The Big Show 2022 Juried by Daisy Nam Lawndale Art & Performance Center June 18 – August 13, 2022 “This year, The Big Show brings together 81 works by 38 artists. On the ground level, the artists consider their surroundings— the city and land around them. Some works relate to urban infrastructure, while others reflect on the landscape. Works also examine how we live–what shapes our daily lives; what is the fabric that brings us together through objects, life experiences, work, or play. Leaving behind the realities of the world, we are led to Lawndale’s upstairs space. We enter a dreamscape. The works on the second floor are centered on dreams, fantasy, imagination, play and desire. There has been much suffering in recent times. The artists in this exhibition reveal the conditions of our struggles, but also remind us of resilience, need for reflection, and visions of a world to come.” — Daisy Nam, The Big Show 2022 Juror Artist List / Alphabetically by Last Name A
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Patrycja Adamowicz, 73-74
Sibylle Hagmann, 8-10*
Charis Ammon, 16-17
Jihye Han, 13, 70-71
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DR3K a.k.a. JP Hartman, 15 Guadalupe Hernandez, 7
Jen Bootwala, 27, 72
Saúl Hernández-Vargas, 26, 39
Rontaye Butler, 6, 25, 44*
Chenlu Hou, 75-77*
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Angel Castelan, 62-64 Lindy Chambers, 43, 59, 61 Chelsea Clarke, 67-69 Paula Córdoba, 21-22* daniel coreas, 65-66
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Cynthia Jamileth Giron, 4, 54, 55 Vanessa Gonzalez, 5
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Disha Khakheria, 48-49
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Ha Na Lee & James Hughes, 11 Erica Reed Lee, 42 C.M. Lewis, 19 Sophia Longoria, 78-80*
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Max Manning, 60 Gabriel Martinez, 30-32 Clinton Millsap, 28-29
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Demi Mixon, 38, 50 Brian Murcia, 45-47
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Quentin Pace, 1-3
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Julia Rossel, 20 J.R. Roykovich, 12, 14
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Jessica Simorte, 56-58 Kamila Szczesna, 23, 52, 81*
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Jesus Treviño, 37, 40-41
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Irene Valentin, 51 Charles E. VanMeter, 34-36 Lucio Vasquez, 18, 24, 33
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Sibylle Hagmann* Knowhow, 2022 Acrylic gouache on board 24 x 18”
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Quentin Pace ...couldn’t be me., 2022 Acrylic on canvas 15 x 15”
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Vanessa Gonzalez No Child Left Behind, 2019 Screenprint 30 x 25”
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Quentin Pace When the Levees Break \ Hell No, We Ain’t Alright!, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 16”
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Rontaye Butler* Hyperinvisibility, 2022 Monoprint, collage, and tissue paper 85 x 68”
10. Sibylle Hagmann* It, 2022 Acrylic gouache on board 24 x 18” 11. Ha Na Lee & James Hughes THE GAZE: THE MACHINE WITHOUT EYES, 2020 Neural Storyteller, Python, and video editing software Video, duration 08:31
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Quentin Pace It’s a New Day \ Passin’ Me By, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 16”
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Cynthia Jamileth Giron La Rata, 2021 Acrylic, ink, colored pencil, marker, collage, and glitter on panel 12 x 9”
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Guadalupe Hernandez La Pesqueria (Blue), 2021 Handcut and punched paper 31 x 25”
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Sibylle Hagmann* Through Means, 2022 Acrylic gouache on board 24 x 18”
12. J.R. Roykovich Houston, Texas: Ellington Air Force Base, 1951-2022 Site documentation photograph and series of unclassified documents from Project Blue Book 11 x 8 ½” 13. Jihye Han HOW TO BE AN ADULT, 2022 White Stoneware with white slip, underglaze, glaze, and Cone 6 oxidation fired 14 ½ x 12 x 12 ½” 14. J.R. Roykovich Houston, Texas, 1951-2022 Site documentation photograph and series of unclassified documents from Project Blue Book 11 x 8 ½”
