2019 Exhibits and Events at Dock Space Gallery
January 2019 - Erick Villarreal - "Forms and Movement"
"The creation of these pieces were inspired by my background as a 3D Digital Artist and working in the field of art. 3D digital images are commonly used in forms of entertainment with film and I wanted to use this exhibition as a way to display 3D Digital Art in a traditional gallery setting."
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February 2019 - Joe Lopez - "Still Traditional After all these Years"
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March 2019 - Tim Olson - "ovelsepractice - Norwegian Word of the Day"
Dock Space Annex
Dock Space Annex
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March 2019 - Buster Graybill - "Spring Break"
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April 2019 - Patty West Halliday, Emily Kinder, Donnie Armstrong Mickler, Elias Vieyra, and Robert Wurzbach - "Colores De Vida"
Dock Space Annex
Dock Space Annex
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April 2019 - Norma Moore, Heidi Myklebust, Todd Stevens, and Clif Tinker - "FORGING THE FUTURE"
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Norma Moore
My love of the visual arts was tempered by the practicality to find work as a teacher. So my pursuit of both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in art education provided me with the academic credentials to teach art in the public schools for more than 20 years. That wealth of day-to-day experience tempered my shyness and provided a window to understanding the importance of the arts. |
Todd Stevens
Todd originally grew up in Wichita, KS and recieved his BFA from Texas Tech University specializing in painting. An international award winning artist, Todd was a finalist for the Hunting Art Prize, recieved purchase awards from The Woodlands High School Art Trust, recieved the Anne Brennan Vela Donor Award from the San Antonio Art League, was shortlisted to be featured in the Texas Biennial and has appeared in Studio Visit Magazine and New American Paintings. |
Heidi Myklebust
I have found that my desire to reach my audience through my artwork revolves around the idea of an individual having to take a “second look.” Kind of like, “what did I just see” or “what am I looking at?” Either way, I am hoping it stimulates a conversation or a smile. |
Clif Tinker
Clif Tinker has sold approximately 450 original paintings since 1989, almost all of which were through galleries. Tinker has had 18 one-person art shows, and he has been in many group art shows. His Fiesta poster design was the runner up in 1998. |
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May 2019 - Galileo Gonzalez and Fernando Andrade - "works on paper"
SA Express News reviewed the show.
SA Express News reviewed the show.
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Galileo Gonzalez. His body of work focuses on the Salvadoran diaspora and the neighborhoods he’s been raised in. He has exhibited in galleries and museums throughout Southern California such as PÄS Gallery, AVD Gallery, Cerritos College Art Gallery, and the Museum of Latin American Art, as well as Fathom Space in Montana. His work is also part of the Cerritos College Art Gallery permanent collection and the Enrique Serrato collection.
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Fernando Andrade. Andrade expresses a freedom from the anguish that underlies his figurative works. Working improvisationally, the artist creates organic compositions that are colorful and animated. Viewing his process as a kind of spiritual meditation, Andrade becomes free to imagine cosmic visions that have rhythmic affinities with music or dance, and which celebrate the splendor and preciousness of life itself.
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Fernando Andrade Born in 1987 in the border town of Acuña, Mexico, Fernando Andrade has lived in San Antonio, Texas, since he was seven years old. During Andrade's early childhood years, it was considered safe for children to play outside and he remembers playing outdoor games with his family during those years. Today, however, the neighborhood where Andrade was raised is troubled with ongoing violence brought on by the leaders of drug cartels. Informed of the dire situation through stories told by friends and relatives, as well as by news reports, books, and online media, Andrade is disheartened that his hometown and other areas south of the U.S./Mexico border have become places of violence where people are disappearing or dying on a daily basis. Drug leaders intimidate and murder innocent victims, often disposing of bodies in barrels of acid or by filling garbage bags with body parts. For Andrade, the situation became personal in 2012, when a friend of his went missing, never to be seen again.
As an artist, Andrade copes with the turmoil in his native homeland with two distinct bodies of work: figurative drawings and abstract paintings. While the drawings are narrative explorations of the events taking place, the paintings are vehicles for nurturing feelings of hopeful joy and optimism.
In his figurative drawings, Andrade creates simple narratives based on stories he has heard about border violence. Believing that everyone has their own childhood memories and can identify with the innocence of youth, Andrade stages his scenarios using children in place of adults, a strategy for enticing viewers to engage in his conversation. He omits background details allowing viewers to project their own visualizations into each scene, and depicts wooden sticks, which he remembers playing with as a child, as metaphors for guns. In his series A Jugar la Guerrita (To Play a Little War), a young boy appears with a stick that is spewing off-color phrases in Spanish, in reference to the corruption that now pervades the region. In the series Tierra y Libertad (Land and Liberty), groups of children appear to be playing childhood games but, upon closer inspection, are surrogates for the perpetrators and their victims. In his God Bless America series, Andrade calls attention to the dangers of guns by superimposing intricately detailed images of branches over barely visible phrases relating to the American gun culture.
