Best of Savannah
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Chroma Gallery
"The Best of Savannah"
for six years
Please help make it
SEVEN. Please be sure to go to Savannah Magazine's March/April Issue and vote for Chroma Gallery. Please vote on at least 50 categories to have your vote count. | |
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VISITING ARTIST SERIES
presents
TURKER OZDOGAN
Ceramic artist
Join us on April 17, from 5-9pm
for an exceptional evening with the artist
Turker Ozdogan who will be featured during the
SavFADA Spring Event & Trolley Hop
Savannah Fine Art Dealers Association
This issue also includes:
REINCARNATED: Jan Clayton-Pagratis exhibits works at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in a group show dedicated to raising awareness of recycling in Savannah.
NEW ARTIST: Jesse Payne exhibits with us and submits new encaustic paintings and ceramic artifacts featuring sublime surfaces.
SINFONIETTA AUCTION: Lori Keith Robinson's painting raises funds for the benefit of Savannah Sinfonietta. Winner announced in this issue.
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VISITING ARTIST SERIES
April 17th, 5-9pm
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TURKER OZDOGAN
Caput, 64"x 20"width
Stoneware & Mixed Media
This month we continue our visiting artist series with a presentation of works by the international ceramic artist Turker Ozdogan. Ozdogan is a Professor of Ceramics at The George Washington University located in Washington D.C. where he established its ceramics program.
Ozdogan has garnered a number of research grants and awards, national and international. His exhibition record includes many notable venues such as the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the United Nations Plaza.
His oeuvre is varied and inspirational and can be found in collections including the Kale Ceramics Museum in Turkey and the George Washington University Permanent Collection.
The current issue of the magazine SERAMIK, has an article featuring Ozdogan which showcases some of the pieces that will be on display during the exhibition at Chroma Gallery.
Turker Ozdogan will be in attendance during the opening of the SavFADA
Spring Trolley Hop on April 17th. Come meet the artist and chat about current trends
in Ceramics. The works will be on view through May 30.
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JAN CLAYTON PAGRATIS
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REINCARNATED
Watershed Substructure
48"x 36" Mixed Media
Chroma Gallery artist, Jan Clayton Pagratis will be one of a unique group of artists exhibiting at the City of Savannah, Department of Cultural Affairs' gallery S.P.A.C.E. Gallery. The exhibition titled REINCARNATED, is dedicated to raising awareness of recycling in Savannah. The artists included in this show choose to use found or recycled
materials in a conscious creative effort to reduce waste.
The opening reception will be at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, 9 West Henry Street,
on May 2nd from 6:00 - 8:00pm.
Clayton will be showing examples from her
"Paint Chip" series. This series began about ten years ago when the artist began
collecting the left over paint scraped from her palette. Since then, the variety of materials used in the making of these pieces has grown to include other
recycled materials such as rusty metal, paint tubes, plastic lids, ribbon,
glass, buttons, toys, and most anything that will contribute to the content or
the composition.
This exhibition is a collaboration between the City of Savannah Sanitation Bureau Recycling Center and local artists who choose Green.
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NEW WORK by JESSE PAYNE
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JESSE PAYNE
received an MFA with an emphasis in painting and ceramics from Northern Illinois University. He is currently a Professor of Foundation Studies at the Savannah College of Art & Design. His work has been exhibited in both national and international shows.
Last spring one of Payne's self portraits
was featured in the March issue of American Artist Magazine (Drawing edition) and more recently he was chosen for a private apprenticeship with Odd Nerdrum. Nerdrum is a Norwegian artist of International renown known for his large-scale allegorical paintings completed in the 'old master style'. Payne will be completing his apprenticeship with Nerdrum this fall.
We are pleased to have Jesse Payne join us at Chroma and excited to offer his highly textured encaustic paintings and ceramics. Jesse says of these pieces,
"I am not
interested in producing images on the surface of the canvas. I am interested in
the surface itself and how materials manifest meaning and mystery into the
work. My true subject matter is the
paint itself."
Welcome Jesse.
Link to Jesse Payne's webpage.
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SINFONIETTA AUCTION
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Savannah Sweetgrasses, 36"x36" Oil on Canvas $5,200.
SAVANNAH SINFONIETTA
This beautiful painting by Lori Keith Robinson was donated to the Sinfonietta for their annual raffle fundraiser. The drawing was held at Chroma Gallery during the opening reception of "Nighthawk & Sweetgrass" on March 28th. The gallery is pleased to announce the winner and is proud to have been a part of the Sinfonietta's annual funds drive. Congratulations goes out to Steve Lyman of Indiana. Many people helped to make this fundraiser a successful event. Chroma would like to say thank-you to Lori and to all who participated and/or purchased tickets. With your help, we were able to raise over $5,000 for the Sinfonietta. "THANK YOU"
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Sherry McBeath
Director, Chroma Gallery
912.232.2787
www.chromaartgallery.com
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