Past Exhibitions at Gallery221

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Roving: Nneka Jones, Kandy G Lopez & Eugene Ofori Agyei

Two red art pieces on the floor of an empty room.

EXHIBITION TITLE	Roving: Nneka Jones, Kandy G Lopez & Eugene Ofori Agyei
LOCATION	Gallery221@HCC Dale Mabry \| 2nd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	January 8, 2024 - February 28, 2024 Reception Thursday, January 18, 5 - 8 p.m. Artist talk to begin at 6 p.m.
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	Roving presents mixed media and fiber-based artworks by Nneka Jones, Kandy G Lopez and Eugene Ofori Agyei. Deftly weaving together the medium of fiber with painting, sculpture, performance and installation, Roving invites viewers to investigate notions of home, belonging, identity and ancestry. Rather than arriving at fixed destinations or meanings, the artworks included in Gallery221@HCC examine the psychological and emotional complexities of self-reflection, movement and memory, intertwining our sense of being with the process of becoming. Nneka Jones is a Trinidadian-born multidisciplinary artist currently working in Tampa, FL (BFA, University of Tampa, 2020). Kandy G Lopez is an Afro-Caribbean artist currently working as an Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, FL (MFA, Florida Atlantic University, 2014). Eugene Ofori Agyei is a Ghanaian-born artist currently working as the Robert Chapman Turner Teaching Fellow at Alfred University in Alfred, NY (MFA, University of Florida, 2023).
EXHIBITION ALBUM	View a photo album of this exhibition.

Leftovers: Lisa McCarthy and Georgia Vahue

Art piece showcasing a collage of items.

EXHIBITION TITLE	Leftovers: Lisa McCarthy and Georgia Vahue
LOCATION	Gallery221@HCC Dale Mabry \| 2nd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	October 23, 2023 - November 30, 2023
EXHIBITION ALBUM	Photo album of this exhibition
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	The things we hold onto from the past speak to our intent for the future. Whether a precious keepsake, last night’s dinner or social perceptions, what is “left over” can be tossed as easily as it can be treasured. Leftovers are tangible evidence of skill and care that remains after the initial act of creation has passed, full of nostalgia and urgency, of possibility and untapped potential. Lisa McCarthy received her MFA from the University of South Florida in 2021 and is a founder of Factory Mark Gallery in Framingham, MA. Georgia Vahue is an arts educator, curator and former Executive Director of the Ruskin Firehouse Cultural Center.

Touchy/Feely: Form, Function & Contemporary Fiber

Red textileconstruction with wooden furniture

EXHIBITION TITLE	Touchy/Feely: Form, Function & Contemporary Fiber Curated by Alyssa Miller
LOCATION	Gallery221@HCC Dale Mabry \| 2nd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	August 14, 2023 – October 12, 2023
EXHIBITION ALBUM	Photo album of this exhibition
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	Art touches you, and sometimes you get to touch it back. Challenging conventional gallery manners, Touchy/Feely encourages visitors to assume the role of participant by handling and manipulating several of the works on view. Contemporary fiber artists disrupt the long-held distinction between art and craft, blending the conceptual with the experiential in a highly tactile medium. In Touchy/Feely curated by Alyssa Miller, artists Jessica Caldas, Saumitra Chandratreya, and Emiliano Settecasi go one step further in collapsing the space between artist and viewer, exploring themes of labor, motherhood, relationships, conscious choice, and joy through fiber art that both holds and is held.

In Their Own Words: Selections from the HCC Permanent Art Collection

In Their Own Words

Painting with three female figures and a tardigrade

EXHIBITION TITLE	In Their Own Words: Selections from the HCC Permanent Art Collection
LOCATION	Gallery3 \| 3rd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	June 26, 2023 – February 29, 2024
EXHIBITION ALBUM	Photo album of this exhibition
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	Over the past four decades, the Hillsborough Community College’s Permanent Art Collection has fostered strong connections between the college and local arts community. Now including over 200 objects, the collection maintains a strong focus on artists who have lived or worked in the Tampa Bay region. This exhibition spotlights significant artworks curated by the college’s collection manager, Alyssa Miller. Accompanying oral history interviews add richness to the work on view, as selected artists were asked to discuss their work as well as their own connection to the region. In Their Own Words engages the local community in honoring the artistic and cultural legacy of Tampa Bay by inviting a greater diversity of voices to lead in the interpretation and discussion of the artworks in the collection. Artists include: Suzanne Camp Crosby, Aneka Ingold, Aimee Jones, Akiko Kotani, Tom Kramer, Tracy Midulla, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Renatto Rampolla, Frank Rampolla, Babs Reingold, Omar Richardson, Emiliano Settecasi, Kirk Ke Wang, and Ruby C. Williams.

