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Jul 7-Jan 7, 2024 A soft place to land Kevin Beasley, Margarita Cabrera, Pia Camil, Cass Davis, Alexandra Kehayoglou, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Kaveri Raina, Liang Shaoji, and Marie Watt Jul 7-Jan 7, 2024 ∆ A soft place to land , installation view at moCa Cleveland, 2023. Photo: Jacob Koestler ∆ A soft place to land , installation view at moCa Cleveland, 2023. Photo: Jacob Koestler A soft place to land Kevin Beasley, Margarita Cabrera, Pia Camil, Cass Davis, Alexandra Kehayoglou, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Kaveri Raina, Liang Shaoji, and Marie Watt Jul 7-Jan 7, 2024 ∆ A soft place to land , installation view at moCa Cleveland, 2023. Photo: Jacob Koestler About the Exhibition A soft place to land highlights artists who use textiles to unpack personal histories and underscores the metaphorical and material importance of fiber arts in connecting these stories to broader cultural and societal narratives. Rooted in explorations of the physicality of memory, this exhibition demonstrates the ways that textiles function as, “containers of collective and individual memory, as devices capable of triggering emotional, psychological, and even physiological reactions, and as tools for expressing or retaining identity and narratives.” The artists in this international, intergenerational exhibition build upon fibrous foundations to share the moments and traditions that shaped them, elevating what may be thought of as mundane or ubiquitous objects to emphasize the immeasurable value of one’s lived experiences. Themes of resilience, homesickness, and the desire to feel connected emerge within this examination of material culture. The artwork in A soft place to land showcases the influence of place and placemaking on one’s identity, confronts intergenerational trauma and trauma associated with upbringing, and celebrates materiality as an essential tool in self-discovery. About the Artists Margarita Cabrera Margarita Cabrera A self-defined social practices artist, Margarita Cabrera ’s (she/her) work is often fueled by collaboration from community engagement to get a holistic view of social issues. Materials such as US Border Patrol uniforms and cochineal-dye are used, and transformed, to deliver a multi-tiered conversation on topics such as globalism, populism, and the migrant experience. Often in playful representation, Cabrera’s work, such as embroidered soft-sculpture potted desert plants; mimicking parrots made from found border patrol uniforms; and collaged works on paper made with cochineal dye, implores viewers to confront contentious topics by utilizing materials tied inextricably to the issue. Cabrera was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and moved to El Paso, TX at the age of 10. She received an MFA from Hunter College in New York, NY and is currently an assistant professor at the Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Kevin Beasley, Site XVI, 2022, Polyurethane resin, raw Virginia Cotton, altered t-shirts, confetti t-shirts, housedress, 74 x 55 x 2 in (188 x 141 x 5.1 cm). ©Kevin Beasley. Photo: Jason Wyche, Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York. Kevin Beasley Kevin Beasley (he/him) lives and works in New York. His practice spans sculpture, photography, sound, and performance, while centering on materials of cultural and personal significance, from raw cotton harvested from his family’s property in Virginia to sounds gathered using contact microphones. Beasley alters, casts, and molds these diverse materials to form a body of works that acknowledge the complex, shared histories of the broader American experience, steeped in generational memories. In March 2023, Beasley released A View of a Landscape , a 300-page book and double LP record, conceived as equal elements and designed together. The publication is produced in collaboration with the Renaissance Society and The University of Chicago Press. Recent exhibitions and performances include The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse , a touring exhibition curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver, which traveled from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (2021), to the Contemporary Art Museum of Houston (2021), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (2022), and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (2022); and Prospect.5, New Orleans: Yesterday we said tomorrow (2021), in which