Atlanta Art Exhibition
Atlanta Contemporary
535 Means Street NW Atlanta, GA 30318
https://atlantacontemporary.org/exhibitions

02/11/22-01/08/23

Trish Andersen
As an interdisciplinary artist born and raised in Dalton, Georgia “The Carpet Capital of the World”, Trish Andersen’s initial attraction to the process of tufting was a means to reconnect with and explore her roots. Years after attending the Savannah College of Art and Design and moving on to live and work in Brooklyn, New York, she began using the medium as an examination of the notion that a thing or a way of being can run in our blood; that perhaps by observing the characteristics of personal origin and establishing commonality and community around those that reverberate in the present, one may be able to begin unearthing the elusive authentic self.

Enter the drips. Combining fibers gathered from field, sheep and those developed on a factory floor, Andersen proves that there is always room for both the vibrant and the muted, the sleek and the wild, cut and looped, soft and cumulus, the dense and the coarse; the unexpected and varied tactile quality of her pieces allow the eyes to open to an emotional one. Her work speaks to the truth that whether they are temporal, cultural, geographical, or interpersonal, boundaries inevitably bleed, and the results are often quite stunning.

Trish lives in Savannah, Georgia and takes projects worldwide.

“When I turned eighteen years old, my grandfather told me about a tree on his property where African American men had been lynched by their neckties on their way to vote.  The experience left a profound impression. I am personally tethered to this inescapable memory.”

-Kevin Cole

Where do we go from here? features new artwork, continuing the artist’s exploration into themes of Gerrymandering and voting rights.

About Kevin Cole

Kevin Cole received his B.S. from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, an M.A. in Art Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana, and an M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University where he was a Rhoden Smith Scholar. Within the last 32 years, he has received 27 grants and fellowships, 66 awards in art, 51 teaching awards and his artwork has been featured in more than 490 exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad. Some of his more recent awards include the 2020 Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities in the State of Georgia and the Art Aspiration Award by the National Society Incorporation for his dedication to students’ achievements. Additionally, Cole’s artwork is included in more than 4000 public, private, and corporate collections both nationally and internationally.

Public collections in which Kevin Cole’s work can be found include: The National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC; The Georgia Museum, Athens, GA;  High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; William Jefferson Clinton Library, Little Rock, AR; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AR; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CN; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA; The David C. Driskell Center University of Maryland at College Park; Dayton Institute of Art, Dayton, OH; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA; The Georgia Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA; Corcoran Museum, Washington, D.C.; Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL; and The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.  Some corporate and private collections include Bank of America, Charlotte, NC; IBM, New York, NY; King and Spaulding Law Firm, Atlanta, GA;  and the collections of Michael Jordan and John and Monica Pearson of Atlanta.

Kevin Cole has also created more than 45 public artworks, including the Coca-Cola Centennial Olympic Mural for the 1996 Olympic Games. His artwork has been featured in more than 125 publications, including The Guardian Magazine in Paris, France; Scholastic Art (with Dale Chihuly); The Washington Post; Sculpture Magazine; The Union Tribune in San Diego, CA; The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta; and most recently Forbes Magazine.

Atlanta Art Exhibition
Moca Ga
75 Bennett St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309
https://mocaga.org/exhibitions-events/current-upcoming-exhibitions/