UPCOMING AND RECENT EXHIBITIONS


"Recent Paintings" (solo exhibition), Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, September 7- October 4, 2007  Woman Made Exhibition

"BUILDING PICTURING," curated by Vittorio Colaizzi, The Painting Center, New York, NY, June 19 - July 14, 2007

"BUILDING PICTURING" (photos courtesy Joanne Mattera)

"Luxe, Calme, et Volupté," curated by Joanne Mattera, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA, June 7 - August 25, 2007

   online catalogue & essay

"ORDER(ed)," curated by Julie Karabenick, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA, May 5–June 17, 2006

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Juror, "Abstract & Geometric," Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL • Woman Made exhibition

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

Exhibition: ORDER(ed)

Venue: Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA, May 5-June 17, 2006   • Gallery Siano exhibition
 
Artists: Steven Baris, Howard R. Barnhart, Mark Brown, Grace DeGennaro, Laurie Fendrich, Cheryl Goldsleger
Gail Gregg, Julie Gross, Julie Karabenick, Burton Kramer, Joanne Mattera, Tim McFarlane, Marjorie Mikasen
Alex Queral, W. C. Richardson, Vincent Romaniello, Tremain Smith

Catalogue: full color catalogue with essay by Roberta Fallon available from gallery  • read essay


   "This elegant and focused survey gives the viewer an opportunity to appreciate the richness and diversity of
    geometric abstraction today." —Krystyna Warchol (Key to Philadelphia, May 1-14, 2006)   • read review


   "ORDER(ed) is a smart mix of local and non-local artists ... But smartest of all is the content--abstract but ordered
    and organized, the marks restrained and inspired by some self-imposed logic that, at its best, becomes allusive as
    well as great to look at." —Libby Rosof    • read review

   "A remarkable feature of this exhibition is that each artist is different from all the others ... It makes me want to return
   again and again to the gallery for further communion with 17 talented artists. Who says abstraction is dead when we have
   this kind of work being made today?"  —Anne Fabbri (Art Matters, June, 2006)

From left—Joanne Mattera, Tremain Smith Photo courtesy Howard R. Barnhart Steven Baris Photo courtesy Vincent Romaniello

From left—W. C. Richardson, Laurie Fendrich Photo courtesy Howard R. Barnhart Gail Gregg Photo courtesy Vincent Romaniello

Exhibition: Engaging the Structural

Venue: Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, April 5-30, 2005 

Artists: Timothy App, Howard R. Barnhart, Siri Berg, Laurie Fendrich, Gail Gregg, Cecily Kahn, Julie Karabenick
Joanne Mattera, Tim McFarlane, Marjorie Mikasen, W. C. Richardson, Vincent Romaniello, Christine Vaillancourt


   "As a psychologist and artist, Karabenick is fascinated by the primal power that geometric figures continue to exert.
   For Karabenick, who is passionate about geometric form and pattern, one impulse in organizing "Engaging the Structural"
   was to show the diversity of contemporary geometric abstraction and to marvel at the continued vitality of this historic
   tradition. Artists, Karabenick proves, are still drawn to the richness of its syntax, a syntax that seems inexhaustible."
   —Lilly Wei (from her essay "Geometry Reloaded," NY Arts Magazine, May-June, 2005   • read essay