November 9 - December 15, 2019
“The Culture of Materials, includes the work of Karen Mahaffey, Amada Miller, Alexandra Alvarez, Cayman Robinson, and Deliasofia Zacarias. Selected by San Antonio artist and curator, Jesse Amado, special emphasis was given to experimental and innovative work through the use of natural materials, everyday objects, and textiles.
Karen Mahaffy draws viewers’ attention to the liminal space between image and object; form and function; purpose and futility. Mahaffy earned her MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio, TX and has exhibited nationally in galleries and museums from Texas to New York, has participated in multiple residencies and awards. She is currently Professor of Fine Art at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas. Amada Miller is a multi-disciplinary artist based in San Antonio, Texas. She is currently the Artist-in-Residence at The DoSeum and recently completed multiple residencies in the US and Abroad. Miller’s work is a compendium of naturally dyed fabric paintings using zaboca, turmeric, roucou, sorrel, coconut, and other naturally- sourced ingredients produced during her residency in Trinidad & Tobago. Mexico City based Alexandra Victoria Alvarez has exhibited in both the US and Mexico. “These six works, accompanied by a poem, unearth and confront the underlying emotions in living moments” explains Alvarez.
Cayman Robinson is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in San Antonio, Texas. Robinson received an associates degree of Fine Art from San Antonio College in 2018. “The time I have spent working on this piece has been very much an exploration of the textural qualities in the materials used, As an artist, I desire most to produce pieces that exhibit vulnerability and provoke intrigue” explains Roinson. Deliasofia Zacarias received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Business Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX and is currently a LEAP Fellow at the LA County Museum of Art and is co-founder of Unfiltered San Antonio. “In these journals, I sew phrases onto talavera-painted fabric. These phrases build up my own perspective and trajectory of self-discovery and identification” states Zacarias.”
Opening: November 9, 2019 | 7–10 pm
107 Lone Star Blvd.
San Antonio, 78204 Texas
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