by urban-acupuncture | Jun 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
Jake Holler is a multidisciplinary artist from Columbus, Ohio. His practices interweave oral histories, duration of time, screen printing, graphic design, existentialism, history, social justice, performance and film. He received his BFA in 2012 from Columbus College of Art and Design with a focus in art history and traditional oil painting techniques. As a part time job, Jake works as an Art Handler, but after hours he can be found nesting in his studio space at Corrugate Collective, located on 5th Ave.
Jake is invested in artist-driven arts spaces. In 2014, he and close friends founded MINT Collective. Mint Collective shut its doors in 2017, but it still exists as a mobile arts collective which works collaboratively with similar-minded spaces to disrupt conventional normatively through arts discourse. He moved to Corrugate Contemporary in 2017, using his skills as an art handler to improve the gallery, and program art shows.
Jake’s paintings can be seen at the upscale boutiques, Kiln, and The Sunroom. His newest work, Blue Chair: Furniture paintings for furnished houses has been on display at Kiln since early April. When he has free time, it goes to skateboarding, which he has been doing since the 7th grade, and going on long walks around Wayne County with his best bud, Gertrude, his wrinkly old Boston Terrier.
In 2016 and 2017 he was awarded resource grants through GCAC for his project, PZPS (Public Zoning Public Space), and Blue Chair: furniture paintings for furnished houses.
by urban-acupuncture | Dec 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
ARTIST STATEMENT
The photographs in the exhibition are weeds and faded flowers photographed on a light box. Why focus on weeds and faded flowers – plant forms we mostly ignore and discard? Because once we truly “see” them we discover the beauty of shape, line, pattern, movement. The photographs focus attention on these visual elements and gives voice to the unique forms and structures of these often overlooked subjects, and hint at the forces which shaped them.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I taught photography in the Art Department at Otterbein University for thirty years retiring in December, 2009. I have a Bachelor of Arts from Otterbein, A Master of Divinity from United Theological Seminary, and a Master of Fine Arts from Rochester Institute of Technology.
by urban-acupuncture | Mar 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Photographs by TOM GRIFFITH
On display at Urban Acupuncture Center, Clintonville through April 2017.
Artist Statement:
Before becoming a yoga teacher and massage therapist I studied visual communications, photojournalism and, ultimately, Buddhist art history. I have had a lifetime love affair with the camera; behind the lens, always the observer in mostly silent contemplation. As a child I was fascinated by the visual documentation held within the family album. After inheriting my brother’s camera as a teenager I began to document my hikes and wanderings through the city and woods. My interest is in natural light and the extraordinary of the seemingly mundane. Movement, pattern, flow and physical expression are what drive my compositions. I see these pieces like tiles that could be endlessly rearranged to emphasize or change the perspective, writing and rewriting the story within.
by urban-acupuncture | Jun 28, 2016 | Community, Uncategorized, What we sell at our clinic..
New! Urban Acupuncture Center Racerback T’s in light and dark grey
by urban-acupuncture | Jun 7, 2016 | Art, Community, Uncategorized
As a life-long resident of Champaign County, Ohio, I have become more aware in recent years of the beauty that surrounds me. The gently rolling hills and well-maintained farmland offer pastoral vistas. The interplay of organic and ever-changing cloud formations contrasting with the geometric forms of barns, silos, and fields provide subject matter for my paintings. These landscapes are often located within a few miles of my home, scenes I encounter daily.
My paintings have the look of being painted Plein Air, but are studio creations. Three years ago I started painting on our screened-in porch. It offered plenty of natural light, and at the time was not often used.
I believe people still want to look at beautiful things. These are the landscapes, the rural vistas, I find most appealing. My paintings reveal the simple, honest, direct beauty of our local landscape.
Leigh Ann Inskeep-Simpson received her B.A. in Art Education from Otterbein College. She received her M.F.A. in Painting from Miami University. She teaches Art, Art History, and Photography at Urbana High School. She can be reached through her website at www.LeighAnnInskeep-Simpson.com.
by urban-acupuncture | May 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
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