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Snow in September: Kirk Ke Wang

EXHIBITION TITLE	Snow in September: Kirk Ke Wang
LOCATION	Gallery221 \| 2nd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	March 23 - June 22, 2023 Opening Reception Thursday, March 23, 5 - 8 p.m. Artist talk to begin at 6 p.m.
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	Kirk Ke Wang (b. Shanghai, China) is a multimedia artist whose work focuses on critiquing modern stereotypes as a diaspora. Throughout his career, Wang has used painting, installation, mixed media, video and photography to present his vision of the world, led by a consistent thread: the fear of inexorable cataclysm. Wang’s solo exhibition in Gallery221@HCC draws inspiration from a 13th century Chinese play called The Injustice to Dou E, also known as Snow in Midsummer. In the story, the tragic and unjust death of Lady Dou E causes the heavens to snow during a hot midsummer day, thereby proving her innocence. Today, the story symbolizes injustice and tragedy, and in Wang's exhibition Snow in September, the artist parallels the Chinese fable with abstracted images of more recent tragedies such as 9/11, calling to mind the moment when the twin towers collapsed and debris rained down like falling snow. Through retelling tragedies, Wang tries to find a spiritual solace and the meaningfulness of being human. Kirk Ke Wang received two MFA from Nanjing Normal University and University of South Florida. He is a Professor of Visual Arts of Eckerd College and serves on the Board for the Ringling Museum of Art. Read a review of Kirk Ke Wang’s exhibition by Jessica Todd
EXHIBITION ALBUM	View a photo album of the exhibition here

Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum (CSAI) 2023

Clear acrylic box containing a sculpture of a bul and jewelry with paings on wall in background

EXHIBITION TITLE	Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum (CSAI) 2023
LOCATION	Gallery3 \| 3rd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	April 3 - April 27, 2023 Opening Reception Thursday, April 6, 6 - 8 p.m. Awards Presentation to begin at 7 p.m.
EXHIBITION ALBUM	View a photo album of the exhibition
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	Now in its 23rd year, the Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum displays winners of the Annual Hillsborough County High School Fine Arts Competition. The juried competition gives students an opportunity to be recognized for their achievements in the visual arts, with scholarships awarded to students in the categories of 2D art, 3D art and photography. Exhibition, awards ceremony and reception will take place in Gallery3@HCC Dale Mabry Campus.

Spirit, Rhythm, Blues: Le’Andra Leseur

Silhouette of person sitting in front of wall with microphone

EXHIBITION TITLE	Spirit, Rhythm, Blues: Le’Andra Leseur
LOCATION	Gallery221 \| 2nd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	January 9 - March 2, 2023 Opening Reception: Thursday, January 19, 5 - 8 p.m. Artist performance to begin at 6 p.m.
EXHIBITION ALBUM	View a photo album of the exhibition
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	Le’Andra LeSeur (b. 1989, Bronx, NY) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work encompasses a range of media including video, installation, photography, painting, and performance. LeSeur’s body of work—a celebration of Blackness, queerness, and femininity—seeks to dismantle systems of power and achieve transcendence and liberation through perseverance. In Spirit, Rhythm, Blues at Gallery221@HCC, LeSeur’s installation encourages viewers to contemplate themes such as identity, family, grief and joy, the experience of invisibility, and the power of language. LeSeur received a B.F.A in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia and a B.S.B.A from Bucknell University, Pennsylvania. She has received several notable awards including the Leslie-Lohman Museum Artists Fellowship (2019), the Time-Based Medium Prize as well as the Juried Grand Prize at Artprize 10 (2018). LeSeur is represented by Marlborough Gallery in NY, NY.

