APRIL 2020

tugboat gallery, lincoln nebraska, kyle choy

Kyle Choy

IN/SIDE/OUT

April 3rd 7:00-10:00 PM

With DJ Ol’ Moanin’

Artist Statement:

My work has always involved portraiture despite my general unease towards it. Faces on flat, rectangular surfaces have always given me the impression of looking through a window at someone either oblivious or confrontational to my gaze. It feels as ifI’ve walked in on a stranger unannounced and unsure if I was even invited or noticed at all. I want the viewer to have that same feeling, to wonder if they are more than just a passive observer and question their own gaze.

I use openings in leaves and windows to create a world beyond the boundaries of the wall and space the work inhabits. By peering in, the viewer inadvertently becomes part of this story; though whether as a member of the group or an outsider is dictated by their positioning in relation to the figures and their body language. Painted objects act as remnants left behind by these characters and stand in for them in the narrative. These articles appear superimposed, lit simultaneously by the space they’re in and a light that does not exist and cast shadows from both that further blur the line between their world and our own.

MARCH 2020

tugboat gallery, lincoln nebraska, art

Kat Richards

Anna Wehrwein

Curated by Toan Vuong

SHAG

March 8th 7:00-10:00 PM

With DJ Ol’ Moanin’

Closing: March 28th

“Shag” is an otherworldly color explosion using paintings and a monoprint stencil technique.  Both artists use color palettes that are intended to be theatrical, fantastic and mysterious.

Currently, both artists are residents at the Queer Materials Lab, at Tyler School of Art.

Anna Wehrwein is an artist originally from the Boston area. Shereceived her BS in Art and BA in English/Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her MFA in Drawing and Painting from the University of Tennessee. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings, Friend of the Artist, and West Branch Literary Journal. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including recent shows at AUTOMAT Collective (Philadelphia, PA), The Warbling Collective (London, UK) the Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC). She was a finalist for the Hopper Prize in 2018 has been an artist in residence at MacDowell Colony, Vermont Studio Center, and Anderson Ranch Art Center. She currently lives in Columbia, MO where she is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Missouri.

Kat Richards is a Philadelphia, PA based artist that works in printmaking, drawing, and fibers. Richards received their B.F.A (2016) in Fine Arts from the University of Kansas and their M.F.A. (2019)