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Sandra Van Tuyl
Sandra Van Tuyl uses the patterns and elements found in the city to create abstract, rhythmic landscapes. Her work ranges from large format in public spaces to small mixed media pieces. Currently her paintings Prairie Redux are on display at the Missouri Bank Crossroads Artboards through the Charlotte Street Foundation. Sandra has also had public art installed in Blue Springs and Jefferson City, Missouri. She is the recipient of an ArtKC Fund Inspiration Grant for her public artwork. She has been artist residence for the National Park System twice. In February 2018 along with artist Julie Denesha and the Carter Arts Center, Sandra will be presenting; One Thousand Footsteps Tell the Story: Refugee journeys through art and conversation. Her art has been exhibited in Kansas City at the H&R Block ArtSpace flat files, the Carter Art Center, the Charno Gallery at the Kansas City Artist Coalition and the Leedy-Volkus. She has also had exhibits at Williams Wood University in Fulton, Mo., Salina Art Center, Salina Kan. the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, Colorado. Sandra's art is in several corporate collections and she has exhibited at corporate headquarters in the ArtsKC Now Showing program.
Robin VanHoozer
My mission is to create dynamic, vivid, and darling artwork that inspires ideas about the world people see around them. Just as we must live in both a "real" world and in the world of our minds and imaginations my work interlaces what I see and what I imagine. I strive to find the link between the reality and my inner being. Woven throughout my work are glimpses of what I see and what I can imagine. Building a visual tapestry by collecting a texture, a shape, a color, or a particularly nice line is a powerful tool in my art making. The constant transformations that occur over the course of creating inspire me to observe the extraordinary in the ordinary. The use of encaustic wax in my art practice allows me to explore multiple layers of translucency. Materials such as thread often become part of the tapestry in the layers of wax. The transparent and translucent layers allow me to choose what I reveal or conceal. When I enter my studio I weave what I have captured, glimpsed, or noticed from the corner of my eye. The evolutionary path I travel with each image is a unique perplexity. The revelations that are unveiled surprise and delight. – Robin VanHoozer
Catherine Vesce
Catherine​ ​Vesce​ ​received​ ​a​ ​Master​ ​of​ ​Arts​ ​degree.​ ​in​ ​​ ​Printmaking​ ​&​ ​Painting​ ​with​ ​honors​ ​from UMKC​ ​​ ​and​ ​a​ ​Master​ ​of​ ​Arts​ ​in​ ​Art​ ​Education​ ​from​ ​Oberlin​ ​College​ ​in​ ​Ohio.​ ​​ ​After​ ​thirty​ ​years​ ​of teaching​ ​art​ ​at​ ​the​ ​secondary​ ​level,​ ​most​ ​recently​ ​at​ ​Pembroke​ ​Hill​ ​Upper​ ​School,​ ​she​ ​retired​ ​in 2004.​ ​​ ​She​ ​served​ ​as​ ​Art​ ​Department​ ​Head​ ​at​ ​Pembroke​ ​Hill,​ ​The​ ​Barstow​ ​School​ ​and​ ​Hickman Mills​ ​High​ ​School​ ​and​ ​was​ ​also​ ​CSD#1​ ​District​ ​Art​ ​Coordinator​ ​​ ​for​ ​ten​ ​years.​ ​During​ ​her​ ​years of​ ​teaching,​ ​she​ ​continued​ ​producing​ ​art​ ​and​ ​exhibiting​ ​regionally​ ​in​ ​numerous​ ​juried​ ​and invitational​ ​exhibitions.​ ​​ ​She​ ​received​ ​national​ ​recognition​ ​with​ ​a​ ​fellowship​ ​award​ ​from​ ​the Marie​ ​Walsh-Sharpe​ ​Art​ ​Foundation​ ​and​ ​the​ ​National​ ​Art​ ​Education​ ​Association​ ​for​ ​its​ ​highly selective​ ​Teacher-Artist​ ​Program. In​ ​recent​ ​years,​ ​jurors​ ​selected​ ​her​ ​work​ ​for​ ​the​ ​Rivermarket​ ​Regional​ ​Exhibition, Kansas/Missouri​ ​Women​ ​Artists,​ ​the​ ​Kansas​ ​City​ ​Artists'​ ​Coalition​ ​Re-Members​ ​Show,​ ​Johnson County​ ​Art​ ​Fest,​ ​in​ ​which​ ​she​ ​received​ ​Second​ ​Place​ ​and​ ​Purchase​ ​Awards​ ​in​ ​"06​ ​and​ ​one​ ​of three​ ​$1000​ ​awards​ ​in​ ​"08,​ ​and​ ​the​ ​annual​ ​Art​ ​at​ ​the​ ​Center​ ​show​ ​at​ ​Overland​ ​Park​ ​Convention Center. Her​ ​work​ ​is​ ​included​ ​in​ ​the​ ​collections​ ​of​ ​KU​ ​Med​ ​Cancer​ ​Center;​ ​H&R​ ​Block​ ​World Headquarters,;​ ​City​ ​of​ ​Overland​ ​Park;​ ​Ernie​ ​Miller​ ​Nature​ ​Center;​ ​Rockhurst​ ​University; Heartland​ ​Regional​ ​Medical​ ​Center,​ ​St​ ​Joseph,​ ​MO;​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Daum​ ​Museum​ ​of​ ​Contemporary Art​ ​in​ ​Sedalia,​ ​MO.,​ ​which​ ​included​ ​​ ​her​ ​painting​ ​in​ ​the​ ​summer​ ​"08​ ​​ ​show:​ ​"Taking​ ​Stock: Selections​ ​from​ ​the​ ​Permanent​ ​Collection";​ ​The​ ​Albrecht-Kemper​ ​Museum​ ​iin​ ​St.​ ​Joseph,​ ​MO and​ ​many​ ​private​ ​collections. She​ ​had​ ​One-Person​ ​Exhibitions​ ​at​ ​The​ ​Dykes​ ​Library​ ​at​ ​KU,​ ​BKD​ ​&​ ​Messmer​ ​Brothers Insurance​ ​at​ ​1200​ ​Main.​ ​​ ​The​ ​Dennis​ ​Morgan​ ​Gallery,​ ​Park​ ​University​ ​Campanella​ ​Gallery​ ​and The​ ​Central​ ​Exchange.​ ​Her​ ​work​ ​is​ ​included​ ​in​ ​the​ ​2008​ ​Exhibition​ ​in​ ​Print,​ ​"Studio​ ​Visit:​ ​A Juried​ ​Selection​ ​of​ ​International​ ​Visual​ ​Artists". She​ ​exhibited​ ​with​ ​the​ ​artist's​​ ​group,​ ​RE:GENERATION,​ (RE:GEN) ​at​ ​the​ ​Albrecht-Kemper​ ​Museum​ ​in 2016.
