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E R I N A R M S T R O N G

Erin is a contemporary figurative artist living and working in Los Angeles, CA. Her work looks into the human imagination as it is expressed visually. She is particularly intrigued by the ways in which the mind can conjure and create worlds by piecing together memory, experience, and the ability of the mind’s eye to render a non-reality. She draws on the genre of portraiture as a foundation for these explorations, but chooses to depict an atmosphere or sensation expressed inside the formal qualities of human shapes rather than a particular person or sitter. She has exhibited in Canada, the US, Australia, London, Switzerland, Sweden and Scotland. Erin was selected by Saatchi Art as ‘One to Watch’ and by Saatchi Art’s chief curator, Rebecca Wilson, as one of ‘20 Emerging Artist in the World to Follow.’ Designlines Magazine named her one of Toronto’s ‘Six Art Stars’ and blogTO counted her in their ‘Top 10 Most Talked About Artists In Toronto.’ Noteable named her one of their ‘Notable Young Entrepreneurs.’ She is currently completing an artist residency in Los Angeles, CA at ESXLA.

Erin has recently collaborated on projects for The Drake Hotel, Kit + Ace, Anthroplogie, Saatchi Limited, and Portia De Rossi’s new art line General Public Art.

Cover image: Erin Armstrong, Language of Chrome, acrylic on canvas, 67.5 x 50 inches Above: Erin Armstron, Far and Gone, acrylic on canvas, 54 x 107 inches

Erin Armstrong, Alchemy to Keep, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 55 inches

Erin Armstrong, Of Taltuct Past, acrylic on canvas, 75.5 x 70.5 inches

Erin Armstrong, The Constant Reminder, acrylic on canvas, 67 x 89 inches

Erin Armstrong, The Exile, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 inches

ERIN ARMSTRONG

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2017 ‘Dualities: A Bridge Between Two Worlds,’ Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, CA ‘Navigation Priveé,’ Air Project Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland 2016 ArteMbassy, Toronto, ON The Drake Hotel, Wellington, CA2015 The Artist Project, Toronto, ON

Group Exhibitions

2018 ‘Portraiture,’ Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA2017 Context Miami, Miami, FL Art Toronto with Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, CA, New Artist Showcase, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, CA 2016 SCOPE Art Miami with Michele Mauriad Gallery, Miami, FL Michele Mariaud Gallery, NYC Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh Art Fair, Scotland Manchester Art Fair, UK Art Gallery of Ontario, Art and Rental Sales Gallery, Toronto, CA OTOMYS, Melbourne, Australia Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow, Scotland Affordable Art Fair, Battersea UK Lab Studio Design, Toronto, CA2015 The Artist Project, Better Living Centre, Toronto, CA Art Gallery of Ontario, Art and Rental Sales Gallery, Toronto, CA2014 Art Toronto | Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, CA Affordable Art Fair, New York City, NY ‘Observations,’ OCAD University, Toronto, CA Rogers Cup 2014, Artwork in executive suites courtesy of AGO Art Rental & Sales/Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts Michele Mariaud Gallery, NYC Marcia Rafelman Fine Art, Toronto, ON ‘Wall to Wall 3,’ The Art Yard, Toronto, CA The Artist Project, Better Living Centre, Toronto, CA

Auctions

2017 Art Gems, Toronto IBI & Eva’s Home for Life, Toronto2016 AFCY Auction via Angell Gallery, Spoke Club, Toronto eOne Entertainment via Sick Kids Hospital + Brain Child, Toronto Free the Children Auction, Toronto Paddle8 Auction via Children of Fallen Patriots, New York City

Publications

2016 House & Home, ‘The Ultimate House & Home Holiday Gift Guide,’ November Lor Dethal, Widewalls Magazine, ‘Erin Armstrong’ After Nyne, ‘Erin Armstrong,’ February Hour House London Magazine, ‘In Conversation: Erin Armstrong’ Saatchi Art Magazine, ‘Curator’s Pick: Top 20 Emerging Artist’s Around the World2015 Notable, “Erin Armstrong: Today’s Notable Young Entrepreneur,” May Rebecca Fulleylove, It’s Nice That, Artist Erin Armstrong’s Relaxed Figures Are Ethereal And Richly Toned, July Mildred co. Audio Interview, ‘Erin Armstrong’ New Collectors Book 2015 Edition, ‘Erin Armstrong,’ February Designlines Magazine, ‘Six New Art Stars Not to Be Missed at the Artist Project,’ March The Vanderblid, ‘Erin Armstrong’ I Love Illustration, “Erin Armstrong,” June2014 Saatchi Art, ‘One to Watch: Erin Armstrong,’ November Owlstand, ‘Subdued’ Silhouettes, ‘Erin Armstrong’ Saatchi Art ‘25 Emerging Artists to Buy Now’

