The Center’s presentation of the 2011 Biennial will display a broad spectrum of works with a focus on installation as an exhibition approach to two dimensional, three dimensional, time-based and interactive/process-based works. The exhibit will be organized as a survey, posing any overarching theme as secondary to the individual conceptual involvements of each artist. To plan your visit now click here.
Jacob Ciocci
is a video/performance/installation artist from Pittsburgh, whose work explores the relationship between popular culture, popular technology, and popular beliefs. He is a founding member of the Paper Rad artist collective. He is currently living in New York, NY. For current artist statement click here.
Thea Augustina Eck
is an artist/researcher whose recent work, using photography and video installation, responds to Arctic and Antarctic exploration history. She lives in Ann Arbor, MI. For current artist statement click here.
Mark Franchino
is an object installation artist, curator, and educator. Currently he is Chair of the Art Department at Clarion University of Pennsylvania in Clarion, PA. For current artist statement click here.
Paul LeRoy
creates installations inspired from popular culture. Also known as Lucky LeRoy, VIP Paul, and LeRoy King of Art, she lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA. For current artist statement click here.
www.leroyland.com
Jennifer Gooch
is an artist, crafter, and musician who creates mixed-media and object installations, which are metaphors for relationships, guilt, rejection, vulnerability, and detachment. She lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA. For current artist statement click here.
Christopher Kardambikis
is a graduate student currently living in San Diego, CA. He works in drawing, painting, and hand-bound artist books. He is co-founder of Encyclopedia Destructica in Pittsburgh, PA. For current artist statement click here.
www.kardambikis.com
William Kofmehl III
studied civil engineering before becoming a performance and installation artist. His complex installations are structures of wood, steel and bronze, and sturdy enough for dwelling. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA. For current artist statement click here.
www.lombard-freid.com
Luke Loeffler
creates interactive installations, using graphics, objects, sculpture and sound, that explore the ways nature and the machines collide. He is a graduate student living in Pittsburgh, PA. For current artist statement click here.
lukeloeffler.com
Dennis Maher
is an installation artist who explores urban waste as a vital resource. His artworks involve the harvesting and reconstituting of discarded building materials for large-scale installations. He lives and works in Buffalo, NY. For current artist statement click here.
assembledcityfragments.com
Jesse McLean
is a filmmaker living in Chicago, IL. Her work reflects her interest in human behavior and relationships, and asks the viewer to walk the line between voyeur and participant. For current artist statement click here.
jessemclean.com
Elizabeth Mooney
is a painter and sculptor whose installations present the viewer with an abstracted vantage of place and space, as she reflects on the accelerated pace with which we encounter our surroundings. Currently she lives in Pittsburgh, PA. For current artist statement click here.
www.elizabethmooney.com
Erika Osborne
works in drawing, photography and mixed-media to find cultural connections to place and environment. She is also an arts educator who currently lives in Morgantown, WV. For current artist statement click here.
www.erikaosborne.com
Natalie Settles
engages the histories and forms of inquiry in art and science. Her wall drawings graft together plant specimens and decorative designs, creating a dialectic between the particular and the ideal, architecture and ornament, and between physical and illusory space as the drawing and the viewer interact. She lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA. For current artist statement click here.
www.nataliesettles.com
Adam Shreckhise
creates whimsical kinetic installations. He lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA. For current artist statement click here.
Joshua Space
is a sculptor and designer whose work includes light-based, kinetic installations that are interactive. He lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA. For current artist statement click here.
www.joshuaspace.org
Gregory Witt
creates elaborate kinetic sculptural works and installations. He lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA. He was PCA’s 2010 Emerging Artist of the Year. For current artist statement click here.
www.gregorywitt.com
