Smart Objects / Flattened Images

curated by Kelda Van Patten

September 3 – 25, 2022

Smart Objects and Flattened Images, a group exhibition curated by Kelda Van Patten, brings together 51 predominately lens-based artists from different parts of the country, who all, in varying degrees, reflect on the overlapping of the artificial and the real within this hyper-digital age. These works either create a sense of confusion as they move from one reality or plane to another, and/or bring to mind the fading distinction between our physical and corporeal experiences and our digital, cerebral ones.

Featuring works by:

Jen Bacon, Kris Blackmore, Heather Boyd, Tyler Brumfield, Thomas Bugarin, Lesley Bunch, Sarah Cabbell, Teresa Christiansen, Brita d'Agostino, Myra Day, Brian Doody, Travis Flack, Pete Fleming, Melanie Flood, Kristina Gerig, Cynthia Greig, Tom Grill, Ash Hagerstrand, Megan Hansen, Tarja Harney, Robert Harrington, Stephanie Hatch, Ben Herbert, Justine Highsmith, Rebecca Horne, Melinda Hurst Frye, Colin Kippen, Jacob Lahah, Yi Hsuan Lai, Chris Lael Larson, Haley Lauw, Amanda Lee, James Long, Lisa Maione, Philippe Mazaud, Forrest McGarvey, Harold McNaron, Muscle Memory, Michael Meyer, Nicholas Moler-Gallardo, Todd Molinari, Clare Parry, Kim Smith Claudel, William Mark Sommer, Dain Susman, Jennifer Timmer Trail, Danielle Troy, Kelda Van Patten, Jose Velazco, Marilyn Waligore, Chloe Wilwerding, Yuyang Zhang