2023 EMERGING ARTISTS EXHIBIT

2023 EMERGING ARTISTS EXHIBIT

July 13 – August 4, 2023

Opening Reception | Thursday, July 13, 6:00-8:00pm

Presented at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery • 25 Lowell St., Cambridge MA

Juried by Leah Triplett Harrington and Mallory Ruymann

This exhibition is an independent curatorial collaboration between friends and colleagues Mallory A. Ruymann and Leah Triplett Harrington. Their partnership is grounded in an interest in global contemporary artists working with materials associated with craft. They seek to generate scholarly exhibitions that simultaneously uplift the artists they present, expanding critical dialogue on underrepresented practices in art history. They are eager to support women-identifying and gender-queer artists at every stage of their careers. Their joint exhibition history includes shape_shifting_support_systems, Praise Shadows, Boston, MA (2022), A Romance Of…, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA (2023), and STUFFED, Boston University Art Galleries, Boston, MA (2023).

EMERGING ARTISTS EXHIBIT PROGRAMS

In-person Opening Reception: Thursday, July 13, 6:00-8:00pm at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery

Emerging Artists Exhibit Artist Talk: Thursday, July 27 from 7:00-8:00pm via Zoom; pre-registration is required.

About the jurors:

Leah Triplett Harrington | Director of Exhibitions and Contemporary Curatorial Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)

Leah Triplett Harrington (she/her) is a curator, writer, and editor currently serving as the Director of Exhibitions and Contemporary Curatorial Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA). Previously she was a curator at Now + There, where she facilitated the Public Art Accelerator and organized large-scale public art commissions. She is also editor-at-large for Boston Art Review. Her writing has most recently appeared in that publication as well as ArtNet News, Sculpture, Public Art Dialogue, Flash Art, Hyperallergic, The Brooklyn Rail, and others. As an independent curator, she has organized projects for Boston University Art Galleries, Trestle Gallery, and Herter Gallery. In 2021, she was the inaugural curatorial mentor for Praise Shadows Art Gallery, and in 2022–23, she taught at Boston University.

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Mallory A. Ruymann | Managing Partner + Head of Curatorial Projects, art_works

Mallory A. Ruymann (she/her) is a curator, art advisor, and art historian working with emerging artists in all media. She is the Managing Partner of art_works, an art advisory partnering with individuals and companies across the United States and Canada to build significant collections of contemporary art through a mission-driven lens. Among other institutions, she has worked at Tufts University Art Galleries, MassArt Art Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, and Fabric Workshop and Museum. Her writing can be found in academic journals and community publications, including Boston Art Review.

Jurors’ Statement

As colleagues, collaborators, and friends, we are deeply invested in exploring new ways of creating, making, and being through contemporary art. We rely on our relationships with artists and other collaborators to seed these explorations; finding new artists that will accentuate this work is essential to our shared and respective individual practices. We are thrilled and honored, therefore, to jury this year’s CAA Emerging Artists Exhibit, a showcase known for its gathering of the region’s most significant nascent talent. 

The works selected refuse boundaries or binaries, elide categorization, and span two and three-dimensional making. Subjects, themes, and motifs are equally as varied. The throughline of this exhibition lies in these artists’ boldness in creating and advancing new forms of expression. We are thrilled to have coalesced this grouping of artists committed to making new meanings, worlds, and communities through their work. With their emergent practices, these artists indeed encourage conversation and collectivity. 

Emerging Artist Award Winners:

Each award includes a $100 prize and a one-year membership to CAA

  • Abby Fenn, Megan’s Pins: Dekalb Corn
  • Elyse Grams, Vacationland (after Clarissa Dyer sampler, aged 16, Skowhegan, Maine, 1820)
  • Danyang Song, Shadow Cave

