First Thursday Art Talk for July
Thursday, July 5 | 7:00 p.m.
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Description: Join us as current artists-in-residence Natasha Bowdoin, Jake Beckman, and Jang soon Im present their work during the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts’ First Thursday Art Talk on July 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm. As always, Art Talk is free and open to the public.
Natasha Bowdoin’s meticulous constructions of cut paper mine various literary sources as raw material, liberating the text from language's usual structural expectations. Jake Beckman’s sculptures play upon the visual language of industry and the manufactured environment to explore the American connection to the material world. The whimsical mixed media paintings, drawings, collages, and videos of Jang soon Im gather inspiration from ancient Asian military culture.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Natasha Bowdoin received her MFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA and Rome, Italy, and received her BA from Brandeis University, Waltham, MA in Visual Arts and Classical Studies, after completing studies at the Slade School of Art, London, England. Natasha has also completed a residency with the Core Program, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY; Bryan Miller Gallery, Houston, TX; Extraspazio, Rome, Italy; the University of Texas Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX; the Cue Arts Foundation, New York, NY; the Weatherspooon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC; and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. Bowdoin is a former recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. She was born and raised in Kennebunk, ME, and currently lives and works in Houston, TX.
Jake Beckman grew up in Cleveland Heights, OH. His work has been exhibited in several galleries and museums including Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI; and the Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH. His work is included in the collections of the Progressive Corporation and Swarthmore College. He has completed several public art projects, including “rotaflora,” winner of the Trails and the Arts Award from the American Trail Association. He has previously been a resident at the Vermont Studio Center. He received his BA in Art from Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, and his MFA in Sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. He lives and works in Philadelphia, PA and is currently a visiting professor at Swarthmore College.
Jang soon Im received his MFA in Painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL and BFA in Asian Painting at the Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. His work has been exhibited in New York, NY, Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA, and Houston, TX. He has participated in the residency program at the Vermont Studio Center and the Core Program at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX. He currently lives and works in Houston, TX.
ART TALK PRESENTING SPONSOR Weitz Family Foundation
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SPONSORS Nebraska Arts Council, Nebraska Cultural Endowment, National Endowment for the Arts, William and Ruth Scott Family Foundation, Gifford Foundation, Laura and Greg Schnackel, Betiana and Todd Simon, Paul and Annette Smith, Weitz Family Foundation
Natasha Bowdoin’s meticulous constructions of cut paper mine various literary sources as raw material, liberating the text from language's usual structural expectations. Jake Beckman’s sculptures play upon the visual language of industry and the manufactured environment to explore the American connection to the material world. The whimsical mixed media paintings, drawings, collages, and videos of Jang soon Im gather inspiration from ancient Asian military culture.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Natasha Bowdoin received her MFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA and Rome, Italy, and received her BA from Brandeis University, Waltham, MA in Visual Arts and Classical Studies, after completing studies at the Slade School of Art, London, England. Natasha has also completed a residency with the Core Program, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY; Bryan Miller Gallery, Houston, TX; Extraspazio, Rome, Italy; the University of Texas Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX; the Cue Arts Foundation, New York, NY; the Weatherspooon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC; and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. Bowdoin is a former recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. She was born and raised in Kennebunk, ME, and currently lives and works in Houston, TX.
Jake Beckman grew up in Cleveland Heights, OH. His work has been exhibited in several galleries and museums including Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI; and the Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH. His work is included in the collections of the Progressive Corporation and Swarthmore College. He has completed several public art projects, including “rotaflora,” winner of the Trails and the Arts Award from the American Trail Association. He has previously been a resident at the Vermont Studio Center. He received his BA in Art from Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, and his MFA in Sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. He lives and works in Philadelphia, PA and is currently a visiting professor at Swarthmore College.
Jang soon Im received his MFA in Painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL and BFA in Asian Painting at the Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. His work has been exhibited in New York, NY, Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA, and Houston, TX. He has participated in the residency program at the Vermont Studio Center and the Core Program at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX. He currently lives and works in Houston, TX.
ART TALK PRESENTING SPONSOR Weitz Family Foundation
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SPONSORS Nebraska Arts Council, Nebraska Cultural Endowment, National Endowment for the Arts, William and Ruth Scott Family Foundation, Gifford Foundation, Laura and Greg Schnackel, Betiana and Todd Simon, Paul and Annette Smith, Weitz Family Foundation