Beasley began a multiyear site-specific project in the Lower Ninth Ward. Pia Camil. Photo by: Pirje Mykkänen Courtesy of Pia Camil and Finnish National Gallery Kiasma. Pia Camil Pia Camil (she/her) is a Mexican visual artist based in San Mateo Acatitlán, State of Mexico. Her work ranges widely from painting and sculpture to performance and installation. Highlighting the importance of the collective and communal, her work is often inclusive and directly engages the viewer. Camil draws inspiration from her context with a critical and political interest around commercial culture or the frenetic pace of mass commodification. In an effort to gear away from industrialized labor, her practice is mostly done in collaboration with friends and specially skilled producers. Currently, her rural context is informing new ideas of the collective–the relationship of humans with nature and to other species. Camil is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, USA, and the Slade School of Fine Art, London. Cass Davis. Photo: Gillian Fry Cass Davis Cass Davis (they/them) is a Chicago-based artist with an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Their solo shows include Out of Time at Engage Projects, Revelations at University of Southern Indiana, HEARTLAND at G-CADD St. Louis, No Body on Earth But Yours with the Chicago Underground Film Festival, and Of Roses and Jessamine at SITE gallery, Chicago. Davis has shown in group exhibitions and screenings at the Design Museum Chicago, IL, Bemis Center in Omaha, NE, York St. John University, UK, Tile Blush in Miami, FL, The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, The American Medium in NYC, UIS Visual Arts Gallery, Springfield, IL, Terrain Biennial Oak Park and Springfield, IL, Mana Contemporary Chicago, Chicago Artists Coalition, 062 Gallery, Sullivan Galleries, and the Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Utah. They have been awarded the Praxis Fiber Arts Residency, HATCH Residency, Oxbow Artist's MFA Residency, Roger Brown Artist's Residency, IOTO Residency, and the Shapiro Center Eager Research Grant. They have been lecturing faculty in the Fiber and Material Studies department at SAIC. Alexandra Kehayoglou. Photo: Francisco Nocitois Alexandra Kehayoglou Alexandra Kehayoglou (she/her) is an Argentinian and Greek visual artist who works primarily with textile materials. She produces works combining textiles, sculpture and installation. Kehayoglou’s repertoire includes memories of various native and endangered landscapes that the artist has visited and desires to preserve over time. Her renowned pastizales (grasslands), fields, and shelter tapestries exhibit sublime realities which the viewer can contemplate or utilize. Her work is created from an ancient family tradition of weaving. She presented the No Longer Creek at Design Miami/Basel, decrying the decimation of the Raggio Creek in Buenos Aires. At the end of 2017, The Triennial of The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, included Kehayoglou’s work, Santa Cruz River . Tiona Nekkia McClodden. Palais de Tokyo 2022. Tiona Nekkia McClodden Tiona Nekkia McClodden (she/her) is a visual artist, filmmaker, and curator whose work explores and critiques issues at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and social commentary. McClodden’s interdisciplinary approach traverses documentary film, experimental video, sculpture, and sound installations. Most recently, her work has explored the themes of re-memory and narrative biomythography. Her writing has been featured on the "Triple Canopy" platform in Artforum , Cultured Magazine , ART 21 Magazine , and many other publications. She is the recipient of a 2021 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.McClodden lives and works in North Philadelphia, PA, and is the Founder and Director of Philadelphia-based, Conceptual Fade, a micro-gallery and library space centering Black thought and artistic production. Kaveri Raina. Photo: Zhiyuan Yang Kaveri Raina Kaveri Raina (she/her) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016 and her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2011. Raina has had solo and two-person exhibitions at Chapter NY, New York; Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia, PA; PATRON Gallery, Chicago, IL; M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH; Annarumma Gallery, Naples, Italy; Assembly Room, New York, NY; Rata Projects, New York, NY; Permanent Collection/Co-Lab Projects, Austin, TX; Permanent Collection/Co-Lab Projects, Austin, TX; Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, among others. