Process & Practice: LaKela Brown, Holly Coulis, & Matthew Kirk in conversation with John Shorb
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2024 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT
In this virtual talk, join artists LaKela Brown, Matthew Kirk, and Holly Coulis to learn about their recent artwork made in collaboration with Dieu Donné for our annual Paper Variables series, moderated by John Shorb. The artists will discuss their experiences translating their artistic practices in the hand papermaking studio. Working across different papermaking techniques from casting to pulp painting and stenciling, each artist employed symbolism and abstraction to develop a unique body of work.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
LaKela Brown is a New York City-based artist born and raised in Detroit. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI. Her work has been exhibited around the world in galleries including solo presentations at Lars Friedrich in Berlin and 56 Henry in New York City. Brown's work has been collected by several museums including The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Museum of Fine Art Boston, and the Mint Museum. Brown recently debuted her first solo museum presentation at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit.
Matthew Kirk (b. 1978, Ganado, AZ) lives and works in Queens, NY. He has recently had exhibitions at Fierman Gallery, New York, NY; Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR; Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL; Louis B. James, New York, NY; Exit Art, New York, NY. His work has been published in The New York Observer, Modern Painters, and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.
Holly Coulis was born in Toronto, Canada. She received her BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design and her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Recent exhibitions include Klaus von Nichtssagend in NYC, Cooper Cole in Toronto, SOCO Gallery in Charlotte, Simon Lee’s Viewing Room in London. Her work has been written about in the New York Times, Artforum, Hyperallergic, the New Yorker, Art in America, the Los Angeles Times, and the Brooklyn Rail. Her work is represented by Philip Martin Gallery in Los Angeles and by Klaus von Nichtssagend in NYC. The Blanton Museum of Art in Texas and Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas include Holly Coulis’s work in their collections. She currently lives in Athens, GA after 17 years in Brooklyn, NY
John Shorb is an artist and currently serves as Strategic Advisor to Dieu Donné. He was previously the Executive Director at Dieu Donné and has worked for non-profits for the past 20 years. He first took an introductory class years ago at Dieu Donné, experiencing the expertise and excitement of Dieu Donné’s studio first-hand. As an artist, John has had residencies at Blue Mountain Center and Penland School of Craft as well as solo shows at Golestani Gallery in Düsseldorf and Tops Gallery in Memphis.