Fall 2024 Schedule:
Figuratively Speaking
About the Exhibition: Figuratively Speaking follows the tradition of exploring the human condition through representations of the figure. From exploring the need to feel beautiful and sexy in a world that judges you to exploring the dark and light side of being, confronting voyeuristic intrusion, and narratives of community, the exhibition is intended to challenge the viewer to see and not just look.
Luanne Redeye
Friday, September 6th
Artist Talk: 12:30-1:30
Tyler Art Gallery
Studio Visits: 1:45pm-2:45pm
Luanne Redeye is portrait and figurative artist working at the intersection of autobiography and community. Born in Jamestown, NY, Luanne grew up on the Allegany Indian Reservation in Western New York. A citizen of the Seneca Nation and Hawk Clan, Luanne received her MFA in Painting and Drawing at the University of New Mexico. Her current art practice involves working across the mediums of painting, drawing, print, beadwork and textile. She has been supported through residencies, exhibitions, and grants by various institutions, including Kent State University, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe Art Institute, The Constance Saltonstall Foundation, New American Paintings, and the New York State Council on the Arts, among others. Luanne currently lives and works in Berkeley, CA.
https://luanneredeye.com/home.
Lindsy Guile
Friday, September 6th
Artist Talk: 3:00pm-4:00pm
Tyler Art Gallery
Studio Visits: 4:00-4:45
Lindsey Guile is a body and fat-liberation artist exploring concepts of self-image through the lens of contemporary feminist theory. Lindsey utilizes large-format charcoal drawings in her explorations into how body image affects self-worth and mental health. Her work has been exhibited at The Arnot Museum, The Dorsky Museum, The Birke Art Gallery, The Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Untitled Space Gallery, The Gillette Gallery, Novado Gallery, and more. Lindsey is an Associate Professor of Visual Art at Dutchess Community College where she teaches drawing, color theory, and painting. She is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Lindsey currently lives in Poughkeepsie,
New York.
https://www.lindseyguile.com/
Lacey McKinney
Friday, September 13th
Artist Talk: 12:30-1:30
Tyler Art Gallery
Studio Visits: 1:45pm-2:45pm
Lacey McKinney lives and works in Central New York. McKinney has exhibited work at the Everson Museum and Light Work (Syracuse), Mana Contemporary (Jersey City), NARS Foundation (Brooklyn), Novado Gallery (Jersey City), Pen & Brush (New York City), Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center (Auburn), The University of North Carolina (Charlotte), Urban Zen (New York City), across New York State and the East coast. Her solo exhibition, Reconfiguration, is forthcoming in 2026 at the Holter Museum of Art (Helena). Many private collections hold her work. Publications featuring her work include ARTnews, Art Zealous, Cultured Magazine, and Huffington Post. Residencies include Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts (Ithaca), Fremantle Arts Centre (Australia), and McColl Center for Art + Innovation (Charlotte). She received a Light Work Grant in Photography in 2022 and a NYSCA Keep NYS Creating grant in 2020. She holds an MFA from SUNY New Paltz and BFA and MA from SUNY Oswego.
https://lacey-mckinney.com/
Amber Lia-Kloppel
Wednesday, September 25th
Artist Talk: 12:30-1:30
Tyler Art Gallery
Amber was born in Ithaca, New York and studied art as a young adult at the Community School of Music and Arts. She did her undergraduate study in Philadelphia at Moore College of Art and Design, receiving a BFA, and subsequently moved to New York City, where she received an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. She’s been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, the Constance Saltonstall Foundation Grant, and the Stobart Foundation Grant for her work. During graduate school, Amber was awarded a Prince of Wales/Forbes Foundation Travel Grant and Residency, and during undergraduate school, she was awarded the Emily Sartain Fellowship for European Travel.
https://www.amberlia-kloppel.
Sofía Luz Pérez
Monday, November 11th
Artist Talk: 12:40-1:40
Location: 215 Penfield
Studio Visits: 2:30-3:30
Sofía Luz Pérez is a Mexican American artist born in Austin, Texas in 1989 and raised in central New York. Pérez’s work has been published in the Women Artists’ Datebook by the Syracuse Cultural Workers and in Stone Canoe #8 by the YMCA of Central New York. She has shown her work in numerous galleries including at Soho20 Gallery in New York, NY, the Point of Contact Gallery in Syracuse, NY, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, in Cazenovia, NY, the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn, NY, and ArtRage Gallery in Syracuse, NY. She graduated with a BFA in Studio Art with a painting concentration from SUNY Oswego in December 2021.
https://www.sofialuzperez.com/