A small taste of Walking in the City: Venice
Install at Mezzanine Gallery, Carvel Building, Wilmington, Delaware, January 2025
Install at Mezzanine Gallery, Carvel Building, Wilmington, Delaware, January 2025
Install at Mezzanine Gallery, Carvel Building, Wilmington, Delaware, January 2025
01.19.2025
New year, new goals. One of my many goals for 2025 is to maintain a more regular writing cadence about this project and my work in general, or even just my thoughts on life in general. For now, here’s some updates on Walking in the City: Venice. I was recently awarded the opportunity to install a solo exhibition of my work at the Mezzanine Gallery here in Wilmington. This space is managed by the Delaware Division of the Arts, which is the organization that sponsored the project grant I was awarded in 2023 to help cover costs to attend the ECA course in Venice. A full circle moment!
I am up to 11 paintings in the series and was able to hang 7 of them in the space for this show. The space is quite large and is located in a state government building in downtown Wilmington. I was also able to record a video about the show to be published on multiple channels. I think there will be a good amount of exposure for the work and hoping for decent weather for the night of the opening, Friday, February 7. I am also able to sell my digital prints during the opening, which is another great way to share my work and this particular project. Seeing the work come to life, come out of the studio and go onto a gallery wall is always a thrill, but I am especially proud to see this body of work realized. With each painting, I am transported back to that very warm July day when I took the walk and recorded my experience.
In regards to next steps with my goal of showing this work in a space in Venice in 2026, I have reached out to Maria from ECA and hope to hear back from her soon with her thoughts on potential galleries I can approach with a proposal. Victoria Miro would be a dream gallery to show with but I am keeping an open mind to a variety of spaces. In the meantime, I plan to research more galleries because I think ultimately that is the best route for me financially.
Moving forward with the series, I am going to be creating 6 smaller canvases measuring 20x16 inches. There are some compositions that seem to visually lend themselves to a smaller surface. I also think this will provide variety for the larger exhibition when the time comes. I’ll be sharing some in-progress images in my next post.
