Luis Alves: Luis Alves’s photo collages utilizes appropriated imagery from magazines, to incite dialogue on the role the media plays in the shaping of our lives. Each collage is hand-manipulated with the goal of transformation as a way of commenting on, satirizing or criticizing the source material. Website
Theda Sandiford: Theda Sandiford: Using internal conflict and diverse recycled materials as a starting point she constructs a mixed media mask to protect herself from fear. What may start off as an ugly statement about herself, is in the end transformed into something beautiful. Theda photographs her process and then digitally manipulate these images to extend the narrative.
Leslie Sheryl: Leslie Sheryll’s photo based collages start with appropriated 19th century tintypes which she scans and digitally manipulates. Sheryll then incorporate historical facts, imagery, personal experience and an infusion of fantasy to create a new narrative about women Website
Brad Terhune: Brad Terhune is forever seeking out new materials to work with leads to changes in style and subject. Terhune looks to create a weird, surreal world, and have been influenced by early twentieth century art movements that embraced and explored collage, while continuing to explore this vibrant medium in the contemporary arena. Website
Psykhe Size: 20 x 20 in Medium: Fine Art Print Psyche was the goddess of the soul and the wife of Eros god of love.
LOCATION: Drawing Rooms: Topps Building; 26 Newark Ave #T107, Jersey City, New Jersey 07306
Artists were asked to create works that relate to new beginnings, new adventure, new body of work, outer space, atmosphere, place, transportation, land, nature, or utopia. Hundreds of works are on sale during the course of the show, 5/3/19 – 5/11/19, for $200 each.
I made a series of collages from my airplane ticket stubs and a lino print i carved in flight from LA to Newark.
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, May 4 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
LOCATION: Studio Montclair Gallery located at 127 Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair, NJ.
This exhibit will be on display from May 2 to June 15, 2019.
Wonder Woman Selfie’ is a collage for the ages. Colorful, warm and strong – it reflects the best of what a person can see in themselves.
48″x36″x2″ Mixed Media 2017 I LOVE Wonder Woman. I grew up watching the Linda Carter’s Wonder Woman and wanted to be a bad ass too. After seeing Patty Jenkins’s Wonder Woman in Theaters, I knew I had to pattern my next Super Selfie after Wonder Woman ‘
No Boundaries Benefit
BENEFIT: Saturday, May 4th, 2019 8:00-11:00pm
LOCATION: The Woodland; 60 Woodland Road Maplewood, NJ
LOCATION‘: Community Gallery at ValleyArts: 400 S. Jefferson St., Orange, NJ
Mark your calendar for the Artist Talk and Closing Celebration on June 8, 3-5pm to see this piece and learn more about my Wonder Women series.
“Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn’t forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.”
For a perfect side-eye you have to keep your head steady and straight ahead and do it all with your eyes.
Side Eye
Limited Edition (3/5) Aluminum Print
24 x 20 x 1 in
2015
World Collage Day Pop Up Exhibition
Pop Up Collage Show : Saturday May 11, 2019, 1:00-5:00pm
LOCATION: Garden Level Gallery: 315 3rd Street, Jersey City NJ
Celebrate World Collage Day with me, as we honor our local community of artists and the art of collage!
Get inspiration from our World Collage Day Pop Up Exhibition and then spend an afternoon making artwork with the participating artists. #worldcollageday
Participating Artists: Luis Alves Collage: Luis Alves’s photo collages utilizes appropriated imagery from magazines, to incite dialogue on the role the media plays in the shaping of our lives. Each collage is hand-manipulated with the goal of transformation as a way of commenting on, satirizing or criticizing the source material.
Theda Sandiford: Theda Sandiford: Using internal conflict and diverse recycled materials as a starting point she constructs a mixed media mask to protect herself from fear. What may start off as an ugly statement about herself, is in the end transformed into something beautiful. Theda photographs her process and then digitally manipulate these images to extend the narrative.
Leslie Sheryll: Leslie Sheryll’s photo based collages start with appropriated 19th century tintypes which she scans and digitally manipulates. Sheryll then incorporate historical facts, imagery, personal experience and an infusion of fantasy to create a new narrative about women
BradTerhune: Brad Terhune is forever seeking out new materials to work with leads to changes in style and subject. Terhune looks to create a weird, surreal world, and have been influenced by early twentieth century art movements that embraced and explored collage, while continuing to explore this vibrant medium in the contemporary arena.
