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"A-HA" < back to exhibition images
ART by HAWAI'I ARTISTS
March 6th - April 24th, 2010
Curated by Inger Tully, Curator of Exibitions, The Contemporary Museum Honolulu
A-HA features six artists currently living on the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Maui. Utilizing unusual materials and processes to create their pieces the artists’ choice of media is often specific to their underlying concept or idea. The resulting works in two and three dimensions are, as the title suggests, surprising and unexpected.
ELI BAXTER
Urban Decay 1
recycled bicycle innertubes, bandsaw blade
6" x 36" x 36"
Selected Exhibitions:
2009
Accessions 09, Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI
Residential Rendition, 39 Hotel, Honolulu, HI
Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
International Shoebox Exhibition X, UH Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2008
Matchbox Plus IV , Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, HI
Contemporary Fiber Art of Hawaii, The Contemporary Museum at First
Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI
HJCC Commitment to Excellence, Academy Art Center at Linekona,
Honolulu, HI
The Contemporary Museum Biennial of Hawai‘i Artists (VIII), Honolulu, HI
2007
Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
HI Artists, Bethel Street Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Shelter, Marks Garage, Honolulu, HI
2006 Faculty Exhibition, UH Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Beginning of the Beginning, Kuykendal Gallery, Honolulu, HI
an exercise in domesticity, installation, UH Commons Gallery, Honolulu, HI
International Shoebox Exhibition IX, UH Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Hygienic Dress League, collaboration, Marks Garage, Honolulu, HI
2005
UHGE, UH Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Ladyfest, Marks Garage, Honolulu, HI
2004
Mixed Media Miniature VII, Koa Gallery, Honolulu, HI
The Girly Fun Show, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Without You I’m Nothing, installation, Gallery 721, Honolulu, HI
Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
Awards:
2007
Jean Charlot Award for Excellence, Honolulu Academy of Art
2006
John Young Scholarship, University of Hawaii
2005
H. John Heide Fellowship, University of Hawaii
2004
Baciu Visual Arts Award, Honolulu Academy of Art
JAISY HANLON
Animal Vegetable Mineral #2
copper, enamel, watercolor
30" x 22"
Selected Exhibitions
2010
Juried Member Exhibit *Jurors Choice Hui No’eau Visual Art Center HI
The Essence of Maui Group Invitational, MACC, Kahului HI
2009
Hawaii’s Modern Masters Yves Saint Laurent, Luxury Row Honolulu, HI
Art Maui Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului HI
20 Going on 21 The Contemporary Museum Honolulu HI
2008
Juried Member Exhibit Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao HI
2007
Hawaii Craftsmen Art Center at Linekona, Honolulu HI
Faculty Show Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
2005
As Is (paintings and drawings) Rosendale Café, Rosendale NY
Possessions Farfetched Gallery, Kingston, NY
2005
*For Decorative Purposes Only MFA Thesis Exhibit, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz
2004
For the Birds (solo show) Student Art Gallery, State University of New York New Paltz (Installation)
2003
Art In Nature (Group show in collaboration with Special Topics class) SUNY New Paltz
2002
Future Prospects (In conjunction with Society of North American Goldsmiths conference) Denver, CO
2002
Preservation Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington
2000
Scientific Illustration Showcase HUB Gallery, University of Washington
VINCE HAZEN
Tarantula, (Lint Trap Menagerie),
2009
Lint (from clothes drier) and pencil
Selected Exhibitions
2009
20 Going on 2, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI, juried exhibition
2007
Sugar Rats Disco, solo exhibit, Hawai’i Pacific University
2006
Artists of Hawai’i 2006, R. Luce Pavilion, Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu Printmakers 78th Annual Exhibition, Academy Art Center Gallery, Honolulu, HI, One Shot award for screen-printing.
