- Thu, Jan 16Illingworth Kerr GalleryJan 16, 2020, 5:00 PMIllingworth Kerr Gallery, 1407 14 Ave NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4R3, CanadaReliant Objects is a traveling Cross-disciplinary Craft Exhibition, first featured at SNAG 2018 M.A.D.E. Conference in Portland, Oregon, and currently on show at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- Wed, May 23Hoffman GalleryMay 23, 2018, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PMHoffman Gallery, 8245 SW Barnes Rd, Portland, OR 97225, USA *image of work by Maki Okamoto2018 Cross-disciplinary Craft Exhibition featured at SNAG 2018 M.A.D.E. Conference

ABOUT THE EVENT
Reliant Objects is a group exhibition of interdisciplinary craft work challenging notions of form, function, and the future of domestic objects. In Reliant Objects, the works attempt to claim their own narrative space, building new futures and object-agency through challenges to form, misuse, and dysfunction. These objects rely upon a viewer’s recognition of their sameness and difference, in the ability to seek meaning in their digressions from everyday familiarity. This exhibition is not about strictly historical objects or everyday objects, material specificity or labored craft. It is not about the history of ‘the thing’, but rather about the ability for these objects to look into the future and serve as a reflection of self. In their multiplicity, augmentation, or fragmentation, these works act as a mirror, allowing the viewer to recognize themselves and their collective future potentials in disparate and unfamiliar parts and pieces.
ABOUT THE CURATORS
Courtney Kemp currently lives Portland, Oregon, and serves as Head Faculty for the MFA in Craft and Material Studies at Oregon College of Art and Craft. She is an alumni member of Ditch Projects, an artist-run gallery and collective. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including SOFA New York (NY), Galleri Puls (Norheimsund, Norway), Border Patrol (Portland, Maine), Platte Forum (Denver, Colorado), and Heidi Lowe Gallery (Rehobeth, Delaware), among others.
Lyndsay Rice currently lives in Calgary, Canada, and serves as Assistant Professor of Jewellery and Metalsmithing at Alberta College of Art and Design. She received her BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and her MFA from the University of Oregon. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally as part of JOYA Barcelona. at Reinstein | Ross Gallery in NYC, DeDee Shattuck Gallery, and more.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS 2018
JEFFREY CLANCY
MYRA MIMLISCH-GRAY
ADAM SHIRLEY
JOANNA POWELL
MAKI OKAMOTO
JENNIFER ANDERSON
HALEY BATES
VENETIA DALE
JEREMY NUTTALL
BEAN GILSDORF
ZIMRA BEINER
MAISIE BROADHEAD
MASAKO ONODERA
DEL HARROW
DAWN CERNY
DAVE KENNEDY
JESS TOLBERT
JAYDAN MOORE
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS 2020
JEFFREY CLANCY
MYRA MIMLISCH-GRAY
MYRA MIMLISCH-GRAY
ADAM SHIRLEY
ADAM SHIRLEY
JOANNA POWELL
JOANNA POWELL
MASAKO ONODERA
HALEY BATES
VENETIA DALE
JEREMY NUTTALL
DEL HARROW
ZIMRA BEINER
MAISIE BROADHEAD
DAVE KENNEDY
JESS TOLBERT






