In The Time It Takes. September 8th — October 26th, 2007.
Press Release | Artist's Bios | Opening Photos
- Nancy Chanvisit artist's site | read artist bio
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Annie & Michael V (1 0f 5)
Sumi ink on Arches watercolor paper
22" x 15"
2007
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Annie & Michael V (2 0f 5)
Sumi ink on Arches watercolor paper
22" x 15"
2007
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Annie & Michael V (3 0f 5)
Sumi ink on Arches watercolor paper
22" x 15"
2007
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Annie & Michael V (4 0f 5)
Sumi ink on Arches watercolor paper
22" x 15"
2007
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Annie & Michael V (5 0f 5)
Sumi ink on Arches watercolor paper
22" x 15"
2007
- Olivia Parkvisit artist's site | read artist bio
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A long awaited
pen and ink on paper
2007
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To die averagely
pen and ink on paper
2007
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Is moving on
thread and paper
2007
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It was the impact that killed me
pen and ink on paper
2007
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Goes both ways
pen and ink on paper
2007
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a deafening thought
tips of q-tips, pen and ink on
2007
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Encountering the edge
thread, paper and glue
2007
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In the in between
pen and ink on cut out, glued on paper
2007
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writing over numbers
pen and ink on paper
2007
About the Show
In The Time It Takes features the Bay Area artists Nancy Chan and Olivia Park. Chan's open and airy figures are surrounded by objects of negative space, contrasted by Park's elements of tight and obsessive mark making.
Nancy's explorations of space in and around the figure are predominantly black and white sumi ink drawings which indicate a sense of discovery. Her use of positive and negative space provide an extension of what is going on in the image and helps drive the viewer into the subjects world. The simplicity of her work tricks the mind to get lost in time.
Titles "like a neurotic symptom" and "how detached" and descriptions such as, "repetitively hand-stitched circle whose circumference is equal to that of my right thumb," provide glimpses of Olivia's relationship with her work and her process. Her tiny repetitive gestures provoke thoughts of anxiety, the obsessive and of the elusive relationship between time and space. In her disclaimers, she makes confessions such as, "I know my mind well enough to call it Unstable/ This will remain a constant/ Thus its constructs/ Time, space, memory/ Are just as vulnerable, laden with ruptures and fiction.
Artists Biographies
Nancy Chan
Nancy Chan was born in 1982 in Oakland, CA. In 2006, she received a painting/drawing BFA with high distinction from the California College of Arts and Crafts. Her work, recently included in the art zine Hot & Cold, is primarily created with sumi ink and brush and focuses on both the spaces within and around her figures.
Exhibitions
- 2007
- You Must Not Know ‘Bout Me: Hot & Cold #3 release and art exhibit, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2006
- Osaka University of Arts – CCA Print Exchange, Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan & Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
- CCA Baccalaureate Exhibitions, Oakland & San Francisco, CA
- Second Try, Warehouse 1310, San Francisco, CA
- 2005
- The Shape of Things to Come, West B Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Circus Anomalous, Irwin Student Center Gallery, Oakland, CA
- CCA All-College Honors & Scholarship Awards Exhibition 2005, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
- Exquisite Corpse Show, North/South Galleries, Oakland, CA
- Paper!Awesome!, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Championship Lovemaking, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA
- CCA Best of Junior Review 2005, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
- First Try, Warehouse 1310, San Francisco, CA
Education
- 2006
- BFA w/ high distinction – painting/drawing, California College of the Arts (CCA), Oakland, CA
Curatorial Projects
- 2005
- Exquisite Corpse Show, North/South Galleries, Oakland, CA
Awards / Honors
- 2005
- Robert Ralls Memorial Scholarship
- Best of Junior Review
Publications
- 2007
- Hot & Cold – issue 3
- 2006
- Osaka University of Arts – CCA Print Exchange catalogue
Visit Nancy's website: seeinsidefordetails.com | back to top
Olivia Park
Olivia Park was born and raised in San Francisco, CA. She attended Williams College in Williamstown, MA where she received a BA with honors in Art Studio. Olivia wants to be a surgeon, a psychiatrist, an architect, a writer, a teacher. So she makes things.
Exhibitions
- 2007
- These Threads Are Lines Crossed, Warehouse 1310, San Francisco, CA.
- 2006
- Post-Postcard 10, The Lab, San Francisco, CA.
- Made in NAMA, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA.
- 2005
- Group Show at MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA.
- Made in NAMA, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA.
- *Caught In My Throat, 9 ´ 17 Gallery at the Contemporary Artists Center, NA MA.
- Rock. Paper. Scissors., Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
- The Gift of Giving Show, Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
- 2004
- My Obsessive Grotesque, Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
- Parent Teacher Conference, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA.
- Orifice, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA.
- Weeping, Wilde Gallery, Spencer Art Building, Williams College, Williamstown.
- 2003
- Flesh ’N Bone, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA.
- How Big Is Yours? The Miniature, Wilde Gallery, Williamstown, MA.
- Sexuality and the Media, Images Cinema, Williamstown, MA.
- Artists’ Books Show, Wilde Gallery, Williamstown, MA.
- 2002
- Rock. Wood. Rope. Glass. Wilde Gallery and Carol Cable, Williamstown, MA.
- Lithography Show, Wilde Gallery, Williamstown, MA.
Education
- 2004, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Major in Art Studio
Awards / Honors
- 2005
- Artist in Residency, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
- 2004
- Karl E. Weston, Class of 1896, Prize for Distinction in Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
- Fellowship Berkshire Art Association, MA
- Art Studio Senior Advisor Williams College, MA
Visit Olivia's website: oliviasongpark.com | back to top