In his abstract paintings, Andrade expresses a freedom from the anguish that underlies his figurative works. Viewing his process as a kind of spiritual meditation, Andrade becomes free to imagine cosmic visions that have rhythmic affinities with music or dance, and which celebrate the splendor and preciousness of life itself.
As an artist, Andrade copes with the turmoil in his native homeland with two distinct bodies of work: figurative drawings and abstract paintings. While the drawings are narrative explorations of the events taking place, the paintings are vehicles for nurturing feelings of hopeful joy and optimism.
In his figurative drawings, Andrade creates simple narratives based on stories he has heard about border violence. Believing that everyone has their own childhood memories and can identify with the innocence of youth, Andrade stages his scenarios using children in place of adults, a strategy for enticing viewers to engage in his conversation. He omits background details allowing viewers to project their own visualizations into each scene, and depicts wooden sticks, which he remembers playing with as a child, as metaphors for guns. In his series A Jugar la Guerrita (To Play a Little War), a young boy appears with a stick that is spewing off-color phrases in Spanish, in reference to the corruption that now pervades the region. In the series Tierra y Libertad (Land and Liberty), groups of children appear to be playing childhood games but, upon closer inspection, are surrogates for the perpetrators and their victims. In his God Bless America series, Andrade calls attention to the dangers of guns by superimposing intricately detailed images of branches over barely visible phrases relating to the American gun culture.
In his abstract paintings, Andrade expresses a freedom from the anguish that underlies his figurative works. Viewing his process as a kind of spiritual meditation, Andrade becomes free to imagine cosmic visions that have rhythmic affinities with music or dance, and which celebrate the splendor and preciousness of life itself.
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La Ruta:
This body of work was inspired from reminiscing about stories told by my grandmother about her travels across Mexico and Texas to visit family. In Mexico, buses make up over half of travels done by road. In our current political climate, with the president’s constant threat of closing the Mexico/U.S. border, I find it crucial to express the importance of these roads that serve to connect us. |
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June 2019 Dock Space Gallery Annex - Norma Moore, Heidi Myklebust, Todd Stevens, and Clif Tinker
Artists Who Teach: FORGING THE FUTURE
Dock Space Gallery Annex hosted a one day Pop Up exhibit by the San Antonio Art Education Association. Their yearly members art show is called Artists Who Teach. For this particular show, the title is FORGING THE FUTURE. All the members are art teachers or retired art teachers in San Antonio. |
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June and July 2019 Dock Space - Corinne Whittemore and Aleida Garcia Wedgworth
Valley Cultura
At the Dock Space main gallery we have extended Rio Grande Valley female artists Aleida Garcia Wedgworth and Corinne Whittemore’s exhibit Valley Cultura: Hybrid Identities until July the 31st. Their brightly colored digital prints and contemporary jewelry feature images from the Rio Grande Valley along the South Texas/ Mexico border. |
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August 2019 - Caroline Adam and Albert Gonzales - "GROW"
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Dock Space in August is featuring the colorful and dynamic work of local San Antonio artist couple Caroline Adam and Albert Gonzales, owners of South Town Art Gallery. The duo exhibition, “Grow” depicts the relationship between the artists, Caroline Adam and Albert Gonzales. Their artistic style is a statement of their individuality and this floral exhibit is an expression of their growth throughout their relationship.
“Through this life we mark ourselves perfectly imperfect as we support ourselves in growth.” -Albert Gonzales |
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September 2019 - Stephen Daly - "Mixed Bag" and Juan Vallejo - "A Reflection Worth Looking Into"
Two shows in September. Mixed Bag, a solo show by Texas artist, Stephen Daly explores the interaction between drawing and sculpture. On view at the Dock Space Annex is UTSA Graduate student Juan Vallejo's exhibition, A Reflection Worth Looking Into which explores the Mexican migrant culture through perception and memory.
Stephen Daly - "Mixed Bag"
Mixed Bag, a solo show by Texas artist, Stephen Daly. The exhibit explores the interaction between drawing and sculpture incorporating geometric, abstract, and symbolic forms in aluminum, bronze, ink, and watercolor on paper.
“I make sculpture, drawings and objects that combine drawing and sculptural elements”
-Stephen Daly
“I make sculpture, drawings and objects that combine drawing and sculptural elements”
-Stephen Daly
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Juan Vallejo - "A Reflection Worth Looking Into"
"My work is inspired by Mexican migrant culture, the long-standing relationship between the United States and Mexico, and the use of the migrant body. With this work, I provide the viewer with insight into the migrant culture I grew up."
