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AUCTION PREVIEW Explore a curated selection of 30+ exclusive art works available for auction in support of moCa’s mission. Alchemy attendees can bid on these exclusive artworks in support of moCa's mission during live and silent auctions at the benefit. Can't attend the event? We will accept proxy and absentee bids through Thursday, May 14, at noon. +sign up to proxy or absentee bid Questions? If you have advance questions about these works, please contact Kohl Executive Director Megan Lykins Reich at mreich@moCacleveland.org or 440.785.5350. ART AUCTION LIVE AUCTION Nina Chanel Abney Magic , 2024 +more Tomory Dodge Lover , 2021 +more Halim Flowers Captiva , 2025 +more David Huffman Many Rivers , 2025 +more Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson Skyscape #6 Small , 2022 +more Billy Ritter Moon Jar , 2025 +more Edra Soto por la señal #13 , 2024 +more Alchemy of Food & Friendship: Private Brunch, Yoga, & Tarot Reading with Doug Katz +more LIVE AUCTION SPECIAL ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY Donna Huanca KIMBERLITE FUR , 2023 +more SILENT AUCTION McArthur Binion Berkeley: Suite: 11 , 2023 +more Linda Butler Silverware , from The Italian Series , 1998 +more Timothy Callaghan Blue Skies, Pink Lies , 2024 +more Andrea Chung Untitled , 2016 22 x 30 inches +more Joanne Greenbaum Untitled , 2007 +more Yu Ji Flesh in Stone - Tiny Figure #4 , 2014 +more Sarah Kabot NYT December 2018 , 2026 +more Rachel Katz Medium Half Diamond Triangle Necklace +more Lori Kella Euclid’s Mirror , 2019 +more Lisa Kereszi Girls, Show World Center, Times Square, NYC , 2000 +more Julie Langsam Wayne County, MI: Pink Shapes #11 , 2023 +more Julie Langsam Otoe County, NE: White Cross Form #30 , 2024 +more Catherine Lentini Untitled , 2023 +more Michael Loderstedt Lief Eriksson Viking Settlement, L’Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland , 2002 +more Siwa Mgoboza Les Êtres D’Africadia (Masquer) II , 2015 +more Siwa Mgoboza Les Êtres D’Africadia II , 2015 +more Mr. Brainwash Run DMC , 2008 +more Ruby Palmer Garden, 2025 +more Laura Naples Novella , 2024 +more Whitney Oldenburg Safe and Sound , 2023 +more Judith Salomon White Vase with Colors +more Doug Sanderson Arcane Image , 2022 +more Doug Sanderson Variation on Boteh theme , 2025 +more Corrie Slawson Cloud Cover Over/In the Pantheon , 2025 +more Fred Tomaselli Untitled , 2004 +more Barry Underwood Linear Construction 13, Jacksonfield , 2020 +more McArthur Binion Berkeley: Suite: 11 , 2023 +more Linda Butler Silverware , from The Italian Series , 1998 +more Timothy Callaghan Blue Skies, Pink Lies , 2024 +more Andrea Chung Untitled , 2016 +more Halim Flowers Captiva , 2025 +more Joanne Greenbaum Untitled , 2007 +more Yu Ji Flesh in Stone - Tiny Figure #4 , 2014 +more Sarah Kabot NYT December 2018 , 2026 +more Rachel Katz Medium Half Diamond Triangle Necklace +more Lori Kella Euclid’s Mirror , 2019 +more Lisa Kereszi Girls, Show World Center, Times Square, NYC , 2000 +more Julie Langsam Acrylic on photograph 13 x 19 inches Courtesy of the artist Estimated Retail Value: $850 Starting Bid: $500 Julie Langsam is celebrated for her explorations of Modernism’s formal and conceptual legacy through paintings, drawings, photography, filmmaking, and printmaking that consider evolving ideas of beauty, nature, and progress. Using the