The Fine Arts Exhibition Program presents contemporary and cultural art exhibitions that showcase local and regional artists. Exhibitions are designed to expand community awareness, understanding and sensitivity to art, and provide leisurely viewing enjoyment.
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Metamorphosis: Mending the Wound
March 1–May 24
Exhibition Opening Reception: March 1, 2–4 p.m.
Metamorphosis: Mending the Wound is an exhibition organized by Lynk Collective that features printmaking and mixed media art that explores themes of transformation, fragmentation, and rehabilitation through strategies of collaboration and assembly. The exhibition includes several site-specific installations, alongside contributions by guest artists Barbara Berk, Joyce Farmer, Dusty Guerra, Victor Rosas, Marco Schindelmann, and Yvette Trujillo.
Lynk Collective is a diverse amalgamation of artists that began to coalesce around the Irvine Fine Arts Center’s printmaking program and open studios in 2017. Members include: Yeansoo Aum, Elisabeth Beck, Andra Broekelschen, Alexandra Chiara, Lucy Farley, Karen Feuer-Schwager, Christina Yasmin Fesmire, Karen Fiorito, Carole Gelker, Bill Jaros, Nguyen Ly, Diane McLeod, Jared Millar, William Myers, Marina Polic, Vera Polic-Lakhal, Colleen Premer, Francisco Rogido, Olga Ryabtsova, Laura Shapiro, Tracy Loreque Skinner, Mary Lawrence Test, Paula Voss, Mila Vovk, and Zana Zupur.
Everything's Fine
March 1–May 24
Exhibition Opening Reception: March 1, 2–4 p.m.
Everything’s Fine, a solo presentation of work by Michelle Andrade, features work in mixed-media, drawing, and book form, all of which are colored by the artist’s discrete use of humor, irony, and sensitivity in attempting to make sense of the tensions of daily life. The artist’s signature use of text — whether camouflaged in vivid and complex compositions or simply presented on the cover of a book — invites viewers to pause for deeper consideration about underlying subtexts. Works on view in Everything’s Fine exploit the duality at the heart of aphorisms and mantras that are deceivingly cheerful and earnestly bittersweet.
Michelle Andrade is a Los Angeles-based artist who works in a range of media including paper and ink, acrylic, book form, and edible sculptures. She earned her Master of Fine Arts from Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts from The School of the Art Institute, Chicago.