November 9, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Nicole Leaper
The Bullseye Connection Gallery
300 NW 13th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
T: 503-227-0222
F: 503-227-0008
nicoleleaper@bullseyeglass.com
Mathematical, fabulist and naturalist multiples in the icy medium of
glass, featuring works by Bennett Battaile, Steven Easton, and Erika
Tada, at the Bullseye Connection Gallery from December 16, 2005 to
January 14, 2006.
Portland, OR –The Bullseye Connection Gallery is proud to present “Winter Games,”
a collection of dream-like, playful glass works from Bennett Battaile, Steven Easton,
and Erika Tada on view December 16, 2005 – January 14, 2006.
“I start with math,” says Battaile. “Over the years I’ve learned about some nice
visual ideas…I spend my research time tinkering with these ideas, discovering new
ones, mixing them together, and wondering…But my constant question is: What does
it look like? And if I know what it looks like, I keep probing and combining until I
don’t know what it looks like any more, and then finally it’s time to try to make a
sculpture.” Battaile, a co-author of the original SIGGRAPH Radiosity paper, is both a
mathematician and an artist. A Portland, Oregon resident, Battaile is a frequent
guest lecturer and exhibits artwork nationally.
“My work is based on the belief that creativity is at the center of everything positive;
thus, the creation of beauty functions both aesthetically and spiritually,” says Easton.
“My artistic production is a fusion of myriad elements in an environment where the
boundaries between art, science, and religion are blurred.” Easton’s work has been
collected by The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, the Musée des Arts
Decoratifs in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the Alexander Tutsek Foundation in Munich,
Germany. A Providence, Rhode Island resident, Easton exhibits work both nationally
and internationally, most recently in South Korea, France, and Switzerland.
“After I came to the United States I started to realize the importance of my family,”
says Tada. “I place special significance on anything that my parents send me or that
reminds me of my native country…Through my glass pieces I hope to communicate
with the others. The viewers have their own personal memories and experiences,
and I hope my pieces cause nostalgia in the viewer for what they have seen and
experienced in their own lives.” Tada is currently a graduate student at the
Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, New York. She recently won first
place at the International Student Exhibition of the 2005 Glass Art Society
conference in Adelaide, Australia. Her work has been published in American Craft
(USA), The Corning Museum of Glass’s New Glass Review (USA), Vetro (Italy), and
Glass Life (Japan).
Visit the exhibition: “Winter Games”
Where:
The Bullseye Connection Gallery
300 NW 13th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209
When:
December 16, 2005 – January 14, 2006
Gallery hours: Tue – Sat, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
(and by appointment)
Artist Event:
AN AFTERNOON OF WINTER GAMES
Drop by at any time for games, artist slides and refreshments
Saturday, January 14, noon – 5:00 pm
RSVP 503-227-0222 or email
rebeccarockom@bullseyeglass.com
To view exhibitions, find out more about The Bullseye Connection Gallery and
download artist statements and curricula vitae, please visit the gallery online at
bullseyeconnectiongallery.com.
To request additional information, images, or schedule a studio tour or interview with
an artist or gallery staff member, please contact Nicole Leaper by phone at 503-2270222 or by email at nicoleleaper@bullseyeglass.com
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