Category: Former Shows
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Meet the artist: Guillermo Galindo
(photo credit featured image: Zen Cohen) Beacon Gallery’s exhibition Sonic Biogenesis: Genomics and Mutant Jungles is a solo exhibition by California artist Guillermo Galindo. It’s the perfect time to get to know this multi-talented artist and musician better! Galindo is originally from Mexico City, where music was his birthright. His mother played piano, and her…
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Meet the artist: Michael McLaughlin
In creating his paintings, Michael McLaughlin applies photorealism in unexpected ways to streets, parking lots, and New England architecture. He then encloses his traditional subject matter with mixed media, and thus prompts a reconsideration of the entire scene. Inspired by the Photorealists of the 70s and 80s, McLaughlin works to astonish the viewer through an…
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Meet the artist: sam belisle
Approaching his practice with an innate understanding of the urban landscape, Sam Belisle works to create documentary images that speak to both the realities of city life and to the history of painting. Originally from a working-class neighborhood in inner-city Columbus, Ohio, Belisle’s early exposure to fine art included lessons downtown at the Columbus College…
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Meet the artist: Rosa Leff
Hand-cut paper serves as the medium for Rosa Leff’s blend of traditional artistry and the modern as she creates scenic and city landscapes, portraits, and even still lifes. First, Leff’s unique appeal resides in her approach to paper cutting. She captures on cut paper unremarkable scenes that are remade into exceptional works of art with…
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Meet the artist: Howard Fineman
With an innate appetite for photography, Howard Fineman can’t help but find photo-worthy images just by living his everyday life. In this short conversation, he discusses his journey into digital photography: where he has been, where he is now, and where he plans to go. Howard’s enthusiasm for photography is palpable! What was your path…
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Meet the Artist: Nedret Andre
With her contagious enthusiasm for painting and environmentalism, abstract artist Nedret Andre harnesses enviable energy directly onto canvas. She is somehow able to create paintings that are both abstractly seagrass, but also figurative at the same time. For Andre, color exploration is a mainstay of her paintings, and when she adds in her signature mark-making, she is…
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Meet the Artist: Terence “T” Musto
T Musto left college dreaming only of motorcycles, despite his newly earned degree in business administration. In the ten years since, he has devoted himself to perfecting his craft, building up his own motorcycle fabrication and customization company, and creating novel solutions to streamline motorcycle design. In his spare time, however, Musto has used his…
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Meet the Artist: Fernando Fula
Like many artists, Fernando Fula’s drive to create has been lifelong. “As a child growing up in a multifamily home,” he shares, “I would draw pictures and host exhibitions in my grandmother’s living room. I would run around the house notifying everyone of my show, and would charge 5 cents a picture.” Through the years…
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Meet the Artist: Joan Deborah Ganon
Joan Deborah Ganon insists she is not an artist. “More a rather good copier,” she contends, describing her practice of transplanting iconic images from modern masterpieces onto footwear. The line between artisanship and artistry has always been nebulous—but definitions aside—Ganon’s work is consistently fun, accessible, and innately functional, bringing fine art into the everyday. Ganon’s…