Exhibition: April 2 - May 15, 2023
Opening Reception: April 2, 3-5pm
Devening Gallery is open on Saturdays from 12 - 5pm and by appointment upon request.
New sculptural works by Katrin Schnabl in dialog with painter Jodi Hays.
Everso is also the title of the tallest sculpture in this exhibition. Apertures and openings invite the pondering of the interior that exerts its pull on the outward facing surface. By alternatively attending to the outside and inside, the eversion - the act of turning inside out - becomes the focus.
The exhibition will be open and augmenting Expo Chicago Art Week
ABOUT
Katrin Schnabl
I practice at the intersection of dance, fashion and visual art, exploring the sensory activation between space, movement and the body. I build membranes from sheer, tinted and assembled fabrics, aligning concepts to the human scale. These surfaces are then installed or can be worn, as well as specifically stretched over steel frames, where they become dimensional and kinetic paintings.
Centering the human body as a nexus and living instrument capable of amazing feats, I connect invisible with visible phenomena through an intuitive mathematical process which is expressed through pattern-tracing and -cutting; a non-verbal tool to process the complex, yet obvious matter of living and engaging with single-use plastics, chemical toxicity, and its chronic effects.
Jodi Hays
Jodi Hays (b. 1976, Arkansas, United States) is a painter who exhibits widely across the United States. Her work has been shown at Night Gallery (LA), Susan Inglett Gallery (NY), Wiregrass Museum, Stoveworks Museum, the Brooks Museum, Tiger Strikes Asteroid (GVL), Fisk University, Curb Center at Vanderbilt University, Cooper Union, Devening Projects, and more.
She is a 2019 Finalist for the Hopper Prize and the recipient of grants from The Foundation for Contemporary Art, Sustainable Arts Foundation,Tennessee Arts Commission, and the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation. Residencies include The Cooper Union School of Art, Oxbow School of Art, and Vermont Studio Center. Her work is documented in catalogues and has been published in New American Painting and Hyperallergic, and positively reviewed in ArtForum International, New Art Examiner, Number Inc. Magazine, the Nashville Scene and Two Coats of Paint.
Her paintings can be found in many public and corporate collections including the Birmingham Museum of Art, The J Crew Group, Nashville International Airport, National Parks of America, Gordon College, the Tennessee State Museum, among others. She lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee.
Detail from CHRONIC, steel, felt, nylon mesh, faux fur, polyester tags, 2023 by Katrin Schnabl