Curio. is excited to bring you the works of Matty Geez. Working in the realm of soft sculpture, his pieces are three dimensional but maintain a kinship to two dimensional works. Some are truly free standing while others are meant to be displayed on a wall or housed in a frame even though their surface […]
curio. is excited to welcome Matty Geez into the gallery for an artist talk about his work in the exhibition Botanic Panic. Join us in person or virtually on Zoom for the event! Zoom meet link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84208072746 Botanic Panic is on view through November 27th. Working in the realm of soft sculpture, Geez's pieces are […]
A title formed by an inward search of the heart and mind that has yielded many secret, hidden, and otherwise unspoken scenes. “I'm communicating an inner world. This work focus is coming through the dark of the subconscious, through time, and memory, into a spotlight.” Mairin-Taj is a storyteller. Someone with an ability to weave […]
The gallery at curio. is proud to present SPEAK THE DARK, a collection of new works by artist Mairin-Taj Caya. A title formed by an inward search of the heart and mind, the results have yielded many secret, hidden, and otherwise unspoken scenes. “I'm communicating an inner world. This work focus is coming through the […]
curio. is excited to host gallery artist Mairin-Taj Caya for a hybrid Artist Talk on Wednesday January 19th, 7:00-8:00pm. Join us for conversation about exhibition, process, meaning and significance of the works within the show. Questions are welcome! Please note in person guests will be required to wear masks during the event. Zoom Meet link: […]
A single dried rose adorns the exhibition wall, between Rosary and the thirteen works of the Rose Offering series. A moment in time that's been saved, a memory incarnate- it's this very object that will serve as inspiration for a special event here in curio. We are excited to host Gallery Artist Mairin-Taj Caya for […]
A sketch can serve many purposes for it’s creator. It’s a relationship that has many forms. Some capture the world we know, while others show us worlds of imagination. A sketch may be quick marks made in a few moments to grab an idea from the mind before it slips away, or carefully considered and […]
A phrase used often to describe a mental landscape, a place built of individual thought that is unique to the mind it exists in. This terrain can be made accessible to others through verbal or visual explanation. This phrase is also the catalyst for our current exhibition which brings together the Pennsylvania College of Art […]
A post-industrial environment is one where the manufacturing and creation of objects has been replaced by professions that don't rely on physical goods or their production to sustain itself, instead favoring the option to outsource the physical manufacturing altogether. The need for these goods however has not diminished. Machines that were once made locally or […]
It’s this shift that has Artist, Sculptor, and Metalsmith Jeremy Waak’s attention. Metals such as copper, silver, and brass make up the arms, treads, and carapaces of his sculptures. Miniature in their size and inspired by machines more at home on a construction site or warehouse floor, they seemingly defy their potential absurdity and obsolescence […]
curio. is excited to host an Artist Talk with Jeremy Waak for his solo exhibition Post-industrial Fetish on view in the Gallery through May 28th. Join us for conversation about the works, process and inspiration. This event will be hybrid. Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82749839689 Artist Statement: All humans desire happiness. To help achieve this, every […]
The Pocket Art Swap is back with All Things Small, our fifth community based small works exhibition on view June 3rd-25th. Our participating artists turn their attention to the smaller things in life, whatever that may be and completely open to their interpretation. Focusing their creative lenses on the micro world that is all around […]
An Echo is described as a close parallel or repetition of an idea. Formed from a desire to create artworks independently, then come together and select individuals to be responded to, or “echoed”, by the other, the concept for an exhibition took shape. Bringing to the forefront the artist's individual sensibilities, while presenting artworks that […]
An Echo is described as a close parallel or repetition of an idea. Formed from a desire to create artworks independently, then come together and select individuals to be responded to, or “echoed”, by the other, the concept for an exhibition took shape. Bringing to the forefront the artist’s individual sensibilities, while presenting artworks that […]
We are so thrilled to be hosting our next Artist Talk, featuring both Matt and Nicole! Join us in the gallery on Wednesday August 24th at 7:00pm for a conversation about our studio process, inspiration and conceptualization of our individual works as well as the responses we made for the works in ECHO ECHO. Questions […]
