OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2023
7:00 - 10:00 PM
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
EXHIBITION RUNS THROUGH JULY 7, 2023
TRANQUILITY : ELLISTON ROSHI, JONNY WARREN, WESLEY TERPSTRA
We are pleased to announce our fourth exhibition for 2023 : TRANQUILITY, a three artist group exhibition featuring new works from resident artist Elliston Roshi, mixed media muralist Jonny Warren, and painter/professor Wesley Terpstra. These three artists represent a diverse range o3f Asian inspired aesthetics in our contemporary world.
Elliston Roshi works with watercolor and Sumi ink on multiple layers of glass, gesso panel and mirrored glass. These fluid abstract works are a natural interaction between the four fundamental forces of earth, wind, fire, and water. Geometry and flow play an integral part in these dynamic pieces as Elliston explores dimensionality on each plane of the frame as a “play within a play”. As a steward of Zen Buddhism, (Sensei) Elliston founded the Atlanta Soto Zen Center (ASZC) in 1977 and has written two books: The Original Frontier: A Serious Seeker's Guide to Zen and The Razorblade of Zen.
In this latest body of work by Atlanta based muralist Jonny Warren, concepts of second-hand nostalgia, longing and comfort are reflected and ruminated upon. Drawing from his mother’s childhood experiences in The Philippines, Warren explores identity as a multi-racial Black & Philipino-American. Combining tropical and muted colors, this body of work for Tranquility aims to capture the essence of the Philippines in its landscapes, native plants, and birds. Warren was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and is a working artist based in Atlanta, GA.
The third and final artist in our exhibition is painter and SCAD professor of art, Wesley Terpstra. In this series entitled Yau Ma Tei (district), Terpstra explore found paper and aged worn paper from his time in Hong Kong. Paper as a metaphor for human interaction and how through space and time, paper begins to gather new meanings. These beautifully rendered paintings in oil on canvas (large) and gouache on panel (small) are a visual documentation, a journal of wall posters and billboards aged and torn over time until they become fragmented pieces of artful glimpses.