Update! From now until the end of Mona Wu’s show on January 28, all remaining artwork is 50% off the listed prices. This includes both framed and unframed work as well as original printing blocks.
Don’t pass up this unique opportunity to own some of her beautiful work!
(Please note that cards on the racks and work in baskets are not included.)
In this special solo exhibit Mona Wu is showing over 40 framed works and close to 200 unframed prints, made in her nearly 30 years of Printmaking career. All methods in Printmaking are presented: woodcut, linocut, lithograph, etching, and monoprint. On view are also some carved and cancelled wood boards Wu so lovingly and laboriously produced for edition printing.
Because of her large-scale studio-downsizing, these prints, proofs, editions, as well as many of Wu’s old carved wood boards will be for sale at prices in every collector’s budget. This is your opportunity to own and/or gift a beautiful Mona Wu original print.
Viewers who browse through the show may appreciate the artist’s artistic as well as technical progress and stylistic changes over the years. Yet as the underlying thread throughout her work, Wu still retains her Asian heritage and sensibility in all manners of Printmaking.
A native of China, Mona Wu immigrated to US in 1970. She studied Chinese painting and calligraphy in Hong Kong then received her BA in Art History from Salem College in 1996. She also studied Printmaking at WFU as an auditor from 1997-2014. Wu has taught classes and workshops in Chinese art and Printmaking at Salem Community courses, Reynolda House of American Art, and Sawtooth School of Visual Art and has been a member of Artworks Gallery for many years.
Charles Hahn | Complexities, and Nuances of the Human Spirit
Charles Hahn, “An Easy Life and Other Lies”
Charles Hahn’s current project, “Complexities, and Nuances of the Human Spirit,” concentrates on characterizing the striking aspect of each person’s sensibility and inner self. The artist’s goal is to capture, in engaging black and white photography, the essence of an individual while letting the environment play second fiddle to the images of vibrant sentient beings. This body of work celebrates the subjects as individuals with their distinct souls, a center of being with a human quality to be appreciated. The way time moves on and things disappear; the photographs capture a moment in the past that one experiences in the present. Therefore, every photograph is ultimately about the passing of time, while preserving the spirit of the moment.
Since his youth, Charles Hahn spent untold hours in the darkrooms at school and at his home. It was during these early years that he cut his teeth on black and white film developing and processing. Early on he embarked upon a journalistic essay by photographing Chippewa Street, a seamy street in his hometown of Buffalo, NY, documenting in photography a world that would soon cease to exist. This first foray into street photography would be the predecessor of future projects, including work done in Winston-Salem where he currently resides. Although the people and places are different, the storytelling is eerily similar telling the stories of people who are usually overlooked.
Katherine Mahler | Wayfinding
Katherine Mahler, “Crew of One”
The work presented in “Wayfinding” by Katherine Mahler draws upon memories of time spent on the Great Lakes and Niagara River, serving as a metaphor for navigating the pandemic. This series began as a way to remember places and times from the artist’s childhood in the Buffalo-Niagara region of New York and Ontario, Canada. Memory and maps, along with other wayfinding inspiration, speak to how we learn to find our way, literally and metaphorically and the guideposts and markers we need to navigate successfully from place and time.
The work for this show represents ideas about what becomes essential to know, what details are important to pay attention to, observations about the cultural abandonment of collective action in favor of individualism, and trusting your instincts amid chaos. This series of work emerged in the winter of 2021 and is still evolving.
Katherine Mahler is an art educator and holds a BA in Studio Art from Kenyon College, a BFA in Art Education from Michigan State University, and is an MFA candidate at Lesley University.
The exhibit is free and open to the public.
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May Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday 11-5 Sunday 1-4 Open for Gallery Hop: May 7, 2021, 7 – 9 pm (Meet the Artists Reception) Or by appointment at shop@artworks-gallery.org
Chirs Flory: It Depends How Black the Blackness Is
Chris Flory: It Isn’t Getting Any Easier
Chris Flory: It Might Take A Long Time
Chris Flory:More Walls To Bang Your Head Against
Chris Flory: Still Boxed In
Chris Flory: What Were We Thinking
Chris Flory | All Fall Down
Chris Flory, “More Walls to Bang Your Head Against”
Chris Flory was born in Philadelphia. She has a BFA in Printmaking from Philadelphia College of Art, now University of the Arts (1972), and an MFA in Painting from UNC-Greensboro (1992). She has been a member of Artworks Gallery since 1993. She lives in Winston-Salem with her husband and two cats.
