Roberta Massuch
Deco Vase
2020
Ceramic, slip, glaze
13" x 8" x 8"

Gallery affiliation: The Clay Studio

About the work

This sculptural vessel is influenced by the Art Deco architecture of Miami Beach.

About the artist

Influenced heavily by the architecture of her surroundings, ceramicist Roberta Massuch (Philadelphia, PA) creates functional pottery, sculpture, and 2d artworks. Massuch received her BFA in ceramics from Northern Illinois University and her MFA from Louisiana State University. Teaching positions include The Clay Studio (Philadelphia, PA), Tyler School of Art (Philadelphia, PA), and the Community College of Philadelphia. She has participated in residencies at The Clay Studio, Tyler School of Art, Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN), and Arquetopia Foundation (Puebla, MX). Her work has been exhibited at universities, institutions, galleries, and museums across the United States.

Michelle Marcuse
Forms of Structure
2020
Cardboard
7-1/2" x 8" x 9-1/2"

About the work

Having lived in Philadelphia, a city that presents through its architecture, spatial grid, industrial history, physical memory of construction, and disintegration over time, I find a paradoxical fertility occurring within the breakdown of materials, and in the qualities of presence and absence that I see in the built, destroyed, or "disappeared" structures. It is in this manner of build-up and destruction that I tend to generate my work.. My use of discards is deliberate. These raw materials have an expressive quality and are easily manipulated. As elements that are non-precious, free and plentiful, my curiosity and experimentation can take place unhindered.

About the artist

The work of Michelle Marcuse mirrors and symbolically chronicles her childhood experiences, dream states, both past and present, and encapsulates commentary on contemporary living. Growing up in apartheid South Africa during the late 1950s - 1970's, her fragmented architectural forms and decayed environments express the remembrances of and issues surrounding society under duress.

Receiving a Bachelor of Design from the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Israel, [1982], she continued to Michaelis School of Art at The University of Cape Town [1983] and completed her BFA at Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA [1985]. She was invited to exhibit with BLAM Projects Brooklyn, NY [2016], Arte y Amor at Taller Boricua, NYC [2016] and Borderless Caribbean [The Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance, Miami, FL 2015]. Michelle is a recipient of a 2016 Fleisher Art Memorial Wind Challenge exhibition. Her work can be found in public and private collections including The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the collection at the US Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. Most recently she became a Finalist in CFEVA's Visual Artist Fellowship. In December 2018 she was invited to Against Gravity: TECTONICS - Imagined Spaces: an exhibition organized by DORAL Contemporary Art Museum in the framework of Art Basel, FL. February, 2019, an invitation to exhibit with Grizzly Grizzly in Philadelphia is planned followed by an installation in April 2019 at EY - INTUITIVE Art Space in Manayunk and organized by Mount Airy Contemporary in Philadelphia, PA. Marcuse most recently had a solo exhibition at Swarthmore College, PA, in 2020. Upcoming exhibitions at The Kunshan Art Museum, Kunshan, China, and at The AVA Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa are currently postponed until it is safe to travel.

Michelle Marcuse lives and works in Philadelphia where she is Co-Director of HOUSEGallery a mixed use exhibition space in Fishtown.

Jessica Jane Julius
droplet
2019
Blown glass, crystals, glass bead, and gold leaf paint
20" x 11" x 11"

About the Work:

Droplet is part of a series of work that is a mediation on the function of seduction and curiosity alternating between a scientific and artistic nature.

About the Artist:

Jessica Jane Julius is an artist, educator, collaborator and performer who creates glass installations, objects and imagery that examine how fear is infiltrating the ways in which we navigate the world and presents a look at the anxieties and complexities of our current "culture of fear."

Julius is currently an Assistant Professor and Program Head of glass at Tyler School of Art and Architecture. She is the co-founder of the artists' collective and performance group, The Burnt Asphalt Family, who produces collaborative, participatory and edible works. Together they have performed at prestigious venues including the Corning Museum of Glass, the Chrysler Museum and Urban Glass. Her mixed media works have been exhibited nationally at venues including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Museum of American Glass, New Jersey and MarketView Arts, Pennsylvania. She has been awarded a York Cultural Alliance grant and residencies at The Creative Glass Center of America in Millville, New Jersey and The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington. Currently, Julius serves as the Vice President of the International Glass Arts Society.

Hanna Vogel
Unrequited Heirloom #12
2019
Steel, abaca and cotton paper pulp, pigment, rust, sealant
18" x 5" x 9"

About the Work:

In Unrequited Heirlooms, clusters of paper-coated wire spheres grow in mitosis-like expansion over their gestural steel skeleton. Their reaching movement and clustered growth promise a vivacious transformation that is belied by their stained and stretched paper skin.

