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June 6th - July 27th, 2024

Joe Peña

Associate Professor of Art at TAMU-CC JOE PEÑA’s art delves into facets of ethnic identity, exploring cultural, familial, and social dimensions tied to his Mexican heritage through still life, portraiture, and urban landscapes. His work, which currently focuses on Nightscapes featuring food trucks and storefronts, metaphorically representing home as an internal sense of place, have been included in the Cheech Marin Collection of Art and the Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi.

Exhibit details to be posted soon!

 

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Michelle Belto

An artist and teacher for over forty years, MICHELLE BELTO has exhibited internationally and founded community arts initiatives. Her artistic focus on the interplay of time and memory is evident in her use of wax, creating complex surfaces that evoke eras of remembered experiences. Currently an adjunct faculty at the Southwest School of Art, her innovative work has garnered awards and recognition, culminating in her exploration of Silence and the Sacred in her upcoming exhibition.

Exhibit details to be posted soon!

 

Be sure to become a Nave member today to gain an exclusive invitation to our Members-Only Opening Night Preview Events and After Parties for an opportunity to mingle with members, guests, and artists to hear the passion behind their works!

Upcoming 2024 Exhibiting Artists

Associate Professor of Art at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi JOE PEÑA’s art delves into facets of ethnic identity, exploring cultural, familial, and social dimensions tied to his Mexican heritage through still life, portraiture, and urban landscapes. His work, which currently focuses on Nightscapes featuring food trucks and storefronts, metaphorically representing home as an internal sense of place, have been included in the Cheech Marin Collection of Art and the Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi.

An artist and teacher for over forty years, MICHELLE BELTO has exhibited internationally and founded community arts initiatives. Her artistic focus on the interplay of time and memory is evident in her use of wax, creating complex surfaces that evoke eras of remembered experiences. Currently an adjunct faculty at the Southwest School of Art, her innovative work has garnered awards and recognition, culminating in her exploration of Silence and the Sacred in her upcoming exhibition.

The art of CAROL KOUTNIK is a celebration of the diverse places and cultures she has experienced through living, studying, and visiting. Focused on the emotional response to uniqueness, her recent concentration on painting gardens, particularly her own, reflects an exploration of the intimate world of change influenced by natural elements, providing endless opportunities for investigating the growth patterns and colors that inspire her work.

IRMGARD GEUL's mixed-media works, viewed as contemporary landscapes and maps, offer a bird's eye perspective on her internal creative explorations. Born in the Netherlands and now based in rural Oklahoma, Geul's evolving art, featured internationally, reflects her adventures worldwide and her current daily surroundings, including her horse ranch art studio. Her recent exploration, "Embroidery Paintings," involves applying embroidery and stitching over acrylic paintings to create depth and visual perspective.

A Colombian-American artist based in Houston with roots in Bogotá, TATIANA ESCALLON’s large-format paintings fuse poetry and painting, incorporating bilingual verses concealed behind bold lines. Drawing inspiration from childhood landscapes and utilizing natural materials like wood and threads, her work explores emotions, personal narratives, and a continuous exploration of identity within multicultural and bilingual contexts.

Working from a non-representational perspective, artist BARBARA SPARKMAN’s work, evolving from realistic landscapes to non-objective images with landscape hints, seeks a careful balance of intention and intuition. Through her process, whether using watercolors on heavy Arches paper or building up texture with layers of cold wax or thin glazes in oil paint on canvas, she aims to create distinct spaces that provoke unique responses in each viewer.

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