University Of Hawai'i Art Gallery - EXHIBITS

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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
DEPARTMENT OF ART + ART HISTORY
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I AT MANOA

ATTRIBUTE: EDWARDS + PORTNER + SOLIVEN

The Art Gallery at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM), Art Building is proud to present the exhibition Attribute: Edwards + Portner + Soliven, curated by Gaye Chan. The show will be on view from September 3 – October 18, 2019. There will be a gallery walkthrough with the artists on Sunday, September 8, 2019 from 2 – 3 p.m. and an opening reception from 3 – 5 p.m. The reception will be held jointly with the exhibition Mary Kim: Ggot Byeol: Love of Two Stars. All events are free and open to the public.

Chan writes, “One of the most common questions asked of artists is what inspires our work. I have invited three Hawai‘i-based artists to create new projects that combine their own artworks with the actual sources of their inspiration. Christopher Edwards, Maya Lea Portner and Juvana Soliven were selected for their long commitment to different craft traditions. But more importantly, I chose them because their work feels like things that exist not only as sculptures, but on their own terms.”

Christopher Edwards began working in ceramics in 2012. His work is in the collections of the Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, as well as national and international private collections.

Maya Lea Portner earned her BFA from Washington University School of Art and MFA from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her sculptures were included in the Holland Paper Biennial of 2008 in Den Haag, The Netherlands. Portner has been an artist-in-residence at the “Waaw” Residency, Senegal; Baroda Printmaking Studio, Gujurat, India; and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine.

Juvana Soliven completed her BFA at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan. She also studied art restoration and conservation at Lorenzo de' Medici International School in Florence, Italy. Soliven, a lecturer in the Department of Art & Art History, UHM, has also taught at the Honolulu Museum of Art School.

ADDRESS, HOURS, + ADMISSION:
University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery and Commons Gallery
2535 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu (UH Mānoa campus)
Mon. – Fri. 10 am – 4 p.m.; Sun. noon – 4 p.m.
Closed Saturdays
Free admission. Parking is free on Sundays (please note on weekdays and on Sunday, October 5, parking fees may apply).

FOR MORE INFORMATION: UHM DEPARTMENT OF ART + ART HISTORY
CONTACT: Sharon Tasaka, Associate Director, gallery@hawaii.edu

MORE EVENTS @UHMANOA_ART

GGOT BYEOL: LOVE OF TWO STARS
MARY KIM
August 26 - September 20, 2019
Commons Gallery

DISAPPEARING HONOLULU

FRANCIS HAAR
September 15 - December 6, 2019
John Young Museum of Art

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD

KA-NING FONG
September 23 - October 11, 2019
Commons Gallery

The gallery program is generously sponsored by: The University of Hawai'i at Manoa's Department of Art + Art History and College of Arts + Humanities; Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai'i and by the National Endowment for the Arts; and supported by Halekulani Hotel - Hospitality sponsor for the Arts at UH Mānoa; Student Activity and Program Fee Board, UHM; and anonymous donors.

Our mailing address is:
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Department of Art & Art History
2535 McCarthy Mall
Honolulu, HI 96822

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