-Juan Valleio
-Juan Valleio
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October 2019 Dock Space and Dock Space Gallery Annex
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Dock Space Gallery
Landscape of the Creatures; a solo show by San Antonio artist, Ernesto Ibañez. The exhibit showcases the artist’s visual imagination and experimentation with common materials used in unexpected ways. |
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Dock Space Gallery Annex
Life Viewed Through a Colored Lens, a duo exhibition by Texas artists, Augustine Chavez and Susie Monday, showcases their colorful and socially charged work.
Life Viewed Through a Colored Lens, a duo exhibition by Texas artists, Augustine Chavez and Susie Monday, showcases their colorful and socially charged work.
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November 2019 Dock Space and Dock Space Gallery Annex
Works by Karen Mahaffey, Amada Miller, Alexandra Alvarez, Cayman Robinson, and Deliasofia Zacarias, The Culture of Materials
Selected by San Antonio artist and curator, Jesse Amado, special emphasis was given to experimental and innovative work through the use of natural materials, everyday objects, and textiles.
Karen Mahaffy draws viewers' attention to the liminal space between image and object; form and function; purpose and futility. Mahaffy earned her MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio, TX and has exhibited nationally in galleries and museums from Texas to New York, has participated in multiple residencies and awards. She is currently Professor of Fine Art at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas.
Amada Miller is a multi-disciplinary artist based in San Antonio, Texas. She is currently the Artist-in-Residence at The DoSeum and recently completed multiple residencies in the US and Abroad. Miller’s work is a compendium of naturally dyed fabric paintings using zaboca, turmeric, roucou, sorrel, coconut, and other naturally- sourced ingredients produced during her residency in Trinidad & Tobago.
Mexico City based Alexandra Alvarez has exhibited in both the US and Mexico. “These six works, accompanied by a poem, unearth and confront the underlying emotions in living moments” explains Alvarez.
Cayman Robinson is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in San Antonio, Texas. Robinson received an associates degree of Fine Art from San Antonio College in 2018. “The time I have spent working on this piece has been very much an exploration of the textural qualities in the materials used, As an artist, I desire most to produce pieces that exhibit vulnerability and provoke intrigue” explains Roinson.
Deliasofia Zacarias received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Business Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX and is currently a LEAP Fellow at the LA County Museum of Art and is co-founder of Unfiltered San Antonio. “In these journals, I sew phrases onto talavera-painted fabric. These phrases build up my own perspective and trajectory of self-discovery and identification” states Zacarias.
Karen Mahaffy draws viewers' attention to the liminal space between image and object; form and function; purpose and futility. Mahaffy earned her MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio, TX and has exhibited nationally in galleries and museums from Texas to New York, has participated in multiple residencies and awards. She is currently Professor of Fine Art at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas.
Amada Miller is a multi-disciplinary artist based in San Antonio, Texas. She is currently the Artist-in-Residence at The DoSeum and recently completed multiple residencies in the US and Abroad. Miller’s work is a compendium of naturally dyed fabric paintings using zaboca, turmeric, roucou, sorrel, coconut, and other naturally- sourced ingredients produced during her residency in Trinidad & Tobago.
Mexico City based Alexandra Alvarez has exhibited in both the US and Mexico. “These six works, accompanied by a poem, unearth and confront the underlying emotions in living moments” explains Alvarez.
Cayman Robinson is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in San Antonio, Texas. Robinson received an associates degree of Fine Art from San Antonio College in 2018. “The time I have spent working on this piece has been very much an exploration of the textural qualities in the materials used, As an artist, I desire most to produce pieces that exhibit vulnerability and provoke intrigue” explains Roinson.
Deliasofia Zacarias received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Business Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX and is currently a LEAP Fellow at the LA County Museum of Art and is co-founder of Unfiltered San Antonio. “In these journals, I sew phrases onto talavera-painted fabric. These phrases build up my own perspective and trajectory of self-discovery and identification” states Zacarias.
December 2019 Dock Space and Dock Space Gallery Annex
Featuring work by Gary Sweeney and Alexis Mabry. The exhibit humorously confronts controversial topics featuring sculpture, collage and paintings. Known for his text-based compositions, Gary Sweeney often uses linguistic puzzles and famous quotations to question the progress of society. Alexis Mabry provokes a social conscience through the lens of humor aiming to parody these tales of life. “I am greatly motivated by gender roles, and what they mean to me, by examining my own role as a woman with masculine interests. The work draws from both lived experiences and those imagined”.
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Designs of Life, a duo exhibition by Diana Kersey and Linda Rael. The exhibit celebrates the natural world and creativity through texture and color. Diana Kersey’s highly textured and colorful ceramic public art can be seen throughout the city of San Antonio. “My studio work focuses on the way our urban environment disconnects us from the natural world. When we create a barrier between ourselves and nature, effects like climate change and environmental destruction are easier to ignore. For me, working with clay is a way of reconnecting with the earth itself.” explains Kersey.
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