landscape as her primary site of inquiry, she synthesizes the romantic sublime of the 19th century with the utopian ambitions of 20th century innovation. Langsam’s recent travels (spanning more than 30,000 miles across the US) focused on land and landscapes as both historical records and active sites of contestation, where notions of sovereignty, agency, ownership, and environmental stewardship shape and reshape our experience of any given place. +more Julie Langsam Acrylic on photograph 13 x 19 inches Courtesy of the artist Estimated Retail Value: $850 Starting Bid: $500 Julie Langsam is celebrated for her explorations of Modernism’s formal and conceptual legacy through paintings, drawings, photography, filmmaking, and printmaking that consider evolving ideas of beauty, nature, and progress. Using the landscape as her primary site of inquiry, she synthesizes the romantic sublime of the 19th century with the utopian ambitions of 20th century innovation. Langsam’s recent travels (spanning more than 30,000 miles across the US) focused on land and landscapes as both historical records and active sites of contestation, where notions of sovereignty, agency, ownership, and environmental stewardship shape and reshape our experience of any given place. +more Catherine Lentini Untitled , 2023 +more Michael Loderstedt Lief Eriksson Viking Settlement, L’Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland , 2002 +more Siwa Mgoboza Les Êtres D’Africadia (Masquer) II , 2015 +more Siwa Mgoboza Les Êtres D’Africadia II , 2015 +more Mr. Brainwash Run DMC , 2008 +more Ruby Palmer Garden, 2025 +more Laura Naples Novella , 2024 +more Whitney Oldenburg Safe and Sound , 2023 +more Judith Salomon White Vase with Colors +more Doug Sanderson Arcane Image , 2022 +more Doug Sanderson Variation on Boteh theme , 2025 +more Corrie Slawson Cloud Cover Over/In the Pantheon , 2025 +more Fred Tomaselli Untitled , 2004 +more Barry Underwood Linear Construction 13, Jacksonfield , 2020 +more Frederic Weber Untitled #112 +more Questions? If you have advance questions about these works, please contact Kohl Executive Director Megan Lykins Reich at mreich@moCacleveland.org or 440.785.5350. Silent Art Auction Rules ▶ Please use your paddle number when bidding. ▶ Starting bids and minimum bidding increments are listed per item. You will be contacted by staff if your bid is not at a minimum increment. ▶ An announcement will be made from stage 15 minutes before bidding ends. ▶ The winning bidder will receive a copy of the final bid sheet once the auction has concluded. ▶ All sales are final upon official conclusion of the auction, Apr 27, 2024. ▶ 8% sales tax will be added to your purchase price. ▶ Works cannot be taken tonight. ▶ After receiving receipt, please contact moCa registrar Jamie Sepich (information sent with receipt) for coordination of pick up or coordination with a delivery service. moCa staff will not deliver or install directly. Delivery and subsequent charges are the responsibility of the buyer. ▶ The winning bidder will receive an email confirmation from moCa staff on Monday, May 1, 2024. A purchase agreement will be sent for the winning bidder’s signature. Once completed, the winning bidder will receive an invoice with payment instructions. ▶ All artwork needs to be picked up by May 10, 2024. ▶ Payments must be made within 10 days of event or prior to release of artwork.

