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october 20 – november 4, 2015
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table of contents intro statement featured artists curatorial team presence traces absence speaking copyright info
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intro statement This exhibition features artworks that confront and explore the relationship between the void space and us: the artist, the viewer, the human. A void is more than just an empty space, it can be a formal component of an artwork such as: the negative space in a sculpture, an expanse of color across a canvas, or the embodiment of a feeling. A void can also be a problem or an unknown we must all confront. It can be painful or it can be wonderful.
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Experiencing a void in life is often frightening, but if we allow it, it can also challenge us in surprising ways, causing exponential personal growth. We choose how to engage with it, either leaving it or filling it. Voice in the Void is an exploration of these open spaces and how individuals chose to respond to it. Perhaps the void will have something to say back to us—a silent conversation that could easily be lost. These 24 student artists boldly confront and search the relationship between listening and answering. This show explores this aspect of the human experience and how we express ourselves in the midst of physical or emotional absence. Our goal is for these voices to reach beyond the void.
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featured artists
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Alexis Aquilina
Cody Kim
Kathryn Ashford
Melanie Kim
Kira Bester
Ludo Krabbendam
Hannah Brown
Daniel Lambert
Jessica Byrd
Michelle Lum
Devan Carpentier
Shelby Montelongo
Adrianna Coe
Savannah Morra
Ryan Cook
Chris Rasmussen
Hope Daley
Alex Sarina
Rachel Emenaker
Sarah Starck
Michael Hallman
Sarah Sundberg
Nico Hernandez
Cherish Travnick
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curatorial team Brooke Braden Adrianna Coe Jessica Dueker Savannah Morra Elaina Swanson
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presence
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Adrianna Coe, Old Soul, New Life | Sharpie and paint pens, 48 x 78�
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Devan Carpentier, Formless and Void | Watercolor, 7 x 5� each
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Jessica Byrd, All Dolled Up | Glitter, foam, origami paper, puff paint, 6.75 x 5.5�
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Kathryn Ashford, 5’ 11” | Black and white film scanned and printed, 71 x 36”
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Michael Hallman, Untitled (10) | Inkjet print, 8 x 10�
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Hannah Brown, Untitled (response to California Life) | Ceramic, oxides, glazes, 13 x 8 x 9�
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Sarah Sundberg, Untitled (#1) | Found photo and graphite on paper, and mat board, 7 x 14�
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Sarah Starck, Untitled 10.1-2 | Ballpoint pen ink on canvas, 16 x 10�
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Cherish Travnick, March | Graphite, 23 x 21�
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Daniel Lambert, Untitled | Photo print, 8 x 12�
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Hope Daley, Fertilizing the Lawn With Calcium #1 and Fertilizing the Lawn With Calcium #4 | Mixed media, 12 x 15�
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Ludo Krabbendam, Love Your Home | Inkjet print, 10 x 16�
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Nico Hernandez, You Could Sense That I Was There | Inkjet print, 48 x 36�
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Melanie Kim, Parallel | Cinemagraph loop, variable dimension projection
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Rachel Emanaker, A Captured World (Wild) | Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 15.5�
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Michael Hallman, Untitled (#1) | Black and white photograph, 8 x 10�
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Kira Bester, Platform | Inkjet print, 20 x 30�
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Alexis Aquilina, Untitled | Wood and paper, 12 x 9�
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Alex Sarina, False Memories | Acrylic and ball point pen on paper, 12 x 9�
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Jessica Byrd, 150. But Who’s Counting? | Glitter, foam, embroidery thread, 5.5 x 5”
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Ryan Cook, Words of Condemnation | Inkjet print, 25 x 17�
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Shelby Montelongo, Anxiety | Inkjet print, 14 x 11�
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Jessica Byrd, Just Hold On | Pen, mixed media, 29 x 23�
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Savannah Morra, The First Release | Mixed media, 36 x 52�
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Alexis Aquilina, It Was Like a Fire | Acrylic paint and mediums on canvas board, 12 x 12�
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Hannah Brown, The Blessing | Brick, cinder block, cement, concrete, 24 x 16 x 16�
Psalm 8 (ESV) O Lord, our Lord,
Michelle Lum, Psalm 8 | Audio installation, variable dimension
how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
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When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
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Chris Rasmussen, What Are You Running From? and Haunted | Inkjet print and photograph, 12 x 18�
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Chris Rasmussen, 48.75° N, 122.47° W (1-3) | Photograph, 12 x 18”
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Kira Bester, Lighted Shadow | Color photograph, 13 x 20�
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Kira Bester, On The Road | Inkjet print, 20 x 8.5�
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Alex Sarina, Possession | Mixed media, 17 x 11�
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Rachel Emenaker, Silence (Organized) | Bleach, dye, acrylic, ink, on found fabric, 64 x 39�
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Alexis Aquilina, “The gesture, not the substance of a prayer” | Acrylic paint and mediums on canvas board, 12 x 12”
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Cody Kim, Conversation and Breathe | Silver gelatin prints, 11 x 14�
Cover artwork: Design by Melanie Kim. Featuring Lighted Shadow (detail) by Kira Bester. Voice in the Void (exhibition catalog). Editor: Jeff Rau Copyright Š 2016 Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery All rights reserved. Book design by Melanie Kim. Published through Issuu.com All documentation photographs by Jeff Rau, from exhibition in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery. Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery Biola University Art Department 13800 Biola Ave., La Mirada, CA 90639 562.903.4807 • www.Biola.edu/ArtGallery No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.
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