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the National Indo-American Museum, Lombard, IL; Deli Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York, NY; Luhring Augustine, New York, NY, among others. Raina is the recipient of several fellowships and awards including the James Nelson Raymond Fellowship, the Ox-bow Residency Award, and the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Fellowship Award. She is represented by PATRON Gallery, Chicago, IL. Liang Shaoji Liang Shaoji Liang Shaoji (he/him) studied soft sculpture with Maryn Varbanov at China Academy of Art. For more than thirty years, Liang has been interested in interdisciplinary creation in terms of art and biology, installation and sculpture, new media and textile. His Nature Series sees the life process of silkworms as a creation medium, the interaction in the natural world as his artistic language, time and life as the essential idea. His works are fulfilled with a sense of meditation, philosophy and poetry while illustrating the inherent beauty of silk. Selected exhibitions include: Liang Shaoji: A Silky Entanglement , Power Station of Art, Shanghai; The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China (touring exhibition), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smart Museum of Art; Liang Shaoji: As If , M Woods Art Museum, Beijing; the 3rd Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, the 5th Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon the 48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale, Venice, and the 6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (1999). Marie Watt Marie Watt Marie Watt (she/her) is an American artist. She is a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians and also has German-Scot ancestry. Her interdisciplinary work draws from history, biography, Iroquois protofeminism, and Indigenous teachings; in it, she explores the intersection of history, community, and storytelling. She is represented by PDX Contemporary Art in Portland, Oregon; Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco, California; and Marc Straus Gallery in New York City, New York. Selected collections include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Seattle Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Yale University Art Gallery, the Crystal Bridges Museum, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and Renwick Gallery, the Tacoma Art Museum, the Denver Art Museum, and the Portland Art Museum. Installation Images A soft place to land . Installation views at moCa Cleveland, 2023. Photos: Jacob Koestler

Title Round Michael Eastman Blue Column, c. 2010 Archival chromogenic print 24 x 18 inches Estimated Value Range: $3,500 - $5,000 Starting Bid: $1,750 Bidding increments: $250 Michael Eastman's photograph titled Blue Column is a chromogenic color photograph created in 1993. This piece, also known as Column, Budapest , measures 60 × 48 inches and is part of a limited edition of 7 prints. Eastman is renowned for his large-scale photographs that capture architectural interiors and facades with painterly precision. His work often explores themes of time, decay, and the beauty found in aging structures. Blue Column exemplifies these themes, showcasing his ability to find serenity and narrative within architectural forms More: Michael Eastman Michael Eastman has established himself as one of the world's leading contemporary photographic artists. The self-taught photographer has spent five decades documenting interiors and facades in cities as diverse as Havana, Paris, Rome, and New Orleans, producing large-scale photographs unified by their visual precision, monumentality, and painterly use of color. Eastman is most recognized for his explorations of architectural form and the textures of decay, which create mysterious narratives about time and place. Eastman's photographs have appeared in Time , Life , Art in America, Art News, Art Forum, Communication Arts and American Photographer , and they reside in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Center of Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and other prestigious institutions. His books include Havana (2011, Prestel), Vanishing America (2008, Rizzoli) and Horses (2003, Knopf).

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda May 24, 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.