About the Artist:

Hanna Vogel is an artist and educator living in Philadelphia, PA. She grew up in rural Northern California and received a BFA from the California College of the Arts and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. In her work, she uses craft-based materials and techniques in non-traditional ways to make sculptures and installations that explore aspects of entropy in the natural world. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, including at The Huntington Museum of Art, The Spartanburg Art Museum, The Delaware Contemporary, and the Biblioteca Henestrosa in Oaxaca, Mexico. She has presented at conferences and published papers internationally and has received fellowships/grants from Yaddo, the California College of the Arts, I-Park, Sculpture Space, The Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation, and Lighton International Artist Exchange Program.

G. Kellum
Octavia's Dream
2012
acrylic on wood
26" x 36" x 10.5"

About the Work:

This piece is inspired by the writing of the late Octavia Butler. It is a peculiar combination of the African American Experience in the 20th century and the merging of Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy.

About the Artist:

Glenn was drawn to architecture and illustration for its discipline and structure. Eventually, Glenn was confronted with the fact that architecture was 10 percent drawing and 80 percent mathematics. Abandoning architecture, illustration became Glenn's focal point, giving him a clear perspective on the direction he wanted to steer his art practice. Very early on, Glenn discovered the importance of black and white visual elements as a personal guide when approaching polychromic structure. During this period, he became more liberated when he encountered the works of Sam Gilliam and Isamu Noguchi. These and other like-minded artist have influenced his work but the biggest influence came from his experience with Buddhism and Taoism. These have had a profound effect on the way
Glenn sees things.

Glenn was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1947 and was the youngest of eleven brothers and sisters. After serving in the military for 2 years, he attended the Philadelphia College of Art (PCA), which is now The University of the Arts, and graduated with a BFA in Illustration in 1977. Glenn had his first exhibition at the University of Pennsylvania upon graduating from the university. He has been represented by the Sandy Webster Gallery and Art Jazz Gallery. Glenn has also been part of several prominent group exhibitions including those at the Delaware Contemporary and the Woodmere Museum. In 2018 his work was showcased in an exhibition curated by Design Philadelphia in the BOK Building. He currently has an artist studio in the BOK Building in South Philadelphia where he works.

Harry Anderson
Untitled
2020
found objects, iron, brass, handblown glass, light
15.75" x 4" (diameter)

About the Artist:

Harry Anderson's work has always involved the recycling and reuse of objects. They were used first in site specific installations then in the mid eighties the pieces became unified objects in the form of a lamp or light sculpture. Harry is a full time artist whose past teaching credits include Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, North Country Studio Conference, Bennington, VT, Pilchuck, Stanwood, WA and Haystack, Deer Isle, ME. Anderson received his BFA from the University of Illinois and MFA from the Pennsylvania State University. He has received grants from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts among others. His light sculptures, installations, artist books, prints and photographs have been widely seen in both solo and group exhibitions. They are included in numerous private and public collections.

Jonathan Stemler
waveforms and gravitons aka mr. prickles
2016
Steatite and blue spruce
4" x 6" x 3.5"

About the work

For years now I have been trying to develop a kind of visual language.
Finding constants, universal truths and attempting to create a rich contextual environment. Establishing type and archetype where objects, shapes, and drawings become more than simple metaphor and start to become wholly developed conversation. I would like my artwork to be approachable; one should never feel unqualified to have an opinion about it. I want complicated work to feel easy to the viewer.

About the artist

Jon lives in Montgomery County with his wife Kimberly and their three sons. He owns and runs a manufacturing facility in Perkasie, Pa and is also a consultant for a movable bridge engineering firm. In addition to this, Jon designs, fabricates, and installs large scale work for other artists. Onsite machining is also part of his skill set such as his field work on "Oculus", a permanent installation by Santiago Calatrava at the World Trade Center in New York.

Previous shows were exhibited at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown and Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia with Matthew Stemler. Permanent Installations with Kimberly consist of "alpha & omega" NHUMC in Gilbertsville, Pa and "Windows of History" located at Univest National Bank in Souderton, Pa.

Much of his work is kinetic; it is playful, significant, and beautiful. It is to be accessible intellectually and artistically to all audiences. Both Jon and his work are absent of loftiness, condescension, and pretense. Instead, one finds both the artist and his work to be simultaneously powerful and humble.

