Animalia
Exhibition Dates: October 26 – December 15, 2024
Isabella Kirkland, Juror
There are over 1.5 million known species of animals, including humans. New species continue to be discovered, while present species evolve and sometimes disappear. Arts Benicia, a non-profit art center in Benicia, CA, invites artists to submit artwork for Animalia, a juried exhibition that seeks to showcase artists’ representations of the animal world, including the place of the human species and human activity within the larger animal universe. Both real and imagined interpretations are welcomed.
All 2D and 3D media accepted, and video files. 2D work may not exceed 36” in width or 72” in
height, including the frame. 3D work may not exceed a 36” x 36” footprint.
Deadline for Entries: August 12, 2024 (10:59 pm Pacific Time)
Jurying of entries: August 14 – 24
Notification to artists: August 28
Hand Delivery of artwork: October 10
Delivery of shipped artwork: October 8 – 11
Members and Exhibition Artists Preview: Thursday, October 24, 6 – 7 pm
Opening Public Reception: Saturday, October 26, 4 – 6 pm
Close of exhibition: Sunday, December 15
In-Person Pick-up of Artwork: December 17, 1 – 4 pm (or by appt)
Shipped Artwork: December 17 – 20
Juror
Isabella Kirkland (1954-) is an American visual artist and biodiversity researcher. She is known for intricate, representational paintings that straddle art history, natural science and ecological activism. Since the mid-1990s, she has documented biota in series focused on species that are extinct, disappearing, collected or illegally trafficked, or emerging from near-extinction. Her work fuses the classical naturalist tradition of wildlife painters like John James Audubon and the precise rendering style and time-tested oil techniques of 17th-century Dutch Master still life painters. Situated in the contemporary context of global warming, however, her paintings subtly upend such idealized traditions, invoking a sense of accountability in response to the specter of ecological flux and impermanence.
Kirkland studied at Guilford College, Virginia Commonwealth University, and finally at the San Francisco Art Institute in the late 1970’s. Her work is in major museum collections throughout the United States. She spent 10 years with Feature Inc in New York City and is now represented by Todd Hosfelt Gallery in San Francisco, CA. She is a Research Associate of the California Academy of Sciences. She currently lives and works in the waterfront area of Sausalito, CA.
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1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia, CA 94510
GALLERY HOURS
Thursday – Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 pm, during exhibitions. The gallery is closed between exhibitions.
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