FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Drawing Narrative
Holly Coulis, Matthew Fisher, Rubens Ghenov, Ridley Howard, Rob Matthews, Robyn O’Neil and Charlotta Westergren
May 8 – June 20, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 8, 6-9 PM
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Jenny Jaskey is pleased to present The Drawing Narrative, a group exhibition featuring works by a selection of nationally acclaimed artists. The works share an affinity for acute draftsmanship, a limited range of materials (most are graphite on paper), and imaginative imagery with narrative potential. In some, recurring characters become avenues to express metaphysical ideas; in others, isolated figures draw us into a psychological space between events. Brooding atmosphere, the use of pastiche, detached subjects and the like suggest that these narratives reside in a complicated and increasingly non-linear universe.
Holly Coulis was born in Toronto, Canada and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has been exhibited in solo shows at Lamontagne Gallery, Boston, Cherry and Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Switzerland, Greener Pastures, Toronto, and at LFL Gallery, New York.
Matthew Fisher was born in Boston, MA and lives and works in the boroughs of New York City. His work has been exhibited in solo shows at ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA, University of the Arts, and Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, and in group shows at Elizabeth Dee Gallery and Heskin Contemporary in New York, NY, among others. He is in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Rubens Ghenov was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil and currently lives and works in Philadelphia, PA. His work has been in group shows at Subdivision Gallery, New York and Easter University, St. Davids, PA. He will begin his MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in the fall of 2008.
Ridley Howard was born in Atlanta, GA and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His work has been exhibited in solo shows at Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, Graeflin Maag Gallerie, Switzerland, and Solomon Projects, Atlanta. He has had group exhibitions at the High Museum of Art, Galleria Glance, Torino, Italy, and Derek Eller Gallery, NY.
Rob Matthews was born in Wilson, NC and lives and works in Philadelphia, PA. He has had solo exhibitions at Gallery Joe, The Philadelphia Art Alliance, University of the Arts, and Middle Tennessee State University. He is in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, among others. He was recently awarded a 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship.
Robyn O’Neil was born in Omaha, NE and lives and works in Houston, TX. Her work was the subject of a solo exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, TX, which traveled to the Frye Museum, Seattle, WA, and the Johnson Museum at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. She has also had solo exhibitions at Clementine, New York, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, and Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago and was included in the 2004 Whitney Biennial. She is in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Dallas Museum of Art, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others.
Charlotta Westergren was born in Sweden and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She has had solo shows at Bellwether Gallery and Dee/Glasoe in New York, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, and Knoxville Museum of Art, TN. Her work has been included in group shows at Groeflin Maag Galerie, Switzerland, Gallerie Hot and Huyser, Amsterdam, and at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
