Personal Profound
Works on paper by Jennifer L. Lambert and Gabriel Villa
August 11 - September 30
Public reception: Thursday, September 1, 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Works on paper by Jennifer L. Lambert and Gabriel Villa
August 11 - September 30
Public reception: Thursday, September 1, 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Above: Jennifer L. Lambert, Fallen Flower Petals, 2011
Silverpoint and graphite on paper, 7 1/2" x 13" Right: Gabriel Villa, Galileo, 2011 Mixed media on paper, 26" x 19" |
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In this exhibition, Lambert and Villa show new works on paper that continue the exploration of symbols central to their individual practices. Materially fragile, Lambert’s silverpoint and graphite renderings glow with timeless beauty. The sensitive handling of the materials charges the subjects with the poetry of simplicity and the fullness of time. Villa’s works are a study of satirical balance between a world-weary gesture of hands and symbols of desire or servitude. The images repeat across the series he is presenting, creating a film strip of changing aspirations.
Jennifer L. Lambert is a Chicago-based artist originally from Joliet, Illinois. She is the recipient of an IAS grant from the Illinois Arts Council in 2011, and CAAP grants in 2011 and 2010. She earned her MFA degree from Kansas State University in 2006, her Bachelor's degree from Illinois State University in 2003, and her Associate’s degree from Joliet Junior College in 2001.
Gabriel Villa was born and raised in the El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez border region and currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. He served from 2005-2011 as Director of Yollocalli Arts Reach, a youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art received his MFA from the University of Delaware and a BFA from Corpus Christi State University-Texas A& M. He was recently nominated for the prestigious 3Arts Award in the category of Visual Arts. Villa’s most recent project, "The Art of Gabriel Villa", is a 100-page book that depicts Villa’s body of work. For further information please go to www.gabrielvilla.net
Jennifer Lambert's presentation is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Harold Washington College is one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago. The President’s Gallery is located inside Harold Washington College, 30 East Lake Street, Room 1105. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and by appointment. For more information, contact the Harold Washington College art department at 312-553-5738.
About City Colleges of Chicago
The City Colleges of Chicago (CCC), District 508, is the largest community college system in Illinois and one of the largest in the nation, with 5,800 faculty and staff serving 120,000 students at seven campuses and thirteen satellite sites city-wide. The City Colleges of Chicago is in the midst of a Reinvention, launched by Chancellor Cheryl Hyman shortly after her appointment by Mayor Richard M. Daley in March 2010. Reinvention is a collaborative effort to review and revise CCC programs and practices to ensure students leave CCC college-ready, career-ready and prepared to pursue their life’s goals.
CCC includes seven colleges: Richard J. Daley College, Kennedy-King College, Malcolm X College, Olive-Harvey College, Harry S Truman College, Harold Washington College and Wilbur Wright College. The system also oversees: the Washburne Trade School, the French Pastry School, two restaurants, five Child Development Centers, the Center for Distance Learning, the Workforce Institute, the public broadcast station WYCC-TV Channel 20 and radio station WKKC-FM 89.3FM. For more information about City Colleges of Chicago, call: (773) COLLEGE or visit www.reinventingccc.org.
Jennifer L. Lambert is a Chicago-based artist originally from Joliet, Illinois. She is the recipient of an IAS grant from the Illinois Arts Council in 2011, and CAAP grants in 2011 and 2010. She earned her MFA degree from Kansas State University in 2006, her Bachelor's degree from Illinois State University in 2003, and her Associate’s degree from Joliet Junior College in 2001.
Gabriel Villa was born and raised in the El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez border region and currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. He served from 2005-2011 as Director of Yollocalli Arts Reach, a youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art received his MFA from the University of Delaware and a BFA from Corpus Christi State University-Texas A& M. He was recently nominated for the prestigious 3Arts Award in the category of Visual Arts. Villa’s most recent project, "The Art of Gabriel Villa", is a 100-page book that depicts Villa’s body of work. For further information please go to www.gabrielvilla.net
Jennifer Lambert's presentation is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Harold Washington College is one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago. The President’s Gallery is located inside Harold Washington College, 30 East Lake Street, Room 1105. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and by appointment. For more information, contact the Harold Washington College art department at 312-553-5738.
About City Colleges of Chicago
The City Colleges of Chicago (CCC), District 508, is the largest community college system in Illinois and one of the largest in the nation, with 5,800 faculty and staff serving 120,000 students at seven campuses and thirteen satellite sites city-wide. The City Colleges of Chicago is in the midst of a Reinvention, launched by Chancellor Cheryl Hyman shortly after her appointment by Mayor Richard M. Daley in March 2010. Reinvention is a collaborative effort to review and revise CCC programs and practices to ensure students leave CCC college-ready, career-ready and prepared to pursue their life’s goals.
CCC includes seven colleges: Richard J. Daley College, Kennedy-King College, Malcolm X College, Olive-Harvey College, Harry S Truman College, Harold Washington College and Wilbur Wright College. The system also oversees: the Washburne Trade School, the French Pastry School, two restaurants, five Child Development Centers, the Center for Distance Learning, the Workforce Institute, the public broadcast station WYCC-TV Channel 20 and radio station WKKC-FM 89.3FM. For more information about City Colleges of Chicago, call: (773) COLLEGE or visit www.reinventingccc.org.