Title Round Special Aquisition Opportunity: Donna Huanca KIMBERLITE FUR , 2023 Signed and dated by artist, verso oil, sand on digital print on canvas 59 1/16 x 44 1/2 inches (150 x 113 cm) Courtesy of the artist and Sean Kelly Gallery This exceptional work is being made available through a generous donation by our honoree, to benefit moCa Cleveland. Please inquire with interest in advance of the benefit to Megan Reich at mreich@moCacleveland.org . Estimated Retail Value: $60,000 Starting Price: $30,000 Donna Huanca is a boundary-pushing multidisciplinary artist who creates immersive environments using sculpture, performance, sound, scent, and painting. Responding to specific architectural spaces, Huanca creates surreal installations that evoke slippages in time, space, and form, providing a means for meditation, transformation, and transcendance. The surfaces of Huanca’s paintings are built upon images of bodies photographed during her performances. This panting, KIMBERLITE FUR , was created for her 2023 installation at Sean Kelly Gallery. Using only her hands, Huanca layers vibrant hues of oil paint, sand, and other natural materials to create tantalizing textures that camouflage the underlying image. Referencing feminine labor and the body, these corpulent paintings transform into visceral topographies of entropy and renewal. +sign up to proxy bid return to auction menu More: Donna Huanca Donna Huanca (b. 1980, Chicago, IL; lives and works internationally) received her BFA from the University of Houston and studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt. She has presented major solo exhibitions at institutions including the Belvedere Museum, the Henry Art Gallery, and Copenhagen Contemporary, and has curated projects at the Whitechapel Gallery. Her work has also been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art and internationally across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Huanca’s work is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Museo Reina Sofía, and the Rubell Museum, among others.

Title Round Alchemy of Food & Friendship: Private Brunch, Yoga, & Tarot Reading with Doug Katz Estimated Value: Priceless Starting Bid: $1,500 Experience the alchemy of nourishment, ritual, and connection in an unforgettable private gathering for 12 guests, hosted in your home and featuring celebrated chef, restaurateur, and 2026 ALCHEMY honoree Doug Katz. Drawing from the vibrant flavors and traditions of India that have long inspired his practice, Doug will craft a bespoke menu that transforms your table into a feast for the senses. Following brunch, guests will move into a restorative private yoga session led by master instructor Sarah Ezzie Haines, designed to ground and connect the group through mindful movement and breath. The experience will conclude with tarot readings, an unexpected and deeply personal final course that offers glimpses into the future. Part dinner party, part salon, part spiritual retreat, this is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to experience Doug’s creativity beyond restaurant walls. Hosted in the comfort of your home among close friends, it will be a celebration you and your guests will remember for years. +sign up to proxy bid return to auction menu More: Alchemy of Food & Friendship: Valid within the Greater Cleveland area. Mutually agreed-upon date to be determined, scheduled at least 8 weeks prior to the event. Spatial logistics and food, beverage, and server details and costs to be mutually determined and provided by Buyer. Doug Katz will design and create the menu with any specific dietary restrictions or needs in mind.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 12-2:30PM Sat. August 16, 2025 Crafting Kindness SIGN UP at moCa Cleveland Free to all Crafting Kindness is a community art-making experience at moCa Cleveland, created in collaboration with Ronald McDonald House Northeast Ohio. All ages are invited to reflect, connect, and give through art-making. This activation is inspired by "Happy" Holidays , an exhibition by artist Erykah Townsend, currently at moCa. The exhibition invites visitors to think critically about themes of celebration, consumerism, and joy through a personal and cultural lens. During Crafting Kindness, guests will: Explore the “Happy” Holidays exhibition located on moCa’s second floor. Create a heartfelt card for a child staying at Ronald McDonald House Northeast Ohio, offering words of encouragement, hope, and cheer. Make a second card to hand-deliver to someone special in your life — a loved one, friend, or community member who deserves a reminder that they matter. All supplies are provided. Just bring your heart, your imagination, and your desire to make someone’s day a little brighter. Presented in partnership w/

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Mar 30, 2024 Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. About Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season.

