ATMOSPHERES: Works on Paper and Sculptures
June 21- August 26, 2018
Second Opening reception July 13, 5-8pm
French artist Marie-Pier Guillaud ” Mapie ” and International Mexican artist Esperanza Gama join hands to celebrate women, jazz, city and nature, with works in watercolor and mixed media, on rough cotton paper and on bark, and with glazed ceramic sculptures. Both artists live and work in Chicago.
EAST WINDS: Latest Works on Paper
May 4 – June 16, 2018
Opening reception May 4, 5-8pm
Born and educated in the Netherlands, Caroline Mars has studied and worked in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Seoul for 20 years. She graduated from the Art Academy of Leiden (The Netherlands) and earned certificates in Advanced Chinese Painting (Hong Kong) and from the Sogetsu School of Ikebana (Tokyo).
Drawing on the five elements central to Asian philosophy – wood, fire, earth, metal and water – she attempts to temper the clutter and stress of modern life with minimalist composition and simple forms, incorporating her Asian studies of Chinese painting and Ikebana into her innovative body of work.
ASIAN PERSPECTIVE: 16 Artists from South East Asia
Feb 8 – Apr 27, 2018
Opening reception March 2, 5-8pm
Exhibited artists include Chen Xiaosu, Faizin, Gatot Widodo, Hayatudin, Janiz Chan, Jeho Bitancor, Jerson Samson, Maninder Krishnan, Michael Tan, Mohamed Yanan, Pang Yong Jie, Paramartha, Putu Sutawijaya, Rudi Darma, Tajuddin Ismael and Vincent Padilla. Countries represented are Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore and China.
SHADOWS AND LIGHT: Latest Paintings
Nov 3 – Dec 22, 2017
Diah Yulianti draws her inspiration from the cultural, social and spiritual richness of her native Kalimantan. Interacting with the Dayak tribal people in Kalimantan, she is fascinated by their perceptions of the spiritual world in their daily lives.
Diah Yulianti was born in 1973, in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. She studied at the Indonesia Institute of Art in Yogyakarta (Bachelor of Fine Art in painting). Her paintings have been exhibited in Indonesia, Algeria, Hong Kong, Singapore and Chicago. She works and lives in Yogyakarta.
HYPOMNEMATA: Latest Paintings and Sculptures
Sept 8 – Oct 28, 2017
Through a series of paintings and small sculptures, Laurence Lignel challenges the viewer about interactions and interconnectivity by exploring links between past and present, between what we hold onto and what has been lost, familiar and foreign, tangible and unseen, oneself and others.
“Hypomnemata” (from the Greek “supports de mémoire”).
Absence structures your life, disappearances mark out your history, and you are vulnerable to every tragedy, excessively conscious of the impermanence of life’s foundations and promises. Doubting faith, hoping for solace, wary of prescience, you draw comfort and relief in affirming the materiality of loss. You defeat reality by asserting existence, retaining memories, and hunting for signs and familiarity around you. You authenticate tangible traces of what once was.
Laurence Lignel initially graduated in marketing and advertising and worked for 15 years in advertising agencies in Paris, France. Concurrently, she pursued artistic explorations studying academic sculpture and oil painting in Paris, London and Chicago. For the last ten years, she has been exhibiting among different art communities in Chicago where she lives, and her work has found its way to Paris, London, Chicago, NYC, Honk Kong and Sydney.
June 23 – July 21, 2017
Opening Reception June 23, 5 – 8pm
Manjeet Shergill is a Singapore-born fine art painter. Her subject matter varies but her paintings have delightful simplicity and visual impact. She constantly strives to convey the beauty of the human condition in its simplest clarity.
As the daughter of a gardening family, the appreciation of the beauty of nature and flowers has been a constant in Verena Mayer’s life. Her love of plants, flowers, and the breadth of nature, led her to pursue a career as an independent graphic artist in Germany.
May 5 – June 16, 2017
![Xiaofei Yue, Fly Me to the Moon, Chinese paint on rice paper, 24"x29", 2016 [SOLD]](http://galeriewaterton.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Fly-Me-to-the-Moon-61_73cm-纸本2016--e1489273414186.jpg)
Featuring the works of Singaporean artist Ashley Yeo and Beijing artist Xiaofei Yue.
Ashley Yeo’s work is an eloquent comment on the epidemic of visual culture, the complexity of the human condition and the alienation caused by modern technology.
Xiaofei Yue investigates the conflict in human nature between external appearance and internal feelings, by creating a collision between Chinese paint and rice paper.
March 3 – April 28, 2017
Opening Reception March 3, 5 – 8pm
Featuring the works of Indonesian artist Rudi Darma.
Rudi Darma takes everyday icons and turns them into personal symbols. His paintings are planned and meticulous works, and full of implied narratives. He juxtaposes abstract and representational elements so that they are not in conflict with each other but instead find harmony in their individual differences.
A collection of vintage French photogravures, beautifully framed for the holiday season. These photogravures were made from the paintings of late 19th century French artists, and cover a wide range of subjects, from rural scenes and French landscapes to delicate portraits and family gatherings.
NOV 4, 2016 to JAN 21, 2017
Opening Reception Nov 4, 5pm to 8pm
Featuring the works of Indonesian artist Chandra Johan.
In his cityscapes and his depictions of the human body, Chandra Johan expresses his frustrations and sadness at the inhumanity and anonymity of modern society.
SEPT 9 – OCT 29, 2016
Opening Reception Sept 9, 5pm to 8pm
Featuring the recent works of Hong Kong artist Claire Lau. This exhibition assembles paintings from two of the cities Claire has called home in the past few years – Hong Kong and San Francisco. Her work explores the unique spatial relationship between nature and metropolis through two series of paintings: cityscapes on a macro level, banyan trees and succulents on a micro level.
MAY 20 – JULY 30, 2016
Opening Reception May 20, 5pm to 8pm
Featuring the recent works of one of Malaysia’s prominent woman artists, Janiz Chan
MARCH 11 – MAY 7, 2016
Opening Reception March 11, 5pm to 8pm
![Gatot Widodo, Imagine 3, acrylic on canvas, 28"x23", 2013 [SOLD]](http://galeriewaterton.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Gatot-Widodo-Imagine-3-acrylic-on-canvas-28x23-2013.jpg)
The dreamlike universe of Indonesian artist Gatot Widodo
JANUARY 15 – MARCH 5, 2016
Group exhibition featuring works by contemporary artists from
Indonesia, China, The Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.
November 6 – December 19, 2015
East by South-East, a group exhibition featuring four Indonesian artists, to introduce the gallery and celebrate our new Chicago location. Featured artists: Gatot Widodo, Diah Yulianti, Chandra Johan and Rudi St Dharma.