The Big Show 2022 / John M. O’Quinn Gallery (1st Floor) 15. DR3K a.k.a. JP Hartman Untitled #3, 2021 Assemblage (found objects) 9 x 10 x 6’
24. Lucio Vasquez Welcome Home, 2022 35mm film photography 8 x 12”
33. Lucio Vasquez The Watcher, 2022 35mm film photography 8 x 12””
16. Charis Ammon Erasure, 2022 Oil on canvas 48 x 60”
25. Rontaye Butler* Versuz, 2022 Found basketball jerseys and screenprint Red, 32 x 23” Blue, 30 x 24”
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35. Charles E. VanMeter Frog, 2021 Intaglio 8 x 10”
26. Saúl Hernández-Vargas Bicimaquina #1 (Maquinas precarias Series), 2022 36. Charles E. VanMeter Found bike, steel, leather Lucio Vasquez The Pines, 2021 map of El Chamizal Follow the Light, 2022 Lithograph (Mexico), dynamo light, 35mm film photography 11 x 7 ½” narco’s pop tire tool made 8 x 12” of rebar, and Mexican bricks found in Houston C.M. Lewis 37. Jesus Treviño 48 x 16 x 55” Windows Reflection The Old Man Lost His Horse, of 2020, 2022 Que Tengas Mucha 27. Jen Bootwala Oil and pastel on canvas Suerte, 2021 Women At Work, 2022 72 x 36” Oil on canvas Wool yarn and blocking 24 x 24” blocking pins Julia Rossel 9’ x 10” Natural Bond, 2022 38. Demi Mixon Polyster fabric, brown red Sandy Portal, 2022 and yellow dye, lace, plaster 28. Clinton Millsap Cotton, wire, thread, Could Be King in Blue, 2021 cloth, wire, and rocks stolen Papier-mâché, and acrylic Acylic on linen from train tracks 36 x 25 x 4” 48 x 40” 20 x 18 x 18’ 39. Saúl Hernández-Vargas 29. Clinton Millsap Paula Córdoba* Puerto de Veracruz #2 Reclaimed, 2021 AQVI SE CONTIENE UNA (Reflexiones sobre el cielo Carved walnut and DISPVTA (A dispute is Series), 2021 copper nails contained here), 2022 Charcoal, ashes, plastic 50 x 40” Urethance resin, EVA glue, flowers and bow found and dried pig blood in La Merced Cemetary 30. Gabriel Martinez 16 x 10 x 10” (Marfa, Texas), branches untitled, 2021 found in San Siego (US) Found fabric Paula Córdoba* and Ciudad Juarez 30 ½ x 22” America, 2022 (Mexico), necklace found in Printed canvas, urethance Tijuaa (Mexico), and rebar 31. Gabriel Martinez resin, pigment, and 48 x 16 x 55” untitled, 2021 pig blood Found fabric 60 x 40”’ 40. Erica Reed Lee 30 ½ x 22” Memories at a Distance, 2021 Kamila Szczesna* Monotype artist’s book, 32. Gabriel Martinez like mother, like daughter accordian bound untitled, 2021 (II), 2022 48 x 6 x 6” Found fabric Stockings and mouth blown 30 ½ x 22” glass bubbles 41. Jesus Treviño 117 x 4 x 4” Buscando Recuerdos Beneath the Surface, 2021 Oil on canvas 12 x 12”
42. Jesus Treviño Hidden at La Carrera 1, 2021 Oil on burnt panel 14 x 14” 43. Rontaye Butler* Numbers On The Board, 2022 Found basketball shirts and African wax prints tapestry 85 x 68” 44. Lindy Chambers A-4, 2021 Mixed media, foam resin, plastic, metal, vinyl, rope, and light 120 x 56 x 42” 45. Brian Murcia Trip Six Pt. 3, 2022 Inkjet print 40 x 27” 46. Brian Murcia Trip Six Pt. 1, 2022 Inkjet print 40 x 27” 47. Brian Murcia Trip Six Pt. 2, 2022 Inkjet print 27 x 40” 48. Disha Khakheria Sea, 2019 Digital print 14 x 11” 49. Disha Khakheria Xochi, 2020 Digital print 14 x 11”
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50. Demi Mixon Mantle, 2021 Cotton, wire, and thread 22 x 24 x 7 ½” 51. Irene Valentin A Dream #1, 2020 Acrylic and mica on canvas paper 12 x 15” 52. Kamila Szczesna* us (II), 2022 Mouth blown glass bubbles, hair, tulle, mounting tape, and thread 30 x 22 x 4”
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53. Sumin Hwang “you move, you are being moved, you are movement!”, 2022 Felt, cotton, polyester, sequins, and wood 57 x 38 x 24” Video, duration 34:54
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54. Cynthia Jamileth Giron The Thing with Space is..., 2021 Acyrlic, marker, graphite, collage, and glitter on paper 12 x 9” 55. Cynthia Jamileth Giron FEEL LIKE, 2021 Acrylic, marker, color pencil, marker, graphite and collage on panel 12 x 9” 56. Jessica Simorte Joined, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 8 x 6” 57. Jessica Simorte All New, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 10 x 8”
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58. Jessica Simorte September, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 8 x 10” 59. Lindy Chambers Z-17, 2022 Metal trap, resin, and fake fur 41 x 34 x 21” 60. Max Manning Untitled (PPR373), 2022 Acrylic on Yupo paper 60 x 48” 61. Lindy Chambers IU-82, 2021 Mixed media, foam resin, plastic, metal, vinyl, and rope 82 x 33 x 24”