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda May 17, 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 Jessica Mein obra trinta e um , 2013 Collage 41 x 34 inches Estimated Value Range: $3,000 - $4,500 Starting Bid: $1,500 Bidding increments: $250 Jessica Mein (b. 1975, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian artist whose work spans across drawing, animation, and physical investigations of discarded billboards, often from her hometown of São Paulo, and hand-printed hemp bags from Dubai. Her art challenges traditional boundaries between image, surface, and structure, frequently questioning the very materials that support her creations. More: Jessica Mein Artistic Practice Mein’s work is deeply rooted in labor and construction, which is reflected in her use of the Portuguese word obra (meaning both "work of art" and "construction site") to describe her practice. She often repurposes images from obsolete billboards, especially in the context of São Paulo’s ban on outdoor advertisements, where the works subvert censorship by recycling these materials for new purposes. Mein’s process includes unthreading, puncturing, and unraveling canvas and fabric, reminiscent of the work of Lucio Fontana, to reveal the raw, structural elements behind the image. This deconstruction reveals the object's physicality, turning the artwork into both a finished product and a site of ongoing creation. Mein also engages with the notion of tramas —a Portuguese word signifying both tapestry and entanglement —which relates to her intricate manipulation of materials. In her series Obra Quarenta e Quatro , the artist explores systems of production through obsolete billboard fragments transferred to hemp, a slow and labor-intensive process. Through her unthreading, cutting, and imprinting processes, Mein creates abstract compositions that juxtapose the image and its material base, emphasizing the relationship between surface and structure. Notable Works and Exhibitions Mein has exhibited widely in solo and group shows across the world, with notable exhibitions at El Museo del Barrio (New York), Museo Tamayo de Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico City), The Julia Stoschek Foundation (Düsseldorf), and the Drawing Center (New York). Her solo exhibitions include Obras at Simon Preston Gallery (New York) and Tramas at Galeria Leme (São Paulo), where she presented new wall-based works and large-scale spatial structures that further explore the boundaries between image and support. About the Artist Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Mein’s work investigates the intersection of physicality, urban spaces, and the rapidly disappearing materials of the past. Drawing inspiration from the outdated billboard structures of São Paulo and the hand-printed hemp bags found in Dubai, Mein focuses on the obsolescence of visual culture and the labor-intensive production of images. Her artistic investigations emphasize the tension between the rapidly changing world of digital imagery and the slow, deliberate handcraft of her own work. Currently residing in Dubai, Mein is a resident artist in the A.i.R. program run by Art Dubai, Delfina Foundation, and Tashkeel. Selected Collections The Museum of Modern Art, New York Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf Museu de Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo

Title Round Simone Shubuck Portfolio cover , 2006 Lithograph, edition of 40 Framed: 19 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches Estimated Value Range: $500 - $800 Starting Bid: $200 Bidding increments: $50 More: Simone Shubuck Born in 1969, Simone Shubuck received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has had a solo exhibition with Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL) in New York and has exhibited works in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo and San Francisco. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Tokion, Elle, The Fader, ARTnews and is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Shubuck’s work is informed by a range of experiences, from her days as a graffiti artist in San Francisco in the early 90’s to her years as a flower designer in New York City. She professes an affinity for Viennese Secessionists and Art Nouveau practices as well as the work of such outsider artists as Edmund Monsieul and Lee Godie. Her visual style parallels her obsession with the layered sampling of hip-hop artists like Jay-Z, Dipset, Cam’ron and Young Jeezy. Another notable influence comes from her maternal grandmother and great-grandmother, who were skilled bakers and embroiderers.

