Current exhibitions
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Paperworks:Forming the Effect, Affecting the form
PaperWorks: Forming the Effect, Affecting the Form can be seen as a response to 2020 being the Sonoran Desert’s driest year on record with each artist reflecting on the affecting effects of drought and deluge. What is really is, is a collection of works by a group of thoughtful and sensitive artists pooling their talents in admiration of the natural world and its resilient perseverance in any season. There is a parallel here to the way an artist creates something magical and beautiful from something found, raw, and unpredictable to the way the desert does the same with what sometimes feels like a single drop of rain.
“Nothing stays the same once the rains arrive. Forms shift and mutate all around us. From the parched browns of our driest season we are transformed into a lush green flower filled landscape. Desert dwellers respond similarly to our rains, as the food source rebounds and many use this time for searching out mates. Rain – It is a lively time of change in the Sonoran Desert.”
Featuring work by PaperWorks members: Vanessa Dearing, Helen Baribeau, lyn hart, Carol Morgan, Bobbie Wilson, C.J. Shane, Judy Derickson, Beata Wehr, and Jo Andersen.
PaperWorks: Forming the Effect, Affecting the Form can be seen as a response to 2020 being the Sonoran Desert’s driest year on record with each artist reflecting on the affecting effects of drought and deluge. What is really is, is a collection of works by a group of thoughtful and sensitive artists pooling their talents in admiration of the natural world and its resilient perseverance in any season. There is a parallel here to the way an artist creates something magical and beautiful from something found, raw, and unpredictable to the way the desert does the same with what sometimes feels like a single drop of rain.
“Nothing stays the same once the rains arrive. Forms shift and mutate all around us. From the parched browns of our driest season we are transformed into a lush green flower filled landscape. Desert dwellers respond similarly to our rains, as the food source rebounds and many use this time for searching out mates. Rain – It is a lively time of change in the Sonoran Desert.”
Featuring work by PaperWorks members: Vanessa Dearing, Helen Baribeau, lyn hart, Carol Morgan, Bobbie Wilson, C.J. Shane, Judy Derickson, Beata Wehr, and Jo Andersen.
Upcoming exhibitions
Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ, solo exhibition, April 2022
PasT WORKSHOPS
Santa Fe Book Arts Group, Santa Fe, NM, October 14-15, 2017
Lisa Kokin Studio, El Sobrante, CA, Books of Myster/Mystery of Books, 15 of November, 2015, http://www.lisakokin.com
Lisa Kokin Studio, El Sobrante, CA, Books of Myster/Mystery of Books, 15 of November, 2015, http://www.lisakokin.com
Recent exhibitions
2020
Galeria Retroavangarda, Warsaw, Poland, Collage Art International, 3rd edition
2019
Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ, Stories, solo exhibition
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 27th Small Works Invitational
Laramie County Library Cheyenne, WY, Book Arts Invitational, Constellation: Inspiration and the Artist Book
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 10x10, October 5 -December 22, 2019
Triangle L Ranch Gallery, Oracle, AZ Lost and Found
Tubac Art Center, Tubac, AZ, Arizona Aqueous XXXIV , October 11- November 17, 2019
2018
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Sonoran Stories
1Art on Broadway, Tucson, AZ, Dark and light, 2-person show with Emily Duwel
R2 Gallery, Carbondale Arts, Carbondale, CO, Narrative thread traveling to:
Art Gym Denver, Denver, CO
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 21st National Collage Society Annual Small Format Exhibit
The Artful Space, Oro Valley, AZ, National College Society, 2018 Tucson Collage Artists
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 26th Small Works Invitational
Joel D Valdez Library, Tucson, AZ ,Paperworks Artist’s Books exhibition
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Arizona Otherworldly
Rancho Linda Vista Wilson Barn Gallery, Oracle, AZ, RLV 50th Anniversary Artist Friends Exhibition
Roche Tissue Diagnostics Community Gallery, Oro Valley, AZ, Paperworks
Tubac Art Center, Tubac, AZ, Bees and Wax
2017
