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THE FUTURE OF FEMALE Opening Reception
February 2 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
THE FUTURE OF FEMALE is an exhibition focused on the ideals, hopes, and experiences of women identifying artists. The call for art was open to any women identifying artists who are 18 years or older and who live, work, or attend school in the state of Ohio. All art in any medium, style, and technique was considered. The juror was Heather Jones and $600 will be given in prizes around 6 pm.
Participating Artists:
Emily Bartolone, Tami Beale, Alison Bour, Kim Ceccarelli, Nancy Dankof, Stephanie de la Rosa, Rachel Dillabaugh, Gretchen Durst Jacobs, Christine Gaffney, Erica Goulart, Shannon Grecula Parsons, Kendall Hamilton, Renee Hopson, Mikee Huber, Suzi Hyden, Emma Jackson, Joy Johnson, Bonnie Kuntz, Violet Larimer, Aliya Long, Kathy A. Moore, Deanna Newsom, Diane Pribojan, Elizabeth Rockford, Kate Huser Santucci, Kim Shelton, Erin Smith Glenn, Barb Stork, Elyssa Wortzman
Emily Bartolone, Tami Beale, Alison Bour, Kim Ceccarelli, Nancy Dankof, Stephanie de la Rosa, Rachel Dillabaugh, Gretchen Durst Jacobs, Christine Gaffney, Erica Goulart, Shannon Grecula Parsons, Kendall Hamilton, Renee Hopson, Mikee Huber, Suzi Hyden, Emma Jackson, Joy Johnson, Bonnie Kuntz, Violet Larimer, Aliya Long, Kathy A. Moore, Deanna Newsom, Diane Pribojan, Elizabeth Rockford, Kate Huser Santucci, Kim Shelton, Erin Smith Glenn, Barb Stork, Elyssa Wortzman
About the Juror:
Heather Jones is an artist that uses abstraction and color to comment on matrilineal connections, the historical and socio-political relationship between women and textiles, and explores the relationship between gender, place, time, and culture in her work. Her sewn paintings and sculptures continue the story of geometric abstraction, and she is influenced by artists including Josef and Anni Albers, Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly, and Carmen Herrara, but also equally by a vast group of unknown female makers from the Southern and Appalachian regions of the United States and their patchwork quilting. The subject of her work is unequivocally feminist: she chooses to work with fabric rather than paint, in reference and reverence to the fact that fiber arts were often the only type of art that women were encouraged to practice for many years throughout history. Conceptually her work focuses on the use of readymade, common material and its elevation to high art; the power of color and shape; and is an authentic connection to the past, both personally and universally. She documents the story of our current world, particularly female narratives often neglected from history. By working within the realm of geometric compositions, Jones creates a universal visual language to tell these stories, using textiles as a reference to issues of domesticity and women’s work.
Jones is represented by Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, Ohio; the George Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina; Moremen Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky; and has work available though David Richard Gallery, New York, NY. She was selected as an artist-in-residence for Kehinde Wiley’s inaugural class at Black Rock Senegal, and worked there in October 2019. Jones’ solo exhibition, Storytellers, opened in February 2022 at the Contemporary Dayton (Ohio), one of three concurrent solo exhibitions featuring the work of Jones, Odili Donald Odita, and Jeffrey Gibson. She also had her first solo exhibit in New York City at David Richard Gallery that opened in February 2022. Jones is currently an artist-in-residence at Silver Art Projects in New York City.
