30 UNDER 30 January 21 - April 23, 2022 Greater Denton Arts Council, Meadows Gallery, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center
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The Greater Denton Arts Council Presents
30 UNDER 30 Juried By Tyler Richardson Deb Armintor
Nicole Foran
Jo Williams
Kathy Brown
Gary Packan
Erin Boyce
Christine Sanders
Welcome to the third 30 UNDER 30 exhibition, an exhibition focusing on the future of art coming out of the North Texas area. The Greater Denton Arts council started this project in 2019 as an art exhibition focusing on young artists from across North Texas. The North Texas area is filled with amazing young talent, from students at the local universities to artists with no formal training, we are lucky to have these creative young people in our community. The Greater Denton Arts Council wants to showcase these young artists 30 years of age or younger, connecting them with our supportive community. 30 UNDER 30 was created to give North Texas artists a chance to showcase in a space without having to worry about having 20-30 pieces to fill up a gallery show. Artwork was selected by a panel made up of local Denton artists and community members from over 100 submissions collected in fall 2021.
Previous Page Olivia Varnell Denton Rococo, 2021 gouache on wood panel 8x8
Above Stefania Nava Denton Newlyweds, 2020 collage 12x7
Artwork in the exhibition includes two-dimensional and three-dimensional pieces exploring a variety of topics through various art media. The art displays deeper questions of identity, culture, relationships with bodies, family dynamics, and nature through the artist’s chosen media. Some artists explore questions about the future, their futures, and the future of our Earth. Others look to their pasts, reminiscing on memories and lessons learned in their lives. Video, paint, metal, ink, wood, bones, all these materials are shaped and transformed by artists to share stories and beauty with our audience. Jenny
Bates
Exhibitions Coordinator
Above Selenus Kocsis Granbury Fat Bell-Bottom Cricket - You Make the Rocket World Go Chirp - Enjoy Your Luck!, 2021 acrylic paint 24x12
Vanessa Navarro Irving Colibri/Hummingbird, 2020 black ink on Kitakata paper 7x6
Sarah Melgoza North Richland Hills Melting Through Glass, 2021 oil paint on canvas 24 x 24
Kayla Sobyak Fort Worth Hypocrite, 2021 screen print 18.75x18.75
Matthew Napoli Fort Worth Confusion and Brutality in Conversation, 2021 oil on linen 22x19
My artistic practice tends to be a reflection of the exploration of the ethereal realm that creating art brings us all to. My artistic practice uses illustration, mixed media painting, and new media digital experiences to create metaphorical windows into these other worlds that we generate within ourselves.
Dallas Smith
Dallas Smith Denton Memories, 2021 digitally edited photo prints 35x43
Above Victor Ferretiz Denton The Avian Migration, 2020 oil on canvas 38x48
Below MLNart Watauga Head Full of Flowers, 2021 acrylic on oil and canvas 24x30
Above Rebekah Hurst Denton Wax and bones, 2020 reclaimed wax, bone fragments, and acrylic 12.5x9x8
Below Molly Frisby Fairview Overcome, 2021 charcoal and acrylic on paper 47x35
Amy Nava Ruiz Denton El Baño, 2021 framed archival pigment print 19x13
Using remnants as the basis for movement - a practice that holds a mirror to the experience of black Americans since 1619mimicry makes plain the frustrations of the physical limitations of sight. Presented to viewers is the choppy road towards unison and understanding within the black community.
Brook-Lynne Clark
Brook-Lynne Clark Plano Remnants, 2020 video projection 30x30
My work utilizes colorful abstract lines and a controlled yet expressive application of paint. When I paint, I feel like a curious child at play. My work conveys this sense of imagination and beauty through the simple use of line and color.