Title Round Julie Langsam Otoe County, NE: White Cross Form #30 , 2024 Langsam has exhibited nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions include Gallery Thomas Jaeckel; Frederieke Taylor Gallery; and Michael Steinberg Fine Art in NYC; Maass Gallery at SUNY Purchase; Espai 8 in Barcelona; Reykjavik Art Gallery, Iceland; and Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, among others. She is the recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award and is represented in collections throughout the United States and Europe. Among Langsam's other activities she is curator of such exhibitions as "Color as Structure" at Frederieke Taylor Gallery in NYC and "The Big Bang" at SPACES Gallery in Cleveland, OH. Langsam is currently Associate Professor at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers and was former Motto Endowed Chair and Head of Painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She recently completed an experimental documentary short, Garden State , about New Jersey, and is finishing a feature-length film that examines the United States through the lens of its varied terrains. +sign up to proxy bid return to auction menu More: Julie Langsam Langsam has exhibited nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions include Gallery Thomas Jaeckel; Frederieke Taylor Gallery; and Michael Steinberg Fine Art in NYC; Maass Gallery at SUNY Purchase; Espai 8 in Barcelona; Reykjavik Art Gallery, Iceland; and Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, among others. She is the recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award and is represented in collections throughout the United States and Europe. Among Langsam's other activities she is curator of such exhibitions as "Color as Structure" at Frederieke Taylor Gallery in NYC and "The Big Bang" at SPACES Gallery in Cleveland, OH. Langsam is currently Associate Professor at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers and was former Motto Endowed Chair and Head of Painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She recently completed an experimental documentary short, Garden State , about New Jersey, and is finishing a feature-length film that examines the United States through the lens of its varied terrains.

Press Release DOWNLOAD PDF Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Cleveland, Ohio—(July 9, 2024) The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) is excited to announce the appointment of DJ Hellerman as its new Deputy Director & Senior Curator. Hellerman most recently served as Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) in Philadelphia, PA. In the spirit of moCa Cleveland’s newly clarified mission, Art Now, in progress, Hellerman will guide the museum’s curatorial vision and work collaboratively with staff and board leadership to support moCa’s outreach, engagement, and sustainability goals. In announcing the appointment, moCa’s Kohl Executive Director Megan Lykins Reich notes, “Across all of his positions, DJ has honed a responsive curatorial practice that is inclusive, flexible, and creative, one that aligns strongly with moCa’s new mission. He balances a passion for artists with a commitment to audiences that will further moCa’s vision to open and connect people through contemporary art.” “This is an exciting moment of growth and evolution for me and moCa. I’m honored to be joining such a dedicated team actively creating the foundation for moCa’s future,” Hellerman said. Curatorial collaboration is a key driver of moCa’s current and future work. Hellerman will organize exhibitions and also nurture relationships with curators in Cleveland and elsewhere to develop new projects, beginning as early as Winter/Spring 2025. He joins a newly restructured senior leadership team at moCa including Reich, Senior Operations Officer Tom Poole, Senior Engagement Officer Joshua Hill, Senior Advancement Officer Zakia Frontz, and Senior Finance Officer Susan Chiancone. Speaking on behalf of moCa’s Board of Directors, many of whom participated in the recruitment process alongside moCa staff, Board President Stephen G. Sokany reflects, “DJ understands that curatorial leadership balances confidence with humility. We are excited for how he will help drive artistic innovation at moCa and across our field.” Hellerman has been involved with numerous noted exhibitions and artist projects, including Yoko Ono: Remembering The Future at Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; ProcessLAB: Paper Buck, Michelle Lopez, Sa’dia Rehman ; and Eiko Otake: I Invited Myself at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA; Barthélémy Togu: Urban Requiem ; Ira Lombardia: Void ; and Doreen Garner: Pale In Comparison at SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; Seat’s Taken at Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT; and has collaborated closely with artists like Henry Taylor, Rose Simpson, and Jessica Campbell. A Northeast Ohio native, Hellerman holds an M.A. in Art History from Case Western Reserve University and began his career at the Progressive Art Collection. Prior to his work at FWM, he held the position of Curator at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, Curator of Arts & Programs at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, New York, and Chief Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Burlington City Arts in Burlington, Vermont. About moCa Cleveland For more than 50 years, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) has played a vital role in the city’s cultural landscape. moCa is a conduit and catalyst for creativity and inspiration, offering exhibitions and programs that provide public value and make meaning of the art