Multi-Disciplinary; Visual; Sculptor, Sculpture, Resin Sculpture and Ornamental Relief Sculpture
After graduating with a Sculpture degree from the Kansas City Art Institute, Jennifer began making her mark on the Kansas City landscape. Her sculpting skills were put to work preserving local architecture and creating sculptures for the Kansas City Zoo. Now her primary focus is her fine art; a unique process involving polyester resin and wood. Jennifer's sculptures are colorful, dimensional, abstractions reminiscent of sunsets and glorious thunderstorms. Working with light, color, and reflective elements she creates an ethereal meditative oasis in every piece. Past Sculpture Work: KC Zoo. Cast Concrete Tiger Sculpture 2015 KC Zoo. Penguin Sculptures 2014 KC Zoo. Orangutan Sculptures 2014 Argosy Casino Exterior Sculpture and Tile Mural 2003 Boulevard Brewery, Signage 2003 Southwestern Bell Telephone, Relief Mural 1996 KC Zoo. Concrete Rhino Sculpture 1993 Midland Theater. Oculus Carvings and Marquee 1987 Nelson Atkins Museum. Rozelle Court Tress 1985 Awards: KCH&G Remodel. Gold Award for custom plaster trim & Venetian Plaster fireplace 2010 AIA, Kansas City Chapter, Allied Arts & Craftsmanship Award. KCPL Lobby 2001 Jackson County Historial Society, Merit Award for the Muehlebach Hotel 1998 AIA, Kansas City Chapter, Allied Arts & Craftsmanship Award. Midland Theater 1987
Cait Walker
I am a mixed media artist with primary concentrations in acrylics and ink. I enjoy creating bright, unique works of abstraction as well as landscapes and city scenes.
Desiree Warren
Short version: Country girl goes to college, gets a degree in sculpture, moves to The Big City, makes art out of stuff she finds. Longer version: I grew up in Ottawa, Kansas, and then moved to Lawrence in 2001 to pursue a BFA in Sculpture and got a minor in Art History along the way. In 2006 I moved to Midtown, KCMO. At school I discovered street sign vinyl and aluminum and have incorporated aspects of those materials into my work ever since. I have many bodies of work, including figurative and abstract pieces made of 100% salvaged materials, often found in Dumpsters around town or on my family farms (both large wooden wall pieces and smaller, found-paper-ephemera collages). In 2016 I joined the KC Clay Guild and dabble in ceramics, enjoying getting back in touch with my 3D roots. Most recently I've found some recognition with my "Orzo" series made of aluminum, vinyl, and paint, and through January 2018 will have work at the Kemper Museum of Art in the Women to Watch | Metals show with four other local women. I've traveled the art fair circuit regionally and have participated in group gallery shows nationwide. I'm a cat lover and am always in pursuit of a good cone of ice cream.
m.o.i. warrior ant press
Community-Based Art; Visual; art+science+civic engagement
A hydrologist and artist, Don Wilkson's research uses a combination of hydrology, chemistry, biology, and trend analysis to evaluate the effect of human endeavors on surface and groundwater quality. He has published and spoken extensively to a wide variety of audiences about this work; he has worked with a number of community-based environmental education groups whose goals are to model positive behavior for the larger community, engaged underserved youth on restoration and sustainability projects, and taught applied watershed science to urban youth. Working as m.o.i. aka The Minister of Information, his civic engagements lie at the intersection of middle-class economics, progressive politics, and environmental science. As much public servant as artist, m.o.i. pushes against entrenched institutional and cultural indifference with a practice that crosses many platforms and engages with any number of techniques: performance, printmaking, photography, experimental film, and sculpture.