Carlos Donjuan, Pena En El Alma, mixed media on panel, 36 X 36 inches

C A R L O S D O N J U A N

Carlos Donjuan grew up hearing negative commentary about illegal aliens, a term he later learned that was used to label people like him and his family. In his artwork, Donjuan aims to take on the pejorative term “alien” and redefine its meaning with figures cloaked in sprightly shapes and patterns. The subjects are acutely personal as he often references family and friends in hopes of gaining a bet-ter understanding of his fears of not belonging, of failure, and even his own mortality. In this manner, Donjuan uses his own narrative as a first generation American to address perceptions of immigration and acceptance. His masked figures are meant to be playful and approachable, rather than a faceless threat.

Carlos Donjuan, La Zoey, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Carlos Donjuan was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico in 1982 to Marisa and Ceverino Donjuan. Three years later, his parents brought him and his two younger to the USA in search of better opportunities. The family arrived in Dallas, Texas in 1985 and they have called it home ever since. After finishing college, Donjuan returned to Dallas where he began to exhibit his work and soon established a list of regular collectors, including actor Cheech Marin. With the collective Sour Grapes, which includes his two younger brothers and some childhood friends, Donjuan paints murals, hosts workshops and mentors at-risk youths.

Donjuan has taught at El Centro Community College in Dallas and at the University of Texas atArlington. He has shown work at the Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas, the Vincent Price Museum in Los Angeles, the Musee d’ Aquitaine in Bordeaux, France, the McNay Museum in San Antonio and is a long-time participant in the Serie Project at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin.

Carlos Donjuan, Doll Face, watercolor on paper, 30 x 22 inches

Carlos Donjuan, Kinder, oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches

Carlos Donjuan, Cheznee, oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches

Carlos Donjuan, Mijo, oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches

CARLOS DONJUAN

Education

University of Texas at San Antonio, MFA in Painting 2009University of Texas at Arlington, BFA in Painting 2005

Teaching Experience

2013 – 2018 Senior Lecturer Professor, Drawing, University of Texas at Arlington, TX2009 – 2013 Adjunct Professor, Drawing, University of Texas at Arlington, TX2011 – 2018 Adjunct Professor, Painting, El Centro Community College, Dallas, TX

Solo Exhibitions

2017 ‘Intimate Interrogation,’ Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, TX ‘Just Be,’ Eastfield College Gallery,’ Mesquite, TX2016 ‘Better Off Together,’ Brookhaven College Gallery, Farmers Branch, TX ‘On My Own,’ Sour Grapes Studio, Dallas, TX ‘Akin,’ Gray Duck Gallery, Austin, TX2015 ‘Everything Means Nothing,’ Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, TX ‘The Status of my Fears,’ Texas A&M Commerce, Commerce, TX2014 ‘The Day You Arrived,’ AR4T Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA ‘Conversations,’ Nave Museum, Victoria, TX ‘On The Border,’ Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy2013 ‘Let Me Be your Favorite Nightmare,’ Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, TX ‘Dreamers,’ Gravelmouth Gallery, San Antonio, TX2010 ‘Remove Your Veil,’ HCG Gallery, Dallas, TX2009 ‘Tierra Nueva,’ UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX2004 ‘The Ghetto Bird,’ Gallery West, University of Texas at Arlington, TX

Select Group Exhibitions

2018 ‘Portraiture,’ Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA ‘Los Tejanos,’ Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX ‘Transmission Reentry,’ SP/N Gallery, University of at Dallas, Dallas, TX2017 Faculty Biennial, University of Texas at Arlington Gallery, Arlington, TX ‘Art and Nature,’ Artist Republic Gallery, Anaheim, CA ‘Downtown,’ Faculty Show, H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, TX ‘We Back Baby,’ Gravelmouth Gallery, San Antonio, TX ‘Studio Practice,’ Cliff Gallery, Dallas, TX ‘Secret Levels,’ Shipping and Receiving, Ft. Worth, TX ‘Pose For the Frame,’ H. Paxton Moore Gallery, Dallas, TX ‘Papel Chicano Dos,’ Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA ‘Secret Show,’ Neighborhood, Dallas, TX2016 ‘Beautiful Dreamers,’ Spazio Parini, Como, Italy ‘Sweet Sixteen,’ Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, TX ‘Papel Chicano Dos,’ Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA

‘Number 1,’ Art Room, Ft. Worth, TX ‘Chicanitas,’ Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX2015 ‘Chicanitas,’ The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX ‘Take 10,’ Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ ‘Sour Grapes / 15 Years,’ Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX ‘Irrational City,’ Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX ‘Chicanitas,’ Vincent Price Museum, Los Angeles, CA2014 ‘Scope Art Fair,’ Miami, FL ‘Aqua Art Fair,’ Miami, FL ‘Chicano Collection,’ Musee d’ Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France ‘SWAB Art Fair,’ Barcelona, Spain ‘Sour Grapes,’ Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, TX ‘Unmasked,’ Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americano, SanJose, CA ‘CrossSection: Latino Artists in Texas,’ Houston Museum of African American Cultures, Houston, TX2013 ‘Chicanitas,’ Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA ‘Tejano,’ Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, TX ‘Art to the Power of Ten,’ McNay Museum, San Antonio, TX2012 ‘Sour Grapes: La Tienda,’ The Public Trust, Dallas, TX ‘Serie Project,’ Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX ‘Serie Project,’ Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX ‘Chicanitas,’ Museum of Monterey, Monterey, CA2011 ‘Chicanitas,’ MESA Art Center, Mesa, AZ2010 ‘Ephemeral Museum’, Cy Twombly House, Portland, OR

Select Bibliography

2017 Amber Scott. ‘Carlos Donjuan transforms communities and minds through his creative expression of individual journeys,’ The University At Texas Arlington Magazine. Spring.2016 Tristan Manco, ‘Make Your Mark: The New Urban Artists.’ Thames & Hudson. ‘New American Paintings,’ West Issue, No. 126, October/November. Jerome Weeks, ‘Painting Walls, Not Building Them: Carlos Donjuan moved from graffiti art to murals to gallery paintings to making masks,’ Art & Seek. September 8.2015 Lee Escobedo. ‘From Outside to Inside: The Art of Carlos Donjuan,’ Arts + Culture. December 4. ‘Carlos Donjuan: Everything Means Nothing,’ Juxtapoz. November 28. Rachel Stone, ‘From street art to fine art with the Sour Grapes,’ Advocate, Oak Cliff. October. Dan Epstein, ‘Cheech Marin Debuts His Blazing Chicano Guitars Art Project,’ Guitar Aficionado. July 29. 2014 Jake Cigainero, ‘Celebrating a Partnership of Two West Coasts, Mexican-American Street Art From Los Angeles Comes to Bordeaux,’ New York Times, September 9. ‘Carlos Donjuan: Behind the Mask,’ LoDown Magazine. May/June. New American Paintings, Readers Choice Winner. January.2013 Rachel Stone, ‘Photos: Carlos Donjuan’s renderings of the Jefferson bridge murals,’ Advocate, Oak Cliff. July 15. ‘New American Paintings,’ West Issue, No. 108, October/November.2011 Kate Singleton, ‘Street Smart: A Q&A with Carlos Donjuan,’ New American Paintings, February.

Complete Resume Available Upon Request

J U L I A L A M B R I G H T

Julia Lambright was born and raised in Russia. She received an MFA with Distinction in painting from the University of New Mexico. Previously working primarily in oil, her focus over the last decade has been rooted in traditional egg-tempera painting, a knowledge which she acquired from masters in Russia and the United States. While searching for a personal spiritual experience, Lambright began exploring iconographic canons, formulas, and techniques of 17th century icon painting. Being influenced by the icon’s visual aesthetics and its technical construction, Lambright integrates and transforms its principles into a contemporary form of art making.

Artist StatementMy work is concerned with the inadequacy and impermanence of memory. As I excavate the strata of the past, I build these layers into my paintings, recombining incomplete images and symbols to evoke the emotional experience of moments distant in time and space. Moving from polished surfaces to layered textures, combining issues of self and society, I seek to create arresting and ambiguous imagery that draws the viewer into an ongoing dialogue. In a world that is constantly in flux, my paintings record the process of piecing together ideas, impressions, and fragments of memory into a unified and resonant narrative.

