Saturday, July 12, 2008

3 Artists at Conduit Gallery June 21 - July 19

James Michael Starr

Little Victims

Special Case, 2008, wood box & steel rods, 26x20x7"
Against My Own Nature , 2007, glove mold & illustrations, 16x3x3"


By relying on found objects he considers beautiful and aged by time, James Michael Starr creates assemblages that invite hours of reflection and introspection. Beautiful, lyrical, dripping with dense iconography and melancholic stories, James Michael Starr’s assemblages explore philosophic pursuits and humanistic endeavors. This exhibit is in one of the Main Galleries.

Carrie Marill

Resident Birds


Lazuli Bunting, 2008, gouache on paper, 12x9"
Yellow Headed Blackbird , 2008, gouache on paper, 12x9"


Carrie Marill’s disarming artworks explore the artist’s fascination with the medium of goauche on paper. These works represent a variety of approaches to the curiosities of urban life in the context of the natural world.

Most projects involve intricate representations of birds and plant life that transcend the mundane and become striking portraits. Resident Birds is comprised of several representations of the birds she witnessed while at a recent artist residency in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Carrie Marill earned an MFA from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and a BA from San Francisco State University in San Francisco, CA/. She has since exhibited widely including; sixspace, Culver City, CA; Art LA 2006, Santa Monica, CA; PULSE, New York, NY; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ and Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ. Carrie Marill lives and works in Goodyear, Arizona and Seattle, Washington. This exhibit is in one of the Main Galleries.

Takashi Iwasaki

Embroidered Memories


Pachipachihitomejackie, 2008, embroidery floss on fabric,12x12"
Aruhinosra, 2008, embroidery floss on canvas, 12x12"


Takashi Iwasaki’s small-scale embroidered works are experiments in modern abstraction created in pursuit of his own aesthetic language. In them, ebullient figures collide and
marry to create a pleasing and affirming visual experience. This exhibit is in the Project Room.

Born in 1983 in Japan, Takashi Iwasaki earned his BFA from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. He has exhibited throughout Japan and Canada and has had solo exhibitions in Portland, OR, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY. In 2004, he opened Semai Gallery in Winnipeg. Meaning “narrow” in Japanese, the gallery showcases contemporary art projects in a narrow hallway thirty-eight feet long by three and a half feet wide.


Going on: June 21- July 19
At: Conduit Gallery
Located At: 1626 C Hi Line Dr.
Dallas, TX 75207
Phone: 214.939.0064
Hours: Tue-Sat 10-5
Visit: http://www.conduitgallery.com/exhib_2008_6-21.htm

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