Aesthetic Altercations Show

Refined curatorial tastes rule, and quarter-of-a-million dollar installations mesmerize, in an art world saturated with hipster relativity. Many are left unable to respond to the discrete object. If artists continue to traffic in objects and appearances, it may be important to know what these objects and appearances do to people. Aesthetic Altercations is the culmination of a four month discussion about the efficacy of particular art forms. The featured artists invite you to drop the gloves of objectivity, enter the subjective, and see if their works do anything for you.

Aesthetic Altercations, a group exhibition featuring the work of the University of Delaware’s Masters of Fine Arts program, will be on view at the Brooklyn Artists Gym from January 19^th through the 24^th. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, January 19^th from 6-9pm. Directions, and additional information about the artists, can be found at the Brooklyn Artists Gym website: www.brooklynartistsgym.com.

Allison Haug

203 N. Mary Street
Wilmington, DE 19804
302-420-9004
axelcrash@gmail.com

EDUCATION

• In progress Master of Art- Ceramics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
  
• 2003 - Bachelors of Science, Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

EXHIBITIONS

• 2008 Aesthetic Altercations - January (upcoming) -The Brooklyn Artist Gym, Brooklyn, New York

• 2007 Moments of Silence-(solo) December (upcoming) -Recitation Hall Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

• 2007 Art Happens VII- November -University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

• 2007 Group Show- June 1-30 -Lo-Fi Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware

• 2007 Graduate Group Show - Gallery 919, Wilmington, Delaware

• 2006 The BAG Show- December 16 –22 -The Brooklyn Artist Gym, Brooklyn, New York

• 2006 Pottery / Photo Juried Exhibition- December 1-22 -Chester County Art Association, West Chester, Pennsylvania

• 2006 Art Happens VI- October -University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

• 2005 Pretentious Pug- October 19 -23 -University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

• 2005 Newark Art Loop- October 8 -University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

• 2005 Art Happens V- September 1-30 -University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

ORGANIZATIONS (member since)

• 2006 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts

• 2005 Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts

Anthony Vega

Anthony Vega is a visual artist and musician in the Philadelphia area. Relocating from the rural town of Green Creek, New Jersey he has begun to pursue his artistic career. He attended Saint Joseph’s University and studied fine art, music and philosophy. Since, he has exhibited his work in galleries and other venues in and around Philadelphia in addition to working with The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Mural Arts Program. Anthony has also performed over the past 10 years as a percussionist in multiple venues in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware and New York. Anthony’s Current work explores the impact of influx of information on contemporary visual culture and the empirical universality this information creates.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007 - “Reference Point” Newark DE

2006 - “White (Paintings)” Wilmington Library, Wilmington DE, Solo

2005 - “Staff Exhibit” Juried and Curated by Dan Talley, Thomas Eakins House, Philadelphia PA

2005 - Jazz Festival, Cumberland County College, Vineland NJ

2004 - “Look” Founder, Curator and Artist, Thomas Eakins House, Initiated exhibition around the accessibility of contemporary art, Philadelphia PA

2004 – “Anomaly”, ADM Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2002 - “Visceral”, Saint Joseph’s University Boland Hall, Philadelphia, PA

2002 - Mainline Art Center Bryn Mawr. PA








































2002

• Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
• BA in Fine Arts
• BA in Philosophy
• Senior Thesis in Painting
• Senior Thesis for Philosophy in Faith and Language
• Art history semester at Barnes Foundation

Francine Fox

Francine Fox

Francine_Fox@hotmail.com



















Francine Fox is a figurative painter from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She is currently attending the University of Delaware to obtain her MFA, and received her BFA from Kutztown University. Her work addresses perceived deficiencies in the self with a particular interest in physical appearance and clarity of identity.

Genie Huskins

When I was young(er) I wanted to be a plant psychologist, until I found out that they don’t actually study and treat plant behavior, they help people who work in industry. So, now I’m interested in nonverbal communication, from gestures of the body to communication on a cellular or atomic level, and how these common- yet- amazing actions transfer visually in different mediums. When the transfer of information is successful, the result is transformation and regeneration. I tend to anthropomorphize my materials, and while paper and I are on good terms, clay understands me most affectionately.

