HONORING THE FEMININE: A 6000 CIRCLES PROJECT
April 6 - May 4, 2024 Range Projects Gallery, Los Angeles
May 18 - 19, 2024 Beverly Hills Art Show, Beverly Hills
April 6 - May 4, 2024 Range Projects Gallery, Los Angeles
May 18 - 19, 2024 Beverly Hills Art Show, Beverly Hills
Sigrid Orlet, EMBRACING THE JOURNEY (detail), 2024
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25th Anniversary
STUDIO Channel Islands
A RETROSPECTIVE
BLACKBOARD GALLERY
2222 Ventura Blvd., Camarillo, CA 93010
Exhibit: March 1 - March 30, 2024
contact:
Peter Tyas, [email protected]
Sigrid Orlet, AND KNOW THE PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME (detail), 2015
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MAGISCHE WELTEN, Jahresausstellung 2023/2024 Kunstverein Kreis Soest, Germany
(MAGICAL WORLDS, annual exhibit 2023/2024, Soest Art Association, Soest, Germany)
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Contact:
Elana Kundell, [email protected] www.kundell.com Peter Tyas, STUDIO Channel Islands [email protected] Art video of exhibit by LA ART DOCUMENTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4l_PReD3_M |
https://artandcakela.com/2023/06/12/displacement-disconnection-disruption-alternate-perceptions-of-the-diasporic-experiences/ In her review of DISCONNECTION (2023), Los Angeles art historian and critic Betty Ann Brown, PhD, wrote the following about my work: Sigrid Orlet also refers to historical erasures. As someone who has studied (and written a significant book on) the formation and significance of symbols, the artist is very aware of how the objects and images in her work convey meaning. A second-generation refugee from Germany, Orlet was aware that her native country had demonized some elements of the society (Jews, homosexuals, the differently-abled) while elevating others (white Christian presumably heterosexual Nazis). She understands how power structures privilege some people and devalue others. And how the devalued can be erased, not just physically, but also symbolically. Her "A LIFETIME BURNING IN EVERY MOMENT II" (2021), was built as a sculpture and photographed in an archival pigment print. The root ball of a burned tree is placed, almost precariously, on a wooden plinth covered in gold leaf. The gold leaf recalls the Japanese kintsugi process (mentioned above in reference to Nurit Avesar's work). And it recalls Byzantine icons painted on gold leaf to indicate their heavenly status as well as church relics housed in gold-plated boxes (reliquaries). It also evokes the longtime European tradition of framing artworks in gold. We all know the phenomenon of tree rings. When a tree burns from the outside inwards, the flaming destruction eats away at the outside tree rings, thereby "erasing" the time they represent. "A LIFETIME BURNING..." honors the tree like a sacred figure, lamenting the loss of the tree and, by implication, the span of time lost in the destruction of the tree rings. The charred tree serves as a symbol for wounding and erasure, then, but it also points to endurance and survival. The tree has fallen, but its inner rings remain. Just as many immigrants and refugees may have lost both their innocence and their cultural status, but their true essence survives. Especially if they use art to expunge the losses and "invent alternate perceptions." |
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Museum Wilhelm Morgner
Soest, Germany
Die Erben Morgners - Hommage an einen Westfalen
7. jurierte Ausstellung mit Verleihung des Simplizissimus - Preises 2023
19.Maerz - 28. Mai 2023
www.museum-morgner.de
Museum Wilhelm Morgner
Soest, Germany
Die Erben Morgners - Hommage an einen Westfalen
7. jurierte Ausstellung mit Verleihung des Simplizissimus - Preises 2023
19.Maerz - 28. Mai 2023
www.museum-morgner.de
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This exhibition explores how artists are transforming trauma and
the generational impacts of displacement through their creative process.
The materials range from porcelain, paint, vellum and mixed media to
punctured paper and reclaimed wood.
Themes of skin, identity, relationship to earth and the female body,
climate change and political/cultural repression weave through the exhibit.
Together, the works explore how artists transform their experiences and
materials into images of beauty, humanity, truth, hope, and
inspiration for viewers and future generations.
Contact:
Elana Kundell, [email protected], www.kundell.com and
Peter Tyas, Studio Channel Islands, [email protected]
the generational impacts of displacement through their creative process.
The materials range from porcelain, paint, vellum and mixed media to
punctured paper and reclaimed wood.
Themes of skin, identity, relationship to earth and the female body,
climate change and political/cultural repression weave through the exhibit.
