CLOSE TO HOME - Photography Exhibition - April 6th 1-4 PM
Shelter Upstate Studio (@ Atelier Om)
Saturday April 6th, 2024 1-4 PM
39 A Tinker Street Woodstock New York
This inaugural exhibition at Shelter Upstate Studio in Woodstock, invites three local lens-based artists who share an affinity for space to explore the surfaces that surround and shape us. Through printing, cutting, framing, and re-photographing, Sam Margevicius, Gabriel Zimmer, and Winona Barton-Ballentine observe the ways that the tangential details of our natural and man-made environments tell subcutaneous stories, which we read and respond to, often without knowing it. The artists study the subtle qualities of these everyday details, magnifying experiences of location, and establishing worlds within worlds. Further consideration takes place in the artist’s resolution to place their images back into the relative environment from whence they came; a catch and release practice that glorifies the moment a fish slithers back into the depths of the lake. From here the viewer experiences both the actual space and the techniques implemented to make sense of the daily practices we all undertake to process the information around us.
Winona Barton-Ballentine (b. 1980 Binghamton, NY) is a photographer based in Woodstock, NY. Having lived in over twenty-five homes in the state of New York, her work is rooted in the exploration of place and space through the photographic lens. She uses the camera as a tool to understand her immediate domestic and geographic environment, and channel the experiences of other inhabitants of this region. She received an MFA from Bard College and The International Center of Photography, where she studied at the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie in Arles, France.
https://www.winonabartonballentine.com/
Sam Margevicius (b. 1989 Palo Alto, CA) makes artwork in and around photography. He uses the languages of printing, framing, and installation to explore new organs of perception. Margevicius’ has exhibited nationally and abroad, and his work is held in several permanent collections including at the Museum Of Modern Art, New York.
https://www.sammargevicius.com/
Gabriel Zimmer (b. 1986 Brooklyn, NY) is a photographer based in West Hurley, New York. In his studio-based practice, everyday objects and materials are incorporated into personal tableaus that reflect on questions of subjectivity and uncertainty in photography. Gabriel has been commissioned to make work for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, TIME, and The Atlantic, among other publications. He holds a BA in photography from Bard College.
https://www.gabrielzimmer.com/
Shelter Upstate is a Photographic Studio based in Woodstock, and Kingston, NY that focuses on telling stories about people, homes, and histories in the landscape of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley watershed regions.
https://www.shelterupstate.com/
Winona Barton-Ballentine, Sam Margevicius, Gabriel Zimmer