James Zeske

Email: jimzeske@yahoo.com











Yo Como Calcetines y Cajas, 36"x46", mixed media

EDUCATION

M.F.A. Painting, University of Delaware, 2007-present

B.F.A. Painting, minor in Art History, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 1998-2002












I'm exhausted, 36"x48", mixed media

SHOWS

Aesthetic Altercations- Group Show. January 19-24, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn NY 2008

Art Happens- University of Delaware, November, 2007

Reference Point- First year graduate students, University of Delaware, Sept. 2007

Annual CCA Juried Exhibition- The Arts Center, Kinston, NC. March 15- April 28^th, 2007

Nano Show - Group exhibition exploring the miniscule, the miniature and the microscopic through contemporary and historic artworks. Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. May 7 to May 30, 2004

Solo Show - West Chester University Long Gallery, West Chester, PA. Jan. 21 to Feb. 18th, 2004

BFA senior show- West Chester University, 2002












Produce of Rwanda, 36"x48", mixed media

AWARDS

Best of Show in Senior Art Show at West Chester University, 2002

Hawthorne Emeritus Award at West Chester University, 2001












You Can Stop Searching, 36"x46", mixed media

Jared Mimm

Name: Jared Mimm
Height: 5'11''
Weight: 150 pounds
Influence: I want it hugetime.
Musing: Let's get smaller!

Jeanine Hill

22 Nightingale Circle
Newark, Delaware 19711
(804)514-7864
hilljm@udel.edu

Academic Background:

• August 2007-Present - Graduate Student in Ceramics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711

• May 20, 2006 - Graduated with a B.F.A. in Craft/Material Studies with an emphasis in Ceramics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23294.

University Activities:

• June-July 2007 - Teaching Assistant for Ceramic Artist, Tip Toland at Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, Maine.
• June-July 2006 - Ceramic workshop, studying under Sydney Carpenter at Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, Maine.
• June-July 2005 - Summer Intensive program, studying ceramics under Walter McConnell and Johan Creten at Alfred University.
• May-June 2004 - Study abroad trip to Peru to study the art history of the Chavin, Moche, and Inca.

Honors and Awards:

• March 2004 - Distinguished Service Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
• September 2002 - Scholar Award, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Richmond, Virginia

Grants:

• February 2004 - Federal Higher Education Teacher Assistance Program Grant (HETAP).
• February 2003 - Federal Higher Education Teacher Assistance Program Grant (HETAP).

Exhibitions:

• January 2008 - The Bag Show, Brooklyn Artist’s Gym, Brooklyn, NY
• September 2007 - Reference Point, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
• June 2007 - Teachers and their Assistants, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, Maine.
• June 2007 - VCU in Peru, Main Art Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.
• May 2007 - Naked2, Gallery 5, Richmond, Virginia.
• February 2006 - Naked, Gallery 5, Richmond, Virginia.
• November 2005 - Skin, FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
• April 2005 - Group Exhibition, Student Art Space, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
• March 2005 - Group Exhibition, National Ceramics Conference Association, Baltimore, Maryland
• November 2004 - Group Exhibition, University of Richmond.

Jennifer Dillner

www.jenniferdillner.com

email - jen@jenniferdillner.com

Education

• Masters of Fine Arts Program in Sculpture
• University of Delaware Newark, DE - current
• Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture/3D Studies
  University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA - 2005
  
• Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
  University of Georgia, Athens, GA - 2004
  

Awards

• People’s Choice Award – Burlington Art Hop -2005
• Chancellor’s List - 2001-2005
  
• Golden Key International Honour Society - 2004-2005
  
• UMass Honors Program - 2001-2005
  
• Mary Louise Walsh Study Abroad Scholarship - 2005
  
• UMass Alumni Scholarship - 2005
  
• Biff Maclean Scholarship - 2004
  
• Fine Arts Departmental Award - 2004
  
• Samuel Gamburd Scholarship - 2003
  
• Lillian Telles Jenkins Award - 2003
  

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Selected Group Exhibitions

• Point of Reference, Newark, DE - 2007
• Art Hop – STRUT – An Arthop Fashion Event -2006
  
• VCAM – Abstraction as Metaphor - 2006
  
• Small Works Show – Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry NY - 2006
  
• Art Hop – Juried Exhibition Maltex Building, Burlington, VT - 2005
  
• Art Hop – Propeller Media Works, Burlington, VT - 2005
• Rose Street Gallery – “Souvenir” Show, Burlington, VT - 2005
• Fine Arts Sr Thesis Exhibition, Artworks, New Bedford, MA - 2005
• Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Dartmouth, MA - 2002-2005
• Piazza Repubblica Exhibition, Cortona, Italy - 2004
• Fine Arts Exhibit, Dartmouth, MA - 2004
• Gallery 244 Bronze Works, New Bedford, MA - 2003