The works in the “All Fall Down” exhibition are all graphite on paper, drawn in 2020. Most are about the anxiety and frustration which Chris Flory has been experiencing in Covid times. The “Breath” series is loosely based on some pastel drawings from 1995.
Chris Flory, “But is it Safe?”
Susan Smoot: Roadside Compositions
From the heart of North Carolina, Susan Smoot studied fine art at Appalachian State University, earning a BA in Painting. After years in the corporate world of advertising, she has returned to making art as her primary focus. She has studied with locally and nationally recognized artists to further her talent and add to her skills to develop a straightforward painting style, elevating the commonplace to art. Smoot is an award-winning artist who teaches classes when possible. In addition to watercolor, the artist also works in pastel, acrylic, and fiber art.
“Roadside Compositions” is Susan Smoot’s collection of original watercolor paintings. The works focus on long-standing architecture of utility. Farmhouses, sheds, barns, are depicted, showing evidence of their usefulness and the disrepair of time. These rural scenes and buildings, observed locally, were rendered to celebrate the details of age, tarnish, patina, and rust on these witnesses of the past.
The artist says, “As a child, I always wondered about the abandoned farmhouses and barns I spotted while traveling through rural areas. I pictured, in my mind, walking through and around them. I wanted to understand more about their stories. By painting their images I intend to know them better and interpret their pasts – or make up my own version.”
Barbara Rizza Mellin: Lunaria 51: Faith in the Future
Barbara Rizza Mellin: Lunaria 59: Glowing Daydreams
Barbara Rizza Mellin: Lunaria 64: Soul of Moonbeams
Barbara Rizza Mellin: Lunaria 52: Bouquet of Moonbeams
Barbara Rizza Mellin: Lunaria 63: Moonbeam Necklace
Wiley Akers, “Chin Warmer”
Wiley Akers
Wiley Akers calls the work in his show an expression of “I Don’t Know Mind,” saying, “the best art that I have created in the past came about, for the most part, because I didn’t know what I was doing. So with an empty mind and no preconceived ideas or plans I start making pencil marks without looking at the canvas.” Upon the artist looking at the marks he determines if it wants to “become something.” Akers process allows one thing to lead to another; some quickly done to repress thinking, while others taking days.
Wiley Akers has a BFA and a MEd from UNCG. He taught art to middle and high school students for 25 years. In addition to his shows at Artworks Gallery he has exhibited at ASU, WCU, UNCG, and Delurk Gallery.
Owens Daniels, “BLM”
Owens Daniels
Owens Daniels uses the visual arts to express his interpretation of the world, and photography to open unexplored spaces between the subject and viewer exposing them both to a world of opportunities and experiences. “Digital Protest 2020” in a narrow sense is “Social Realism Art,” a term used for works by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers and filmmakers that aims to draw attention to socio-political, equity and social justice conditions of the working class. This work also operates as a means to critique the power structures that produce the environment and culture for these conditions.
2019 Duke Energy Grant and Z Smith Reynolds Lead Artist for the Presence Absence Project awardee, Owens Daniels is a visual artist/photographer, educator and the face behind ODP Art+Design Bold, Creative and Innovative Artwork. In addition to formal training at the U.S Army Photographic School of Cartography, Daniels has worked as a freelance photographer and served as Artist in Residences, participated in Public Art Installations, and been the recipient of grants and varied other commissions.
Barbara Rizza Mellin,”Lunaria 65 Garden Lanterns”
Barbara Rizza Mellin
Barbara Rizza Mellin’s“Lunaria,” showcases in black and white, the delicate beauty of the unpretentious plant, sometimes called Honesty or Money Plant. The exhibit of carborundum mezzotints is made up of two components: a wall installation of 48 6-inch-square mezzotints, as well as 16 framed mezzotint print images, each with an original haiku. As an art historian, Mellin likes to reinterpret traditional media and techniques, using less toxic materials for modern audiences.