Teresa Shields
Peachy Sprout
2020
Fiber art
7" x 5" x 1.5"

About the work

I divide my studio time between embroidery and felt-making. I look at nature - plant forms, geometry, colors, cell structures, bones, antlers, wings - to see the underlying connections that these things have in common.

My felted work is experimental. By using math to calculate shrinkage of wool fibers and partially-felted shapes, I reverse-engineer geometric or biomorphic three dimensional sculptures.

Felt-making has taught me patience. I have leaned into the process as I have become more experienced. Turning fine wool roving into solid material has always felt magical. Although my work is based on life experience, it is not directly autobiographical. Many of the themes relate to women's experiences, how we are viewed and treated. It is sometimes serious, other times quirky and playful, and teeters on the edge of viewer interaction.

I've been around fabric and stitching my whole life. I like it because of the human connection. I am the first generation in my family to elevate stitches into art.

About the artist

Teresa Shields received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and MFA from Massachusetts College of Art. She has shown her art in many group exhibitions in the U.S. and has won awards including first place in Madeley 2020 in Conroe TX, the Jurors Award at SDA's Small Works: Surface Design Association at 40 in Portland, OR., and 3rd Place at the 3rd Annual Conroe Art League National Invitational Show in Conroe, TX, and the Jurors Award at Studio Channel Island's Abundance exhibit in Camarillo, CA. May 2016 to November 2017, Teresa was resident fiber artist at Abington Art Center in Jenkintown, PA where she presented her interactive fiber installation 'Trending Threads' in their Solo Series Fall 2017 show. December 2018 to January 2019, 'Red Pepper' was exhibited in Wayne Art Center's Craft Forms 2018. Teresa's embroidery 'Crowning' was juried into Woodmere Museum's Second Nature: The Poetics of Re-presentation. Teresa is represented by Graver's Lane Gallery in Chestnut Hill, PA and is a member of InLiquid.

Lois Harvey
Protector
2015
ceramic
17" x 26" x 6"

About the work
I am interested in the relationship between different types of structures. My sculptural ceramics can be seen as abstract hybrids of botanical and man made structures. The hand made forms depict imagined organisms or constructions that echo botanical physiology while simultaneously mimicking infrastructures of human society. Through breaking up then reassembling different types of familiar yet abstract structures, these works seek to explore the human relationship to the natural world.

About the artist
Lois Harvey was raised in Georgia and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Harvey received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 3D Studio Art from Georgia Southern University in 2014. She has been an Artist-In-Residence at The Hambidge Center for Art in Rabun Gap, Georgia and a staff artist at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lois currently works in her studio in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

John Schlesinger
Untitled Chandelier
2021
Salvaged rebar, neon, silicone rubber, found laboratory glass and laboratory clamps
21" x 18" x 20"

About the work

John Schlesinger presents site-responsive installations rooted in the ceiling and walls of the space. Made from twisted salvaged demolition rebar, Schlesinger constructs strangely bent neon which mimics and riffs on the rebar. Recycled laboratory clamps hold the fragile neon close to the steel. Cast bronze sculptures and resin-soaked photographs mounted to shattered glass complete the mix.

Independent of the usual neutral gallery lighting the installation illuminates itself both from the back and the front...eerily reminiscent of a deep-water fish living in darkness below the sunlight.

About the artist

John Schlesinger is a veteran photographer turned sculptor and installation artist. He has won a Rome Prize, a Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, an Aaron Siskind Fellowship and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. His work has been reviewed in Art in America, the Village Voice, Aperture, Bomb Magazine, Art News, and the New York Times.

Collected broadly, Schlesinger's output can be found at the Walker Art Center, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Houston Museum of Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Hamburg Kunsthalle, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, and the MOMA. He recently completed a CFEVA Fellowship in Philadelphia.

Currently he is finishing on an installation "After the Fall" at the Cherry Street Pier on the waterfront in Philadelphia.

Patrick Coughlin

Japanese Architectural Study 4

2016

Japanese earthenware, Washi

9" x 12" x 10"

About the Artist

Patrick Coughlin (born 1981, New York) is an American artist. He has exhibited work in China, Italy, and throughout the United States. Originally from rural, western New York, Patrick's research practice is heavily influenced by that community's relationship to material culture, and labor. Patrick's studio practice currently resides in Philadelphia Pennsylvania where he is a professor at Saint Josephs University, and The University of the Arts . Prior to moving to Philadelphia Patrick lived and worked in Jingdezhen, the ceramic center of China. As an assistant in the design studio he worked with local craftsmen in the production of ceramic design goods for a global market while also assisting in the management of the Education Center, facilitating international exchange and instruction. He has attended residencies in Tokoname Japan, Rome Italy, and across the United Sates, and has been a visiting lecturer at Ewha Womans University in Seoul South Korea, The University of Montana, and Buffalo State University in the United States.

