a
graduate of the Byam Shaw School of Art in London and, over the last 15
years, has gained recognition as an accomplished cityscape and urban scenes
painter.
Diggs Gallery is named for James Thackeray «T» Diggs, Jr. (1915 - 1989), a 1934
graduate of Winston - Salem State, a
painter and a former WSSU art professor for more than 40
years.
Einspruch writes: «Post began her
graduate work on the landscape, finished a devout non-representational
painter, and for five
years worked within an abstract format consisting of seven vertical stripes.
An accomplished portrait
painter known for her flawless blending and pastel hues, Josie McCoy is a prolific artist whose career spans almost 20
years since
graduating from her Masters course at Central St.
A
graduate of Pratt Institute, she has been a mural
painter for over 25
years.
Just a couple of
years removed from
graduate school, Haitian - born Montreal
painter Manuel Mathieu has already had two solo exhibitions in London.
Although she
graduated from Emily Carr University just two
years ago, Vancouver - based printmaker and
painter Maria Tratt has been making art for two decades.
The award has a strong track record in discovering new artists: last
year's winner, RCA
graduate Samara Scott, has had a busy and successful 2013 with solo shows at Sunday
Painter and Almanac Projects, 2011 winner Richard Parry has exhibited at Bloomberg SPACE and 2010 winner Peter Ainsworth has worked with rhizome.org.
At a moment when there is considerable interest in the new generation of young British
painters, Candlestar and the Hyatt Regency — the Churchill are delighted to present Generation 10, an exhibition of work by ten young artists who have this
year graduated from three of the UK's leading art colleges — Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon.
An abstract
painter, he
graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1962, and has since the mid 60s spent part of each
year between London and New York where he's maintained studios.
Johnny Sanphillippo is a university -
graduate working as a housekeeper and
painter, who earns less than $ 20,000 a
year.