Barbara Rizza Mellin is a printmaker, painter, and writer, who has been a member of Artworks Gallery since 2017. She is also a member of several local and national professional organizations including AAWS, AFAS, the DADA Collective, the International Mezzotint Society and Winston-Salem Writers.
The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Artworks Gallery, Inc. 564 North Trade Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. Gallery phone: 336-723-5890 March Gallery Hours: Friday 12-3 Saturday 11-5 Sunday 1-4 Or by appointment at shop@artworks-gallery.org
For this select show, Alix Hitchcock has worked with colored inks and waxy china markers using drawings from models or stencil shapes of human forms and foliage forms. These large format works intentionally create a somewhat chaotic vision, where the layering of forms with added gestural marks and calligraphic lines may belie gravity, or blur distinctions between foreground and background; figure and space.
Alix Hitchcock holds a MA in painting from NYU and a BFA in printmaking and painting from UNCG. She has been an instructor in studio art at WFU, Salem College, UNCSA, The Sawtooth Center for Visual Arts, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, and the Weatherspoon Museum of Art, plus a number of additional esteemed institutions. She was selected as the Winston-Salem Artist of the Year in 1998, and is a founding board member of Artworks Gallery. She has exhibited widely in numerous local and national galleries and centers for art. Her work is held in many collections, both private and public.
Lea Lackey-Zachmann, “Goldfinch Dream”
Lea Lackey-Zachmann
Lea Lackey-Zachmann often makes images that are not exhibited or shared with the public. “I appreciate those personal and often meaningful processes,” says Lackey-Zachmann. “Each of these paintings arose from experiences like that years ago. They were made quickly and afterwards rolled up, only to be recently found after a studio move.” The Covid pandemic period presents the perfect time to rediscover and exhibit these refreshed and completed 20 year old paintings.
Lea Lackey-Zachmann has a BA in Art Education, a graduate teaching certificate in Art Education and an MFA in painting. Also a founding member of Artworks Gallery, she taught art at the college level for over 30 years and continues to paint, make prints and explore video. The Natural world has been a focus of her art since childhood. She lives in Winston-Salem with her husband, two dogs and a cat.
Katherine Mahler, “Depth Finder”
Katherine Mahler
Combining printmaking and painting techniques, Katherine Mahler explores identity through the use of layers, shared symbols and maps. Drawing from her experiences living around the country and traveling globally her art reflects the commonalities and connectedness of the human experience.
New Artworks Gallery member, Katherine Mahler has a BA in Studio Art from Kenyon College and a BFA in Art Education from Michigan State University. Mahler is currently applying to be an MFA candidate. She has been teaching art to students of all ages for the past 20 years, including in Texas, Michigan, Louisiana and North Carolina.
Mona Wu, “Homeward Bound, Swallows”
Mona Wu
Mona Wu is exhibiting her unframed prints in large format, mostly monotypes, both old and new works. Comprised of botanical subject matter, these prints are the product of Wu’s love and appreciation of natural beauty ever present locally, in the state of North Carolina.
A native of China, Mona Wu immigrated to the US in 1970. She studied Chinese painting and calligraphy in Hong Kong, then later received her BA in Art History from Salem College and studied Printmaking at WFU. In 2003, Wu was selected as Sawtooth School Winston-Salem Artist of the year. She joined as a member of Artworks Gallery that same year. Wu currently teaches Printmaking and collage at Sawtooth School of Winston-Salem.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours and other info about the gallery can be found on our Visit page. Shop for artwork from gallery members in our Online Shop.
With 2020 in the rearview we all inhale a hopeful breath and embrace 2021.Artworks Gallery looks forward to an exciting New Year filled with original art by our member artists.
2021 is the 37th year Artworks Gallery has delivered unique, contemporary pieces as Winston-Salem’s longest-running artists’ cooperative. What a great way to welcome the New Year!
This Winter Group Exhibit features a selection of works by all members, including prints, photography, painting, collage, sculpture and more.