Julia Lambright, Waiting In Time, egg temera on panel, 45 x 32 inches

Thomas Jefferson: Panic Four (Spotty WiFi), acrylic on canvas, 32 x 30 inchesJulia Lambright, Green Shoes, egg temera on panel, 42 x 30 inches

This page: Julia Lambright, My Place In Line, egg tempera on panel, 36.5 x 32 inchesPrevious page: Julia Lambright, Angela, egg tempera on panel, 36 x 24 inches

JULIA LAMBRIGHT

Education 2015 MFA (Distinction), Painting and Drawing, University of New Mexico, College of Fine Arts, Albuquerque, NM Study of icon painting with Vladimir Blagonadezhdin, Venice, FL 2013 Study of icon painting with Vladimir Blagonadezhdin, Venice, FL 2012 Gilding Seminar with Tatiana Bolshakova, Moscow, Russia 2011 BFA (Honors), Painting and Drawing, University of New Mexico, College of Fine Arts, Albuquerque, NM 2010 Study of icon painting, Center of Icon-Painting “Russian Icon of XXI Century,” Moscow, Russia

Solo Exhibitions

2016 ‘Promised View,’ Solo Exhibition, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM 2015 ‘Synaxis,’ Solo Exhibition, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM

Select Group Exhibitions

2017 ‘Share the Journey.’ The Northbertine Community of Santa Maria de la Via Abbey, Albuquerque, NM Faculty Exhibit, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM ‘Faculty and Stuff Art Exhibition,’ University of New Mexico, Los Lunas, NM ‘Real People 2017,’, Old Court House Art Center, Woodstock, IL ‘Encantada.’ EXPO New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM ‘New Faces, Different Places,’ Central Features Contemporary Art, Albuquerque ‘MasterWorks of New Mexico.’ EXPO New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM ‘Recent Work by Julia Lambright,’ New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM2016 ‘Mercy in Action,’ Santa Maria de la Via Abbey, Albuquerque, NM ‘12 x 12 Exhibition and Fundraiser,’ Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM ‘Encantada,’ EXPO New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM ‘MasterWorks of New Mexico,’ EXPO New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM2015 ‘Prelude: Action,’ Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM ‘12 x 12 Exhibition and Fundraiser,’ Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM ‘MasterWorks of New Mexico,’ Expo New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM ‘Connectivity,’ University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM ‘New: New Work by Matrix Artist,’ Matrix Fine Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Pacific Exhibits, February display, Albuquerque, NM2014 ‘Remote Response: Social Justice through the Artist’s Eyes,’ Fifth Annual International Juried Exhibition, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM ‘Painting in the World: Reflections on Politics, Violence, and Reconciliation,’ NAU Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ ‘Meeting of the Minds: Art Conversation in the Museum,’ University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM ‘Gateway to the Imagination,’ Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM ‘Breakthroughs,’ University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM

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Select Media and Publications 2017 ‘Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture. Who, When, and Where: Art and Identification Across Borders,’ Online journal, Pittsburgh University, Sixth Edition, November 2017 ‘¡COLORES!’ Artist Spotlight, New Mexico PBS (KNME-TV), October 142016 Studio Visit Magazine, Winter,2016-17. Curator: Jessica Roscio Conceptions Southwest: University of New Mexico Fine Arts and Literary Magazine, Vol. XXXIX, 20162015 Interview with David Romero/KRQE. November 6, 2015 Sinopia Feature Artist: Julia Lambright. October 2015 UNM Proud - Julia Lambright. Video interview, producer Ryan Montano, August 17, 2015 Conceptions Southwest: University of New Mexico Fine Arts and Literary Magazine (Including Cover Page), Vol. XXXVIII, 2015 Mara Kerkez, ‘From Russia With Love,’ March 31, 2015 ‘Synaxis,’ Interview with Telemundo Nuevo Mexico, March 5, 2015 David Steinberg, ‘Exhibition As Gathering of Paintings and As Gathering of People,’ Review of Synaxis, March 2, 2015 Maxine Marks, ‘Connectivity,’ University of New Mexico Art Museum Catalog. January 16, 20152014 Blue Mesa Review: A Literary Magazine, Issue N30

Full resume available upon request.