2010

Lightwell Gallery 2010 Exhibitions

Smoke & Mirrors

Selected Artists

November 29th to December 10th

Smoke & Mirrors is an exhibition of works that relate to concepts of deception, illusion and the unknown. Projects vary in media and include video, installation, photography, painting and sculpture.

Artists who have work in the exhibition are: Ryan Thompson, Fillmore, New York; Laurence Payot, UK; Sam Keogh, Wicklow, Ireland; Aaron Finnis, San Franciscom CA; Cathleen Faubert, Norman, OK; Jose Velazco, South Bend, IN; Peter Miller, Cologne, Germany; Jay Hardman, Philadelphia, PA; Jessica Westbrook & Adam Towbridge, Chicago, IL; Carl Ferrero, Brooklyn, NY; Lisa Weber, Mainz, Germany; Liz Murphy; Thomas, Cumberland Gap, TN; John Freeman, Boston, MA; Savinder Bual, London, UK; Lexla Rodriguez, Hamburg, Germany and Roy Menahem Markovich, Telaviv, Israel.

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Artists from the Basement

November 18th to 19th

A collection of media works shown in the Lightwell which has been darkened by a canopy of trashbags and tape. These films are projected and projecting the ideas of undergraduate and graduate students alike. Artists include: Erica Johnson, Meagan Houghton, Mallory McCormick, Samantha Marquette, Dillon Votaw, Jasmyn Sauls, Matthew Kaney, Paul DuMond, Lindsay Allgood and Tara Najd Ahmadi.

Hot, Hard and Heavy: A Cast Metal Exhibition

Mike Hill and Alex Knox

October 25th to November 5th
The exhibition includes work from current OU School of Art students whom were involved in the first ever metal casting class taught during the Summer Semester by Alexandra Knox and Mike Hill. The Exhibit will also include works from OU Faculty Jonathan Hils. As well as visiting Artist Carl Billingsley from East Carolina University as well as visiting graduate students from East Carolina University Chris Wooten and Jesse Morrissey.

Las Ruinas: An Exploration of the Ancient Maya Civilization

Dewey Hulsey, Tyler Metcalfe & Nick Richardson

October 11th to October 22nd

Seniors Nick Richardson, Dewey Hulsey and former Student Media employee Tyler Metcalfe, of the School of Art and Art History, traveled to the ancient Mayan settlements of Chitchen-Itza, Tulum and Uxmal. These students agreed to share their experiences and their photos through the Las Ruinas installation in the Lightwell Gallery in the Fred Jones Center.

Simultaneous Perspectives

Romy Owens, Julie Anand & Damon Sauer

September 13th to October 8th

This is an exhibition of photo-manipulators, skilled image-makers, who physically cut, tear, weave, and stitch their taken images to create absolutely fascinating works.

OKC-based artist Romy Owens

Phoenix-based collaborative artists Julie Anand & Damon Sauer.

Non-Indigenous Woman and other selected works

Kathryn Polk

August 23rd to September 9th

Arizona based contemporary lithographer and mixed media artist Kathryn Polk, will visit the University of Oklahoma School or Art & Art History. This visit will coincide with an exhibition of Polk’s Series The Non-Indigenous Woman and other selected works in the Lightwell Gallery. This solo exhibition features 39 works and a small display of some of Polk’s sketches. “Kathryn Polk is one of the foremost printmakers and artist in the world.” Says assistant OU printmaking professor Marwin Begaye. “ Because of her energy, love for creating, and work in finding less toxic ways to do stone lithography, she has brought new, fresh energy to a an age old process."