Oct 2, 2015 | Inpost Artspace
Friday October 2, 5-7pm
During September and October, the Inpost Artspace will present the work of Katelyn Bladel and Eugene Ellenberg, both MFA candidates at the University of New Mexico. Originally from Minnesota, Bladel’s current work leads her to rural, abandoned homes in search of fragments of what once was. Across county lines and after days spent on the road, her documentation and experience of these spaces are recontextualized through various media to create a narrative and instill value in these homes once again. Ellenberg, a native to South Carolina, uses image-based media to explore obstacles of intimacy as experienced throughout the human condition. His own fears, failure and wonder inform a creative inquiry into private and communal spaces to unveil vulnerabilities, address hesitations and encourage curiosities. The universal themes examined by both artists serve as quiet reminders of places we cannot return to, experiences imagined and yearnings unfulfilled.
Exhibition Dates: September 4-November 1
Jul 12, 2015 | Inpost Artspace
Saturday, July 12, 2 – 4pm
Jonathan Baldwin is renowned in Albuquerque for his work as a musician and Radio personality. A cornet player who played with bassist, Zimbabwe N’Kenya, J.A. Deane’s improvisational ensemble, Out of Context and others, he also has been a longtime DJ for KUNM’s All That Jazz (Fridays). What a lot of people do not know is that for more than 50 years Jon Baldwin has pursued another passion as well – painting. Born in Mt Kisco, New York, he attended the Mannes School of Music, but it was the New York City art and music scene where he says he got his “real education.” It was the 60’s… Ornette Coleman was playing at The 5 Spot Café (and turning the New York jazz scene on its ear), and artists like Jasper Johns, Robert Rauchenberg and Frank Stella were changing the mainstream of painting. Inspired to create his own collages and paintings, he met up with the “Park Place” artists through various Free Jazz sessions and began showing his work (at the Park Place Gallery, at M.I.T., and in Denver, Colorado). Over the years, and after a series of relocations (Colorado, San Francisco, Taos), Baldwin’s paintings have changed and shifted, depending on his inspirations and locales. When he settled in Albuquerque in the late 70’s, he was painting ‘specific’ landscapes inspired by his own surroundings and by the eastern Long Island painters, Fairfield Porter and Jane Frielicher. Later, he moved to more abstract geometric paintings inspired by Picasso’s “weeping women” series and Richard Diebenkorn’s “Ocean Park” series. In his artist statement, Baldwin writes, “I like the dichotomy that exists between the painting as an object and the integrity thereof and the transcendental quality of color and line creating light and visual pleasure.” This exhibit is a retrospective which brings the scope of Baldwin’s work to the eyes of many who have never seen it before.
Exhibition Dates: July 12 – August 30, 2015
Jun 12, 2015 | Inpost Artspace
Saturday, June 13, 5 – 7pm
Joshua Willis constructs low-relief paintings combining scrap metals, wood, and corrugated plastic, informed by the landscapes of his native of New Mexico. The colorful structures reflect the practice of seeking a balance found in natural systems. This new body of work integrates artifact, form and color into adaptable narratives of time, place and aesthetics.
Joshua Willis is a mixed media artist, integrating materials to explore properties of balance, harmony and diversity found in healthy landscapes. He received his BFA from University of New Mexico and studied at The Glasgow School of Art and Architecture in Scotland. Willis has shown extensively in New Mexico and formerly coordinated sustainability programming for the City of Albuquerque Open Space Division. See more of his art at: http://www.jwillisart.com/
Exhibition Dates: June 12 – July 4, 2015
Feb 6, 2015 | Inpost Artspace
Friday, February 6, 5 – 8pm
This exhibition is part of the citywide collaboration On the Map: Unfolding Albuquerque Art + Designwww.ABQontheMap.com
Gone Fishing features new gouache paintings on paper and shaped museum board. The images in this exhibition explore visual improvisation, contemplation and the joy of throwing a line in the water to see what’s there… Heidi Pollard lives and works in Albuquerque, NM and also has oil paintings on exhibit at the OASIS Institute in Albuquerque. She has received grants from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation; she has attended artist residencies including Headlands Center for the Arts, California; the CUE Art Foundation in New York; and from 2010 to 2011 the Roswell Artist in Residence Program, Roswell, NM.
She has exhibited widely in numerous galleries and museums throughout the US. Her work has been reviewed and appeared in the New York Times, Art New England, THE Magazine, and by Peter Plagens in Newsweek on line. Further information and images of the artist’s work are available at heidipollard.com.
Exhibition Dates: February 6- March 28
Nov 7, 2014 | Inpost Artspace
Friday, November 7, 5 – 8pm
Working in a variety of mediums including installation, drawing, painting, and printmaking, Christa Dalien’s art explores the diverse relationships and interactions that we have with our surroundings. She is interested in folklore and mythology used to explain and interpret the unexplainable. Dalien searches through the tangible landscapes and structures that often show signs of wear, human impact and mystery, then reconstructs them into a visual emotional language. Christa Dalien is an artist and educator currently living in Santa Fe, NM with her husband, son and 2 cats. Her studio practice includes a variety of different mediums including installation, drawing, painting, and printmaking. Originally from Minnesota, she received her BFA in Painting in 2003. She received her MFA in printmaking from the University of Kansas, in 2007. She currently teaches Art History (remotely) for Washburn University in Topeka, KS and stays home with her son Arlo.
Exhibition Dates: November 7 – December 12, 2014
