ZENITH GALLERY PRESENTS
We Are Not Going Back – President Harris & VP Walz
Show dates: September 20 – November 30, 2024
Opening Receptions to Meet the Artists: Friday, Sept 20th, 4-8 PM & Saturday, Sept 21st, 2-6 PM
At 1429 Iris Street NW, Washington DC, 20012
Inspired by Kamala Harris’ bid for presidency and her choice for running mate, Tim Walz, this show features artworks in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, mixed media collage, and prints all created in the spirit of shared excitement and hope for the future.
Featuring Artists: Doba Afolabi, Courtney Applequist, Amy Bandel, Mitzi Bernard, Bert Beirne, Joanathan Bessaci, Holly Boruck, Ram Brisueno, William Buchanan, F. Lennox Campello, Sheryll Cashin, Lea Craigie, Diane Dompka, Buzz Duncan, Cheryl Edwards, Cheryl Elmo, Sofia Gawer, HSU Studios, David Hubbard, Mihira Karra, Lola Lombard, Michela Mansuino, Carol Newmyer, Keith Norval, Katharine Owens, Anna Podris, Sabiyha Prince, Qrcky, Susan Fay Schauer, Gavin Sewell, Helen Silberminz, Patrick Smith, Paula Stern, Bradley Stevens, Saralene Tapley, Mathieu Treuman, Jennifer Wagner, Robert Weston, Marcie Wolf-Hubbard, and Luther Wright.
Doba Afolabi, Nigerian born, credits his dancer mother as the fundamental force behind his flair for expression. He studied at the famous Zaria Art School, known for their experimental style and bold color palette. Amy Bandel draws and paints to stay calm and grounded. “I find art is a way to connect with the people, places, and things that I love.” Mitzi Bernard’s detailed colleges of controversial paper cutout highlight the power, strength and beauty of women. Joanathan Bessaci use of layering maps as a medium suggests “a path drawn between the past and future, connecting memories to dreams.” Holly Boruck’s art displays a deep interest in the human psyche and earthly experiences through various mediums. Ram Brisueno’s mixed media colleges create narratives that relate to personal identity and social perceptions. William Buchanan’s paintings are influenced by his surroundings, where he sees rhythms, repetitions, designs, and patterns in nature.
F. Lennox Campellofor the last few years has drawn on reclaimed, broken, unfired Bisque, where he tells and retells stories, or expresses ideas through the means of contemporary realism. Sheryll Cashin’scollages are made as an act of self-care, she surrounds Black women in nature and imagines them being healed as a form of resistance. Photographer, Diane Dompka, says her joy is capturing the spirit and beauty of the subject and the emotional bond of preserving the image.Buzz Duncan began painting and drawing as early as he can remember being able to pick up a pencil or a paintbrush. At an early age, he used art to express his ideas and feelings. “For me, art just felt very natural.” Cheryl Elmo’s watercolors give the medium a new visual quality focusing on human connection.Sofia Gaweruses recycled materials in her art to showcase her deep love of nature, memories, and emotions, fueling her care for the planet.David Hubbard picked up painting again after 30 years and is exploring themes of psychology and sociology in his acrylic paintings.
Mihira Karra, a fabric collage artist who started sketching and using pastels as a child, realized her passion for portraiture and figurative art. Michela Mansuino’s imaginative contemporary realist oil paintings invite the audience to experience her subjects in ways that are uniquely their own. Carol Newmyer, known for her fluid bronze sculpture, takes to collage for her political art. Gavin Sewell’s mysterious, novelistic mixed-media collages are intuitive, expressionist paintings that seize the anonymous debris of contemporary life. Qrcky “My art speaks to who I am, my heritage, and my culture. My work explores the relationship between Black diaspora sensibilities and urban spaces.”
Helen Silberminz returned to art after retiring, involving herself at the Smithsonian and engaging in charcoal drawings. Paula Stern’s busts, groupings and figures echo her deep appreciation of the beauty and complexity of human physiognomy. Bradley Stevens has forged a reputation as one of America’s leading contemporary realist painters boldly expressing modernity through his use of paint and his penetrating eye. Marcie Wolf-Hubbard response to her quiet observation of the world around her connects her to the subjects in her mixed media charcoal encaustic drawings. Robert Weston crafts mostly with various shades of inlaid wood veneer, enhanced by scarce touches of pigment. Luther Wright’s multidisciplinary approach and his passion for creating wall murals intends to bring people together, spark conversations, and inspire positive change.
Now celebrating 46 years in the nation’s capital, Zenith is recognized for its unique mix of contemporary art in a wide variety of media, style, and subject. The gallery provides high-quality acquisition, art consulting, commissioning, appraisal, and framing services, through its gallery/salon/ sculpture garden off 16th Street at 1429 Iris St NW, WDC 20012.
