Aug 31 - Sept 29 | Nina K Ekman x Catherine Ruane : Guardians of the Desert
Featured Artists
Charles Christopher Hill
Charles Christopher Hill (born March 4, 1948, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania) is an American artist and printmaker. Hill lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He has been artist in residence at Cité International Des Arts, Paris, France, at Chateau de La Napoule, La Napoule, France and at Eklisia, Gümüslük, Turkey (1994).
In recent work, Hill has created paintings related to the sculptural works of Finish Fetish artist, Larry Bell [and Peter Alexander]. Hill paints bands across the canvas with perhaps fifty layers. He uses a full color palette with a final application of red or black; between each layer of paint he applies an acrylic varnish.
Jin Ting
Jin Ting, born in Yining, Xinjiang, is currently based in Shanghai. As a photographer, Jin Ting is dedicated to reflecting the changes of the times through his works. By capturing different landscapes, he presents certain memories at the turning points of the era and uses them as a bridge to the future. When Jin Ting was one year old, he returned to his ancestral hometown of Wenling, Zhejiang, with his grandmother and lived there until he graduated from junior high school. The memories of his childhood, especially the local mountains and rivers, have influenced his later creations. In his view, whether it's the small discarded objects in daily life or the remnants of the industrial age, he hopes to give them meaning through his lens.
Jin Ting began using infrared photography techniques in 2012 to create a surreal atmosphere. Since 2013, his works have been selected for various exhibitions, including the China International Photography Art Exhibition, Shanghai International Photography Art Exhibition, and Shanghai Photography Art Exhibition. In 2018, he was honored with the Top Ten Images Award by "Popular Photography" magazine. In 2020, his series "Remnants of Time" won the Grand Prize at the Pingyao International Photography Festival in China.
Jesse Jinghan Liu
Hailing from Beijing, China, Jesse Jinghan Liu (b.1999) graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2022 with an illustration major, she currently resides in California as a full-time artist. In March 2023, Jesse held her inaugural solo exhibition, Spring Fever, at Yiwei Gallery.
Jesse’s work is predominantly oil-based, with long-haired female figures serving as the central motif. Drawing inspiration from both the imagined nocturnal world and the minutiae of everyday life, and intertwines these elements with her personal experiences. Her works employ a vivid color palette and interplay of light and show to convey a spectrum of emotions with specific contexts. Specializing in using composition to emphasize the significance of narrative storytelling, to create a sense of mystery or romance in their atmosphere.
Clovis Schlumberger
Clovis Schlumberger, a Franco-American artist, holds a master's degree from the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France, and is based in Los Angeles and Paris. He is particularly interested in semiology and visual codes,exploring how languages are established. Inspired by Renaissance painting rules, Schlumberger experiments with the geometry of composition's impact on content perception.
His work reflects a struggle between escapism and the real world, often depicting figures in a digital desert. The enigmatic shapes in his art symbolize the tension between guidance and seduction, inviting viewers to project their desires and fears onto the ambiguous forms. Schlumberger's vibrant, pop art-inspired visuals explore the paradox of modern reliance on technology, using universal and inclusive representations.
Ye Wenlong
Ye Wenlong (b.1979) is an independent photographer based Zhejiang, China. He started teaching himself photography while in high school, and is now a member of the Chinese Fine Art Photography Association. Working with a digital medium format camera, Ye focuses on Eastern style landscape photography. He has exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, and has won the Chinese Academy of Photography award, the highest award in the Chinese fine art photography field.
Ye's photographs are inspired by traditional Chinese landscape painting, as well as by Eastern-style landscape photography. His black and white images are shot in nature during the winter months. While his focus is trees and their surroundings, it is the integration of the winter snow that adds a layer of abstraction to the works. In his images, he takes advantage of the cameras ability to flatten the picture plane into areas that become negative and positive spaces, turning the physical world into a blend of abstraction and representation.