Open Limited Hours: Thurs. – Sat., 12 – 3 pm, or by appointment
Woodie Anderson, Protection, Serigraph on cotton
The new works by artist and designer Woodie Anderson employ printmaking, drawing, sculpture and written language to explore the areas where identity, personal history and society intersect. “Weary Heart” shares work from her ongoing series, “Tooth and Nail,” about the fight for love and community, as well as the struggles of identity, self-protection, and self-projection. These prints, presented on paper and fabric, will delight and engage viewers with fresh, meaningful messages.
Open Limited Hours: Thurs. – Sat., 12 – 3 pm, or by appointment
When We Dream
When We Express
When We Fire Dance
When We Muse
When We Accept
When We Breathe
When We Experience
Lea Lackey-Zachmann endeavors to bring you into the realm of awareness and sensing she extends to all living beings. “Still Standing Like The Trees” is a collection of images, started before the California fires this year. The artist says, “As their process towards completion continued they began to reflect the possible methods in which a conscious living being might respond to extreme circumstances. The trees, like all Nature have much to teach us.” These impressive new works, rendered in monotype with pencil, suggest viewing trees as sentient beings.
Take a short video tour of Still Standing Like The Trees by Lea Lackey-Zachmann.
Open Limited Hours: Thurs. – Sat., 12 – 3 pm, or by appointment
Hurrican Dorian
What We Worship
Whistle Blower
My Button is Bigger
Grab Them By The Pussy
Squid
Pro Crow
Harm to Ongoing Matter
Squid Pro Crow
Columbine
Come visualize through works by Jessica Tefft what happens when information is intentionally obscured. She says, “I got the idea for this show when I read the Mueller Report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. It felt as though I could not read two sentences without some part being blacked out – redacted – so the public couldn’t read it. But I kept looking at all the redactions. And I noticed the little black bars were often embellished with the words “May Cause Ongoing Harm.” If so many things could cause “ongoing harm,” I wondered, shouldn’t the American people know?”
Visitors will see many imaginings of ongoing harm caused by willful obfuscation conveyed through a variety of multi-media art. Many employ tongue-in-cheek commentary of the social, political, personal, world we live in.
Jessica Tefft, Harm to Ongoing Matter, Fabric Collage
Jessica Tefft, Peace, Digital Collage
Lea Lackey-Zachmann, When We Accept, Monotype with Pencil
Woodie Anderson, Protection, Serigraph on cotton
Jessica Tefft May Cause Ongoing Harm
Woodie Anderson Weary Heart
Lea Lackey-Zachmann Still Standing Like The Trees
Exhibition dates: Thursday, November 5 – Saturday, November 29, 2020
Open Limited Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 12 – 3 pm Or By Appointment
Come visualize through works by Jessica Tefft what happens when information is intentionally obscured. She says, “I got the idea for this show when I read the Mueller Report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. It felt as though I could not read two sentences without some part being blacked out – redacted – so the public couldn’t read it. But I kept looking at all the redactions. And I noticed the little black bars were often embellished with the words “May Cause Ongoing Harm.” If so many things could cause “ongoing harm,” I wondered, shouldn’t the American people know?”
Visitors will see many imaginings of ongoing harm caused by willful obfuscation conveyed through a variety of multi-media art. Many employ tongue-in-cheek commentary of the social, political, personal, world we live in.
The new works by artist and designer Woodie Anderson employ printmaking, drawing, sculpture and written language to explore the areas where identity, personal history and society intersect. “Weary Heart” shares work from her ongoing series, “Tooth and Nail,” about the fight for love and community, as well as the struggles of identity, self-protection, and self-projection. These prints, presented on paper and fabric, will delight and engage viewers with fresh, meaningful messages.
Lea Lackey-Zachmann endeavors to bring you into the realm of awareness and sensing she extends to all living beings. “Still Standing Like The Trees” is a collection of images, started before the California fires this year. The artist says, “As their process towards completion continued they began to reflect the possible methods in which a conscious living being might respond to extreme circumstances. The trees, like all Nature have much to teach us.” These impressive new works, rendered in monotype with pencil, suggest viewing trees as sentient beings.