Together, the works explore how artists transform their experiences and
materials into images of beauty, humanity, truth, hope, and
inspiration for viewers and future generations.
Contact:
Elana Kundell, [email protected], www.kundell.com and
Peter Tyas, Studio Channel Islands, [email protected]
FIRST RESPONSE
@ KEYSTONE ART SPACE , Los Angeles
As artists, we use images to articulate our first response to the visceral fear and rage of the unknown.
Looking back into recent world history, examining use of propaganda to incite hate, blame others,
spread lies and fear, shouldn't we know better?
Show runs: Feb 15-28, 2017
Show hours: Tue - Sat. 12-4 pm
Opening, Sat. February 18, 5-7 pm
Artist talk: Sunday, February 26, 3-5 pm
KEYSTONE ART SPACE
338 S. Ave 16, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Participating Artists:
Elana Kundell, Janet Neuwalder, Kim Abeles, Bobbie Moline-Kramer, Peggy Pownall, Susan Kurland, Nicholas Coroneos, Nadege Monchera Baer, Kristine Schomaker, Scott Froschauer, Molly Segal, Kio Griffith, Marcus Durkheim, David Estrada, Sigrid Orlet and Nurit Avesar.
PRESS:
diversionsla.com/tag/first-response/
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PEELING BACK
@ CSU Dominguez Hills University Art Gallery
Exhibition: Sept.14 - Oct. 5, 2016
Opening: Wednesday, September 14th, 5:30 - 7:30pm
artists:
Nurit Avesar Elana Kundell Susan Kurland
Janet Neuwalder Sigrid Orlet Peggy Pownall
Curated by Carol Shaw-Sutton
PEELING BACK features work by six California artists with divergent approaches and materials, who peel back boundaries between the recognizable and abstracted as well as explore the power of symbolism and personal revelation.
The University Art Gallery is one of the major exhibition spaces in the South Bay area. Every year the gallery presents ten exhibitions, that explore different artistic styles, cultures, historical periods, social movements, and media. This Fall, PEELING BACK starts the 2016/2017 gallery season.
www.csudh.edu
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IT SPEAKS TO ME
@ Carnegie Art Museum
www.carnegieam.org
artists: Nurit Avesar, Elana Kundell, Bobbie Moline-Kramer, Sigrid Orlet, Ryan Wurmser Opening Reception: Saturday, June 11, 4 - 6pm Artists' Gallery Talk: Thursday, June 30, 6 PM moderated by art critic Shana Nys Dambrot Exhibition runs: June 12 - Aug 21, 2016 THE CRITIQUE video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIkee6w9xkM * THINGS FALL APART @ Art Share, Los Angeles Spring 2016 Gallery Season |
Disintegration, ambiguity, entropy; enigmatic abstraction, cautionary allegory, the drama
of distressed surfaces — these works speak both to mortal decay and primordial creation,
specifically the liminal moment when meaning does not yet fully exist.
ART SHARE L.A.
801 E. 4th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Gallery Opening: April 23, 7-10 PM
Exhibition runs: April 20 – May 7, 2016
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I BREATHE WITH YOU II international exhibition
@ Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst
I BREATHE WITH YOU II international exhibition
@ Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst
AUGUSTA SAVAGE GALLERY University of Massachusetts, Amherst Exhibition On View: March 22 - May 6, 2016 Opening Reception: March 22, 5 - 7 PM *
PATHOS & ETHOS three artists / three solo shows @ Blackboard Gallery artwork: Sigrid Orlet, Footsteps shuffling on the floor 2, 2015
Shaun Berke & Elliot Brown Sigrid Orlet Exhibition On View: January 7 - 27, 2016 Opening Reception: Jan. 9, 5pm - 7pm The Blackboard Gallery @ STUDIO Channel Islands www.studiochannelislands.org *
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION @Blackboard Gallery BLACKBOARD GALLERY Opening Reception: Dec. 5, 2015, 5 - 8PM Show On View: Dec. 4 - Dec. 27, 2015 http://studiochannelislands.org * 8th ANNUAL AG EXHIBITION @ Santa Paula Art Museum Opening Reception: Nov. 14, 2015, 4 - 6 PM Show on view: Nov. 14 - Jan. 31, 2016 http://SantaPaulaArtMuseum.org * STUDIO Channel Islands, holiday card
The above artworks were selected to be featured on this years' postcards/posters
for STUDIO Channel Islands' Annual Holiday Art Market, December 2015: Sigrid Orlet, "And the pool was filled with sunlight out of water" (7 ft x 5ft) Sigrid Orlet "A hollow rumble of wings" ( 3 ft x 6 ft) http://studiochannelislands.org * BREAKAWAY @ the Loft live musical storytelling & visual art
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still / point solo show @ 643 Project Space |
photo: L. Aviva Diamond
Exhibition dates: Sept. 4 – Sept. 25, 2015
Opening Reception: Sept. 4, 6 -9 PM
Featuring:
poets Crystal Salas, Kelly Thomas, Yaz, Cait Emma Smith
Joelle Hannah
cellist: Aliya Hunter.
