I Hear You Now, I See You Then | Quinn Alexandria Hunter, 2021
I Hear You Now, I See You Then was an exhibition of solo works by artist Quinn Alexandria Hunter, on view January 15 - February 28, 2021. “The exhibition [...]
DIGITAL GARDEN | Digital Weaving Group Exhibition, 2020 – 21
DIGITAL GARDEN: Group Exhibition of Digital Weavings December 4 - January 8, 2021 DIGITAL GARDEN was an exhibition of seven US-based artists working with digital weaving, curated by Gallery Director Connie Fu [...]
Threads of Time | Eugenia Vainberg, 2020
Threads of Time: Solo Exhibition of Hand Embroideries by Eugenia Vainberg Cleveland-based artist Eugenia Vainberg uses thread as a brush connecting moments in history, culture, and private life. Decades of thought and practice are present in the delicate and decisive lines in her work. When the lines depict dancers, drummers, or other energetic scenes, [...]
AMALA: She Could Not Stay (In Their Black Bodies) | M. Carmen Lane, 2020
February 7-March 25 Opening reception: February 7, 6-9pm 2nd reception: March 6, 6-9pm Artist Talk: March 6, 7pm Statement Like our river, the womb is water—we are water and carry its memory, the salt and its rhythms. In the Great Lakes Region, an emerging, yet longstanding concern regarding infant mortality and race, specifically [...]
Wild and Bloomin’ | Deb Berkebile, Joyce Jentoft, Sandy Shelenberger, 2019
Wild and Bloomin’: Deb Berkebile, Joyce Jentoft and Sandy Shelenberger Berkebile, Jentoft, and Shelenberger share an abundance of surface design experiments. “We are friends connected by a desire to share our creativity. Our inspiration for this joint exhibition was the quote “to bloom where you are planted.” We have used a [...]
Impact of Blue | Eduardo Portillo & Mariá Eugenia Dávila, Rowland Ricketts, Tony Williams, 2019
Impact of Blue: Cuyahoga50 Creative Fusion Exhibition was an alternate viewing of three monumental indigo-dyed banners designed by Creative Fusion Fellows Tony Williams (Cleveland, OH), Rowland Ricketts (Bloomington, IN), and Eduardo Portillo & Mariá Eugenia Dávila (Mérida, Venezuela) with support from Praxis staff and community members in Cleveland. The first showing of [...]
Playing Up Downstairs | Eleanor Anderson, 2019
April 5-May 26th, 2019 Eleanor Anderson, Playing Up Downstairs Praxis Artist-in-Residence I approach my work across mediums with as much room as possible for continuous recalibration. When I sit down to weave, I compose on the loom without a preconceived drawing in mind. I strive to honor a tradition with nimble improvisation [...]
A Commonplace | Melina Bishop, Ash Fiasco, Rebekah Wilhelm, 2019
February 1-March 20th Opening reception: February 1st, 6-9pm Closing reception: March 1st, 6-9pm Curated by Annmarie Suglio, Gallery Director I am very proud to show these extremely talented women at Praxis. I met Melina Bishop on the road at a portfolio event as we are both counselors for art [...]
By Way of the Matrix | Various artists, 2018
September 7th - October 24th, 2018 By Way of the Matrix includes 8 artists from across the country all working with various approaches to digital weaving. Curated by Cathryn Amidei, this exhibition paves the way for the grand opening of the Praxis Digital Weaving Lab. Artists included are: Cathryn Amidei, Trey Gehring, [...]
Convergence | Laura Yurko, 2018
Praxis Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, 2018 About the artist: Laura Yurko is a Cleveland-based artist whose work primarily consists of highly saturated textiles and figural paintings. She graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2017 and has [...]