Acts of Care is focused around interactive electronic systems and the effect these systems can have on our human psyches. My work focuses on two particular periods of development: the late 80’s to early 90’s and the 2010’s to present. One period represents my childhood and the other my early adulthood. By comparing the two I can examine trends in the ways we engage with robotics and can better understand the ubiquity of electronically mediated interactions today. I utilize these new understandings to manipulate the capabilities of devices from both periods to create pieces that communicate care in a new way, sparking a moment of joy for the viewer while also increasing the awareness of the failings of devices when compared with true human interaction.

Acts of Care is open 24/7 for the month of April in room 201 of the Studio Arts Building at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Contact the artist for building access.

Thin Architectures is a group show exploring space, shelter and system with work by Taylor Benoit, Chenda Cope, Avery Forbes, Nima Nikakhlagh and Chaehee Yoon. Thin Architectures can be seen at Herter Gallery in Amherst on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11am-3pm and Fridays 1pm-4pm or by appointment.

Curated by Sally Curcio for Hampden Gallery

New works by artists created during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 that both respond to and reflect on these uncertain times. Seemingly overnight, methods  of communication have shifted dramatically across the globe, traditional venues have closed, and uncertainty rules. Artists, undeterred, use Zoom and other digital platforms as their medium and their venues.

Artists and curators featured: Yasin Aribuga, Chenda Cope, Hannah Duggan, Avery Forbes, Cima Khademi, Nima Nikakhlagh, Abbey Paccia, Claire Sianna Seaman, Elizabeth Sobieski, and Jenny Vogel.

Alas, Almas, Mujeres is a group exhibition curated by Kay Gordon for the LES Gallery at The Clemente. The exhibition includes work by Avery Forbes, Giacinta Frisillo, Kay Gordon, Leonor Mendoza, Mahbobe Ghods, Maya Pindyck, Nancy Saleme, Patricia Cazorla, Serena Depero, Uli Brahmst, Valerie Kelemen, and Victoria Restler.

Join us for the opening reception from 7-9pm at 107 Suffolk St, NYC!

Herter Art Gallery presents wherever i may be, the sky is mine, a group exhibition of current 1st and 2nd year graduate students who critically respond to this era of cacophony of voices and noises, where truths are crumbled by repudiation of facts. The exhibition features artworks that grapple with some of the most urgent issues of our time, yet through modest means. Facing our precarious future, the artists offer various modes of observing, caring, reconsidering, remembering, gathering, repairing, healing, and countering the myth of the ‘greatness’ of America.

Curated by Professor Young Min Moon, the artists in this exhibition are Taylor Benoit, Chenda Cope, Sally Curcio, Hannah Duggan, Avery Forbes, Cima Khademi, Nima Nikaklagh, Abbey Paccia, Jessica Scott, and Chaehee Yoon.

Opening reception Thursday, November 7th, 5-7pm. For more information about the gallery, visit https://www.umass.edu/herterartgallery/

Night is a time when we can delve deep into the actions of our lives and examine our choices; it can be anxious, calming, terrorizing, or inspirational. A collection of artists show their personal responses to the broad theme of 'night,' illustrating the introspection of our personal and collective psyche, whether it is an intensely human experience, imaginative, or observational.

The Collective Art Tank in Asbury Park

Opening Reception: Friday, September 27th

Closing Reception: Friday, October 4th

Living in an economy based on extraction and disposability, so much of what we depend on to exist is out of the realm of our own control. As the news becomes increasingly bleak and we turn to our devices for comfort and distraction, Gather proposes instead that we turn to each other for genuine healing. We gather to make whole what has been broken, finding agency and community through acts of repair. 

Gather transforms the gallery space into a workshop with tables, tools and other resources. Objects fixed and repurposed in the workshop are displayed in the gallery next door, enjoying a brief moment of elevated status, next door until the closing, when they are redistributed to the community. The repaired pieces, back in use, continue the on-going project of art and healing.

