twelve21gallery

DECEMBER 2011 – THE SCRIBBLE PARTY

GROUP SHOW

The concept for The Scribble Party came from Orlando curator and artist Elton Bracey. The Scribble Party features art that showcases the beauty of scribbling and sketching through small works by 14 Central Florida artists. We’ve asked the artists to constrain themselves to works in black and white and shades of gray.

Artists involved in the exhibition include Anna McCambridge-Thomas, Johannah O’Donnell, Carly Jean Andrews, Audrey Phillips, Laresa Tapia, Rick Jones, Heidi Kneisl, Plinio Pinto, Brian Dismore, Doug Woods, Carla Poindexter, Robert Poindexter, Steve Parker, and Elton Bracey

NOVEMBER 2011 – The Hannya Mask Project

Group Show

The Hannya mask is one of the most highly recognizable images of the 14th century Japanese Noh Theater. The masks are used to convey the identity and mood of the nearly eighty characters in the different tales of the play. The Hannya mask is specifically used to represent a vengeful and jealous woman. “A woman scorned”. Her anger and envy have so consumed her that she has turned into a demon, but with some traces of her humanity left. The pointed horns, gleaming eyes, fang-like teeth, combined with a look of pure resentment and hate are tempered by the expression of suffering around the eyes and the artfully disarrayed strands of hair, which indicate passionate emotion thrown into disorder.

FX Artist Nix Herrera, tattoo artist Ant Iannucci of Ascension Tattoo, and Orlando’s Twelve21 Gallery combined their efforts to put together a Japanese themed art show to benefit the Red Cross relief for the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami victims in Japan. The exhibition featured 50 hand-painted Hannya Masks, by some of America’s best tattoo artists, conventional artists, sculptural artists, and body painters. To review the show visit hannyamaskproject.com

October 2011 – The Last Art Show on Earth

Art by Paul Finch, Jasibe Cure Twede, and Ted Leary

You may ask yourself: “Why is this the last art show on earth??” Well, apparently this is when the world is going to end..again..or something. So come celebrate with us!

Sweet treats will be provided by BabyCakesNYC and the gallery will be providing beverages from Tim’s Wine. The exhibition will be up until November 18th (if the world doesn’t end).

August 2011 – Nathalie Chikhi

Artwork by Nathalie Chikhi

Twelve21 Gallery presents an exhibition by local artist, Nathalie Chikhi. With a background in Visual Communication and Multimedia studies, Nathalie’s work is an exploration of visual experience through intense color, pixilated patterns, and geometric forms.  Her colorful, highly rendered imagery is often organic in essence, yet the range of media she works with as well as her elevated level of detail allow for a vibrancy that is completely fresh and wonderfully synthetic.  This exhibit will include an array of Nathalie’s work including drawings, installation, mixed media, and paintings.  

The opening reception will be held from 7-10pm on Friday, August 26, 2011.  Treats will be provided from BabyCakesNYC and the gallery will be providing beverages from Tim’s Wine.  The exhibition will be on view until September 23, 2011.

JULY 2011 – THRESHOLD

Group Show

Twelve21 Gallery presents: “THRESHOLD”, an art exhibit featuring local surrealist artists Bryan Carson and Brian Phillips. Through a variety of media, both artists bring to the show beautifully rendered and mysterious images dealing with transformation and the entrance into new states of consciousness. The opening reception will be held from 7-10pm on Saturday, July 2, 2011.

The gallery will be providing drinks from Tim’s Wine and light treats for your enjoyment. The exhibition will be on view through July 29, 2011.

MAY 2011 – ONE

Group Show

One is a celebration of the Orlando Art Scene and the birthday of Twelve21 Gallery. To mark the occasion, Twelve21 Gallery has assembled a commemorative group art show featuring exceptional and exemplary works by fifteen artists who have exhibited at the gallery during the past year. No theme. No message. Just amazing art from Orlando’s amazing artists.

Artists in the exhibition include Adrian Gonzalez, Bill Tarpley, Carla Poindexter, Carly Andrews, Chris Rodriguez, Danielle Deguglimo, Doug Rhodehamel, Doug Woods, Heather Comparetto, Jen O’Malley, Jessica DeSalvo, Jon Didier, Mauricio Murillo, Robert Poindexter, and Will Sclater.

APRIL 2011 – Our Small Private Stories

Art By Robert & Carla Poindexter

Twelve21 Gallery presents: “Our Small Private Stories” an Art Exhibit featuring Robert and Carla Poindexter.  Both artists are native to Houston, Texas and have exhibited in multiple solo exhibitions and a considerable amount of group shows nationally.  Carla is currently a professor in the BFA and MFA programs at UCF and a studio artist working primarily in painting and drawing.  She is also well known for her animated short film produced in 2009 and for her 8 ft x 28 ft commissioned painting on permanent display in the atrium of the Darden Theatre Auditorium at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management in Orlando.  Robert moved to Orlando in 2007 and has recently concentrated on several bodies of work, which include large abstract oil paintings and intimate multimedia works on paper.  His work is in many private and public collections, mainly in Texas.

Both artists are recognized for their large, seemingly nonobjective abstractions shown in past exhibitions, however this show highlights work from both past and present series which are smaller and more private, often visually poetic, and sometimes humorous.

February 2011 – Desiccation

Art by Doug Rhodehamel

Join adventurer/artist Doug Rhodehamel at Twelve21 Gallery as he displays his newest collection of aquatic life from the deepest depths of the sea.

“For the past 4 years, I have collected parts and pieces of exotic plant matter from Leu Gardens and reconstructed them into octopi, fish, mollusks and other ocean dwellers. It’s been a complete pain in the ass, and I think you’re gonna like this one.”

The entire art exhibition is made completely from dried leaves, stems, seeds, flowers, buds, bulbs thorns and other various plants matter from Orlando’s Leu Gardens and has the look and feel of a turn of the century expedition collection. Each piece is assembled to give the appearance of a dried and mounted aquatic specimen, Darwin would be proud.

Opening 2-25-2011 - 7-10pm
Showing until 3-25-2011

January 2011 – Home Brewed

Art By Tic Bowen, Bill Tarpley and Doug Woods

Twelve21 Gallery will be celebrating the New Year with an opening reception featuring local artists Tic Bowen, Bill Tarpley, and Doug Woods from 7-10pm on Friday, January 14, 2011.  Each artist brings to the show a wonderous translation of our surroundings using a variety of media.  Tic invents delightful mazes built of moving parts assembled with intricate characters which are somehow both innocent and cunning. Bill’s small and large acrylic paintings are populated by creatures that are richly rendered and appear to hold humanistic expressions. Doug’s compelling images deal with reaction; reactions to others, reactions to self, reactions to the viewer; created with saturated ink and vibrant watercolor. This show is not to be missed! Beverages and light refreshments will be served.  The exhibition will be up through February 11, 2011.