DARK SOUSVEILLANCE

Friday, November 19, 2021 – Sunday, January 16, 2022
Curated by: Logan Cryer
Featuring: Kenyssa Evans, Danny Giles, Ishtar Sr., Cameron Jarvis, NIC Kay, and Danielle Morris
Presented in Commons Space & Black Box

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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Dark Sousveillance contemplates how Black people are responding to the tension between wanting to be seen by each other and wanting to hide from the violence of hypervisibility. This desire to be known without being objectified is especially pronounced when entering most art spaces, which are usually dominated by the white gaze. In response, this gallery is staged like a party, where dynamics of visibility, power, and subversion are in flux.

Researcher Simone Browne coined the term “dark sousveillance” to describe the phenomenon of enslaved Black people disappearing themselves from racialized surveillance by creatively subverting their own hypervisibility; think Negro Spirituals or quilts sewn with coded maps to the North. They knew what white people thought they saw and used this knowledge for their own advantage.

This talent for creative escape has not left us. Contextualizing the history or surveillance and how people have resisted it is a crucial tool against modern forces of gentrification and militarization.

At times we know they are watching us and we find power in the attention. Sometimes they miss us completely.

In this exhibition, artists Kenyssa Evans, Danielle Morris, Cameron Jarvis, Ishtar Sr., NIC Kay, and Danny Giles present works that tell stories about the cities they have called home: Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Rotterdam, and Washington, D.C. These artists are critical of mass media and have produced candid works that celebrate the complexities of our day-to-day lives. Sometimes autobiographical, sometimes documentative, the artworks in Dark Sousveillance are generously genuine.

More Info: voxpopuligallery.org/exhibitions/dark-sousveillance/

ARTIST LIST

Kenyssa Evans (@kensayhi) / Danny Giles (@dgilesstudio) / Cameron Jarvis (@cameronjarvisart) / NIC Kay (@okaynickay) / Danielle Morris (@__danniphantom) / Ishtar Sr. (@ishtar.sr + @savandepaul)

ABOUT THE CURATOR

Logan Cryer is a curator based in Philadelphia with a penchant for local art histories. They are an alum of Moore College of Art & Design, where they acquired a BFA in Fine Arts and minored in Curatorial Studies. Logan attended Headlong Performance Institute in the Fall of 2017 and has orbited experimental performance and dance spaces ever since. Since 2020, Logan has been a part of Television, a service that provides low cost technology rentals to curators, activists, and organizers in Philadelphia. In 2021, Logan launched SNAIL Gallery, an online curatorial experiment. SNAIL consists of exhibitions that are posted temporarily to Instagram and are subsequently archived through an essay, an artist talk, and the sharing of artist quotes. Logan is a contributor to Artblog and one of the hosts for Artblog Radio. They like to rewatch documentaries.
More Info: logancryer.com / @mercuny

Hybrid, a group exhibition curated by Galen Gibson-Cornell is now open at Bertrand Productions until July 15. In his curators statement, Galen says:

“I am very much interested in the hybrid nature of Art at present. The Art World has one foot planted in the physical realm with galleries timidly cracking their doors again to small groups, and one foot cautiously probing the space of online viewing rooms. Artists are socially- distanced in their quarantine studios, but are using social media to affect cultural change with incredible force. Finally, studio artists are pumping out real and physical work with few choices but the digital platforms of Instagram and Squarespace to share it.”

I am excited to be part of this new format of exhibition, and have created a new concrete piece for the show. Make an appointment to visit the gallery today at www.bertrandproductions.com, and follow the gallery @bertrand_productions, or my page @cameronjarvisart for photos, updates, information from the show.

In May of 2019 I will graduate from Tyler School of Art at Temple University with my Masters in Fine Art degree.

To mark this occasion, please join me for a thesis exhibition showcasing the past 18 months of research, experimentation and art-making.