The Big Show 2022 / Cecily E. Horton Gallery (2nd Floor) 62. Angel Castelan Descansos, 2021 Graphite on paper 8 ½ x 5 ½” 63. Angel Castelan Daydreaming, 2021 Graphite on paper 8 ½ x 5 ½” 64. Angel Castelan Que Me Quedes Tu, 2021 Graphite on paper 8 ½ x 5 ½” 65. daniel coreas You hurt me, 2020 Printed film on resin-coated paper 10 x 8” 66. daniel coreas I miss that, 2021 Printed film on resin-coated paper 10 x 8” 67. Chelsea Clarke This Too, 2021 Screenprint 14 x 18” 68. Chelsea Clarke Homes Askew, 2020 Screenprint 14 x 18” 69. Chelsea Clarke I DON’T WANT ANYTHING/i miss you, 2020 Screenprint and laser cut 14 x 18” 70. Jihye Han SHEEPSLEEP, 2022 White stoneware with white slip, underglaze, glaze, and Cone 6 oxidation fired 11 x 7 ½ x 10”
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71. Jihye Han TIGER BORN IN MAY, 2022 White stoneware with white slip, underglaze, glaze, and Cone 6 oxidation fired 9 ½ x 13 x 12” 72. Jen Bootwala ...the labours of those vanished hands, 2022 Acrylic yarn and blocking pins 15 x 12” 73. Patrycja Adamowicz Still Alive, 2021 Ceramic 18 x 31 x 3” 74. Patrycja Adamowicz The Evolution, 2022 Ceramic 21 x 26 x 6” 75. Chenlu Hou* Dui Zheng Xia Yao Illustration of prescription process of Ziyin pills, 2021 Digital print (copy of ink drawing) 25 ½ x 37” 76. Chenlu Hou* Connecting past and future in pitch darkness 36°12’00”N 117°05’17”E, 2021 Digital print (copy of ink drawing) 25 ½ x 37” 77. Chelu Hou* Invisibility Mimosa, 2020 Video, duration 04:32 78. Sophia Longoria* Desert Wanderer, 2022 Acrylic on wood 5 ½ x 12 ½”
79. Sophia Longoria* I Wish I was a Willow, 2022 Acrylic on wood 5 ½ x 12 ½ 80. Sophia Longoria* Ghost, 2022 Acrylic on wood 3 ½ x 12 ½” 81. Kamila Szczesna* I am (II), 2022 Tulle and hair 12 x 3 ½ x 3”
Acknowledgements Awardees An award amount of $5,000 was divided between six winning artists: Rontaye Butler, Paula Córdoba, Sibylle Hagmann, Chenlu Hou, Sophia Longoria, and Kamila Szczesna. About the Juror Daisy Nam is the Executive Director and Curator at Ballroom Marfa, a contemporary art space located at the borderlands of Far West Texas. From 2015–2019, she was the Assistant Director at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University where she organized exhibitions, publications, and public programs and worked closely with artists to engage with the campus community and public at large. From 2008-2015, she curated and produced seven seasons of talks, screenings, performances, and workshops as the Assistant Director of Public Programs at the School of the Arts, Columbia University. Curatorial residencies and fellowships include Marcia Tucker Senior Research Fellow at the New Museum, New York (2020); Bellas Artes, Bataan, Philippines (2020); Surf Point in York, Maine (2019); Gwangju Biennale Foundation, Korea (2018). She holds an MA in Curatorial and Critical Studies from Columbia University and a BA in Art History and Cinema Studies from New York University. She has taught at RISD and lectured at Lesley University, Northeastern, SMFA/Tufts, and SVA as a visiting critic. She recently co-edited the publication with Paper Monument Best! Letters from Asian Americans in the arts. Support Lawndale is grateful for the support it receives from individuals, foundations, government agencies, and other organizations. Lawndale’s exhibitions and programs are produced with generous support from The Anchorage Foundation of Texas; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Garden Club of Houston; David R. Graham; The Joan Hohlt and Roger Wich Foundation; The John M. O’Quinn Foundation; The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; Houston Endowment; Humanities Texas and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the federal ARP Act; Kathrine G. McGovern/The John P. McGovern Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts; The Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation; The Rose Family Foundation; the Texas Commission on the Arts; The City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance; and The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Additional support provided by Lindsey Schechter/Houston Dairymaids, Saint Arnold Brewing Company, and Topo Chico. Additionally, Lawndale thanks the installers and volunteers who have made this exhibition possible, including Juan Aaron Castillo, David Cobb, Martin Ivy, and Erica Lee.
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