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Current Exhibitions:
Akio Takamori: LUST
May 3rd - August 24th, 2013
Featuring: Akio Takamori
Opening Reception - First Friday, May 3, 2013, 6-9pm
Location:2011 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, MO 64108
Please Call the Red Star Studios Gallery at 816-474-7316 to make an appointment. Tue - Fri 10AM - 5PM, Sat 10AM - 4PM.
Red Star Studios, in collaboration with the Belger Arts Center, Kansas City Art Institute, and Barry Friedman Ltd., is pleased to present LUST, an exhibition of figurative sculptures by Japanese-American artist, Akio Takamori. Takamori has received international recognition for his diverse body of work, which is informed by his multicultural background, ideas of cultural identity, and by ever-changing global influences. He explores and crosses boundaries physically and mentally between East and West, letters and words, and form and meaning.
LUST includes work previously exhibited at Barry Friedman Ltd., a New York gallery, along with newer work created specifically for the new Red Star Studios location in Belger Crane Yard Studios. The exhibition also includes lithographic prints created by Akio Takamori with master printer, Michael Sims, founder of The Lawrence Lithography Workshop. LUST opens on First Friday, May 3, with an opening reception from 6-9pm, and continues through August 24, 2013.
A work from the exhibition will be included in the Kansas City Art Institute’s Biennial Art and Design Auction on June 1, 2013. For more information, visit kcai.edu/auction.
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Jessica Brandl
May 3rd - June 29th, 2013
Featuring: Jessica Brandl
Opening Reception - First Friday, May 3, 2013, 6-9pm
Red Star Studios is pleased to present an exhibition by resident artist Jessica Brandl that is a culmination of her artistic residency at Red Star Studios. With her new body of work, Brandl has created visual prose through monochromatic narrative scenes painted on functional ceramics.
Throughout history, the term Manifest Destiny has undoubtedly been used, reused, redefined, and applied to various topics. In the traditional sense of Manifest Destiny, people have migrated from east to west, land has been discovered and settled. And in this process, groups of people or environments have been conquered. Over the years, this idea of Manifest Destiny has evolved. What and how we discover has changed with the influence of television, cell phones, computers, and the internet. Today, the unknown frontier is a technological world where people can explore international news through expat blogs, art through online galleries, and music through Youtube. Yet, as information becomes more readily accessible, and discovery is one click away, the human urge to conquer has yet to be satiated.
Texas-born, Nebraskan-grown, Jessica Brandl visually hunts for present-day evidence of Manifest Destiny by referencing history and painting rural landscapes on pottery. Inspired by the book, War and Peace, Brandl has created quiet, reflective, (and at times) humorous works that tell stories of the eternal search for better opportunities. In her work, Brandl instills the optimistic attitude of Midwest while also highlighting the challenges of living in the region. Brandl narrates these concepts using generic imagery of houses, rural landscapes and unbroken animals like boar, bison, and pheasants. Brandl's work is a nod to the ideals of the past and a commentary on the dreams of the present.
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May 3rd - June 30th, 2013
Featuring: Nicole Aquillano
Online Launch - First Friday, May 3, 2013, 4pm
Nicole is influenced by an intense longing to reconnect with her past, which she satisfies by establishing intimate connections through her work. Through the labor-intensive act of making, she establishes a close personal relationship with each piece; a connection which is effortlessly transferred through the functionality of tableware. Architectural imagery drawn from Nicole's photographic collection, coupled with the movement of glaze, bind her past with her work. In addition to the personal connection, Aquillano's work explores the notion of holding onto memories through personal collections; as if a tangible object also allows us to better hold onto our memories. Nicole's experiences are carved onto objects intended to be both used and collected as a way to facilitate new experiences.
Nicole Aquillano was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as Nicole Kowalski. She received a BS in mathematics from Carlow University in 2004 and a BS in civil engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005. The following year, she moved to Boston to pursue a career at the Environmental Protection Agency, all the while pursuing her passion in ceramics. In 2010, she followed her passion to Rhode Island School of Design and earned her MFA in ceramics. Nicole now happily lives and works at Midway Studios in the Fort Point Area of Boston.
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Cassidy Creek and Ryan Fletcher
April 5th - May 25th, 2013
Featuring: Cassidy Creek and Ryan Fletcher
Opening Reception - First Friday, May 3, 2013, 6-9pm
Red Star Studios presents an exhibition of new work by resident artists, Ryan Fletcher and Cassidy Creek. This exhibition is a culmination of their artistic residencies at Red Star Studios. For this exhibition, Cassidy Creek uses hand-building techniques to create ceramic sculptures that highlight her observations of natural and man- made systems. Ryan Fletcher's work ranges from experimental sculpture to functional objects. This exhibition includes sculptural yet functional ceramic designs he's created for food presentation.
Cassidy Creek is an artist native to Kansas City. After receiving her BFA in sculpture from the University of Kansas, she returned to Kansas City to be a resident artist at Red Star Studios. Through playful experimentation, her work pushes the limits of ceramic material, to create dynamic and expansive forms. Working at Red Star Studios has inspired Cassidy to educate teenagers and become involved in public art. In the future she hopes to combine these passions and create productive pieces that benefit and give voice to Kansas City's youth.
A native, of Jacksonville, FL, Ryan Fletcher received his BFA in ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2010. Fletcher has created and exhibited his functional, sculptural and decorative work at Red Star Studios during his two-year residency. He's exhibited nationally and has participated in international symposiums in Poland. He's collaborated with local and national chefs hoping to inspire new dishes, presentations, and experiences for chefs and patrons alike. Fletcher seeks to bridge a gap between experimental sculpture and functional object using the restaurant as the art gallery.
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