Grants, sponsorships, and major gifts are critical to moCa Cleveland’s ability to present outstanding exhibitions and public programs and to provide education and enrichment programs for local youth and families. We thank you for the vital funding that helps moCa support artists and serve community. Institutional Giving Institutional Giving Grants, sponsorships, and major gifts are critical to moCa Cleveland’s ability to present outstanding exhibitions and public programs and to provide education and enrichment programs for local youth and families. We thank you for the vital funding that helps moCa support artists and serve community. moCa Cleveland invites individuals, businesses, and foundations to partner with us to make exhibitions and programs possible. To explore institutional giving opportunities, please contact: Amy Cronauer, Grants Stewardship Director 216.658.6920 acronauer@mocacleveland.org Donate Membership Annual Fund Institutional Giving Patrons INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS Leadership donors supporting moCa's mission include gifts to: Art Now: Anonymous, Yuval Brisker, Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler, Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly, Dealer Tire, Agnes Gund+, and Roy Minoff Connecting Audiences: Dick & Doreen Cahoon, The Cleveland Foundation, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation, Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation, David & Inez Myers Foundation, PNC Foundation, the Nord Family Foundation, and Nicholas & Erin Reif Sustaining Pathways: The Callahan Foundation, Grosvie & Charlie Cooley, Becky Dunn, Harriet Goldberg, the Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, the John P. Murphy Foundation, and Boake Sells. moCa Cleveland also receives lead institutional support in part from the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the Ohio Arts Council, and the continuing support of the museum’s Board of Directors, patrons, and members. moCa SATURDAYS Family Fun supported by PNC. TOBY'S PRIZE Toby’s Prize is generously supported by Toby Devan Lewis+ + In memory

Title Round Judy Barie Origins i & ii Diptych; oil on birch panel overall: 20 x 40 inches Estimated Value Range: $2,000 - $3,000 Starting bid: $1,000 Bidding increments: $100 As an artist, Judy Barie’s rich abstractions are highlights in the Fowler’s collection. As the Susan and John Turben Director of CVA Galleries at the Chautauqua Institution, Barie has served them as a trusted guide, introducing them to many artists and artworks over the years. Barie is a contemporary abstract artist known for her layered works of color, gestural marks, and rich patterns on birch panels. Influenced by Brice Marden and Elizabeth Murray, she has spent over 30 years developing a distinct visual language that appears in both individual paintings and series. Barie lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA, and spends her summers in Chautauqua, NY, where she curates contemporary exhibitions at the CVA Galleries at the Chautauqua Institution. Her paintings are created by mixing and pouring latex and oil paints, embracing both intentional mark-making and spontaneous effects. While the surface is still wet, she incorporates intricate patterns and gestural elements using techniques such as scraping, brushing, rolling, printing, and sanding. The interplay between freeform brushwork and precise detailing creates a dynamic visual tension. Color serves as the unifying thread across her work, reflecting her deep engagement with the material and process. More: Judy Barie Artist Statement “My paintings are a balance of unforeseen elements and deliberate gestures. I begin by pouring latex and oil paints in layers on birch panels, letting chance play a role in the textures and forms that emerge. While the paint is still wet, I apply color, pattern, and mark-making techniques—scraping, brushing, rolling, printing, and sanding. I am drawn to the tension between spontaneity and precision: loose brushstrokes collide with tightly rendered patterns, creating a visual contrast meant to engage and intrigue. Color is my primary motif, linking one image to the next. For me, painting is an intimate, tactile practice—a gestural marriage of materials and a celebration of paint itself.” Biography Barie earned her BFA from West Virginia University and completed a year-long printmaking residency at Atelier 17 (now Atelier Contrepoint) in Paris, France. She has exhibited extensively in solo and group shows across the U.S., including Kathryn Markel Fine Arts (NYC), Cumberland Gallery (Nashville), and G2 Gallery (Scottsdale). She is represented by Artists Circle Gallery (Bethesda, MD), Bonfoey Gallery (Cleveland, OH), and Zynka Gallery (Pittsburgh, PA). In addition to her studio practice, Barie consults for Contemporary Craft and Oxford Development in Pittsburgh. Each summer in Chautauqua, NY, she curates and manages exhibitions, supporting artists and engaging with collectors through her leadership at the CVA Galleries. Collections Barie’s work is held in numerous private, corporate, and museum collections, including: Charlotte Printmakers Society (NC) Hallmark Corporation (Atlanta, GA) Children’s Museum (Pittsburgh, PA) General Motors Headquarters (Chicago, IL) LaGrange Museum (GA)