Clinic Hours- Mon-Thurs 12-2pm, or by appointment

Located in SUAG Gallery, 310 Bartlett Hall, Amherst, MA

Opening Reception October 9th, 5-7pm

Hera Gallery is proud to present SHAME, a national juried exhibition by Anna Dempsey, a Professor and chairperson of Art History at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The show will take place at Hera Gallery, at 10 High Street in Wakefield, RI, from April 6th to May 4th, 2019. The public is invited to attend the Opening Reception on Saturday, April 6th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The Gallery will also hold an artist talk on Thursday, April 18th, at 7p.m to discuss the artist’s process, materials, and ongoing artistic concepts.

Hera believes the concept of shame has reached a new level of importance in current events. The exhibition Shame attempts to explore the term in its many dimensions: shame in relation to power and oppression, the danger of being shameless, the difference in its manifestation in men and women, the way in which different culture view shame, and shame as a empathy seeking tool that elevates self-serving judgment.

A total of 356 pieces of artwork were submitted. 30 pieces of photographs, collages, paintings, drawing, sculpture, jewelry, videos, and installation were selected to participate in the exhibition from artists all over the country.

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 6th, 2019, 6-8p.m. For more information about the gallery, visit https://www.heragallery.org/

For this piece, I erected a simple staircase on the front face of the wall in the atrium of the Studio Arts Building. The staircase, when climbed, just barely allows the viewer to peek over the wall to the windows behind. Only 3 feet wide, the staircase allowed for only one user at a time, thus creating a more intimate experience. The piece hopes to bring a bit of whimsy and hope to an object that has been widely discussed and debated  in current politics. The hope is the that the base of the small stair will become a gathering place and a place for discussion while the top of the stair will allow for a more intimate confrontations.

For more information about the exhibition space, visit https://www.umass.edu/art/wall-at-sab

Alter/Altar is an exhibition of the University of Massachusetts Amherst's current MFA candidates in Studio Arts and is really the manifestation of each MFA candidate's conceptualization of the altering they enact within their transdisciplinary studio practices and the culling of works developed while here at the Department of Art.

Exhibition located at Herter Gallery, 125-A Herter Hall, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003 More information about the gallery can be found here: https://www.umass.edu/herterartgallery/

I am pleased to announce that I and two of my classmates have been selected to curate an exhibition of our own work in Macy Gallery B at Teachers College, Columbia University. The exhibition will play on the idea of double images and double meanings, particularly as they pertain to our current political environment. Come and check it out if you're in the area! Opening reception February 1st from 5-7pm.  More information about the gallery can be found here: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/arts-and-humanities/art-and-art-education/exhibitions/

Two of my pieces have been selected for the Fall Studio Works show in Macy Gallery at Teachers College!  I have two forms installed, one right in the center of the gallery and the other around the corner.  Opening reception December 7th from 5-7pm.  More information about the gallery can be found here: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/arts-and-humanities/art-and-art-education/exhibitions/

My solo show, Accumulations and Erasures, will be on display in the Macy Gallery Cross Media Space until July 6th.  Opening celebration and artist talk will be June 23rd from 7-9pm.  Come and check out my current work and the work of the other incredible artists on display in other parts of the gallery!

I am very pleased to announce that Current Studio in Oklahoma City, OK has accepted two of my prints for their Nasty Women Exhibition.  The opening reception will be June 22nd from 6 to 9pm and the curators are telling us that they are already seeing more people express interest in the show than the gallery has capacity for!  It should be a great event!  For more information about the show, check the link: https://www.currentstudio.org/nasty-women/

Come see several of my works on display at Macy Gallery at Teachers College!  I have an installation of my lithographic prints up and two of my latest etching pieces.  Opening reception April 6th from 5-7pm.  More information about the gallery can be found here: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/arts-and-humanities/art-and-art-education/exhibitions/

I am very excited to announce that one of my pieces has been selected for the prestigious Myers Art Prize!  The work can be seen at Macy Gallery at Teachers College, Columbia University on display along with the other prize winners from this year.  Opening reception November 3rd, 5-7pm.  More information about the gallery and the show can be found here: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/arts-and-humanities/art-and-art-education/exhibitions/