Megaphone PHX ,Phoenix, AZ, LA DADA, 9/15-10/6/2017
OPEN STUDIO, Sunday, October 1, 2017
Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, National Collage Society 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition, 9/27-10/28/2017, www.unionstreetgallery.org
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 10x10
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 12 Annual Encaustic Invitational
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 24th Small Works Invitational
Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ, Paperworks
Steinfel Warehouse Art Community Center, Tucson, AZ, X is for Xenophobia–I am America
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Resist, The Art of Disruption
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Handmade Books
2016
Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ, Inside/Outside, solo exhibition , March 2016
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, The Art of the Book
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ,11th Annual Encaustic Invitational, Lenght x Width x Depth
Joel D Valdez Library, Tucson, AZ, Paperworks
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 24th Small Works Invitational
Gallery Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania, Error, 7th International Artist’s Book Triennial, organized by Circle “Bokartas”, traveling internationally, Leipzig Book Festival, Leipzig, Germany
OPEN STUDIO, Sunday, October 23, 2016
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Revisions/Outside looking in
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Shaped By Hand: Works on and of Paper
2015
The Gallery of National Visual Arts Foundation, Bucharest, Romania, 3rd European International Book Art Biennale
Pima Community College, Bernal Gallery, Tucson, AZ, About Books
ILDE, Plaça de Sant Just, Barcelona, Spain, VIII Festival del libro de artista y la pequeña edición 2015, traveling internationally
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 23th Small Works Invitational
University of Arizona Poetry Center, Tucson, AZ, PaperWorks: Between Word and Image
Tucson Artist Open Studios, Tucson, AZ
Joel D Valdez Library, Tucson, AZ, Artists' Books: Exploration and Discovery
JCC, Tucson, AZ, 18th National Postcard Collage Exhibition
Cincinnati Public Library, Cincinnati, OH, BookWorks XVI, CBAS
2014
Amis Gallery, Nyack, NY, Narrative Impulse: The Book Works & Interpretive Landscapes of Beata Wehr, one person show
Tohono Chul Gallery Tucson, AZ, Small works
Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZSmall Wonders,
Tucson Open Studios Tour, organized by Tucson Pima Arts Council, November 9, 2014
Correspondence, 9th International Festival of Artist's Books, traveling in Poland
Porter Hall Gallery, Tucson Botanical Garden Tucson, AZ, Paintings and Books from Sonoran Desert, solo show
University of San Diego, Geisel Library, San Diego Book Arts Fifth Natonal Juried Exhibition, May 4- June 22, 2014
Tohono Chul Gallery Tucson, AZ, Sky Islands
Tucson Open Studios Tour, organized by Tucson Pima Arts Council, November 9, 2014, 11.00am-5.00pm
Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Tucson, AZ, Artists’ Books: Exploration and Discovery , April 2014
Tucson Open Studios, Sunday, April 13
23 Sandy Gallery Portland, OR, Fresh! A Curated Collection of New Works from Gallery Inventory
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 22nd Small works Invitational, May 8-June 28, reception June 7th, 6-8 pm
Old Borderland Outlet Building, Tucson, AZ, 301 E. 7th St, Pop Up3: Upcycle, giving meaning to Recycled Materials, Found Objects and Detritus,
Galeria Retroavangarda, Warsaw, Poland, Collage Art International, 3rd edition
2019
Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ, Stories, solo exhibition
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 27th Small Works Invitational
Laramie County Library Cheyenne, WY, Book Arts Invitational, Constellation: Inspiration and the Artist Book
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 10x10, October 5 -December 22, 2019
Triangle L Ranch Gallery, Oracle, AZ Lost and Found
Tubac Art Center, Tubac, AZ, Arizona Aqueous XXXIV , October 11- November 17, 2019
2018
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Sonoran Stories
1Art on Broadway, Tucson, AZ, Dark and light, 2-person show with Emily Duwel
