February 19 - April 2, 2022
From Conduit Gallery:
“Brielle’s work explores the politicization and vastness of the Black American femme identity and experience. Painting from photographs of women and ‘femmes’ in her life, Brielle creates her own visual vocabulary that chronicles Black contemporary issues of beauty despite pain. Resist is a site-specific installation including painting, textile and sound that celebrates the solace and peace found in nature, while simultaneously reflecting on systems that harm both us and the environment. Says Brielle, “The work contemplates how the institution that is white supremacist patriarchal capitalism encroaches on our search for peace, safety, and freedom, even within our own backyards. Yet, at the center of it all is resistance through reclaiming our time, indulging in leisure and pleasure, and being everything we are.” Her screens printed on silk are quickly captured moments of her painting preparation. Brielle captured screen shots of her editing windows and other source materials that will inform the work, thus revealing the juxtaposition of her source material and the visual dialogue between them. Brielle completed her BA at the University of North Texas in 2016, where she cultivated her studio practice and studied Interdisciplinary Art and Design. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Intermedia at
the University of Texas at Arlington. In 2017 Ari Brielle was named one of Dallas’ Rising Stars, and her work has been included in group exhibitions across DFW. In 2019 the artist held her second solo exhibition, Safe Place, at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center in Dallas, TX. Two pieces from that body of work have been featured in print publications–one in Bitch Magazine, and one on the cover of Sana Sana, a book of poetry by Ariana Brown. In 2021 Ari Brielle participated in the Texas Biennial, curated by Ryan N. Dennis and Evan Garza and was exhibited at the McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX. Concurrent with the Conduit exhibition is the artist’s multimedia installation Poisoned by Zip Code, which explores the effects of environmental racism in Dallas, TX through the story of Marsha Jackson and Shingle Mountain, on view at the Dallas Museum of Art through April 2023.”
Reception: February 19, 2022 | 5–7 pm
1626 C Hi Line
Dallas, 75207 TX
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