The grid has been used throughout art history as a tool for creating accurate and proportional drawings. Artists to this day have continued using the grid as an important element to create balance and symmetry, as well as imbalance and asymmetry, in their work. The concept of being On or Off the Grid may also relate to our current society which relies on our interconnected and ever-widening systems of communication. Works for this show may engage a literal system of the grid or a distortion or deconstruction of the grid, and may also make reference to the cyber-connected universe we live in or to a departure from it.
The Big Small Show.
Drawing Rooms.
Jersey City, NJ.
Curated by Anne Trauben.
12/12/2025-1/18/2025.
Garden Shadow Happenings (Fern) is included in PRESENCE An International Journal of Spiritual Direction + Companionship. Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 2025.
Garden Shadow Happenings (Evergreen) shows in formless. Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ. 9/11/2025 - 10/5/2025
Curated by Anne Trauben.
“I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.”
– Bob Dylan
Drawing Rooms exhibit, "formless", features works that project a sense of poetic lightness, fragility, and etherealness in weight, volume, color, or mass, or that may be atmospheric and seem to defy gravity. Some of the works may evoke within the viewer a meditative sense of calm, in others, a sense of mystery, including works that are abstract, objective, nonobjective, narrative, or imbued with formal qualities of line and shape.
In keeping with our love of music, this show is dedicated to Bob Dylan, whose music, known for its poetic blend of folk and rock and socially conscious lyrics, evolved from acoustic ballads to electric anthems, and his style morphed, pushed boundaries, and set trends that influenced generations of musicians with his unique voice and literary approach to popular music. Dylan’s song, Shelter From the Storm, relates to our Formless theme, and we especially like it.
Public Reception: Tuesday, December 10 | 5 PM to 7 PM
On View: Wednesday, October 23 - February 28, 2025.
Location: QE Gallery. Quinn Evans Architecture Firm | 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201
RSVP REQUIRED
Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with Quinn Evans, is excited to announce EXCHANGE an exhibition exploring artworks centric to energy in relation to the built environment and examine the dynamic relationship between energy systems and architectural spaces, and how these interactions shape our daily lives, environments, and future.
This exhibition was inspired by the NOMA conference theme of Exchange and was curated by Quinn Evans staff members. A public reception in celebration of the work will be held on Tuesday, December 10 from 5 to 7 PM at Quinn Evans located at 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201. Please RSVP.
Featured Artists:
Farouk Addnan, Heirmir Bjorgulfsson, Robert Stuart Cohen, Chris Combs, Eric Garner, Ebony Jackson, Duwenavue Sante Johnson, Jose Trejo Maya, Nicole Lenzi, Patrick McDonough, Greg McLemore, Liz Miller, Liz Nook, Jann Rosen-Queralt, Courtney Richeson, Won (Wonchul Ryu) & Julie Willis.
reGenerate. Maryland Art Place. (MAP) September 12 - November 2, 2024.
Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with Lumina Solar, is excited to announce reGenerate, an exhibition exploring the dynamic, controversial and multifaceted concept of "energy." Through a diverse range of artworks, themes such as the shift towards renewable resources, the tension between tradition and modernity, and the ways in which energy influences our environment and informs our perspectives are explored. The selected works reflect on energy as a physical force and a symbol of transformation, sustainability, and creativity.
Walking drawings from the Early April Nature Walk series are featured in Drawing Tube's Antennae.
Drawing Tube is an international platform for alternative research and practice of drawing. It explores multiple aspects of drawing-making, from experimental, contemporary drawing practices to the exploration of anthropological aspects of line creation.
Antennae is inspired by the artist Morgan O'Hara's LIVE TRANSMISSIONS. The artist describes her drawing as being, "like seismographs." In this sense, drawing becomes a means to receive perceive and translate the ever-changing reality around them.
Antennae will feature artists' work on the Drawing Tube website, instagram, and a future book publication.
Sight Drawings are featured in a new publication and exhibition, Signals, curated by Hiraku Suzuki and Kazuki Nakahara of Drawing Tube with an essay by Jan-Phillip Fruehsorge.
Book design and photo by ca o studio.
Book launch exhibit
7.7.2022-7.31.2022
at NADiff A/P/A/R/T IF in Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan.
To purchase a book:
The Unstable Line. AIR Gallery.
Opening preview: Thursday, January 27, 2022.
January 28 - February 19, 2022.