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VARIANCE

FEATURED ARTISTS
Constanza Aravena
Natalie Baldeon
Allison Belolan
Caitlin Berndt
Lucas Biagini
Holly Brown
Lauren Scott Corwin
Alyson Davies
Amy Deal
Erin Drakeford
Ducasse Overstreet
Kathleen Eastwood Riaño
Jess Griffith
Vernita Akua Hardy
Donté K. Hayes
Diane Hiscox
Sonja John
Katrina Jurjans
Erin Kendrick
Darby Lewis
Michelle Maroon
Chieko Murasugi
Tracy Murrell
Danielle Mužina
Cecil Norris
Cass Penegor
Princess Rashid
Abi Salami
Stephen Signa-Aviles
Kathy Sirico
Jennifer Small
Marine Smith
Valerie Wilcox
Holly Wong
Antoinette Wysocki
Abby Zhang
Abby Zonies
JUROR STATEMENT
Variance
Finding something new is one of the best feelings as an artist.
The challenge was to pick only a few works from a fantastic group of submissions. But, of course, we go into these processes with our baggage and biases as individuals. I just completed my MFA journey, and I focused on a set of ideas for quite a while. From the first set of submissions, I knew my expectations were a false ceiling in judging this work. The work was so good! So I reset myself and opened my mind to what I was seeing. It was like taking off sunglasses and finally seeing the brilliance of the sky.
The artists were in their own conversations with form and color, gesture and material, pattern and scale. Art is a way that individuals filter their experiences, and within this work, I feel their voices manifested as visual documentation of feelings. There were moments of solace and moments of anxiety. There were the structures of life revealed both organic and linear. The color was used both as an overwhelming force and as subtlety.
The breadth of the artists' work is the story of this exhibition—embracing the perspectives of all these other people who are experiencing this very same world in widely different ways. New ways of seeing the world are a gift that expands your understanding.
I appreciate the opportunity to review this work for Erika and the I Like Your Work community. It was challenging but super fun. I wish all my artists out there nothing but long, prosperous studio days.
JBarber
www.jbarberstudio.com
www.studionoizepodcast.com

Referendum Digital collage, 14x18 inches, 2020

Fallen Watercolor on Paper, 18x24", 2021

Grey Mountains Collage, 9x12, 2021

Waiting Fluid Acrylic, Oil, and Sand on Canvas, 40 x 34 in, 2021

Journeys Oil and mixed media on panel, 36"x 48", 2018- 2020

@ 9th Street Collagraph print on paper, 16 x16", 2017

The Great Reminisce oil and spray paint on canvas, 24" x 24", 2020

Another Fall oil on canvas, 48"x60, 2021

Spring Gardening Inside I Acrylic and Pencil on Canvas, 40" x 30" x 1.5", 2021

CouchSurfers oil on canvas, 20x20 inches, 2021

Decide Peace or Decide Piece Mix Media, 56x72, 2021

Untitled Oil on Canvas, 36 x 35 inches, 2019

Spring Emergence Watercolor and Gouache on paper, 33 x 22 inches, 2021

When God Said Let There Be Light Acrylic, 60 x 48, 2021

Double Consciousness Ceramic (black clay body), 16.5x13x9, 2019

Swimming Pools for All oil paint / resin on panel, 8 x 10", 2020

Washerwoman acrylic, dye, collage, embroidery floss, and wool on dyed cotton, 48 x 60 in, 2016

sharing stories (body language) acrylic on canvas, 36x48 inches, 2021

O. Acrylic, Acrylic Ink, Marker, 48x60, 2021

Connections Terracotta and Cotton, 37.5in H x 4.25in W x 1.5in D, 2021

WHY AM I SITTING IN THE NAIL SALON THINKING ABOUT THE TIME I WAS SO DRUNK I FELL ASLEEP WHILE A GIRL I MET ON TINDER WAS EATING ME OUT AT SOME APARTMENT NEAR CENTER STREET IN JAMAICA PLAIN ABS hand-drawn by the artist with a 3d printing pen, 23"x16"x5", 2019

Degrees of Freedom Acrylic and vinyl paints, collage on panel, 54 x 36, 2020

surrender I | consciously opening myself to grace encaustic rice paper, resin, 24 x 12 in, 2020

Hostile oil and acrylic on panel, 34 x 48 in, 2021

Dying of Thirst oil on canvas, 48 x 96in, 2020

Agate (5) Gouache on Paper, 22" x 30", 2020

Monoliths Monoprint:Ink, 36 x 54", 2020

Don't Look Back in Anger Acrylic paint and gold leaf on canvas, 80 x 66 inches, 2021


Mirror Pool acrylic and mixed media collage on canvas, 72” x 40.25” x 1.5”, 2020

Soccer Goals to Round Facades Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas, 36x24 inches, 2020

Serenity Photoprint on Aluminium, 80x60cm, 2021

Bridging The Divide, mixed media, salvaged wood, 38 x 32 x 2, 2021

Icarus 1 Graphite, candle smoke and gouache on paper with drafting film, 19"x24", 2021

NO MORE THE MEEK AND THE MILD ACRYLIC AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 36X48 INCHES, 2021

The Park oil,gesso,canvas,inkjet print on canvas, 70x80in, 2020

Tangled gouache and mixed media on paper, 30"x 22", 2020