643 Project Space
643 N. Ventura Ave.
Ventura, CA 93001
www.643projectspace.com
PRESS:
https://beautifulbizarre.net/2015/09/14/sigrid-orlets-stillpoint-installation/
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THREADBARE ll
@ The Brand
Opening Reception: Sept. 4, 6 -9 PM
Featuring:
poets Crystal Salas, Kelly Thomas, Yaz, Cait Emma Smith
Joelle Hannah
cellist: Aliya Hunter.
643 Project Space
643 N. Ventura Ave.
Ventura, CA 93001
www.643projectspace.com
PRESS:
https://beautifulbizarre.net/2015/09/14/sigrid-orlets-stillpoint-installation/
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THREADBARE ll
@ The Brand
Nurit Avesar Elana Kundell Susan T. Kurland
Janet Neuwalder Sigrid Orlet Peggy Pownall
Exhibition dates: May 16 - July 18, 2015
*** Show EXTENDED to AUGUST 21***
Exhibition Reception: June 6, 7 - 9 PM
Art Talk: June 18, 7 - 8:30 PM
Moderator art critic Shana Nys Dambrot
BRAND Art Galleries hours:
Tue + Thu 12- 8 PM
Wed 12 - 6 PM
Fri, Sa 10 - 5 PM
http://brandlibrary.org
thread/bare PRESS
1. http://artweek.la/issue/july-6-2015/article/thread-bare-regroup
2. http://lifeinla.com/arts-literature/streams/art/138-art-shows-exhibits/19029
3. https://beautifulbizarre.net/.../threadbare-the-brand-library-and-art-center
4. http://diversionsla.com/?s=thread%2Fbare
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Sigrid Orlet STUDIO
@ The New West Symphony
Seven professional artists were invited to visually express their sensory experience of
Gustav Holst's THE PLANETS. Images of the original artworks were projected during
NWS's live performances.Orlet's work was inspired by the 5th movement,
"Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age".
artwork: Sigrid Orlet, SATURN, 2015
Projection of "Saturn", Sigrid Orlet
New West Symphony, Fred Kavli Theatre
New West Symphony, Fred Kavli Theatre
https://www.newwestsymphony.org/
THE PLANETS in the press:
http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/a_feast_for_the_senses/12831/
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AIR : BARELY THERE
@ The Loft
Janet Neuwalder Sigrid Orlet
A collaborative exhibit on the nature of the elements,
inviting us to stop, behold, and ponder
THE PLANETS in the press:
http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/a_feast_for_the_senses/12831/
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AIR : BARELY THERE
@ The Loft
Janet Neuwalder Sigrid Orlet
A collaborative exhibit on the nature of the elements,
inviting us to stop, behold, and ponder
Exhibit: October 4 - March 24, 2015
Opening Reception: October 4th, 2014, 5 - 7 PM
SESSIONS AT THE LOFT
http://www.sessionsattheloft.com
Regular Gallery Hours Monday - Friday 11 - 5 PM
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THREAD/bare
@ Blackboard Gallery
artists: Nurit Avesar Michael Clinite Elana Kundell
Susan Kurland Janet Neuwalder Sigrid Orlet
Show on View: Jan. 4 -29, 2014
Opening Reception: January 4, 2014, 5-8 PM
http://studiochannelislands.org
THREAD/bare in the press:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shana-nys-dambrot/threadbare_b_4639228.html
https://www.vcstar.com/news/2014/jan/09/art-galleries-and-museums/
Opening Reception: January 4, 2014, 5-8 PM
http://studiochannelislands.org
THREAD/bare in the press:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shana-nys-dambrot/threadbare_b_4639228.html
https://www.vcstar.com/news/2014/jan/09/art-galleries-and-museums/