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The John Fonda Gallery at Theatre Project is pleased to announce THEY EXIST, paintings by Spencer Carmona and curated by Jascha Owens on view April 10 - May 25, 2014. A reception will be held on April 10 from 5pm - 8pm. “The making of a painting, the process, it is a sensual act. The unexpected reactions created through the mediums, the support material, and the frame is what keeps me coming back to paint. Even when structures are placed on the work, the process of making is always reactive and intuitive. This allows me the room to move within the tight parameters I have set for myself. If I were to clue the viewer in on how to experience the paintings, it would be to give them time. Time is needed to fully make distinctions between the objects themselves and then their environment. Comparing and contrasting and active looking is key to understanding the somatic nature of the experience. They are about getting people to look.  They are about making distinctions.  They are about making connections and the implications associated with doing so.” -Spencer Carmona Spencer Carmona is an artist living and working in Chicago, Illinois. He is currently pursuing his MFA in Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute Chicago. Carmona was born in Walnut Creek, California in 1989. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to the Central Valley of California where Spencer spent most of his life. There he completed a BFA at California State University Stanislaus in the spring of 2012. In the summer of 2012, Carmona moved to Baltimore, Maryland to attend Maryland Institute College of Art’s Post-Baccalaureate program in Fine Arts. This experience proved to be very fruitful for Carmona, allowing him to understand and articulate his concerns with painting and art. Jascha Owens is a 2013 MFA graduate from the Maryland Institute College of Art's Hoffberger School of Painting. He received his BA in Art from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2008. Owens has exhibited his work in Maryland, New York and Portland, Oregon and has written for art blogs PORT and BMORE Art.

The John Fonda Gallery at Theatre Project is pleased to announce Fan Brush new works by Matt Muirhead from November 22nd, 2013 through December 22nd, 2013. The reception will be held Friday, December 6th from 5-7PM. Fan Brush is guest-curated for The John Fonda Gallery by Allison Gulick.   Matt Muirhead is a multimedia artist originally from England and currently based in the Baltimore neighborhood of Hampden. Predominately a painter, he uses a wide variety of media to create his energetic compositions.  Muirhead’s work is enthralling and at times whimsical, with bright colors and movement he creates a space where art is fun again. Serious about his practice, but willing to take risks, he combines thrift-store rejects with references to pop-culture, giving new life to sadly mass produced images of redundant landscapes and forgotten Americana. Muirhead has the talent of seamlessly integrating the old and new with the odd and out-of-place. Using a vast array of mediums he gives his compositions a sense of unity and depth, while giving his audience a reason for a double-take and a hearty laugh.  Muirhead is also the artist behind the artwork on Stacey Chambers magical bus clothing store GoGo’s Retread Threads and he is also an active musician, making his own instruments and playing with the experimental band The Immortal Jellyfish .

boathouse (detail), 2012, acrylic on panel, 13.5” x 16”

The folks at The John Fonda Gallery want to say thank you again for coming out to last weeks opening, 6 Drawings/Stephen Booth! Be sure to check out the art, on view until July 18th:):):):)

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