The Transfigured Pedestrian, solo exhibit, The ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu, HI
2005
Drawn Together, Satoru’s Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI, 2005
Chadron State College Faculty Exhibit, (2005, 2002, 1998, 1997, 1995)
Dada Contrivance: Found Objects and Manipulated Images by Vince Hazen, solo exhibit
2004
Apex Gallery, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
The Art of Vince Hazen, solo exhibit, Shaman Gallery, Hot Springs, SD
2003
Retablos, Gallery 239, Chadron, NE, Group Invitational
2000
On/Of Paper: National Juried Exhibition, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
American Color Print Society- Fall Annual Exhibition, Revsin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA,
Flora Tinctoria Grafica, Grafikens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden, Group Invitational,
Mnemonics Disintegration: An Art Happening, Chadron State College
1999
Outside Impressions, Governors State University, University Park, IL, Group Invitational,
1998
Vince Hazen, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, Solo Exhibit
Positive Negative 13, National Juried Art Competition, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Serendipity, Annual Art Guild Exhibition, Chadron State College, 1998-2002
Greater Midwest International Exhibition XIII, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO
1997
Work Path - an art happening, Whitney, NE, 1997
Snow Spiral - an art happening, Chadron State College Dean’s Lawn
Great Plains National Printmakers Exhibition, The Fifth Street Gallery, Bismarck, ND, Best of show
Northern National Juried Art Competition, Nicolete College, LRC Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
Soothsayer, A National Invitational Print Portfolio Exchange and Exhibition at the University of Kansas and Chadron State College
West Coast Works On/Of Paper, National Juried Exhibition, The Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA
1995
Three Points of View, Elaine's Art Gallery, Alliance, NE
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN
Blank Center for the Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Michigan City, IN
Three Rivers Art Center Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Pontiac, MI
Midwest Museum of American Art: 17th Elkhart Juried Regional, Elkhart, IN,
1994
Vincent A. Hazen: Recent Paintings, solo exhibition Berea College, Berea, KY
Vincent A. Hazen, solo exhibition, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
Greater Midwest International IX, Central Missouri State University, Warrensberg, MO
The 37th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY,
The Judith J. Anderson Memorial Award
Midwest Museum of American Art: 16th Elkhart Juried Regional, Elkhart, IN
Art and Social Justice: A Juried Exhibition, South Bend Heritage Foundation Inc., South Bend, IN
University of Notre Dame Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Notre Dame, IN, First Juror's Award
1993
Vincent A. Hazen: Paintings and Works on Paper, solo exhibition, Rochester Arts Commission, Rochester, IN
75 Mile Radius: Exhibition Series #2, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN,
Eighteenth Biennial Regional Art Exhibition, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Perspectives from Plastic to Paper, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN
Midwest Museum of American Art: 15th Elkhart Juried Regional, Elkhart, IN, Purchase Award
RYAN HIGA
Forgiven not taken, 2010
Acrylic on board
18"x24"
Gruntled Funk- An Alter World Created By Ryan Higa.
Ryan Higa is an Oahu, Hawaii born and raised artist. After receiving a B.F.A. in Printmaking from the University of Hawaii, Higa went on to earn his M.F.A. from University of Michigan in 1998. After graduate school and a summer printmaking workshop in Japan, Higa returned to Hawaii where in 2001, the alter-world of Gruntled Funk was created.
The world of Gruntled Funk represents a series of works depicting the strange, humorous world hovering between cute and the sinister. Many of the characters and landscapes represent encounters in Higa’s artistic, academic and cultural life experiences. Gruntled Funk seeks to stir the artist that lives inside its audience. Higa’s art practice is focused on whimsical paintings and sculptures that keep people smiling, curious and open.
Higa’s work can be found in the collection of The Contemporary Museum and in private collections in the U.S., Japan and Europe. His art has been featured in exhibitions in Hawaii and cities such as Seattle, Ann Arbor, Philadelphia and Memphis. Among many accomplishments, Higa has served on the Honolulu Printmakers’ Board of Directors and also was an Instructor at the Academy Art Center at Linekona.