Search the names of current moCa Cleveland Board Directors moCa Board Executive Marcella Brown President Casey Monda Vice-president Jason Smith Treasurer Jonathan Kurtz Secretary Directors F. Allen Boseman, Jr. Tim Boyle Dick Cahoon Joanne R. Cohen Grosvie Cooley Cosmo Danielly Leslie DiNovi Leslie Dunn Nadya Haider Donald Insul Michelle Shan Jeschelnig Audra T. Jones Paul M. Katz David Lamb Kim Myers Grafton Nunes Dr. Gilbert Padula Susan Petersen Nicholas Reif Stephen G. Sokany James Stone Michael Weil Kelsey Wolf Emeritus Directors Timothy Callahan Becky Dunn Char Fowler Barbara Galvin Harriet Goldberg Agnes Gund Hope Hungerford Mary Ann Katzenmeyer Stewart Kohl Scott Mueller Lawrence Oscar Boake Sells Harriet Warm Honorary Directors* Peter Galvin Bill Ginn Jack Katzenmeyer Toby Devan Lewis Roger Salomon Nina Sundell Marjorie Talalay *in memory

Title Round Lori Kella Clouds Over Gros Marne , 2003 Color photograph 20 x 16 inches Estimated Value Range: $1,000 - $2,000 Starting Bid: $500 Bidding increments: $100 Lori Kella (b. 1974, St. Joseph, MI) is known for her meticulously constructed photographic fictions that explore themes of place, memory, and environmental transformation. Living along the shore of Lake Erie, Kella's work often reflects on the fragility and beauty of the Great Lakes region, resonating with those connected to water and shoreline life. More: Lori Kella Artistic Practice Kella's photographs are deliberate constructions, not spontaneous captures of the natural world. Using everyday materials like paper, soap, and wool, she hand-builds miniature dioramas meant solely for the camera's lens. Through dramatic lighting and exacting detail, she transforms these tabletop landscapes into hauntingly vivid scenes. Her images often feel at once serene and uncanny, their beauty shot through with environmental unease. Her series Vanishing Shoreline examines climate change and shoreline erosion along the Great Lakes. This body of work has been featured in State of the Art 2020 at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, as well as in solo exhibitions at PhotoCentric in Cleveland and the Rosewood Art Center in Kettering, OH. Notably, her photograph Clouds Over Gros Morne (2003) evokes the dramatic landscapes of Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is renowned for its rugged terrain and striking geological features, including fjords and towering cliffs. About the Artist Kella received a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art and an MFA from Cornell University in 2001. She is the recipient of four Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council, a full fellowship to Vermont Studio Center, a Creative Workforce Fellowship, and support from ArtPlace America and the Andy Warhol Foundation. In addition to her studio practice, Kella is a faculty member at Laurel School in Shaker Heights, OH. She continues to create from her home on the Lake Erie shoreline, where her intimate relationship with the landscape continues to inspire fictional worlds that resonate with truth.

Title Round Gianna Commito Hupp , 2020 Casein and marble dust ground on panel 18 x 24 inches Estimated Value Range: $10,000 - $13,000 Starting Bid: $6,000 In Hupp , Gianna Commito layers casein and marble dust to create an alluring, luminous surface where abstract forms seem to shift and evolve, blurring our perspective on shape, depth, and color. This work exemplifies Commito's mastery of texture and materiality. A painting professor at Kent State, Commito has exhibited at museums such as moCa, The Akron Art Museum, and The Drawing Center. She is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Cleveland Arts Prize, and the Wayne P. Lawson Prize at the Columbus Art Museum, among other awards. Commito's next solo exhibition is at Rachel Uffner Gallery (NY) in 2025. Courtesy Abattoir Gallery and the artist More: Gianna Commito Gianna Commito earned a BFA from The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY and an MFA from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. She resides in Kent where she is Professor of Painting at Kent State University. Commito has exhibited widely throughout the United States and has been included in gallery and institutional shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. Her work can be found in public collections including the Akron Art Museum, Progressive Insurance, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Recently, her work entered the collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, selected for the Wayne P. Lawson Prize for Ohio Artists. She was featured in the inaugural edition of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art in Cleveland. She received the Cleveland Arts Prize for the Emerging Artist in 2015. Works in this private view are from Commito's first solo exhibition with Abattoir, Slip Lanes , on view until October 14th, 2023.

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Apr 6, 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.