Sarah Smelser

Defying The Laws III

2022

David Collins' 'Silk and Stone 19' is a square monotype, a unique print with no other editions. This geometric abstract print on delicate Asian paper layers blue, teal green, and red...

Pierre Andre Obando creates process oriented abstract paintings. He was born in Belize City, Belize and grew up in the Caribbean, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Miami, Fl and Jackson, MS. Pierre Obando completed his MFA at Hunter College and completed his undergraduate studies at New World School of the Arts, Miami, Fl. His work was featured in the Queens International Biennial in 2004, and 2006 at the Queens Museum of Art. His work has been in group exhibitions at Angela Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY; Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY; MACO Mexico Art Fair in Mexico City; Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA; The Painting Center, New York, NY; and Dean Project, New York, NY. In 2008, he had a solo exhibition at Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY and in 2009, at project space show at Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY. He has participated in the Atlantic Center for the Arts Artists-in-Residence Program. In the fall of 2012, he participated in the group show Caribe Now, at the Nathan Cumming Foundation, which was organized by El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY. Contemporary Pattern and Decoration piece, The original movement was championed by the gallery owner Holly Solomon. The P&D movement wanted to revive an interest in minor forms such as patterning which at that point was equated with triviality. The prevailing negative view of decoration was one not generally shared by non-Western cultures, The Pattern and Decoration movement was influenced by sources outside of what was considered to be fine art. Blurring the line between art and design, many P&D works mimic patterns like those on wallpapers, printed fabrics, and quilts. There is a close connection between the Pattern and Decoration movement and the Feminist art movement. The P&D movement arose in opposition to the Minimalist and Conceptualist movements. Mary Grigoriadis, Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, Miriam Schapiro, Robert Zakanitch were early proponents of this style. The artist lives and works in New York City. Education: 2001 MFA, Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY 2000 Study Abroad, Slade School, UCL, London, United Kingdom 1997 BFA, Painting, New World School of The Arts, Miami, FL Solo Exhibitions: 2015 ‘Like New’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY 2009 ‘Nowhere’, Rush Arts, New York, NY 2008 ‘Noise’, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY Group Exhibitions: 2018 ‘Revival: Contemporary Pattern and Decoration’, El Museo at Hostos, Bronx, NY Including artists: Abelardo Cruz Santiago Pierre Obando Antonio Pulgarín Keisha Scarville Mickalene Thomas and others. 2017 Locust Projects Contemporary in Miami benefit auction including artists Dara Friedman, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Larry Bell, and more 2017 ‘Browsing Chamber’, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2015 ‘#BemisPainters, 1982-2015’, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE 2015 ‘Spat Spell’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY 2013 ‘Un-Natural Constellations’, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY 2012 ‘Caribe Now’, Nathan Cummings Foundation/El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY 2012 ‘Lucid Fence’, Dean Project, New York, NY 2012 ‘Abstract Gambol’, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY 2012 ‘Reenacting Sense’, Yace Gallery, Long Island City, NY 2010 ‘Continuing Color Abstraction’, The Painting Center, New York, NY 2009 ‘West/East’, Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA 2009 ‘Alternative Abstraction’, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY Including works by Stephen Antonakos, Warren Isensee, Gary Lang, Melissa Meyer and Katherine Sehr...