and ideas of our time. Since its founding in 1968, moCa has presented the works of more than three thousand artists, often through artists’ first solo shows. Soon after its founding, moCa was the first in the region to exhibit the works of many vanguard artists such as Laurie Anderson, Christo, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Adrian Piper, and Andy Warhol. Recent artist commissions and solo exhibitions include work by Tauba Auerbach, Simon Denny, Aleksandra Domanović, Michelle Grabner, Byron Kim, Ragnar Kjartansson, Tony Lewis, Kirk Mangus, Catherine Opie, Adam Pendleton, Sondra Perry, Joyce J. Scott, Do Ho Suh, Liu Wei, Renée Green, and Nina Chanel Abney, among many others. Museum Hours Thursdays-Sundays, 11AM-5PM Holiday hours available at mocacleveland.org 2024 Institutional Sponsors All current moCa Cleveland exhibitions are funded by leadership gifts from Doreen & Dick Cahoon, Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler, Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly, Grosvie & Charlie Cooley, Becky Dunn, Harriet Goldberg, Agnes Gund, and Jan Lewis. moCa Cleveland receives lead institutional support in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the Callahan Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, the Nord Family Foundation, the Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, PNC, and the continuing support of the museum’s Board of Directors, patrons, and members. ### Previous Next

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Feb 16, 2024 Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. Generous support for Manabu Ikeda's artist residency and programming by Flagstar Foundation. RELATED EXHIBITION: Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage About Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. Generous support for Manabu Ikeda's artist residency and programming by Flagstar Foundation. RELATED EXHIBITION: Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. Generous support for Manabu Ikeda's artist residency and programming by Flagstar Foundation. RELATED EXHIBITION: Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage

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Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda May 18, 2024 Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. About Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season.

Oct 22-Nov 29, 2020 Nina Katchadourian Monument to the Unelected Oct 22-Nov 29, 2020 ∆ Installation at moCa: Nina Katchadourian, Monument to the Unelected 2008–ongoing, 58 screen-prints on coroplast, rebar, cable. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist, Catherine Clark Gallery, and Pace Gallery ∆ Installation at moCa: Nina Katchadourian, Monument to the Unelected 2008–ongoing, 58 screen-prints on coroplast, rebar, cable. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist, Catherine Clark Gallery, and Pace Gallery Nina Katchadourian Monument to the Unelected Oct 22-Nov 29, 2020 ∆ Installation at moCa: Nina Katchadourian, Monument to the Unelected 2008–ongoing, 58 screen-prints on coroplast, rebar, cable. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist, Catherine Clark Gallery, and Pace Gallery Concurrently at moCa Cleveland: 11400 Euclid Avenue and Transformer Station : 1460 W 29th Street Artist Nina Katchadourian (b. 1968) works across various media—including photography, sculpture, video, and sound—using humor and ingenuity in service of what she calls “productive confusion.” Often working outside the studio or museum, Katchadourian has created pieces in libraries, in trees, on airplanes, and in parking lots. She has collaborated with zookeepers, musicians, United Nations translators, Morse code operators, animals, as well as her own parents. The result is a playful and poignant practice, one that pushes us to see our everyday surroundings as a site of discovery and possibility. Katchadourian’s Monument to the Unelected (2008–ongoing), is a set of lawn signs created by the artist featuring the names of every candidate who ran for President of the United States and lost. Installed outside moCa Cleveland on the corner of Mayfield Road and Euclid Avenue, and outside Transformer Station in their front lawn, Monument to the Unelected runs from October 22 to November 22, spanning the time before and after the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Once the election results are official, a 59th sign with the name of the losing candidate will be added to the installation. Monument to the Unelected was originally commissioned by the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art during the run-up to the 2008 presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain. During her time in Arizona, Katchadourian was struck by the proliferation of campaign signs on lawns, in vacant lots, and at busy intersections in what has historically been a swing state. “The signs struck me as a particularly American phenomenon, and one that was worthy of closer investigation,” she said. “These markers tend to crop up in the weeks leading up to an election, after which they disappear, with some of the names going on to take office and others being largely forgotten.” Shown during every presidential election since the work’s inception in 2008, Monument to the Unelected serves as a reminder of our country’s collective political road not taken. It does not reflect any particular political viewpoint or endorse any specific party, but rather articulates the transition of power within U.S. history. As a monument to those who have lost, Katchadourian’s work is an invitation to consider missed opportunities and alternative histories, all of which can inform the decisions we make today.