HCC Permanent Art Collection

Abstract painting from HCC permanent collection

EXHIBITION TITLE	HCC Permanent Art Collection
LOCATION	Gallery3 \| 3rd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	June 20 - December 16, 2022
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	From modest beginnings in the late 1970s and early 1980s, HCC’s visual art galleries have brought ambitious and compelling exhibitions to Tampa Bay for more than four decades. Over the years, the close connections forged between HCC’s galleries and the arts community resulted in the establishment of a Permanent Art Collection. Today, the HCC Permanent Art Collection has grown to represent a range of artistic perspectives, media, and styles with an emphasis on strong artistic talent from the region. This exhibition represents a selection of those acquisitions curated by the college’s collection manager, Alyssa Miller Artists include: Kate Alboreo, Jeanne Cameron, Suzanne Camp Crosby, Sandra Cinto, Alejandra Gotera, Steve Holm, Bassmi Ibrahim, Thomas Kettner Jr., Carolyn Kossar, Akiko Kotani, Jerry Meatyard, Tracy Midulla, Justin Nelson, Nike D. Okundaye, George Pappas, Omar Richardson, Mimi Shapiro, Dorothy Summers, Doug Sutherland, Mark Thomas Gibson, Josette Urso, William Villalongo, and Kathy Wright.

Lost Trees: Babs Reingold

a constructed tree potted in a rusty paint can sitting on a slab of wood

EXHIBITION TITLE	Lost Trees: Babs Reingold
LOCATION	Gallery221 \| 2nd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	October 10 - December 1, 2022 Opening Reception Thursday, October 13, 5 - 8 p.m. Artist talk to begin at 6 p.m.
EXHIBITION ALBUM	View a photo album of the exhibition
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	Babs Reingold (American, born Caracas, Venezuela) is an internationally renowned artist whose mixed media sculptures, drawings and installations investigate themes such as the environment, poverty and beauty. In Lost Trees at Gallery221@HCC, Reingold combines assemblage, hand stitching and appliqué graphite rubbing to create a materially rich site-specific installation. Elements like silk organza columns, upcycled paper bricks and yarn-wrapped tree limbs coalesce to form an immersive environment that is at once a celebration of the beauty and resilience of trees, as well as a poignant reminder of their ecological necessity as human-driven climate change threatens all life on this planet. Babs Reingold received an MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo and lives and works in St. Petersburg, FL.

FASTA: HCC Faculty, Staff & Alumni Exhibition

Photo of woman in long white dress lying in front of block wall with conch shell covering face

EXHIBITION TITLE	FASTA: HCC Faculty, Staff & Alumni Exhibition
LOCATION	Gallery221 \| 2nd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	Exhibition extended through December 1, 2022
EXHIBITION ALBUM	View a photo album of the exhibition
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	The HCC Art Galleries are pleased to reintroduce FASTA, a new biennial exhibition of HCC faculty, staff and alumni. This juried exhibition highlights the diversity and talent of those who have contributed to Hillsborough Community College past and present. Guest juror for this year’s exhibition in Gallery221@HCC is independent curator Katherine Gibson, who has selected innovative work from a range of media representative of the depth and breadth of the College’s creative community. Gibson, a former HCC Gallery Director from 2011 to 2014, instituted the first faculty and staff showcase during her tenure. Featured artists: Christina Acosta, William Douglas, Lisa Guadalupe, Mia Hollenback, Aneka Ingold, Isabelle Klauder, Helen Mathyssen Dobbins, Alyssa Miller, April Muchmore-Vokoun, Eric Ondina, Fred Pirone, Mario J. Perez, Laura Perez Insua, Renato Rampolla, Omar Richardson, Selina Román, Jacquelyn Rosado, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, Nicole Schirk, Emiliano Settecasi, Alfredo Vilchez, Christopher Weeks.

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Files & Film 8

EXHIBITION TITLE	Files & Film 8
LOCATION	Gallery221 \| 2nd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	May 23 - June 30, 2022 Opening Reception Thursday, May 26, 5 - 8 p.m. Gallery talk to begin at 6 p.m.
EXHIBITION ALBUM	View a photo album of the exhibition
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	Founded in 2014 by artist Xina Scuderi, Files & Film is an annual juried photographic art exhibition. Featuring 42 lens-based artists, Files & Film 8 at Gallery221@HCC continues the exhibition’s tradition of providing those in Tampa Bay’s photographic arts community with an exclusive opportunity to showcase their work in conversation with that of their peers. Featured artists include: Megan Beckler, Cristina Casiano, Linda Costa, Glen DePasse, Ashley Gregory, Georgia Hardage, Rosa Harsh, Skyler Johnson, Deidra Kling, Thomas Kramer, KT, Eddie Leonardson, Gabriel Loewenberg, Jodi Loson, Dacota Maphis, Jefferson Mendoza, Allan Mestel, Steve Nesius, Michael O’Leary, Ricardo Peirats, Richard Pollin, Patricia Preston Mastry, Kristin Randall, Mechelle Rene, Beth Reynolds, Selina Román, Lance Rothstein, Terry Scopelliti, Xina Scuderi, Michael Sheehan, Lisa Sibley, Arthur Skinner, Curt Steckel, Karen Tullo, Emilio Valdés Espinosa, Alex Vicente, Colin Ward, Ron Weiss, Luci Westphal, Thomas Whitworth, Dayna Wood and Stephen Zane.