Exhibiting Artists

First NameLast NameCityStateInstagramWebsiteTitleMediaDimensionsPrice
AlexBlaisdellBrooklineMA@alexmblaisdellalexmblaisdell.comFlight Radar 19Oil on canvas30 x 36 x 2 inches$600
Mary LynnBurkeLexingtonMA@mary.lynn.burkemarylynnburke.comLife of the PartyAcrylic and oil pastel on canvas36 x 36 x 7/8 inches$3,500.00
LauraChassaigneBostonMA@laurachassartlaurachassaigne.comThe World Begins Again and AgainAcrylic on canvas40 x 30 x 1.5 inches$2,500
CharlieDov SchönAndoverMA@charliedov.artcharliedovschon.com4 preceding SundaysTulle, found objects, thread18 x 15 x 2 inches$400
EmilyFalcignoSomervilleMA@emilyfalcignofalcignofoto.comBreathe. And leap.Acrylic on canvas36 x 24 x 1 inches (Each canvas is 12 inches in width)$2,900.00
AbbyFennBostonMA@afenn_artMegan’s Pins: Dekalb CornFlashe paint and nail polish on cast and carved crayon wax10in x 9in x 1in$175.00
Natiana AlexandraFonsecaProvidenceRI@natiana.alexandrabehance.net/natiana_alexandraThe Negro Speaks of RiversCotton, wool, wood, indigo, sugar cane60 x 57 x 10 inches15,500
ElyseGramsPortlandME@lyseygirlelysegrams.squarespace.comVacationland (after Clarissa Dyer sampler, aged 16, Skowhegan, Maine, 1820)Cross stitch on aida cloth, applique, artist made frame22 x 17 inches$4,000.00
CarolineGrossmanWalthamMAmirepoixllc.com/caroline-grossman-artHabesha Girls With “Grandpa” Andy: Portrait of the Shimelis sistersCaran d’Ache water-soluble crayons on claybord panel24 x 36 x 1/8 inches; Framed: 27 x 39 x 1 1/2 inches$7,020.00
Hilde-KariGuttormsenBrooklineMABIOSPERES: yellow – glow – red – blueGimp, plastic, thread, foam, bedding, fleece (recycled water bottles)43.5 x 43.5 x 8 inches$3,400.00
LaurenHillNorth HamptonNH@laurenhill.artReceded (no. 2)Charcoal on paper42 x 42 inches$870.00
MashaHoffeyHollistonMA@masha.hoffey.artmashahoffeyart.comPemigewassetInk, graphite, gouache, silver leaf on panel16 x 16 inches$950
HaleyJohnsonPlainvilleMA@haleyalexarthttps://haleyajohnson.com/Four Pass PikaOil on canvas20 x 20 x 1.5 inches$1,000.00
JocelynKasowSomervilleMA@jocelyn.kasow.glassworkspurpleStained glass5.75 x 6.5 x 4.5 inches$350.00
AnnaKrajewskiCambridgeMA@artbyackhttps://ackrajewski19.wixsite.com/artbyackP8Silkscreen15 x 15 x 0 inches$400
ErikaLópez-TorresBostonMA@artlopeztorresMagueyeraPhotograph on Canson Platine paper8 x 10 inches$800
KristenMalliaBostonMA@fireballdeliciousrarevaluables.net[New] Formation (#01): 42.34548° N, 71.05126° WGraphite, stone-based paper, India ink, thread46 x 42 x 1 inches$3,000
MeghanMurrayWalthamMA@meghancmurrayartmeghancmurray.comUntitled Motif #2Oil on panel5 x 9 inches$600.00
EllenNanni-VargasProvidenceRI@enannivargasenannivargas.comSugar BabyResin, tinsel, sand, gouache, and acrylic on panel36 x 36 x 2 inches$4,000.00
YanaNosenkoBostonMA@yana_olenyananosenko.comMy Car Got TowedArchival pigment print20 x 16 inches$600.00
ArianaPadovanoProvidenceRI@arianapadovanoarianapadovano.comReticulum IIIWoodcut on okawara paper24 x 18 inches$900.00
KristinPetrilloWalthamMA@kristinpetrillokristinpetrillo.com/paintingsCandy-colored Steam Machine DreamAcrylic12 x 18 inches$850.00
KristinRichardsThompsonCT@kristinrichardsCurtain 011Dryer sheets, dryer lint, acrylic, spray paint, wood, crayon, marker, resin, nylon, cardboard and paper36 x 32 x 5 inches1,800.00
EmilyRoseBostonMA@emilyrose.art.workemilyroseartwork.onlineMesa BlancaCoconut, sand, resin, and transfer toner image on cotton and on wood chair26 x 12 x 16 inches1,000
KellyRussoScituateMA@kelly_russo_artkellyrussoart.comLevel OutAcrylic and mixed media on cradled wood36 x 36 x 2 inches$4,500.00
DanyangSongProvidenceRI@danyang.artdanyangart.comShadow CaveGlazed stoneware, underglaze35 x 15 x 180 cm$9,800
DaisySt. SauveurBostonMA@st.daisy.artdaisyst.comPICNICAcrylic and oil stick on canvas40 x 30 x 1 inches$1,200.00
AmeliaWhiteMedfieldMA@funkmastermeelzwww.meeeelz.comHotter Than the Devil’s Dick (Summer ’22)Acryla gouache & colored pencil9 x 12 inches$1,800
Yolanda HeYangAllstonMA@yolandaheyang_artyolandayanghe.comSuspended Tears ; Electric SighSite-enforced Installation9 x 3 x 5 inches$1,000.00

Important dates:

  • Exhibit dates | July 13 – August 4, 2023
  • Artwork Drop off | Saturday, July 8, 2023 from 10am-2pm; Tuesday, July 11, 2023 from 12-4pm at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery
  • Artwork Pick up | Saturday, August 5 from 10am-2pm; Tuesday, August 8 from 12-4pm at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery

Eligibility:

CAA welcomes emerging artists of all ages to submit work for consideration for our 2023 Emerging Artists Exhibition. All artists must be living and working in New England (MA, ME, NH, VT, CT, RI). Exhibitors featured in past Emerging Artists Exhibits hosted by the CAA are not eligible.

Applicants must meet at least two (2) of the criteria points to be eligible for this exhibition:

  • Working artist for 10-years or less
  • Graduated from an art/arts-related institution within the past 10-years
  • Has not been represented by a commercial gallery (this excludes co-op galleries)

Have questions? Please email Associate Director, Candice Driver at cdriver@cambridgeart.org or call us at 617.876.0246

Cambridge Art Association does not issue refunds.
All decisions/selections are made by the juror. All decisions are final.

Image in header courtesy of Patrick Brennan