The exhibition entitled 'Versions / I Like Like' will be on view from Wednesday, February 27 to Saturday, March 2 at the Galleries at Tyler School of Art, 2001 N 13th St. Philadelphia, PA 19122.

OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 6-8PM

A Thesis Peer Review will take place on Thursday, February 28 at 6:15pm, and is open to the public. See it as an opportunity to view and ask questions about the artwork in a group environment that is more relaxed than the reception.

For more information about this exhibition and the other 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibitions visit the Tyler website. https://tyler.temple.edu/cameron-jarvis-mfa-2019

See some of the process that has contributed to this exhibition on my instagram. https://www.instagram.com/cameronjarvisart/

"My artistic practice begins with the premise that the space an object or person operates within has a significant influence on their identity. By walking, drawing, painting, and collecting objects in the vicinity of my body I am investigating the systems that determine the characteristics of these constructed spaces. Each work is a physical, a visual or a lexical conclusion to reveal the unacknowledged standards, attitudes, and processes that determine how the spaces that contextualize our bodies are built."

Good news for those who haven't yet made it to Rochester to see my new artwork! Firsthand, my solo exhibition in the 3rd Floor Gallery at the Rochester Art Centerhas been extended for another month, and will remain on view until June 28.

Monday - Closed

Tuesday - Closed

Wednesday - 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Thursday - 10:00 am – 9:00 pm

Friday - 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Saturday - 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Sunday - Closed

I have been invited to exhibit at the Rochester Art Center in Rochester Minnesota as part of their 2017 RAC Emerging Artists Series. My solo exhibition, Firsthand, opens on March 23  with a reception 7 - 9pm in the 3rd Floor Gallery. I'd love to see you there! The exhibition will be on view March 23 - May 28. 

You can see some of my preparation for the show on my blog. You can learn more about the Rochester Art Center by visiting their website, and RSVP to the reception on Facebook.

About the artist and exhibition: 
Maps have many purposes; providing guidance in our travels, visualizing complicated demographics, or recording important patterns and political transitions. In his new exhibition, Cameron Jarvis focuses on the site specificity of aerial views, Google maps, and other sources to present, share and investigate autobiographic relationships based on important personal places. A first generation American, Jarvis uses maps as a source of inspiration to connect his current home in Cottage Grove, MN, with his Grandmother’s in Antiqua. Through the print making process, Jarvis presents the audience with an intimacy of the local that is both personal as well as universal

I am happy to be collaborating with Minneapolis architectural designer Miranda Moen to present an exhibition at the Chatfield Center for the Arts in Chatfield, Minnesota. The building that houses the historic Potter Auditorium is undergoing major renovations and as part the renovations a gallery space is being constructed. Our show is the inaugural exhibition in the 1916 Gallery. It is on view September 17 - October 14, and there will be a reception on Saturday, September 17 from 10 - 12am.

The 1916 gallery is open:

Thursday 4pm - 6pm

Friday 4pm - 8pm

Saturday 11am - 4pm

Sunday 11am - 4pm

My prints Stop Here and Slow Here will be included in Land: Mine, an exhibition at the Heyde Center for the Arts in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The exhibition, co-curated by Eau Claire artists, Lori Chilefone and Jyl Kelley, features visual, musical and performance art by more than 30 artists. The pieces in the show are inspired by our changing natural landscapes, and focusing on the different ways in which we interact with our surroundings.

The exhibition is on view September 1 -  October 14

Artists Reception: Sept 9, 4-8pm

Heyde Center Hours:

Monday - Thursday: 10AM–5PM

Friday 10AM–4PM

Saturday: Closed

Sunday: Closed

I will be exhibiting artwork at Hudson Hospital and Clinic as part of the Healing Arts Program, a collaboration between Hudson Hospital and The Phipps Center for the Arts.

My work will be on display in the Medical Office Building Lobby from August 17 - November 13. You are invited to group reception for all the 2016-17 exhibition artists on Friday, November 4. More information about the reception will be available closer to the date. 