Land of Plenty: College Students and the Fight for Food Sovereignty

EXHIBITION TITLE	Land of Plenty: College Students and the Fight for Food Sovereignty
LOCATION	Gallery221 \| 2nd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	March 21 - May 12, 2022 Opening Reception Thursday, March 24, 5 - 8 p.m. Panel discussion to begin at 6 p.m.
EXHIBITION ALBUM	View a photo album of the exhibition
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	As one of the top producers of food on the globe, the United States is often visualized as a land of bountiful harvest and with resources for all. However, many Americans experience some level of food insecurity, unsure when they will be able to consume their next nutritious meal. Research suggests that college students are more likely to be food insecure than the general population and, on average, the rate of food insecurity among college students is 42%. The photographs included in Land of Plenty in Gallery221@HCC visualize how students feel food insecurity affects their community and educational experience, as well as what food insecurity means to them personally. Utilizing the research method of photovoice, which supports participatory photographic storytelling and self-advocacy for socially excluded groups, this exhibition is the result of a research project led by a consortium of Anthropology Faculty from Hillsborough Community College.

CSAI: 22nd Annual High School Fine Arts Competition

EXHIBITION TITLE	CSAI: 22nd Annual High School Fine Arts Competition
LOCATION	Gallery3 \| 3rd Floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	April 4 - 28, 2022 Reception and Awards Ceremony Thursday, April 7, 6 - 8 p.m.
EXHIBITION ALBUM	View CSAI: 22nd Annual High School Fine Arts Competition
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	Now in its 22nd year, the Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum displays winners of the Annual Hillsborough County High School Fine Arts Competition. The juried competition gives students an opportunity to be recognized for their achievements in the visual arts, with scholarships awarded to students in the categories of 2D art, 3D art, and photography. Exhibition, awards ceremony, and reception will take place in Gallery3@HCC Dale Mabry Campus.

REVERBERATIONS: Black Artists on Racism and Resilience

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REVERBERATIONS: Black Artists on Racism and Resilience

LOCATION

Gallery221 | 2nd Floor DLRC

Schedule

January 10 – March 3, 2022

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EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION

Gallery221 is proud to present REVERBERATIONS: Black Artists on Racism and Resilience. Initiated by The Woodson African American Museum of Florida, REVERBERATIONS is a traveling exhibition that shares artwork from emerging and established Black artists who live and work in Tampa Bay and across the Southeastern United States. Through each artist’s own perspective, this exhibition will challenge viewers with stories of structural racism and oppression, as well as celebrate hope and resilience.

REVERBERATIONS seeks to showcase the highs and lows of the Black experience in America, highlighting themes of family and community as well as marginalization and prejudice. Curator of the exhibition, Desmond Clark, shares about REVERBERATIONS in this way, “Can you hear the song that has been playing for over four centuries? Can you feel how it vibrates our nation? Can you see how it has affected your neighbor, your friends, and your family? These artists live this every day. They weave the stories of past BIPOC people with their own. They inform and shape the art and actions that will come after. The rich history passed down for generations displayed in the images in this exhibition do not just echo; they reverberate.”

Uncaged Art

EXHIBITION TITLE	Uncaged Art
LOCATION	Gallery221 \| 2nd floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	November 8 - December 2, 2021 Opening Reception Wednesday, November 10, 5 - 8 p.m. Panel discussion to begin at 6 p.m.
EXHIBITION ALBUM	View a photo album of the exhibition
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	At the end of 2018, two teachers at Tornillo Detention Center in Texas—the largest detention camp for asylum seeking children in the United States at the time—instructed their students to create art about their homelands, architecture, and culture. Though more than 400 artworks were produced, less than thirty were rescued when the center closed in 2019. Uncaged Art includes documentation of these surviving artworks and represents the perspectives of migrant children from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Organized by Glen Ring and the Florida Institute for Community Studies, the exhibition raises significant questions regarding immigration while also poignantly demonstrating the talent and resilience of youth who had travelled thousands of miles to seek a new life.

