TEMPORAL
New Photography by Holly Wilson
JRB Art at the Elm Gallery
Temporal
Photography pertaining to and concerned with the present life of my world.
Opening Reception: Friday, May 1st 6:00 – 10:00PM
Show Runs: May 1 – 30, 2015
JRB at the Elms
2810 North Walker
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73103
405.528.6336
www.jrbartgallery.com
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“IF I WERE”, 2010 – 12, is of an ongoing series of birds that are part human part bird, shape shifters. Pulled from stories of my mother and our Native heritage. As a Delaware/Cherokee Native American, I grew up hearing family stories of shape shifters with the idea of a trickster who hides their identity, birds as messengers, and owls as bearers of tragic news. In “If I Were” you see where the bird is shifting and he is stuck between the two worlds trying to choose, the world of man or the world of the spirit. He has the hands and eyes of mankind but they are still in bird form.
Today I will share my first’s, starting with a little girl “Tippy Toe”, from 2009. These little figures are pulled from the daily observation of my own children. Watching them face the challenges of life.
My first love in art was photography, I had and amazing visiting artist to my high school that changed how I saw photography, thank you David Blust, but after high school I kept it just for myself for over 20 years, “Ghost of the Dead”, 2009, was the first of my photographs that I ever entered in an exhibition.
Mother represents for me that ancient archetype.
I am reminded of my own mother and her roll in my life, now my part as a mother in the lives of my own children.
Available at:
Bonner David Galleries
7040 E. Main Street
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
480.941.8500
http://www.bonnerdavid.com
It is my great honor to share with you that I am one of the artist named a 2015 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellow. The Eiteljorg Museum features the world’s foremost collection of contemporary Native American art. The museum’s commitment to contemporary fine art features sponsorship of the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship, which celebrates the established and emerging Native American artists of today.
Eiteljorg Museum Press Release:
EITELJORG ANNOUNCES 2015 CONTEMPORARY ART FELLOWS
Special show, opening one year from today, will inspire, provoke and amaze with sculpture, installations and paintings.
Five premier Native American artists have earned the coveted title of 2015 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellow, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art announced today. Their work will be honored with a $25,000 unrestricted grant and a major group exhibition which will open one year from today Nov. 14, 2015.
The 2015 Eiteljorg Fellows are:
• Holly Wilson (Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma/Cherokee) – Sculpture (Mustang, OK)
• Da-ka-xeen Mehner (Tlingit) – Sculpture/Installation (Fairbanks, AK)
• Brenda Mallory (Cherokee) – Sculpture/Installation (Portland, OR)
• Luzene Hill (Eastern Band of Cherokee) – Installation (Decatur, GA)
• Invited Artist, Mario Martinez (Pascua Yaqui) – Painter (Brooklyn, NY)
Through this program the Eiteljorg supports Native contemporary artists and their legacy, insuring the greater understanding and appreciation of indigenous people in the 21st century.
From Nov. 14, 2015, through Feb. 14, 2016, the Eiteljorg will showcase the works from this Fellowship class in a special exhibition. In conjunction with the exhibition, the museum will publish a catalogue of scholarly articles and essays giving an in-depth look at each artist. A celebration and award presentation will bring the artists to Indianapolis and allow the public to interact with them. The museum will also purchase more than $100,000 in art for its permanent collection from the Fellowship artists.
Launched in 1999, the biennial Fellowship program recognizes the work of emerging and established Native American and First Nations artists working with contemporary media and ideas. Since its inaugural class, nearly $1.25 million has been awarded to 50 artists. Selectors for the 2015 class included 2013 Fellow Julie Buffalohead (Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma), former contemporary art curator for the National Museum of the American Indian and 1999 Fellow Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk) and independent art curator and consultant Mindy Taylor Ross, owner of Art Strategies, LLC and founding director of the Indianapolis Art’s Council’s Public Art Indianapolis.
“I have always said the heart of the Fellowship program is contained in the title “fellowship,” the coming together of people – the artists, scholars, curators, collectors and the public,” said John Vanausdall, Eiteljorg president and CEO. “The relationships artists develop while gathering in Indianapolis often last a lifetime.”
Since its inception, the Eiteljorg Fellowship added more than 180 representative works by 50 Native artists to the Eiteljorg’s permanent collection. As a result, the museum is renowned for having the finest collection of Native contemporary art in the world.
“This year, the Eiteljorg celebrates its 25th anniversary and it’s a special time for commemoration and reflection,” said Vanausdall. “On this silver anniversary, as we stand back to assess our accomplishments and challenges and dream of what the future holds, nothing will be more important than the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship.”
About the Eiteljorg
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western art seeks to inspire an appreciation and understanding of the art, history and cultures of the American West and the indigenous peoples of North America. This year, the Eiteljorg celebrates 25 years of telling amazing stories. The museum’s 25thanniversary is presented by Oxford Financial Group. LTD. The Eiteljorg is located in Downtown Indianapolis’ White River State Park, at 500 West Washington, Indianapolis, IN 46204. For general information about the museum and to learn more about exhibits and events, call 317.636.WEST (9378) or visit www.eiteljorg.org
For more information about the fellowship here is a link:
http://www.eiteljorg.org/explore/exhibitions/eiteljorg-contemporary-art-fellowship