Press Release DOWNLOAD PDF DOWNLOAD EXHIBITION IMAGES Tuesday, January 16, 2024 New exhibitions at moCa Cleveland by Manabu Ikeda, Andrea Bowers, and BlackBrain uplift nature and sacred human experience Opening Night Celebration: Friday, Feb 2, 2024 Contact: Tom Poole tpoole@mocacleveland.org 216.658.6938 Cleveland, Ohio—The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) announces three new exhibitions that explore the power of nature and human nature. From asserting our obligation to protect the Great Lakes to envisioning rebirth that comes after climate devastation to symbolizing our existential journeys, these exhibitions elevate our shared experiences to encourage connection and change. Kohl Executive Director Megan Reich notes, “This season beckons and probes in equal measure. It is teeming with awe-inspiring artworks that invite us into their richness with ease. In all three shows, drawing plays a primary role, a technique that we all understand but in the hands of these artists, becomes a transcendent practice.” Opening Friday, Feb 2 and running through May 26, 2024, the exhibitions include the United States debut of Manabu Ikeda’s acclaimed Flowers from the Wreckage retrospective and new commissions, installations, and artworks by Northeast Ohio-raised artist Andrea Bowers and Cleveland-connected collaborative BlackBrain Group. Aligned with moCa’s approach and values, collaboration is key this season, from BlackBrain Group’s immersive installation done with our institutional residency partner Julia de Burgos Cultural Art Center (JDBCAC) to collaborations with Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) and Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) in support of Andrea Bowers’s new monumental neon in downtown Cleveland. Manabu Ikeda, Foretoken , 2008. Pen and acrylic ink on paper, mounted on board. 74.8 x 133.8 in (190 × 340 cm). Collection of Sustainable Investor Co., Ltd. (Kagura Salon). Photo: Yasuhide Kuge Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage Feb 2-May 26, 2024 The first North American retrospective of its kind, Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage presents over 50 works from the past 25 years. Seeking inspiration from his surroundings, Ikeda (born 1973, Saga, Japan; lives and works in Madison, WI) brings attention and inspiration to viewers while sending warnings about the painful reality of environmental disasters. Central to his practice are metaphors of grief and the undeniable aspects of life, including the fundamental forces of Mother Nature. Ikeda’s drawings also reveal human resilience and the ability to rise above devastating situations when it appears impossible. Organized by the Audain Art Musuem (Whistler, Canada) and curated by Kiriko Watanabe, Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator, the show includes several of Ikeda’s renowned monumental works including Foretoken (2008), Meltdown (2013) and Rebirth (2013-16), each about the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the most devastating earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power disaster in the country’s recorded history. In each work, Ikeda painstakingly builds worlds that are both profoundly familiar and also beyond comprehension, inspiring and awe-inspiring in equal measure. Open Studio Artist Residency Select times throughout season. Visit moCacleveland.org for full schedule. Manabu Ikeda will be onsite for an in-gallery studio residency at moCa at various times throughout the exhibition season. Visitors can experience Ikeda’s creative process for themselves as he continues work on a new monumental drawing based on water inside moCa’s Mueller Family Gallery. Engagement Guides and CIA students will be available to discuss and answer questions about the artist’s practice during these sessions. Organized and circulated by the Audain Art Museum, Whistler, BC, Canada, with the generous support from the Audain Foundation. This exhibition is curated by Kiriko Watanabe, Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator, Audain Art Museum. Lead support from Dealer Tire. Lead support for Manabu Ikeda’s artist residency from The Flagstar Foundation. About Manabu Ikeda Born in Saga, Japan, Manabu Ikeda currently lives and works in Madison, Wisconsin. Ikeda is renowned for his highly detailed pen-and-ink drawings and complex imagery. Ikeda has exhibited his work internationally, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Russia, and