Vision, Power, Axé

EXHIBITION TITLE	Vision, Power, Axé
LOCATION	Gallery221 \| 2nd Floor DLRC
Schedule	August 16 - October 28, 2021 View Gallery
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	Vision, Power, Axé highlights the nuance and complexity within Afro-Brazilian art from the city of Salvador, capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia and internationally acclaimed center of Afro-Brazilian culture. Contemporary artists J. Cunha, Ayrson Heráclito, Goya Lopes, Ronaldo Martins, Daiane Silva, and Domingos Terciliano Jr. explore Bahia’s complex racial history and rich cultural traditions with artworks intricately interwoven with stories of resilience, activism, and pride. Ranging from paintings, sculptures, prints, and videos, the work presented in Vision, Power, Axé at Gallery221 articulates current sociopolitical issues, expressions of African heritage, the struggle for equality, and the power of self-definition.

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Root'd

EXHIBITION TITLE	New Roots Art Collective: Root’d
LOCATION	Gallery221 \| 2nd floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	May 24 – July 1, 2021 View Gallery
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	Founded in the summer of 2020 amidst a national groundswell of calls for racial justice, New Roots Art Collective is a group of four Tampa-based artists committed to expanding African American representation in the arts. In Root’d at Gallery221, artists Melvin “Langstn'' Halsey Jr., Indie Reece, Ron Simmons and Briauna Walker share traditional, contemporary, aspirational and reimagined visions of black power. Through their work, the members of NRAC build on the legacy of previous generations of black artists, acknowledging and honoring their cultural history, while striving to create more space for African American artists to be able to center their work in pride, joy and free expression.

Engulfed

Wide shot of Gallery221 exhibition with paintings and sculptures.

EXHIBITION TITLE	Engulfed
LOCATION	Gallery221 \| 2nd floor DLRC
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE	March 8 – May 6, 2021 View Gallery
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	Engaging issues around climate crisis, sustainability, and pressing ecological concerns, Engulfed is a group show that highlights artistic responses to our evolving environmental issues. Co-curated by Sarah Howard and Amanda Poss, the exhibition features a range of regional voices alongside select works from the Permanent Art Collection of the USF Contemporary Art Museum. Featured artists include: Liset Castillo, Mark Dion, Brandie Dziegiel, Kenny Jensen, Carol Mickett & Robert Stackhouse, Laurencia Strauss and Tory Tepp. Sarah Howard is the Curator of Public Art and Social Practice, and Research Associate at the University of South Florida’s Institute for Research in Art. Amanda Poss is the Gallery Director for Hillsborough Community College Dale Mabry and Ybor City Campuses.

Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum: 21st Annual Hillsborough County High School Fine Arts Competition

Exhibition Title	Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum: 21st Annual Hillsborough County High School Fine Arts Competition
Location	Gallery3 \| 3rd Floor DLRC
Exhibition Schedule	April 5 – April 29, 2021
Exhibition Album	View CSAI 2021
Exhibition Description	Now in its 21st year, the Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum displays winners of the Annual Hillsborough County High School Fine Arts Competition. The juried competition gives students an opportunity to be recognized for their achievements in the visual arts, with scholarships awarded to students in the categories of 2D art, 3D art, and photography. Exhibition will be on display in Gallery3 Dale Mabry campus, and a reception and awards ceremony will be held virtually on Zoom.

Rampolla: Three Generations Illuminate Human Dignity

Gallery3 | 3rd floor DLRC
October 5 – December 10, 2020

Rampolla: Three Generations Illuminate Human Dignity spans the artistic and research efforts of the Rampolla family. The exhibition features the photography of Renato Rampolla alongside works by his father, the figurative expressionist artist Frank Rampolla, as well as interfamilial research conducted by Renato’s daughter, Selena Rampolla.

Renato Rampolla (b. 1959) is an artist living and working in Tampa, FL and a recipient of a 2019 Arts Council of Hillsborough County Professional Development Artist Grant Award. Frank Rampolla (1931-1971) was a nationally recognized artist whose work remains in permanent collections of institutions like the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Gallery of Art. Selena Rampolla, HCC alumnus, graduated with an Academic Excellence Award in Psychology and presented on Frank’s work at the 2019 National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.

Separate Checks: Narrative Nowhere

A fishing line with clouds and sky in the background

Gallery221 | 2nd floor DLRC
November 2 – December 10, 2020

Narrative Nowhere is an exhibition produced by the artists of the Tampa-based artist collective Separate Checks. Their exhibition in Gallery221@HCC encourages viewers to take part in viewing a wide array of artwork from artists representing various backgrounds and narratives. In response to the tumultuous events of 2020, the artists of Separate Checks showcase work which allows viewers to reflect on their own narrative by accessing the various stories on display in the exhibition. Narrative Nowhere includes photographs produced from across the country, video works that explore personal histories, and sculptures that physically conjure up the past.