Drew Griffith
Top Left Jacob Taylor Gibson Denton I Don’t Deserve It, 2020 lithography, screen print 11x14
Top Right Drew Griffith Denton Kingsnake Daydream, 2021 acrylic on canvas 30x40
Bottom Left Darren Dobson Frisco Don’t Blink, 2021 digital illustration 18x24
Bottom Left Max Marshall Denton Five Cards and a Cajun Christmas, 2021 playing card, blue ink 3.5x2.25
Jesus Trujillo Arlington Mi Babilonio (My Babylon), 2021 acrylic paint and hardware on plywood 97 inches
Joaquin Soto Grand Prairie Madre, 2020 scrap metal 26x24x96
Krista Chalkley Dallas Canopy, 2021 tulle, chiffon, iridescent organza, glass beads, and thread 30x44
My work depicts a mystical universe that is beautifully, gleefully fluid. It celebrates the in-between, the unusual, the flawed, and the authentic. Shadows are an ancient form of magic– they are intangible, and yet grace all worldly things from time to time.
Krista Chalkley
Top Left Elijah Ruhala Plano H.B. No. 3859, 2020 joint compound and house paint on drywall 35x25
Bottom Left Courtney Segrest Denton Forget Me Not, 2021 ceramic 10x10x7.5
Top Right Madison Avit Frisco Encounter, 2021 oil on canvas 30x40
Bottom Right Jae-Eun Suh Denton Poetic, 2021 digital collage etched on BFK Rives 30x22
I have created my work in order to unravel my sense of the world and challenge the narratives and beliefs I hold as truths. In my work I struggle to uncover memories of specific childhood experiences in detail that can then be re-imagined so that I can retell the story to myself. By recreating/reconstructing my earliest memories, I hope to revisit the way I once viewed the world from a place of innocence and wonder and bring that childlike perspective into my life as an adult.
Emily Potts Top Left Emily Potts Denton Head in Debt Toget(her), 2020 mixed media 48x46
Top Right Kristin Boyer Coppell Grammatical Structure, screen print 20x26.5
Bottom Left Emily McDaniel Colleyville Road to Where?, 2021 hand cut paper collage, limited giclee print 16x20
Bottom Right Dre Burciaga Denton Jazz Dog, 2021 oil on panel 16x20
Julia Caswell Freund Denton 27 Washes, 2017-2019 video work and live performance Run Time: 3:43
Pricing 1. Madison Avit, Encounter, $1,500.00 2. Kristin Boyer, Grammatical Structure, $600.00 3. Dre Burciaga, Jazz Dog, $1,150.00 4. Julia Caswell Freund, 27 Washes, NFS 5. Krista Chalkley, Canopy, $1,600 6. Brook-Lynne Clark, Remnants, NFS 7. Darren Dobson, Don’t Blink, $250.00 8. Victor Ferretiz, The Avian Migration, $2,500.00 9. Molly Frisby, Overcome, $1,500.00 10. Jacob Gibson, I Don’t Deserve It, $300.00 11. Drew Griffith, Kingsnake Daydream, $260.00 12. Rebekah Hurst, Wax and bones, $450.00 13. Selenus Kocsis, Fat Bell-Bottom Cricket - You Make the Rocket World Go Chirp - Enjoy Your Luck!, Reprints 14. Max Marshall, Five Cards and a Cajun Christmas, $250.00 15. Emily McDaniel, Road to Where?, $350.00 16. Sarah Melgoza, Melting Through Glass, $300.00 17. MLNart, Head Full of Flowers, $1,000.00 18. Matthew Napoli, Confusion and Brutality in Conversation, $920.00 19. Stefania Nava, Newlyweds, $130.00 20. Vanessa Navarro, Colibri/Hummingbird, $50.00 21. Amy Nava Ruiz, El Baño, $150.00 22. Emily Potts, Head in debt toget(her), NFS 23. Elijah Ruhala, H.B. No. 3859, $1,550.00 24. Courtney Segrest, Forget Me Not, $275.00 25. Dallas Smith, Memories, $500.00 26. Kayla Sobyak, Hypocrite, $400.00 27. Joaquin Soto, Madre, NFS 28. Jae-Eun Suh, Poetic, NFS 29. Jesus Trujillo, Mi Babilonio (My Babylon), $5,000.00 30. Olivia Varnell, Rococo, $215.00
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