Monique Meloche is pleased to announce her first solo exhibition by Sheree Hovsepian and Kerry James Marshall on the wall
Opening reception Saturday, February 4th 4-7pm moniquemeloche. 2154 W Division Chicago IL 60622
Sheree Hovsepian Haptic Wonders February 4 - March 24, 2012
Sheree Hovsepian's work is a multi-faceted investigation of photographic processes. In our first solo show with the artist, Hovsepian's black and white photograms, hypnotic video, and delicately balanced wall-based installations have a physicality that relates very naturally to the body, and more specifically to the artist's hand. Touch, or the haptic sense, may be more commonly associated with painting or sculpture, but Hovsepian's tactile manipulations are very present in her mostly abstract photographic works.
Sheree Hovsepian (American b. Isfahan Iran 1974, lives NY) received her BFA/BA from the University of Toledo in 1999, studied at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland and received her MFA from SAIC in 2002. She was included in "Harlem Postcards" at the Studio Museum, and has had solo exhibitions at Charest-Weinberg Gallery Miami (2011), The West Street Gallery NY (2010), and the Spertus Museum Chicago (2009). She was a recipient of the Aljira Emerge 20 Residency in Newark NJ, a CAAP Grant, and travel and graduate grants from SAIC. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Studio Museum in Harlem, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Spertus Museum Chicago. Hovsepian currently teaches at Pratt University and her work will be featured at The Amory Show 2012 in moniquemeloche's booth 738.
on the wall Kerry James Marshall Black Night Falling: Black holes and constellations
February 4 - May 12, 2012
For our very special on the wall project by Kerry James Marshall, the artist has been secretly working in his studio to make a site-specific work for our 10 x 25 foot wall visible 24/7 through our Division Street windows. Marshall simply states "come see it" -- need we say more?
Kerry James Marshall (American b. 1958 Birmingham Alabama, lives Chicago) received his BFA and honorary doctorate from Otis College of Art and Design LA. He was the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation genius grant in 1997, the same year he was included in the Whitney Biennial. In 1998 The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago was one of the first institutions to give Marshall a solo show that travelled extensively. In 2003 Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art followed suit by mounting a very ambitious travelling exhibition. His work was featured in Carnegie International 1999/2000, Venice Biennale 2003, and Documenta 1997 and 2007. Recent solo exhibitions include the Vancouver Art Gallery 2010, SF MoMA 2009, and Wexner Center 2008. Currently, he is working on a major solo show to open at the SECESSION Vienna in September 2012. His work is in the collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, MCA Chicago, Studio Museum in Harlem, Whitney Museum, LACMA, Denver Art Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art DC, Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Seattle Art Museum, and SF MoMA to name a few. We are pleased to be the first gallery in Chicago to present Kerry James Marshall with a solo project.