Featured artists: McKinna Anderson, Aaron Castillo, Krista Darling, Jon Dorofy, Anna Dunwody, Nabil Harb, Adam Mathieu, Katelyn Montagna, Andres Ramirez, Erika Schnur, Kristy Summerson, and Jessica Thornton.

Photo tour of Narrative Nowhere

Warm Up: In Tandem

Gallery221 | 2nd floor DLRC
August 17 – October 22, 2020

Gallery221@HCC’s Warm Up: In Tandem is a solo exhibition of work by Dominique Labauvie (b. 1948 in Strasbourg, France) featuring a large, site-specific sculpture and a selection of prints published by Bleu Acier Inc. Labauvie’s rigid, yet lyrical lines remind the viewer of the gallery space’s own role as an instrument for artists—a vessel for play and practice as well as a tool for showcasing finished work.

Originally set to open in mid-March, the exhibition was delayed due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis and extended into the fall. A virtual exhibition reception was held on May 21, 2020, with Dominique Labauvie, Erika Greenberg-Schneider, Soprano Esther Labauvie, and Dee Moses, principal double-bass in The Florida Orchestra. During the event, Esther Labauvie and Dee Moses shared a virtual performance of Dido’s Lament, composed by Henry Purcell (1688) and arranged by Gilda Lyons (2017). You can view both the performance and the Warm Up: In Tandem reception online.

Labauvie is an internationally renowned artist living and working in Tampa, FL. He has had notable solo exhibitions at the Tampa Museum of Art and the Leepa Rattner Museum of Art, and his work is in public collections at the National Collection of Contemporary Art in France, the Mead Art Museum in Amherst, MA, and the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, FL among many others. He is represented by Bleu Acier Inc.

Photo tour of Warm Up: In Tandem

The Secret Language of Intimacy

Gallery3 | 3rd floor DLRC
Saumitra Chandratreya and Kevin Mooney
August 17 – September 24, 2020

Language is a transcription of a perceived thought, concept, emotion, or image. In Secret Language of Intimacy, Kevin Mooney has taken the perception of emotions in relationships and transcribed them into a poetic form of language, and Saumitra Chandratreya has interpreted that language into abstract artistic images. Both transcriptions are valid interpretations of the same emotions.

Chandratreya is a fiber and installation artist living and working in St. Petersburg, FL, who received a Masters of Design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. Mooney is an author, poet, minister, and Reiki Master residing in Venice, FL, who received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Marquette University in 1979.

Photo tour of The Secret Language of Intimacy

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Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum

Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum: 20th Annual Hillsborough County High School Fine Arts Competition
Gallery3 | 3rd floor DLRC
April 2020

Now in its 20th year, Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum displays winners of the Annual Hillsborough County High School Fine Arts Competition. The juried competition gives students an opportunity to be recognized for their achievements in the visual arts, with scholarships awarded to students in the categories of 2D art, 3D art and photography. Scholarships are awarded by the Calyx and Beau Memorial Fund.

Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis, this exhibition was made available virtually. Visit the exhibition and view the 2020 winners in our online gallery.

Relations: Discord, Melodrama, and the Intimate in the work of Kalup Linzy

Person painting at desk with paintings in background.

Kalup Linzy
January 21 – March 5, 2020
Gallery221

Kalup Linzy (b. 1977, Clermont, FL) is an internationally recognized video and performance artist whose work examines gender, sexuality, identity politics and popular culture through the tropes of daytime soap operas and reality television. Relations: Discord, Melodrama, and the Intimate in the work of Kalup Linzy surveys nearly 20 years of the artist’s episodic video works alongside related works on paper, chronicling the ties, conflicts, and drama of the extended Queen Rose family. During the opening reception, Linzy will perform in the gallery as both Kaye and Taiwan, two assumed personas from his extensive compilation of identities.

Linzy received his MFA from the University of South Florida in 2003. His work can be found in the public collections at The Studio Museum in Harlem, Whitney Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Linzy is currently a fellow at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship and represented by David Castillo Gallery in Miami, FL.

