Face to Place

Face to Place

New Exhibition in NYFA Gallery

Face to Place highlights select participants of NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program from its inaugural year in 2007 until 2014.  

“The exhibit (Face to Place) features artwork that draws attention to the acute artistic observations that are often manifested through the immigrant artist experience and the unique perspectives cultivated through transitioning to, living, and creating in another country.” – Felicity Hogan, Senior Program Officer, NYFA Learning/Professional Development

Opening Reception with Live Readings and Performances: Friday, February 20, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Exhibition Dates: February 20, 2015 – May 8, 2015
Location: NYFA Gallery, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn NY 11201
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

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Exhibition
includes works from Soumaila Adigun, Julio Jojo Austria, Pablo Carpio, Priscila
De Carvalho, Liuyu Chen, Volker Goetze, Katya Grokhovsky, Elena Kalman, Jung S.
Kim, Cordula Maria Rien Kuntari, Grace Jahng Lee, Eleen Lin, Mersiha Mesihovic,
Doris Neidl, Eva Nikolova, Sunghee Pae, Javier Peñalosa, Olivié Ponce, Laetitia
Soulier, Hidemi Takagi, Miryana Todorova, Denise Treizman, Carlos César Valle,
Ezra Wube, Vivian Yang, and Hai Zhang.

Related
events during the exhibition include NYFA’s Literary Salon on March 18: 6:30 PM
– 8:30 PM
, which will feature readings from artists in the show.

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Learn more about NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, NYFA’s Curatorial Services for organizations

and join us for the opening reception on Friday, February 20.

Images, from top: Olivié Ponce, Petróleo Azul, Alkyd enamel on framed plexiglas, 2014 52" x 30"; Jung S. Kim, A girl who was murdered by her stepmother, Photography Archival Pigment Digital Print, 2011, 20” X 24”; Pablo Carpio, Bound (Red), Acrylic and wood frame, 2013, 11.5" x 9.5" x 2"; Miryana Todorova,
Movable (Lime), 2011-2012, oil on linen, 20" x 16"
Amy Aronoff
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