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Opening Reception: Kelly Kozma Solo //”Care Instructions” Group Exhibition
May 2 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Please join us as we celebrate two exciting exhibtions centered around reuse and sustainable art practices.
Artists will be in attendance with opportunities to view and collect artwork from 3 floors of the Paradigm Arts Building.
Kelly Kozma: Watch Me Backflip
Entering her 14th year working with Paradigm, Kozma will be unveiling a massive culmination documenting her career and process-intensive work. The artist is celebrating her personal relationships, archiving methods, and resilience with a massive 22-foot-wide installation comprised of 35,000 hand-stitched circles cut from various repurposed materials. The cosmic work titled Iguana & Myrrh, Magma & Reef, consists of everyday objects like greeting cards, food packaging, and thread expertly woven and given new life as bursts of color and pattern in the largest scale the artist has ever attempted. Kozma is purposefully engaging in a minimal-waste practice where even paper scraps and loose threads from the installation will find new life within over 20 mixed media works that will call to the large assemblage. As she stitches these lovingly collected pieces, Kozma creates connections between the people in her life and the objects she interacts with, inspiring mindfulness against overconsumption and emotional apathy.
Please email info@paradigm-gallery.com if you wish to be added to Kelly Kozma’s digital collector preview list for her upcoming exhibition. You may also submit your request HERE.
Care Instructions: Work by Vanessa Barragão, Allison May Kiphuth, Nayan & Venus, and RAIR Philly
Paradigm Gallery + Studio is pleased to present Care Instructions, a collection of artists and makers across three continents that incorporate elements of reuse, recycling, and environmental awareness in their work. With intentions for sustainability, each of these artists has developed their practice to include discarded or natural materials while engaging in active research and preservation efforts. These meticulously constructed versions of coral reefs, woodlands, and aviary populations inspire the obligation to take care of the environment and combat single-use material culture. The exhibition is a showcase on how powerful design and material reuse in craftsmanship can be aesthetically pleasing. The artists aren’t just actively charging the work to spread a message, they’re putting the message into practice and showing the spectacular results.
Please email info@paradigm-gallery.com if you wish to be added to the digital collector preview list for the upcoming exhibition.
The reception is free and open to all. All artwork will be available to collect during the opening.Please email info@paradigm-gallery for any inquiries prior to the receptions.
Also on display:
Artwork by Eustace Mamba
Artwork by Alain Jean-Baptiste
Artwork by Katherine Fraser
and many more!
