The processes of growth and change inevitably instigates opportunities for collaboration, whether we recognize them or not. This exhibition is the result of seven artists working collaboratively at a critical juncture in their academic and professional careers. They challenge one another’s formative processes, exploring the shifting influences of time, place, ritual, and memory.

The exhibition will be held in two phases. Phase I begins with the end product—work made specifically for the exhibition. Phase II will shift the focus from the “objectness” of the finished works to consideration of the external forces and material transformations of each artist. Phase II, co-curated by Karly Jean Kainz and Lynne Maphies, will reveal the processes and materiality of making, evolving the project into a different exhibition altogether. 

Participating artists are: Karly Jean Kainz, Yashoda Latkar, Blanca Martinez, William MOREE, Gus Ramirez, Ashley Diane Saldana, Carlos Lee Sullivan.

This exhibition is the result of the semester-long Graduate Seminar Course on Professional Practices in the Department of Art at New Mexico State University, in collaboration with the Casa Otro Residency Project.

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Installation from Phase II of “Glow Up” by Karly Jean Kainz, alongside a sound piece, “Imperfect Entries,” compiled of numerous voice recordings of Kainz.

Below are installation shots from Phase II, with works from the artists stated above.

Photo credit: Ashley Diane Saldana