EXHIBITION ALBUM	View a photo album of the exhibition

Mother of Exiles

A chainlink fence with a sign that reads "boundary of the United States of America" seen through another chainlink fence

Samir Bernardez, Bahareh Khoshooee, Laura Kim Meckling, and Sam(ira) Obeid

January 13 – February 27, 2020
Gallery3

Named after an excerpt from “The New Colossus”—the sonnet by Emma Lazarus enshrined inside of the base of the Statue of Liberty—Mother of Exiles at Gallery3 is a group exhibition of works that document, represent and recontextualize the difficulties and obstructions immigrants face in the current political moment. Through photography, poetry, video and installation, artists Samir Bernardez, Bahareh Khoshooee, Laura Kim Meckling, and Sam(ira) Obeid examine their own experiences navigating the United States immigration system while raising timely questions about citizenship, borders and popular perception.

130 Years: Lynn Foskett, Leslie Neumann, and Roberta Schofield

Colorful clouds painted in a blue sky with hills in the background

Lynn Foskett, Leslie Neumann and Roberta Schofield
October 7 – December 5, 2019
Gallery3

This exhibition was the second showing at Gallery221 to explore the artistic careers of older artists. The three painters in this exhibition are female artists over the age of 65 who collectively have been practicing artists for more than 130 years. It is a complement to the exhibition 130 Years: John Gurbacs, Tom Kettner, and Stephen Schatz presented in Gallery221 in the fall of 2017. Guest curated by Lynn Whitelaw.

Lynn Foskett

“More often than not, I am taken aback by what I think I see or understand and the reality beneath; perception is, at best, imprecise. Whether visual or emotional, our interpretations of our world, seen and unseen, are equally deceptive. My work reflects a continuing curiosity in exploring the dichotomy between perception and reality, and the resulting ambiguities.”

Leslie Neumann | www.leslieneumann.com

“Oftentimes, I paint nature from the ‘kayak point of view,’ up close, nose to nose with the wetlands. These paintings are full of vibrant colors and lush textures. Occasionally, I paint nature from a flying bird’s point of view, when I float above it all in the clouds, but I’m still within view of the earth. Once in a while, the journey is deep into the cosmos where there’s no attachment to land, and I feel free from time and gravity.”

Roberta Schofield | www.rschofieldart.com

“My current work uses a wide range of subjects, all processed through photo-editing software to emerge with painterly and fantasy quality that reveal my vision for color, line, volume, and texture. With manipulations applied to an image until it is something new, the worlds created in the computer take on a reality of their own, both modern and timeless.”

What lies beyond

Installation of Ashley Ortiz's "False Space, No Shadow" exhibition.

Ashley Ortiz-Diaz and Janelle Young
Gallery3

September 30 – November 21, 2019

Co-curated by Amanda Poss and Phillip A. Townsend, What lies beyond at Gallery3 presents recent work by artists Ashley Ortiz-Diaz and Janelle Young. Moving deftly between physical expanses and psychological topographies of the self, the selected artworks by Ortiz-Diaz and Young question our understanding of matter, materials and what lies beyond our perception of the known world. Including drawings, photographs, prints and found objects, What lies beyond encourages viewers to consider the liminal spaces between what was and what lies ahead—the spheres of transitions, pauses and the unknown. Ortiz-Diaz (b. 1991) received her MFA from the University of Florida in 2019 and currently lives and works in Gainesville, FL. Janelle Young (b. 1983) is an artist and educator currently living in Tampa, FL who received her MFA degree from the University of Georgia in 2016.

Una pausa en un apuro

Gabriel Ramos
Gallery221

Gabriel Ramos (b. 1987 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) is an internationally recognized artist currently living and working in Tampa Bay, FL. In Una pausa en un apuro at Gallery221, Ramos’ wire and fabric installations, which are largely inspired by his childhood memories of Puerto Rico, explore concepts of fragility, the ephemeral quality of home, and the potentiality of line and shape. Ramos received his MFA from Cornell University in 2018.

"The line for me is the vehicle for invention. With a simple line my world is transformed. A single line can make you doubt your reality. A line can have an infinite number of configurations. Within my work gravity determines how the line is presented but the use of a material such as wire challenges it. El garabato or in English 'the doodle' portrays an automatic sense of failure. However 'the doodle' also exemplifies the potentiality of the line in humor and action."