the United States. It took Ikeda over three years to draw Rebirth , which is widely recognized as his masterpiece referencing the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and a collision between nature and humankind. Organized by the Audain Art Museum, Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage is Ikeda’s first solo exhibition in North America. Andrea Bowers, Rights of Nature I , 2022. Neon. Photo: Glen Cheriton, Impart Photography Andrea Bowers: Exist, Flourish, Evolve Feb 2-May 26, 2024 Huron, Ohio-raised, LA-based artist Andrea Bowers bears witness in her work, drawing attention to and inspiring action on urgent issues of our time. Her drawings, sculptures, installations, and films document collective action and amplify the labor and lived experiences of activists dedicated to change. Developed through an ongoing partnership with CELDF and activist Tish O’Dell, Exist, Flourish, Evolve is a new, multi-site, multimedia campaign that builds awareness and action around the dangers facing Lake Erie and the Great Lakes ecosystem. This project is anchored by a new, monumental neon public artwork installed on the Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) building and facing Lake Erie that declares the right of Lake Erie to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve—words drawn from CELDF’s Lake Erie Bill of Rights. Created with commission support from VIA Art Fund, the bright, buoyant light sculpture obliges us to examine our role in damaging, repairing, protecting, partnering with, and ensuring the health of the Great Lakes that we depend on for survival. At moCa Cleveland, Bowers’s exhibition presents additional artworks about environmental justice. New works include a neon chandelier, an LED text and light installation that is a corollary to the downtown neon sculpture, a drawing of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, and a documentary film investigating the impact of factory farming on Lake Erie’s ecosystem. Truth, Reckoning, & Right Relationship with the Great Lakes Conference: Apr. 22-23 Working with CELDF, this two day summit–which follows a one day “truth and reckoning” symposium at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in October 2023–focuses on creating “right relationships” with Lake Erie and will include a keynote address and artist talk, breakout sessions, and special presentations by high school students from MC2STEM High School and John Hay School of Science and Medicine. Commission sponsorship provided by VIA Art Fund. Generous support from Thompson Hine LLP, Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler, Chuck & Char Fowler, and Nicholas & Erin Reif. Community Partners: Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) and Great Lakes Science Center About Andrea Bowers Ohio-raised Andrea Bowers is a Los Angeles-based artist who has been recording and amplifying the work of activists present and past for more than two decades. Her multi-media practice includes drawing, video, sculpture, and installation work that foregrounds the experience of the people who dedicate their time and energy to the struggle for gender, racial, environmental, labor, and immigration justice and those who are directly affected by systemic inequality. Over time, her different bodies of work have become a document of the changing language, prerogatives, and dynamics of social justice movements. In 2021, a major mid-career survey of Bowers’s work curated by Michael Darling and Connie Butler opened at the MCA Chicago and traveled to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 2022. Other recent solo exhibitions include Grief and Hope , Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany and Light and Gravity , Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany. In September 2022, Bowers opened a solo exhibition including both new and existing work at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Milano as part of an exhibition program organized by the Fondazione Furla. Bowers is represented by Vielmetter Los Angeles, Andrew Kreps Gallery, Kaufmann Repetto, and Jessica Silverman Gallery. BlackBrain, Diamond Heart , 2024. Mural in progress. Courtesy the artist. BlackBrain: SCRD GRDN Feb 2 -May 26, 2024 SCRD GRDN is a new project by BlackBrain and guest artists from JDBCAC’s Unidos por el Arte program. Representing a metamorphosis from lone artist into collective creative force and guided by the mantra “go fast, go alone; go far, go together,” BlackBrain Group transforms solitary endeavors into dynamic collaborations grounded in a shared passion for storytelling through art. SCRD GRDN is an immersive painting installation about the resolute human spirit and its existential journey through oppression, justice, prosperity, and divine understanding. Fusing artistic styles and techniques, the series meditates on the interplay and influence between the inner self and the external forces that shape our existence. Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center Instiution & Artist Residency: This project is part of moCa’s institutional and early career artist residency with JDBCAC from January 2023-May 2024. JDBCAC occupies and engages spaces on moCa’s first and third floors in relation to its mission and work, and co-designs programming with moCa to advance the work of Latino/a/x artists and artists of color and provide new professional development opportunities. In 2023, BlackBrain founder Ariel Vergez served as a mentor artist to the seven artists involved in the moCa/JDBCAC early career artist residency, who presented their work in a group show called ¡Juntos! (Together) last year. Lead support for this residency provided by Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly with additional major support from The Cleveland Foundation. About BlackBrain Ariel Vergez, aka BlackBrain, is a seasoned artist with a rich heritage and a passion for storytelling through art. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Florida, BlackBrain is the child of two immigrants who came to the United States in search of opportunity and met each other while working in the service industry. Growing up in a household where art was a daily presence, BlackBrain pursued his passion for art at the collegiate level, studying Industrial Design at the Cleveland Institute of Art. With a background in product and graphic design, BlackBrain has worked with world-class brands and has a keen understanding of the importance of storytelling in design. He has fused that experience towards his first love art. This experience is evident in BlackBrain’s art series, which feature unique narratives, a cross-wiring of pop culture icons, and a vuja dé feeling of nostalgia. FREE ADMISSION & HOURS Daily Admission at moCa Cleveland is always free to all. Thursdays-Sundays, 11AM-5PM; Holiday hours available at mocacleveland.org ABOUT moCa CLEVELAND For more than 50 years, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) has played a vital role in the city’s cultural landscape. moCa is a conduit and catalyst for creativity and inspiration, offering exhibitions and programs that provide public value and make meaning of the art and ideas of our time. Since its founding in 1968, moCa has presented the works of more than three thousand artists, often through artists’ first solo shows. Soon after its founding, moCa was the first in the region to exhibit the works of many vanguard artists such as Laurie Anderson, Christo, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Adrian Piper, and Andy Warhol. Recent artist commissions and solo exhibitions include work by Tauba Auerbach, Simon Denny, Aleksandra Domanović, Michelle Grabner, Byron Kim, Ragnar Kjartansson, Tony Lewis, Kirk Mangus, Catherine Opie, Adam Pendleton, Sondra Perry, Joyce J. Scott, Do Ho Suh, Liu Wei, Renée Green, and Nina Chanel Abney, among many others. 2024 INSTITUTIONAL SPONSORS All current moCa Cleveland exhibitions are funded by Leadership Circle gifts from Doreen & Dick Cahoon, Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler, Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly, Grosvie & Charlie Cooley, Becky Dunn, Harriet Goldberg, Agnes Gund, Jan Lewis, and Toby Devan Lewis* moCa Cleveland receives lead institutional support in part by The Cleveland Foundation, the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the George Gund Foundation, the Nord Family Foundation, the Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, PNC, and the continuing support of the museum’s Board of Directors, patrons, and members. * deceased TOP IMAGE: Manabu Ikeda, Rebirth, 2013-16. Pen, acrylic ink and transparent watercolour on paper, mounted on board, 118.11 x 157.48 in (300 x 400 cm), collection of Saga Prefectural Art Museum. Digital Archive: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD. ©️IKEDA Manabu, Courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo / Singapore ### Previous Next