WENDY KAWABATA
Stemma, 2007
kukui nuts, thread, bell jars
approx. 16"H 48"W x 60"L
Using materials such as piles of logs and recycled books Kawabata’s evolving bodies of work explore the relationship between process, repetition, and material…“My process of making is closely related to both drawing and to the history of utilitarian feminine craft. Repetitive and meditative acts: wrapping, poking, folding, stacking, hooking, pulling - all make space for quiet, association, and attentiveness.
Wendy Kawabata has been an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at
the University of Hawai‘i, Manoa since 2005. Her works have been exhibited
in numerous gallery and museum exhibitions including Loyola University,
Chicago, IL; Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI; Rochester Contemporary Gallery,
Rochester, NY; and Steps Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. She received her
Bachelor of Fine Arts from Massachusetts College of Art, and her Master of
Fine Arts from the University of New Mexico
CHRISTOPHER REINER
A Vessel's.. Vessel, Vessel, 2003
37” x w 30” x d 28”
Media: Obtainium
Vehicle Type: Intro-specto-reflector
Issued: September 2003
Series no. 01
"Sailing is a metaphor for life. We sail our own vessels, making adjustments along the way, to what life (the wind and the seas) throws at us. With never two moments the same, a ceaseless metamorphosis, life is one continuous but changing pattern. Inconsistency is consistent. We base our adjustments on our past experiences (baggage) and the genes (jeans) we are given, nature via nurture. Steering our vessel, reflecting on unique experiences and intuitions."
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2009
Hawaii Craftsmen Statewide Juried Exihibition - Featured Artist, Honolulu, HI
The Contemporary Museum’s Invitational at Neiman Marcus, Honolulu, HI
2008
Bench Mark - Invitational, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Eco-logic - Invitational, The Arts at Mark’s Garage, Honolulu HI
Out of state of mind (body of work), Maui Arts & Cultural Center
2007
Just east of West - Invitational, The Arts at Mark’s Garage, Honolulu, HI
Shelter - Juried Exhibition, The Arts at Mark’s Garage, Honolulu, HI
2006
Small Works Show - Invitational, Koa Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Hot August Knights - Invitational, The Arts at Mark’s Garage, Honolulu, HI
The Contemporary Museum's Contemporarities at Neiman Marcus, Honolulu, HI
2006-2008
The 9th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition
A traveling exhibition organized by the University of Hawaii Art Gallery
2005
Hawaii Craftsman Juried Exhibition
Honolulu Academy of Arts at Linikona, Honolulu, HI
June-August & September-October 2005
The Contemporary Museum Biennial of Hawaii Artists
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI & Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI
Instrument Exhibit - Invitational Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Maui, HI
2004
Art Kauai - Kauai Society of Artists Annual Juried Exhibition, Kauai, HI
Dean French Award
Kauai Society of Artists Membership Show, Kauai, HI
Shock & Awe Award
Kauai Society of Artists Small Works Show, Kauai, HI
Rena Selfe Award
2003
Arts at Mark’s Garage, Happy Show Invitational, Honolulu, HI
Kauai Society of Artists Juried Show, Kauai, HI
Artistic Visions Award
Vessel Exhibit - Invitational Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Maui, HI
Kauai Society of Artists Membership Show, Kauai, HI
KSA Award
2002
Divergency: exhibit b - Group Invitational Arts at Mark’s Garage, Honolulu, HI
2000
Hawaii Craftsman 33rd Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
Tongue-in-Cheek - Garden Island Arts Council Invitational Kauai, HI
Kauai Society of Artists Membership Show, Kauai, HI
Kebanu Gallery Award
April-May 1999
City and County of Honolulu’s Recycled Art ’99, Honolulu Hale, Honolulu, HI
Best of Show Award
Awarded RSAD Commission for Public Sculpture, 1994
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