Let’s show the world what it looks like when people come together as a community. #worldcollageday
Bring paper, magazines, found materials and your preferred substrate. I have paint, scissors and various glues… $5 suggested donation to cover material costs.
Welcome to Fight Club
Digital Print On Metallic Photo Paper
20 x 20 in
Framed Size: 22 x 22 x 1 in
2017
Being a black woman in corporate America is like Fight Club. I must mold my personality to be palatable as a peach and keep my opinions to myself.
The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.
The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club!
Third rule of Fight Club: if someone yells “stop!â€, goes limp, or taps out, your career is over.
2019 Cathedral Arts Festival
CHAMPAGNE GALA: Saturday, May 18, 2019, 7:00pm.
LOCATION: Grace Church Van Vorst, 39 Erie St, Jersey City NJ
Exhibition on view through June 7th,
I’m always down for a champagne gala. Join me. Tickets may be purchased for $50 by cash or check at drop-off or online at www.cathedralartslive.org.Tickets will cost $60 at the door.
I made these abstract figurative self portraits over the course of 5 weekends using the fine print from my MS infusion drug, Tysbari, paper scraps and mono-printed deli paper. Take a close look at the fine print to see the multitude of symptoms i’m dealing with this hidden illness. Each drawing is representative of a MS treatment, I get infusions every 6 weeks to suppress my immune system and slow the progression of the disease.
Hidden Figure #11, Acrylic paint, Sharpie, colored pencils, pastels, Distress Stain, mica spray, Tysabri newsprint, hand printed deli paper, construction paper, recycled Tazo tea box, tulle, glitter stars, glitter glue and rhinestones on Canson paper. 2018
Hidden Figure #7, 12″x9″, Mixed Media; Acrylic paint, Sharpie, colored pencils, pastels, Distress Stain, mica spray, Tysabri newsprint, hand printed deli paper, construction paper, recycled Tazo tea box, tulle, glitter stars, glitter glue and rhinestones on Canson paper. 2018
Join me for World Collage Day on Saturday, May 11, to honor this community of artists and to remind the world what a spirit of cooperation, mutual support, and creativity can look like when people come together as a community.
SAVE THE DATE: 5/11 @ 1-5pm
LOCATION: Garden Level Gallery 315 3rd Street, Jersey City NJ
Bring paper, magazines, found materials and your preferred substrate. I have paint, scissors and various glues… $5 suggested donation to cover material costs.
Please join me this weekend for two open studio events at my studio Garden Level Gallery
Art Supply Swap: 4/13
Marie Condo your art supplies. Bring a bag of art supplies you are not using and swap it for something else. Craft paper, paint, colored pencils, frames, yarn, fabric… you get the idea.
If you are saving recycled bottle caps for me this is the perfect time to visit my studio and see what i’m doing with your gifts
Save the Date: Saturday, April 13, 12:00-3:00pm, RSVP here
LOCATION: Garden Level Gallery, 315 3rd Street, Jersey City NJ
Yarn Wrapping Circle: 4/14
Imagine, hair. The elusive, coveted “good” hair. On some days and for some people, that is my hair. Or was. Or can be. But you should know by now – Don’t. Touch. My. Hair. That is unless you come help me make hair made from rope and yarn in this Yarn Wrapping Circle. No experience necessary, I will teach you the knots. Come for the fellowship or to try something new.
Date: April 14th 2019, 1:00-4:00pm
LOCATION: Garden Level Gallery, 315 3rd Street, Jersey City NJ
Fear: anxiety, terror, hatred, malevolence, jealousy, anger. We all experience these emotions. I channel my emotions into my artwork so I can feel FREE from constraints.
Exhibition Dates: April 2- 29, 2019
Opening Reception: Sunday, April 7, 2009, 3-5:45pm
Panel Discussion from 4-5pm.
LOCATION: Montclair Public Library Gallery located a 50 S. Fullerton Avenue in Montclair, NJ.