Although I am not you, I am not other than you either

Installation of Kenny Jensen's "The Other Tree"

Kenny Jensen
July 22 – September 19, 2019
Gallery3

A Florida native who spent much of his childhood outdoors, artist Kenny Jensen (b. 1977) maintains a deep connection to the state’s unique natural environment. Jensen actively collects, categorizes, and re-contextualizes found organic objects and phenomena, which in turn serve as inspiration or raw material for sculptures, installations, paintings, photographs, and videos. His exhibition Although I am not you, I am not other than you either in Gallery3 contemplates current social issues like tribalism, xenophobia, and climate change apathy/denial by drawing comparisons between human behavior and natural processes found in insect and plant life. Jensen, who received his BFA from Carson Newman University in 2000, currently lives and works in St. Petersburg, FL.

“My newest sculptures and paintings are the result of my studio practice evolving and expanding over the past few years. Shifting away from using found specimen as the primary art making materials, I have begun to push toward more intentional manipulation and reproduction of the natural forms and patterns using more traditional sculptural materials. These new creations remain faithful to the original forms, while simultaneously exploring ecstatic new possibilities through wild exaggerations in scale, composition, and color.

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NON PLACE

Robert Aiosa and Jay Giroux
May 13 – June 27, 2019

Robert Aiosa and Jay Giroux examine the parts of the urban landscape that are often most forgettable: walls displaying only the torn fragments of weathered advertising, architectural structures in transition and/or decay and concrete environments devoid of any sign of human life, save for the occasional article of litter. All of these coalesce into a visual lexicon of “non place.” In an expansive exhibition take-over of both Gallery221 and Gallery3, Aiosa and Giroux employ sculpture, painting and installation to explore the structure, grit and story of urban areas overlooked.

Aiosa received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015 and is now a Faculty Research Associate and Sculpture Fabricator at the University of South Florida’s Graphicstudio. Giroux is an artist, designer and educator who received his MFA from the University of Houston in 2011.

Experimentation and Orthodoxy

Experimentation and Orthodoxy: Printmaking at the University of Tampa
March 25 – May 2, 2019
Gallery221

Visiting and residential artists have been making prints at the University of Tampa since 1990. From the inception of STUDIO-f, to the current Meridian Scholar Program, invited artists have worked alongside faculty members and students to create work that involves a wide range of traditional and experimental practices.

Across time, techniques and processes, this exhibition showcases the breadth and depth of UT’s print collection, which testifies to the development of different voices and languages of scholarly research in this rich artistic practice. From woodcuts to lithographs, from silkscreens to monotypes and digitally produced images, this medium is as versatile as it is challenging in its ability to foster experimentation, reflection, and mastery, as well as the creation of an ever-present tension between absolute control and sublime chance management.

Image credit: Joyce J. Scott, Obama & St. Martin, '08, 2008. Image courtesy of Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa.

Francesca Bacci (co-curator) is an inter-disciplinary curator and scholar specializing in museum and visual studies and the history of modern and contemporary art. As a Fulbright fellow, Bacci earned a Ph.D. and a Curatorial Certificate from Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ, 2004). She is currently Associate Professor and Head of the B.A. in Museum Studies at the Department of Art + Design, University of Tampa, FL, where she also serves as Chair of the Exhibition Committee and Chief Curator at Scarfone/Hartley Gallery. Her scholarly contributions include the acclaimed volume “Art and the Senses” (Oxford University Press, 2011 and 2013). She is currently completing two book projects: “The Body at the Museum,” on multisensory engagement in exhibition practices, and “The Art of Misogyny,” a history of misogyny in Modern and Contemporary Art.

Ry McCullough (co-curator) is an artist and educator, working in Tampa, Florida. He earned his Bachelors of Fine Arts from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio where he concentrated in the areas of printmaking and sculpture. Upon completion of his undergraduate work he served as the Director of Sculptural Studies as well as teaching printmaking at Stivers School for the Arts. McCullough received his MFA in Printmaking and Book Arts from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. He currently is serving the Department of Art + Design as an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Tampa. McCullough has exhibited nationally, internationally and is the founder of the Standard Action Press Collaborative Zine Project.

Infinitum

Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum: 19th Annual Hillsborough County High School Fine Arts Competition
April 1 – 26, 2019
Gallery3

Now in its 19th year, the Calyx Schenecker Art Infinitum displays winners of the Annual Hillsborough County High School Fine Arts Competition. The juried competition gives students an opportunity to be recognized for their achievements in the visual arts, with scholarships awarded to students in the categories of 2D art, 3D art, and photography. Exhibition, awards ceremony, and reception will take place in Gallery3@HCC Dale Mabry Campus. Scholarships awarded by the Calyx and Beau Memorial Fund.

The Color of Remembering