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7th Annual TAPPED   
Works by Artists and their Professors  

Main Gallery  

All of us who have been students carry forth our professors' legacy in one form or another. Juxtaposing the work of mentor and mentee affords us a view of the dynamic relationships between the works and between the artists who create them.

Presenting works by:

Adrian Hatfield & Allan Bennetts II
Ferndale, Michigan

Robin Germany & Brianna Burnett
Lubbock, Texas | Dallas, Texas

Neil Callander & Thomas McBroom*
Tuscaloosa, Alabama | Fayetteville, Arkansas

Richard Morris & Charlie Goering
San Diego, California | Lake Forest, California

Joseph Holsapple & Mark Orgeron
Thibodaux, Louisiana | Larose, Louisiana 

Adam Mysock & Jeremy Jones
Cincinnati, Ohio | New Orleans, Louisiana

Anthony Pessler & Jessica Palomo*
Phoenix, Arizona

Art Werger & Connie Wolfe
Athens, Ohio | Chicago, Illinois

Instructors are listed first.
*denotes current student

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TEXAS
Regional Showcase 

Drawing Room  

One of two regional showcases in the current season, TEXAS provides a platform from which we can examine the trends, qualities, and idiosyncrasies of contemporary art within specific geographical areas and compare them to our own.  

Presenting works by:

Caroline Roberts
Houston, Texas

Laura Willig
San Angelo, Texas

Kurt Dyrhaug
Beaumont, Texas

Gracelee Lawrence
Austin, Texas

Carol Flueckiger
Lubbock, Texas

Kenneth Lantz
San Antonio, Texas

Steve Knight
Baytown, Texas


MINNESOTA
Regional Showcase  

Parallel Space  

MINNESOTA compliments TEXAS by offering the compelling north/south polar relationship which offers a vehicle for ongoing conversations about the inevitability of influence.  

Presenting works by:  

Jesse Matthew Petersen
Minneapolis, Minnesota  

Susanna Gaunt
Duluth, Minnesota  

Jeffrey Stenbom
Apple Valley, Minnesota  

John Ilg
Woodbury, Minnesota  

Joshua Wilichowski
Stillwater, Minnesota  

Nathan Stromberg
St. Paul, Minnesota

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ONE 7
The Seventh Annual Manifest Prize  

Central Gallery  

Manifest is thrilled to award this year's $5000 Manifest Prize and corresponding ONE exhibit to Kei Ito for his work, “Sungazing Print”, which will be on view in Manifest's Central Gallery. 

*Kei will be speaking on his process and his winning artwork on DECEMBER 17th, 2016, at 6:00 pm.    

Of his approach, and his inspiration, the artist states:   “On August 6th, 1945, at 8:15 AM, my grandfather, Takeshi Ito, witnessed a great tragedy that destroyed nearly everything in Hiroshima… I remember him saying that day in Hiroshima was like hundreds of suns lighting up the sky. This poetic yet overwhelming expression of the A-bomb explosion has fueled me to create my projects.”

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MODELING NATURE
Drawings by Mark Pomilio    

North Gallery  

Reading Mark Pomilio's proposal to Manifest, which described exposing “the mystical beauty, harmony and intrigue found within naturally occurring systems of growth,” one might have thought it was a statement by a landscape painter. The fact that the work is actually geometric abstraction blended with what could be architectural design surely ignited its appeal for selection.  

Eleven of Pomilio's drawings will occupy the North Gallery. Ranging from delicate and small study-like drawings, through medium and large-sized finished sculptural drawings, the works nod to the formulaic style of Sol Lewitt, but maintain a satisfyingly distinct identity for being exactly what they are meant to be.  

Of his work, the artist states:   “My artistic interests are fueled by a desire to create artwork that mirrors naturally occurring systems in our world… I find inspiration on a myopic level by attempting to imitate cell repetition and cloning.   

Each image has evolved through the development of pictorial representations of geometric systems of growth. In many works, formal decisions are multiplied equally throughout the field, causing a type of visual unity. This balance and symmetry has a visual equivalency to how we read the meditative qualities of a reflective pool, or a religious icon. I force a harmony upon the image field that, in turn, forces a potential meaning through the integration of the image and title.”  

Artist Bio:    Mark Pomilio’s current research has focused on creating images, which embody principles of geometry, fractals, cloning and single cell manipulation. These interests have led to invitations to lecture nationally, on topics as diverse as art and mathematics and the role the visual arts can play in understanding the social ramifications of advances in the Life Sciences. His artwork has been featured in solo museum and gallery exhibitions nationally and internationally, including Xu Beihong Art Academy, Renmin University of China in Beijing, the Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salapetriere in Paris, and Art Resources Transfer in New York City.    Originally from Philadelphia, Pomilio is currently living and working in Phoenix, Arizona, where he is an Associate Professor within the School of Art at Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.   Learn more at www.markpomilio.com.

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General Information  

Exhibit Runs Through January 13th: on this day Manifest offers LAST LOOK FRIDAY from 6:00 – 7:30 pm.  

GALLERY HOURS (free admission): Tuesday through Friday 12 – 7:00 pm, Sat. 12 – 5:00 pm or by appointment.  School groups welcome and encouraged!  

LOCATION: 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206 (Just south of Madison Rd. at DeSales Corner in East Walnut Hills.)  

PARKING: On street and across the street in DeSales Business Parking Lot, and in public lot between Myrtle and Madison.  

CONTACT: Jason Franz, Manifest Executive Director at [email protected]  

GALLERY PHONE: 513-861-3638  

FOR MORE INFO: www.manifestgallery.org