Art of the Cotton Mill Studios
Paintings, sculpture, photography and mixed media by:
Keiko Nelson, Bill Stoneham, Susan Tuttle and Elizabeth Tennant
On exhibit 5/17- Closing party 7/12
Opening party 5/31 6-9pm with live music by DJ Daniel Berkman
Paintings, sculpture, photography and mixed media by:
Keiko Nelson, Bill Stoneham, Susan Tuttle and Elizabeth Tennant
On exhibit 5/17- Closing party 7/12
Opening party 5/31 6-9pm with live music by DJ Daniel Berkman
On display at the artist owned and operated FLOAT Gallery will be hand-picked, select group of Cotton Mill artists who live and work in the building: Keiko Nelson, internationally accomplished sculptor. Bill Stoneham, painter, sculptor and animator, Elizabeth Tennant, painter and Susan Tuttle photographer and mixed media artist.
About the Artists:
Keiko Nelson
Keiko
Nelson Keiko Nelson is an international artist, who has exhibited her
works and lectured about her art in the United States, Japan, Germany,
Ecuador, Hong Kong, Egypt, Thai, China and Mexico. She was an artist in
residence at the University of Chiapas in Mexico for the International
Sculpture Symposium, and given a grant for a one –person
exhibition by the Ministry of Culture in Egypt. She was given in the
Artistic Achievement Award by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in New
York in 2002, among her interests range from sculpture through fine
art, design and textiles. Her works feature the subtle flow of natural
force. Her work has been described by the Curator Emeritus of the Asian
Art Museum of San Francisco as “a unique fusion of the East and
West, the retrospective and the progressive and delicate and the
dynamic.” www.keikonelson.comBill Stoneham
Bill
Stoneham Bill Stoneham's professional art career began in 1972 at
Feingarten Galleries in Beverly Hills, CA. Feingarten bought Stoneham's
paintings for two years and hosted a one-man show that was reviewed
with statements like "...at their best when at their weirdest" and "The
best works here deserve the attention of collectors". In 1992
Stoneham started working at ILM, sculpting in the creature shop,
building feature film sets. When art went digital, Stoneham followed,
mastering digital 3D modeling and cinematic production. During his
career, Stoneham created inspiring digital and fine art for many
entertainment companies including Lucas Arts Entertainment, Cyan
Worlds, and Crystal Dynamics. Today Stoneham is painting and creating
digital art and animations - all in surrealist style - exploring
figurative and textural concepts influenced by the urban environment
and the social/political forces at work in our world.
www.stonehamstudios.comSusan Tuttle
Susan
Tuttle Susan Tuttle moved from the East Coast to San Francisco in 1978.
She is the Director of Montclair Gallery in Oakland, which she founded
in 2003 with East Bay glass artist Janet Thompson. Susan is a
photographer and jewelry designer, and her jewelry designs are on
permanent display at Montclair Gallery. She graduated from Ithaca
College in 1976 with a B.A. in Liberal Arts and a minor degree in Art
History. She studied graphic design at the Academy of Art College
beginning in 1982 and was involved in the profession for 20 years. She
participates in the annual East Bay Open Studios, San Francisco Open
Studios, well as other juried and non-juried exhibits in the San
Francisco/Bay Area. From 1999 until 2004, she was involved with San
Francisco’s ArtSpan, proofreading the annual San Francisco Open
Studios Guide. In addition, she is an associate director at San
Francisco SOMA’s new GarageGallery, where she has also exhibited
her photography and jewelry designs.
Elizabeth Tennant
Elizabeth Tennant Elizabeth Tennant is a native California artist with a BA in studio art. Working in oils exclusively, she is committed to magical realism and the craft of painting. Her lifelong interests in psychology and mythology give her a perverse, fantastical visual language that conveys deep emotion. Her works can be found in collections throughout California and on the East Coast.
About the music:
Daniel Berkman is a San Francisco-based multi-instrumentalist who has played with artists ranging from Essence to the San Francisco Ballet. Well known for his inspired West African kora playing, he will be flexing his electronic muscle as Colfax, releasing his debut electronic album later this year.
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