Melissa Furness

Manly Moss 1, Battle After Rubens

2015

This work is from the exhibition ‘Fool’s Errand,’ 2020, which focuses on our relationships with the past and how it effects our current state of the world and our place in it. Digging deep into what makes a society thrive, in addition to what makes a society collapse, 'Fool’s Errand’ features a collection of paintings challenging the idea of learning from previous mistakes and what happens when those lessons go unfulfilled. Using Roman sculpture as a preemptive warning of a failed society and disembodied hands as a metaphor of current day manipulations of the past, Huckins recreates iconic 18th century...

Ashley Eliza Williams is an interdisciplinary artist exploring new ways of interacting with nature and with each other. In 2017, she moved from Colorado to Massachusetts as a MASS Mo...

Ashley Eliza Williams is an interdisciplinary artist exploring new ways of interacting with nature and with each other. In 2017, she moved from Colorado to Massachusetts as a MASS Mo...

In her newest body of work depicting compilations of objects commonly used within the paintings of the traditional Western canon of art, Melissa Furness addresses the foundations of ...

Mario Zoots uses abstract, figurative, and still life objects to create abstract collages which challenge concepts of form, color, and object identificatio...

Kaitlyn Tucek's small-scale oil painting depicts it's titular subject on a contrasting orange background. Rendered lovingly in various hues, Tucek's gest...

Alix Evendorff Title: Timespace Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas Dimensions: 36" x 48" Markings: Signed LL "Alix Evendorff" Unframed Artist Statement: ...

Oya Bolgun is a visionary artist whose dynamic and ever-evolving abstract style captures the imagination and inspires the senses. Drawing on her deep passion for self-expression and ...

Ms. Wen resides in New York City as a full-time artist. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1980s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her BFA from Washington State University, MA, and MFA from the State University of New York at Albany. In 1979, she won the First Prize in Painting in the Ten Outstanding Young Talents Competition in Taiwan. In 1980, she was awarded Outstanding Merit in the Young Artists in Asia Now competition in Hong Kong. In 1995 and 1996, her work was selected in many national and international jury shows, including the ninth and tenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. Large Small Work '95' International, Small Works International, First Annual National Juried Small Work Exhibition in New York, NY. These shows are highly competitive and are chosen from thousands of submissions. Leigh won the SUNY Albany Purchase Award in 1995 and the University of Wisconsin Purchase Award in the 1995 Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. She was also awarded an Artist Grant by the National Taiwan Art and Humanity Foundation in support of her solo exhibitions in the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. A catalog entitled The Harbour and the Open Sea was published by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Leigh was awarded a 1997 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. In 1997 she was honored "the Artist Award of 1997" by New York State Assembly. In 1998, Leigh's work was selected by juror Linda Weintraub to be included in The New York State Biennale Exhibition at The New York State Museum. Also, Juror Lela Hersh, Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the Chicago Contemporary Museum of Art, selected Leigh's work for inclusion in the annual Mohawk Hudson Region Juried Exhibition. Leigh received First Prize. Her painting, Untitled #6, was purchased by the Albany Institute of History & Art for the permanent collection. In 1999 and 2005, she was awarded Artist Grants by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Since 1999, her paintings have been selected to be part of the Art in Embassies Program of the United States Department of State and have been exhibited in the U.S. Embassies in Jordan, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Botswana, Barbados, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Namibia, Denmark, and Poland. Over 15 American Embassies around the world. In mid-2019, her works were inquired about by US Embassy in Botswana for exhibition, and a cultural exchange program with Botswana Culture Bureau is scheduled. In 2005, the Art in Embassies Program purchased the three paintings that were exhibited in Barbados Embassy for their permanent collections. Leigh was awarded a 1997 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. And in 2000, she was honored by both New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and The Helena Rubinstein Fellowship. In 2013, she won the National Yu-Shang Competition. Recently in 2014 and 2016, her works were included in The National Fine Art Museum Collections in Taiwan. Hundreds of her works were included in both private and public collections. Her paintings have been featured in many major magazines, including Art in America, New American Paintings, Art in Asia, Sotheby's Auction Magazine, Christy's Auction Magazine, Better Home and Gardens...

Oil and gold leaf on canvas Also available as a Diptych with "Inhale". For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shi...

Oil and gold leaf on canvas Also available as a Diptych with "Exhale". For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shi...

Leign Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...