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Featuring works by
Alfonse Borysewicz - Laura Lasworth - Christen Mattix - Barry Moser - Natalie Niblack
The Spirit of
Prophecy: An Art Exhibit |
January-February, 2012 |
Featuring works by
Alfonse Borysewicz - Laura Lasworth - Christen Mattix - Barry Moser -
Natalie Niblack
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ABOUT THE SHOW |
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS |
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Alfonse Borysewicz was born in Detroit in 1957.
He engaged in Seminary Studies and received a master's degree in
theology before studying painting at the School of the Museum of Fine
Arts in Boston. Borysewicz has received two Pollock-Krasner
Foundation Fellowships (1987, 1992) and a Guggenheim Painting Fellowship
(1995). His last solo show with Francine Seders Gallery was in
November of 2002, but his work has been included in numerous gallery
group shows, among them Big and Small (2007) and Happy Birthday,
Francine (2009/10). His work has been featured in solo exhibitions
at St. Francis College in Brooklyn (2008), The Church of St. Paul the
Apostle in New York (2008), and The Oratory Church of St. Boniface in
Brooklyn (2009). He has exhibited widely throughout the US, Europe and Japan. He teaches philosophy and theology in the NY/NJ area. Find out more about Borysewicz at http://www.alfonseborysewicz.com |
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Laura Lasworth received her BFA from The School of the
Art Institute of Chicago and MFA from California Institute of the Arts
in Valencia, California. Her paintings have been exhibited in numerous
solo and group shows across the country and have been featured in such
publications as Art in America, Artforum, LA Times, and IMAGE Journal.
She is represented by Lora Schlesinger Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. and
is currently a Professor of Art at Seattle Pacific University. Professor
Lasworth’s most recent collection, “The Western Wall,” was named Los
Angeles Times ‘Critic’s Choice’, calling the paintings “ravishingly
beautiful.” Find out more about Lasworth at http://myhome.spu.edu/lasworth/bio.html |
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Christen Mattix was born in 1977 and grew up in
Thailand. She received an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute
in 2005. She received an artist residency at the James Washington
Foundation in Seattle, WA 2010. Her work was included in the show
“Collective Singular” in Denver, CO in conjunction with the Biennial for
the Americas. She has shown work at SAM Gallery and Shift Collaborative
Studio in Seattle, as well as nationally and abroad. She currently
teaches at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. Find out more about Mattix at http://www.christenmattix.com |
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Barry Moser was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1940.
He was educated at a military academy there, The Baylor School, then at
Auburn University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He did
graduate work at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1970. He
studied with George Cress, Leonard Baskin, Fred Becker, and Jack
Coughlin. His work is represented in numerous collections, museums, and
libraries in the United States and abroad, including The National
Gallery of Art, Washington, The Metropolitan Museum, The British Museum,
The Library of Congress, The National Library of Australia, The London
College of Printing, The Pierpont Morgan Library, The Vatican
Library, Harvard University, Yale University, Dartmouth College,
Cambridge University, the Israel Museum and Princeton University to name
a few. Mr. Moser has exhibited internationally in both one-man and group
exhibits. He is a member of the Society of Printers, Boston; an
Associate of the National Academy of Design elected in 1982 & made full
Academician in 1994; and was a founding trustee of the Eric Carle Museum
of Picture Book Art. He was awarded the Doctor of Fine Arts degree by
Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts (1999), the Doctor of
Humanities degree by Anna Maria College, Paxton, Massachusetts (2001),
and the Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Art,
Boston, Massachusetts (2003). Find out more about Moser at http://www.moser-pennyroyal.com |
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Natalie Niblack studied at the University of Montana
and the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle. She received an MFA
from Edinburg College of Art, Scotland in 1993. She has shown
extensively in Scotland, Washington and other states. She now
lives and works near Bellingham, Washington. Find out more about Niblack at http://www.natalieniblack.com |