Masking Fear, This is the mask I wear when dealing with nasty gossip. Notice the repeating eyes seeing in front and the back of my head, so haters beware, I can see you even when you whisper behind my back
Insider Outsider, Gossips don’t really know who I am. My identity is hidden, making me an Outsider. Talk to me, not about me if you want to know me
Gossips, Nasty gossip rocks my boat, it’s impact reverts me to being an Outsider rather than both Insider and Outsider which is a place of power for me.
Give Me Body!: Femme Re-Divined Seeks to unravel how far society has come in our understanding, recognition, and celebration of the femme form — mind, body, and soul.
Exhibition Dates: Show is on display through April 12th. Don’t miss it.
LOCATION: Museum of African Diaspora Arts (MoCADA) 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn NY
“Neon Auto Tune”
Theda Sandiford
Digital Collage on Metallic Photo Paper, AP
14″x11″m 20″x16″ framed
Studio Montclair’s: Love And Fear
Exhibition Dates: April 2 – April 29, 2019
Opening Reception: Sunday, April 7th, 3:00-5:45pm with a Panel Discussion 4:00-5:00pm
LOCATION: Montclair Public Library located at 50 S. Fullerton Avenue in Montclair NJ.
Masking Fear, This is the mask I wear when dealing with nasty gossip. Notice the repeating eyes seeing in front and the back of my head, so haters beware, I can see you even when you whisper behind my back
Spring Art Supply Swap
Marie Condo your art supplies… Bring a bag of supplies you are not using and swap it for something else. Craft paper, paint, colored pencils, frames, yarn, fabric… you get the idea. Anything goes.
Save the Date: Saturday, April 13, 2019, 12:00-3:00pm. Please RSVP
LOCATION: Garden Level Gallery, 315 3rd Street Jersey City NJ
Yarn Wrapping Circle
Imagine, hair. The elusive, coveted “good” hair. On some days and for some people, that is my hair. Or was. Or can be. But you should know by now – Don’t. Touch. My. Hair. That is unless you come help me make hair made from rope and yarn in this Yarn Wrapping Circle. No experience necessary, I will teach you the knots. Come for the fellowship or to try something new.
Save the Date: Sunday, April 14th 2019, 1:00-4:00, Please RSVP
LOCATION: Garden Level Gallery, 315 3rd Street Jersey City NJ
Viewpoints 2019
Exhibition Dates: May 2- June 15, 2019
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 4th from 7:00pm-9:00pm
LOCATION: Studio Montclair Gallery, 127 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair NJ
I am exhibiting with Calabar Gallery at the inaugural edition of Art Fair 14C, happening March 15-17, 2019 on the Jersey City waterfront.
The Hyatt Regency is located at 2 Exchange Place, easily accessible by PATH from Manhattan. There are fifty exhibitors (galleries, art organizations and individual artists).
I will be in room 860.
Come see me and BEATRICE LEBRETON, IBOU NDOYE and JIMMY JAMES GREENE next weekend.
Join me at One River this Tuesday March 12th @ 6:30pm for a talk about my Women of Wonder series, a pure celebration of expression, music, femininity, and belief in oneself. A confirmation of life repeated as a cannon of ‘I am who I am.’
DATE & TIME: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 from 6:30-7:30pm
LOCATION: One River; 292 Millburn Ave, Millburn, NJ 07041
We often travel to the corners of the planet looking for safe places to BE. When what is actually necessary is a declaration: “We are our own selves!†There is a place for all of our being; the sexy, the demure, the loud and the reticent.
On our own terms of being in our own skin when and how we need to be…
Ella, Eartha, Grace, Diahann, Billie, and Nina (YES! Nina) taught us and made way for the Cardi’s, Beyonce’s and Nikki’s of this world. We all fit and there is plenty of room for us. When we make room for ourselves.
Inspired by the Queen Latifah lyric from “Come into my House”, MoCADA seeks to unravel how far society has come in its understanding, recognion, and celebration of the femme form –mind, body, and soul– to deliver anew vision for the future.
Curated by Amy Andrieux and Sophia Rose Opening party: March 8, 2019 @ 7pm-9pm (w/ performance artists) On View: March 8 – April 16, 2019 Location: MoCADA, Central Exterior Gallery @ 80 Hanson Place Brooklyn NY