Nicholas Kripal
Halving
1998
Terra cotta and pigments
30" x 20" x9"

FMV: $8,000

About the artist:

Nicholas Kripal (1953-2016), was the chair of the Crafts Department Tyler School of Art, Temple University, area head of the department's Ceramics Program, and Vice President of Crane Arts LLC, Philadelphia.

He was an artist who utilizes the ceramic medium as a source for sculptural installations, and he created work in the arena of site-specific/site-related installations that explore architectural iconography as a source for their format. These installations have been seen in Contemplations on the Spiritual Site Projects: Glasgow, Scotland (2001), Site Projects: Kristus Kircke, Cologne, Germany (2002), Site Projects: Sala Uno, Rome, Italy (2001), and Site Projects: The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NYC (2002). Along with sculptor Jeffrey Mongrain, he has created site installations for St. Patrick's Church, Indianapolis, IN (2004) and Corpus Christ Church, Baltimore, MD (2005). Solo exhibitions have included, Award Winners, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT (2008), Museo Casa Principala, Vera Cruz, Mexico (2004), and Ceramic Sculpture: Eclipsing Process, Art Gallery, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (2003). Kripal was the recipient of a PEW Fellowship in the Arts, a Pollock-Krasner grant, and three Pennsylvania Foundation for the Arts Fellowships. He was also awarded Artist-in-Residency positions at the La Napoule Art Foundation, France and Art Park, Lewiston, NY.

InLiquid is working with the Estate to find homes for Nick's works. If you would like to learn more please contact saraz@inliquid.org.

Arlene Love
The Contralto
1961
Cold cast aluminum/fiberglass
3' h

About the work

My work, regardless of medium has always focused on depiction of the human image. The only exceptions are my series of drawings of the bullfight 1989-1997.This ritual of life and death with honor had fascinated me for decades. Most of the drawings show the bull as victor, even though we know the bull must die. Both the bull and the man will die - the bull within twenty minutes. The man - sooner or later.

From the Venus of Willendorf to the photographic image, I feel that the vehicle of expression most immediate and most compelling is the image of a human being. It is the image that expresses the most profound and basic emotions. It speaks back to us of our own vulnerability and humanity.

About the artist

After graduating, the next forty years I focused on sculpture, with solo shows from North Dakota to California. My work has been included in juried exhibitions in the Museum of Modern Art (NY), Boston Museum of Art, Sculpture Center (NYC), Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Cornell University, among others. My sculpture is in the collections of The Philadelphia Museum of Art, James A Michener Museum, the University of Scranton and Franklin & Marshall College. In Philadelphia, my bronze Winged Woman is in the garden of the Dorchester facing Rittenhouse Square. Eight Figures, life size bronzes reside permanently in the Kimmel Center. The gold leafed Face Fragment is in front of the Monell Chemical Senses Cemnter at 3500 Market Street.

Angela McQuillan
Pink Aggregate
2013
Yarn and wire
18" x 12" x 12"

About the work

My creations are not bound to any one type of medium, instead I explore different materials, textures and surfaces to express my own interpretation of the world around me. Through my scientific background I have gained a deep appreciation for biological forms and anatomical subjects. I have always found beauty in microscopic images and in cross-sectional explorations of bodies and plants. I am drawn to the multiplicity of repetitive patterns which occur on both small and large scales in nature. I use scientific imagery as a starting off point to explore my own imaginative internal characters and landscapes. These biomorphic forms offer a unique visual language that breathes and communicates on the deepest levels of our perception. In my works, I explore how the subconscious mind creates associations and meaningful connections with nature through the manipulations of forms suggestive of the processes found in the living world. There is a certain degree of artificiality in my vibrant color palettes and use of manufactured materials. This level of artifice serves to provide an element of fantasy, or departure from what is tangible or real. These bizarre life forms cannot be classified in any scientific textbook, instead they are surreal dreamscapes derived from introspection and my own personal vision.

About the artist

Angela McQuillan received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and a B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from Tyler School of Art in 2011. Angela's body of work consists of mixed media paintings and sculpture, that focus on biomorphic abstraction and the visual language of living organisms. Her art practice as a whole is a study of various ways that art and science intersect and inform one another. Her ideas involve experiencing the living world with infinite curiosity and appreciation, while coming up with unique solutions to problems through artistic and scientific investigation. Angela was a member of the artist collective 'little berlin' from 2011-2013. Angela currently lives and works in Philadelphia.