R2 Gallery, Carbondale Arts, Carbondale, CO, Narrative thread traveling to:
Art Gym Denver, Denver, CO
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 21st National Collage Society Annual Small Format Exhibit
The Artful Space, Oro Valley, AZ, National College Society, 2018 Tucson Collage Artists
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 26th Small Works Invitational
Joel D Valdez Library, Tucson, AZ ,Paperworks Artist’s Books exhibition
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Arizona Otherworldly
Rancho Linda Vista Wilson Barn Gallery, Oracle, AZ, RLV 50th Anniversary Artist Friends Exhibition
Roche Tissue Diagnostics Community Gallery, Oro Valley, AZ, Paperworks
Tubac Art Center, Tubac, AZ, Bees and Wax
2017
Megaphone PHX ,Phoenix, AZ, LA DADA, 9/15-10/6/2017
OPEN STUDIO, Sunday, October 1, 2017
Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, National Collage Society 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition, 9/27-10/28/2017, www.unionstreetgallery.org
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 10x10
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 12 Annual Encaustic Invitational
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 24th Small Works Invitational
Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ, Paperworks
Steinfel Warehouse Art Community Center, Tucson, AZ, X is for Xenophobia–I am America
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Resist, The Art of Disruption
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Handmade Books
2016
Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ, Inside/Outside, solo exhibition , March 2016
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, The Art of the Book
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ,11th Annual Encaustic Invitational, Lenght x Width x Depth
Joel D Valdez Library, Tucson, AZ, Paperworks
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 24th Small Works Invitational
Gallery Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania, Error, 7th International Artist’s Book Triennial, organized by Circle “Bokartas”, traveling internationally, Leipzig Book Festival, Leipzig, Germany
OPEN STUDIO, Sunday, October 23, 2016
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Revisions/Outside looking in
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Shaped By Hand: Works on and of Paper
2015
The Gallery of National Visual Arts Foundation, Bucharest, Romania, 3rd European International Book Art Biennale
Pima Community College, Bernal Gallery, Tucson, AZ, About Books
ILDE, Plaça de Sant Just, Barcelona, Spain, VIII Festival del libro de artista y la pequeña edición 2015, traveling internationally
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 23th Small Works Invitational
University of Arizona Poetry Center, Tucson, AZ, PaperWorks: Between Word and Image
Tucson Artist Open Studios, Tucson, AZ
Joel D Valdez Library, Tucson, AZ, Artists' Books: Exploration and Discovery
JCC, Tucson, AZ, 18th National Postcard Collage Exhibition
Cincinnati Public Library, Cincinnati, OH, BookWorks XVI, CBAS
2014
Amis Gallery, Nyack, NY, Narrative Impulse: The Book Works & Interpretive Landscapes of Beata Wehr, one person show
Tohono Chul Gallery Tucson, AZ, Small works
Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZSmall Wonders,
Tucson Open Studios Tour, organized by Tucson Pima Arts Council, November 9, 2014
Correspondence, 9th International Festival of Artist's Books, traveling in Poland
Porter Hall Gallery, Tucson Botanical Garden Tucson, AZ, Paintings and Books from Sonoran Desert, solo show
University of San Diego, Geisel Library, San Diego Book Arts Fifth Natonal Juried Exhibition, May 4- June 22, 2014
Tohono Chul Gallery Tucson, AZ, Sky Islands
Tucson Open Studios Tour, organized by Tucson Pima Arts Council, November 9, 2014, 11.00am-5.00pm
Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Tucson, AZ, Artists’ Books: Exploration and Discovery , April 2014
Tucson Open Studios, Sunday, April 13
23 Sandy Gallery Portland, OR, Fresh! A Curated Collection of New Works from Gallery Inventory
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 22nd Small works Invitational, May 8-June 28, reception June 7th, 6-8 pm
Old Borderland Outlet Building, Tucson, AZ, 301 E. 7th St, Pop Up3: Upcycle, giving meaning to Recycled Materials, Found Objects and Detritus,