You can read more about the Healing Arts Program here. Keep up to date on preparations for the show, and read my blog post about my site visit to Hudson Hospital by following my blog.

During the month of August I will be an artist in residence at the Anderson Center at Tower View in Red Wing, Minnesota. Through the generosity of the Jerome Foundation, August is emerging artist month at the Anderson Center, an it is this program that I was offered this fellowship.

You can stay up to date on my residency at the Anderson Center by following my blog: http://www.cameronjarvisart.com/blog/

Solo Exhibition at Schaefer Gallery, Gustavus Adolphus College

I am happy to announce the opening of my solo exhibition at the Schaefer Gallery at Gustavus Adolphus College. The exhibition is open May 5 - 30. There will be an opening reception on Friday, May 6, 5:30-7pm. Please join me for an artist lecture on Thursday, May 5 at 4:30pm in the FAA Lecture Theater. The Schaefer Gallery is open daily 9am - 5pm.

These pieces are a continuation of the ideas from my two recent shows at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral and Hillstrom Museum of Art, but with a more specific theme. These paintings and prints use imagery from Saint Peter and the Twin Cities to examine the concept of destination, and how Saint Peter functions as a destination along highway 169.

This exhibition is the culmination of a year-long internship in the Gustavus Department of Art and Art History. I've spent the last eight months working as the Studio Lab Tech, assisting professors in running the department, and working on a portfolio of new work. The environment has been very conducive to making art, and I have enjoyed the mentorship and critique of many of the artists in the department.

RSVP to the lecture and reception at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1157234334296490/?active_tab=highlights

This January I will be displaying work at the Inver Hills Art Gallery, located on the north end of the Inver hIlls Community College Campus.

The exhibition is on view Monday, January 11, to Friday, January 29, and will feature new paintings and collage pieces along with some older work.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Thursday 9am - 4pm
                         Friday 11am - 4pm
                         Saturday - Sunday Closed

More information about the gallery can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/Inver-Hills-Art-Gallery-233989603342671/

My piece Flesh Tone will be on display as part of "I Can't Breathe", an exhibition presented by ARC Gallery in Chicago, and juried by Mary Patten and Romi Crawford, PhD. The show is open November 25th - December 19th, and will include a reception on Friday, December 4th, 6:00 - 9:00pm.

Having endured a year in which video after video has appeared, showing shocking violence by police against unarmed citizens, ARC wants to begin a conversation about these events. The videos have forced all of us to address our ignorance and denial, as well as to ask even bigger questions about the nature of institutionalized racism.

Two of my pieces have been accepted to the 23nd Annual Prairie Lakes Regional Juried Art Exhibition which runs from September 22 to October 18 at the Arts Center of Saint Peter. I hope to see you at the Opening Reception on September 25, 7-9 p.m.

The show will feature 93 pieces of artwork from emerging and established artists in the nine county area.

Solo Exhibition at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral

I am happy to announce the opening of my first exhibition since graduating from college.
 

I plan to show new paintings and prints along with some older artwork, all based on the theme of cityscapes. I am interested in the worlds we create for ourselves in the form of buildings and cities, and the ways in which we interact with these artificial oases. The subject matter comes from the various locations in which I have spent my time over the past few years, from Cottage Grove and Saint Peter Minnesota, to London and Berlin.

Mark your calendars for the opening reception on Sunday, August 9th, 1:00 - 3:00pm. I'll be giving a short talk about the artwork at 1:30pm.

Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Saturday 8:00 a.m. – noon and Sunday 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The gallery is located on the second floor, outside the worship space.

Opening Reception, Honors Day, May 2, 2015, 4:00-6:00PM

Please join us in celebrating the work of the 2015 Gustavus studio art majors. This show is the culmination of 4 years of hard work by the artists, and features a wide variety of work by the 13 graduating art majors.

Exhibition with Theresa Grams at Pine Center for the Arts

Opening reception Friday, February 13, 4pm - 7pm