I am thrilled to have two of my paintings included in the group show ‘A Sense of Surface’ at the Painting Center in New York City. The exhibition will be on view from June 18 - July 13, 2024 with an opening reception on June 20 from 5 - 8pm. The link below brings you to the Artsy website to see a preview of the show. I will post more images as soon as possible.
Painting 1: Sooth-Sayer, 2023 // Oil on canvas // 47 x 36 in
Painting 2: Opened Ground, 2020 // Oil on canvas // 24 x 18 in
You can now find my work at Galleri 167 at the Northrup King Building in NE Minneapolis. Find all information on the gallery’s instagram @galleri167. The gallery is open on Saturdays 12-4pm and participates in art-a-whirl in May as well as art attack, typically happening in November.
The gallery is celebrating its 22nd anniversary with a member show. All of the current members are participating and it’s a wonderful exhibition, showcasing the strength of the collective. My contribution is the painting below on the right. .
The show is up all of January. Open gallery hours on weekends 12-4pm both days or by appointment. Just get in touch and I can meet you at the gallery!
Art works here shown by John Gaunt, Ute Bertog, Priscilla Briggs, Terrence Payne, Eleanor McGough, Tara Costello, Duane Ditty, Betsy Alwin, Frank Meuschke, Laura Stack.
Rearranging the Furniture, 2023 // oil on canvas // 24 x 18”
I will have my studio door open this upcoming weekend during DO the DOW.
Here are the details:
Date & Time:
Friday Dec 1st 5 - 9 pm
Saturday Dec 2nd 12 - 8 pm
Location:
The Dow Arts Building
2242 University Ave W
Saint Paul, MN 55114
Studio #312
Come and visit me at my studio at #312.
I will have old and new paintings, both canvas as well as on paper, framed and unframed. Pottery will also be there.
And I decided to give a 20% discount on everything.
Hope to see you there!
Ute
Can you believe it! Only two more weekends to see my show before I have to take it down already! Crazy to think about how fast it’s gone by. It’s been a very good run though. I almost sold all of my pottery. Plus, some of my paintings too, which is absolutely heartwarming. Not just for the obvious reason, but what better compliment than people wanting to bring my work into their home?
Anyway, the reason I am writing is that I want to remind people about the upcoming event POPOVERS & POETRY at Rosalux Gallery. It is happening on Saturday, September 30, 10 am. There will be a poetry reading by local poet Sun Yung Shin and Eric Lorberer, followed by a brief-ish conversation between the three of us. Pastries & morning grounds will be there as well, to make everybody awake and satiated, all the better to listen to the poetry. The event is part of Twin Cities Art Week, which will run from September 27 to October 1. Please check out all the other events at local galleries and museums. There are many treasures to be found.
Regular gallery hours after the event will give you time to linger & enjoy the work some more.
I hope you’ll join me that morning to listen to two wonderful poets creating their magic.
Bonding, 2023, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in
Getting to Center, 2023, oil on canvas, 54 x 62 in
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 2nd, 7-10 PM
Exhibition Dates: October 2nd through October 31st, 2021
General Gallery Hours: Saturdays & Sundays, 12 - 4 PM
Address: 315 W 48th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55419
New works from artists Tara Costello and Ute Bertog will go on display at Rosalux Gallery this coming October with their new exhibition Singing The Tune Without Words. The exhibition brings together the two artist’s shared love of painting, abstraction, and poetic meaning. Singing The Tune Without Words will run from October 2nd through the 31st, 2021 with an artist’s reception on Saturday, October 2nd from 7-10 pm. Please note the new address of the gallery.
Ute Bertog / Wanderlust, 2021 / Oil on canvas / 20 x 16”
Ute Bertog’s work is a continued meditation on the reluctant relationship between abstract painting and language. Her starting points are words and fragments of text that are collected from her everyday environment. In both cases her process is very much informed by various repetitive additive and subtractive procedures: erasing, covering, tracing, scraping and rearranging, transforming the words until only a faint glimmer of legibility is left. This process signifies a practice of reaching beyond the safety that words, recognizable shapes, and forms impart to open and explore the possibilities for expanded sensibilities. Her goal is to create the right conditions, where imagination and play readily fill in any gaps, offering the chance to reinterpret and expand original intent. Over the years her love for pliable materials lead her eventually to explore ceramics, which she will showcase here for the first time alongside her paintings.
Tara Costello / Angle, 2021 / Venetian Plaster / 8 x 10”
Tara Costello has been developing an abstract language through painting to contemplate aspects of quiet spaces. She is particularly interested in the interplay of color and the simplicity of geometric shapes. She works with rich Venetian plaster and trowels on cradled panels. The plaster is a malleable material, when used in layers it allows her to question aspects of time, light, and space. She paints to find beauty in the tension between the illusion of a felt space and the mark that created it.
I have donated this little charmer of a painting to help Rosalux Gallery raise some money at the upcoming Green fundraiser. The actual event is happening on the 28th of August, 2021, but online sales are already live and are accessible through the link below. The funds will go towards the continuation of their programming that intents to show great art by local artists to the widest audience possible.
This is a great chance to win an original piece of art like this or one of many others donated by Rosalux artists for as little as $5 a raffle ticket. There is much great work to be seen and had. Online sales have already started, so don’t miss your chance to get in on the action here.
Good luck!
Köpper // 2020 // oil on canvas // 10 x 8”