Abri Eyre Wayne
Abri Eyre grew up in small town Kansas and moved to Kansas City, MO a few years ago with her family. She is a part time studio artist and is focusing on portrait paintings, photography, and book making. Abri received her BFA from Emporia State University in 2016, with many accomplishments, including the ESURP grant for "Dog and Best Friend." She hopes to soon showcase her work in Kansas City.
Jason Wilcox
art STORY biography, Jason Wilcox J Art Pro is born out of Jason Wilcox's creative mind, and influenced by a collaboration of painting, graphic design, video production, and music. Jason's artistic vision developed from an early age and advanced through education at Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri. Current media include acrylic, gold, silver, copper and green leaf. Natural sponges are the preferred application method. New media and application techniques are uniquely utilized within each piece of work. Jason's work shows a contemporary outlook on realism, abstract, and pop art styles. Artistic Mission: to entice the viewer to escape reality and live an alternate life within the painting. "My art tells a story about how I see life. Its beauty, its pain, its struggle and triumph. I create pieces that welcome you to see through your personal lens, while challenging you to consider another perspective." -Jason Wilcox
Joseph Willis
Currently based in Kansas City, Joseph received a BFA from Columbia College Chicago in 2011. Since then he has participated in solo and group shows in Kansas City and Chicago. Exhibitions: Joseph Willis X KCBallet – 1706 Baltimore st. – May 2017 (in collaboration with the KCBallet) PIECES – RAYGUN KC – Solo show – 2015 Hearts-a-Bluhm – Group show – 2011 FAIR USE: Information Piracy and Creative Commons in Art & Design – Group show – 2011 Manifest – Group show – 2010 Through ArtsKC: Now Showing program: EPR Properties – 2016 AMAI Architecture – 2016 Kauffman Foundation Conference Center – 2015
I use fighting forces between ideas and formal elements to birth an image. Creating with both two and three-dimensional material at once, I discover formal information and understand conceptual meaning. Because material becomes essential in my work, I propose different languages and voices through various ways of drawing and painting color and void. To provide a richer and emotional essence, I paint knotted subjects; yet drawing them with pen leaves a barer existence. Explorations within opposites punch out ideas and add competing complexities with the individual fighting social normalcy Within my most recent work, connections of two opposing forces clash together to converse and intermingle. Personal and public relationships inform the individual and social normalcy for a visual lexicon. To propose the ideas of an individual, I paint complex knots. Still, these entities are bound with the residue of life (forgotten sentimental material) to form a freakish monster. For the knot's context, white architectural environments propose hard perspective lines to elude emptiness within a man-made world of social normalcy. Because the raw knots are sensual, obsessive-compulsive objects, I draw parts of the knot to integrate a bare quality with architecture; it becomes a duel invasion of passion and blankness. Symbolically, the pulley is introduced to connect passion and void with its simplistic, organic tendencies upon mechanical functions. Each force binds together a rule of life's propositions. At the end, I look back in my childhood as my core artistic influences. Literature and artists help me break my own rules to unlock more possibilities. At the same time, my personal interests still keep me on track and gratified. I must allow all artistic functions to be adaptable and progressive, but my restrictions still force me to question reasoning, but develop valid concepts for the viewer and myself.
paula winchester
An international traveler that is passionate about tea, nature, animals of all kinds, and all the ethnic groups that make this planet a wondrous place. I take photos, select very few which give me goose bumps, and draw them in mixed media and pastel. Whether it is an up close visual of Golden Solomon's Seal in its autumn glory or a tigress catching a glow of sunlight while walking through the bushes. I participate in the UNPlaza Art Show in September with a collection of work whether it is a photo on canvas, wrist warmers decorated in foil, tiny framed canvasses of pressed pansies, or my glorious charmeuse silk scarves. My scarves are sold at the Nelson-Atkins and the Kemper Contemporary Art Museum, from my website, or tried on in my home.
Deana Winter
In 2002, Deana Winter received her BFA in Fiber from KCAI. She has been involved in the ArtsKC Now Showing program since 2006 and shown at over 16 local business partners, most recently for the Grand Opening of Shawnee Mission Health's newest campus in Overland Park, KS. Her experience lies in textiles, ceramics, wood-working, interior/exterior design, architecture photography and post-production audio. In 2015, Deana opened her own remodeling and design company, Snow Modern, LLC. concentrating on residential homes. She uses her creative eye and sense of detail to craft beautiful and unique domestic spaces. In her studio practice, Deana is drawn to the human element of forgotten objects, their journey and sense of time. Her work builds on layers of rust, copper, oxidation and color, transforming them into graceful modern narratives. Exploring atmosphere, ambiance and the dichotomy of decadence & decay, grit & glamour and where those subtle worlds of aura and energy collide every day.
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