  

Jennifer Peel

awakeohsleeper@yahoo.com

















Education

• 2008 - University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware MFA, Master of Fine Arts (expected May ’08)
• 2006 - University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas - BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts

• 2003 - Tyler Junior College, Tyler, Texas Associate in Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies

Exhibitions

2007

• University of Delaware MFA Candidates, Lo-Fi Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware
• At Work, Gallery 919 Wilmington, Delaware

2006

• University of Delaware MFA Candidates - Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, New York
• Art Happens - University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
• Gateway to the Imagination - Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexico
• BFA Exhibition - Meadow’s Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
• Juried Student Exhibition - Meadow’s Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas

2005

• President’s Exhibition - University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
• Juried Student Exhibition - Meadows Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
• 5^th Annual Postcard Print Exchange - Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
• Shelf Life -The Image Warehouse, Athens, Texas

2004

• Juried Student Exhibition - Meadows Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
• Cowan Center Exhibition - Meadows Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas

2001

• Juried Student Exhibition, Tyler Junior College,Tyler, Texas

Collections

2004 University Print Society, College of Design, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Lauren Scott

The Trip
36"x36"
oil on canvas, 2007










untitled
14"x16"
oil and fabric on canvas









Artist Statement:

Narration is a chief constant in all my paintings. Initially attracted to figurative works, ranging from Old Masters to Lucian Freud, my interest lies in a translation of personal history, pop culture, and circumstances engaging in my relationship to society. Human beings represent beings of complexity, starting from the moments of birth reacting to new experiences. They encompass attitude, personality, rationality, and routine. They fulfill a strategy of displacement and observation. They are a constant enigma and vary individually.

Through the process of working, these paintings have helped me study the relationships not only between the physicality of the paint and the coarseness of the canvas, but the weight of knowledge in an observer’s window of human interaction. The tension between subject matter and the rhythm of colors and shapes are extremely vital to the piece, often altering the scheme portrayed. Images are simplified with the blocks of color to create a textured reality that is sympathetic to our own senses and familiarity. The dialogue between the revealed image and the fundamental psychology provide the steady motivation in my work.







Migration
24"x36"
oil on canvas, 2006

Lauren Vanni

Lauren@alumni.arcadia.edu

Mark Donohue

markdon@udel.edu

Michael Kalmbach

510 Wharton Drive • Newark, DE 19711
Phone 302-368-1741 • E-mail Michael.kalmbach@gMAIL.COM
Education

• MFA Painting, University of Delaware 2006 - 2008
• Summer Studio Program, Virginia Commonwealth University 2005
  
• BA Studio Art, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 1998 - 2003

Professional Experience

• Instructor of Record, Elementary Drawing and Painting I 2007
  University of Delaware, Summer Session Newark, Delaware
  
• Instructor of Record, Drawing II 2007
  University of Delaware, Spring Semester - Newark, Delaware
  
• Instructor and Creator of the Custom Air Force One Workshop 2007
  Sarah Pyle Academy - Wilmington, Delaware
  
• Art Instructor 2003 - 2006
  Washington and Lee High School - Montross, Virginia

Awards

• University of Delaware Graduate Fellow Award 2007 – 2008

Exhibitions

• Aesthetic Altercations, Up-coming Group Exhibition 2008
  Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, New York
  
• Art of the Alumni, Group Exhibition 2007
  Haas Gallery of Art, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
  
• International Sneaker Battle, Group Exhibition 2007
  New Jersey Convention Center, Edison, New Jersey
  
• Mr. K’s Custom Air Force Ones, Solo Exhibition 2007
  Fawcett Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware
  
• At Work, Group Exhibition 2007
  Gallery 919, Wilmington, Delaware
  
• University of Delaware MFA Candidates, Group Exhibition 2006
  Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, New York
  
• Five and a Half Large, Group Exhibition 2005
  FAB Galleries, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
  
• Senior Exhibition, Solo Exhibition 2003
  Bloomsburg University Student Exhibition Space, Old Science Hall, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
  
• Young and Modern, Group Exhibition 2002
  Bloomsburg University Multicultural Center, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Exhibitions Curated

• Aesthetic Altercations, Up-coming Group Exhibition 2008
  Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, New York
  
• At Work, Group Exhibition 2007
  Gallery 919, Wilmington, Delaware
  
• University of Delaware M.F.A. Candidates, Group Exhibition 2006
  Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, New York
  
• Young and Modern, Group Exhibition 2002
  Bloomsburg University Multicultural Center, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Rodney Godek