The MCAD Auction Online Catalog - 2020 by Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Benefiting Student Scholarships July 23-28, 2020

Letter from the Committee Thank you for joining us for the first-ever MCAD Auction Online. So much has changed since we originally began to plan this event. As our community grapples with both a global pandemic and a powerful movement for racial justice in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, we had to ask ourselves whether it was appropriate to host MCAD’s only fundraiser of the year. Our answer is that it is not only pertinent, but possibly more necessary than ever. We are seeing firsthand how MCAD students, alumni, faculty, and staff are using their skills and training to respond to the injustice they see and propel the conversation forward. MCAD students are changemakers, and their education at this incredible institution prepares them to lead. As part of MCAD’s own response to the current moment, your generous Fund-a-Need donations will establish the Black Leadership Award at MCAD. We cannot think of a more important time to invest in scholarships while specifically acknowledging the distinct systemic barriers faced by Black students. As part of our commitment to our greater community, we will also support our neighborhood with a gift to the Whittier Alliance. What has not changed is the incredible quality of work we are presenting to you. This year, the collection includes thirty unique pieces by remarkable MCAD alumni and friends. Take some time to view the work before bidding goes live on July 23. When you bid on work you are supporting the MCAD Scholarship Fund, fueling the talent of the next generation of creative cultural leaders. Thank you for joining us in this new way. We are excited to virtually gather–cocktails in hand–for the kick-off on Thursday night, and of course we look forward to seeing you in person next year.

In gratitude, Tara K. Dev, Christopher Hermann, and M.E. Kirwan

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About MCAD, Whittier Alliance, Black Leadership Award Participation Guide Thank You Sponsors Hend Al-Mansour ’02, MFA Liz Banfield Hazel Belvo, Faculty Emeritus David Bierk* Laurie Borggreve Bennett Bossert Betsy Byers ’08, MFA Marcia Cushmore Rita Dungey David Eberhardt ’93 Elizabeth Erickson, Faculty Emeritus Susan Fink ’97 Sam Busko ’17 and Kiley Friese ’18 Isa Gagarin ’08 Linda Gammell* Betty Hahn* Jonathan Herrera Soto ’17 Jim Hillegass Lauri Lyons ’93 Shelly Mosman ’95 Todd Norsten ’90 John-Paul Pietrus ’93 Nirmal Raja Bobby Rogers ’14 Sanjit Sethi, MCAD President Song Thao ’11, MFA Ellen Thomson ’19, MA Mieko Yamazaki ’01 Karen M. Wirth, Faculty Emeritus Bring the Celebration Home *Collector donated artwork

About MCAD Minneapolis College of Art and Design Recognized nationally and internationally for its innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to visual arts education, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design is home to more than 750 students and offers bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, and continuing education classes for all ages. The campus is located just south of downtown Minneapolis and is composed of eight buildings and three acres of lawn and gardens. College facilities contain the latest in technology, with multiple studios and labs open 24/7.

About the MCAD Scholarship Fund Scholarships open doors for young people and help them launch their careers in the creative economy. Proceeds from The Auction at MCAD support the MCAD Scholarship Fund. More than 95% of MCAD students receive some sort of financial aid; it is the difference between deferred dreams and realized ambitions.

Black Leadership Award The Black Leadership Award of MCAD is an endowed scholarship fund established in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and the subsequent global fight for racial justice. The award will be granted annually to Black students, enrolled fulltime, who demonstrate merit and have financial need. Thank you for considering a gift to help build this important fund.

Whittier Alliance The Whittier Alliance, a nonprofit organization that supports MCAD’s neighborhood which was dramatically impacted by the recent protests.

Participation Guide MCAD Auction Online Join us LIVE at 7 p.m. CDT at mcad.edu/auction for a short virtual gathering featuring remarks from Sanjit Sethi and other MCAD friends kicking off this exciting online event. See the art, meet Sanjit and hear about our important Fund-a-Need. Unable to join us at seven? Remember you can experience the event any time through July 23-28 to watch, bid, buy, and donate.

Registration Free registration opens July 22: visit mcad.edu/auction and click Register. Registration is required to bid, buy, or donate. If you already have an existing Bidpal account you can sign in using your existing login. You can access registration at anytime throughout the event. Upon registration, you will receive an email and text message with confirmation. Registering ensures that you receive mobile updates about your bids, including if you are outbid on your items.

Preview the work During the event, view the Auction pieces in detail: visit mcad.edu/auction and click View Artwork. Here you will find information and images of each of these spectacular pieces in the gallery, including our custom wood frames.

Concierge Service We realize it may be important to see these pieces in person. If you would like to schedule a socially distanced viewing appointment of the pieces hanging in the MCAD Concourse Gallery, contact ctheis@mcad.edu. We are also available to answer any questions about the artwork.

Bidding Bidding opens Thursday, July 23 at 7 p.m. Visit mcad.edu/auction and click Bid. Bidding closes Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at 9 p.m. Once you find an item you love, click bid to place your offer on the piece. You can also watch the item throughout the event to see other bids or if the piece has sold.

Buy Now Buy Now is an option to close the bid and purchase artworks immediately. The Buy Now price is two times the value price, besides a few special pieces. This feature allows you to secure the piece instead of bidding.

Donate You can begin making donations on Thursday, July 23 at 7 p.m. Visit mcad.edu/auction and click Donate. All donations benefit the Black Leadership Award and Whittier Alliance. The newly established Black Leadership Award is an endowed scholarship fund established in response to the killing of George Floyd. In addition we will pledge funds to our neighbors Whittier Alliance as they recover from the recent protests. The first 150 Fund-a-Need donations of $100 or more will receive a limited edition print by Peng Wu, MFA â&#x20AC;&#x2122;13. Other incentives to donate include unique daily giveaways.

Collecting your winning artwork

All sales are final and subject to MN sales tax. Auction artwork winners will be notified by 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28. You will be contacted July 30 regarding your preference for curbside pick up, socially distanced local delivery within the Twin Cities, or shipment. The Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a 501(c)3 organization. Art purchases are not tax-deductible up to the stated value of the artwork. Buyers will receive a gift receipt for any amount paid over the stated value. All Fund-a-Need gifts are tax deductible minus the value of any goods or services received. THANK YOU to everyone for joining us for our first online Auction, we could not have done this without you. Your participation supports artists, MCAD scholarships, and Whittier Alliance. We are so grateful for you. We hope to see you all soon. Please contact institutional_advancement@mcad.edu for any additional questions prior to or during the event.

Thank You Special thanks to the following sponsors for their generous donation to The MCAD Auction Online. Your support, which benefits the MCAD Scholarship Fund, Black Leadership Award and Whittier Alliance allows MCAD to continue its commitment to putting students first. THE AUCTION AT MCAD COMMITTEE Tara Dev, co-chair Christopher Hermann, co-chair M.E. Kirwan, co-chair Laura Austrian Liz Barrere Allison Bonnett Irina Brown Michael Cain Greg Downer Anny Hommeyer Sheila Kennedy Brad Meier Amanda Norman Marion Parke Peter Prudden Connor Remes Sandra Rieger Roderic Southall Louisa Vincent

PATRON

CURATORS

Sheila Kennedy James Dayton Design

AMBASSADORS Acorn Mini Storage Alerus Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP Blu Dot Brad Meier CAPSULE Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc. Greg Downer InUnison Design KNOCK, Inc. Magid North Bay Companies Stutsman Realty

COMMUNITY PARTNERS Bold Orange Engel & Völkers

MEDIA SPONSOR

BEVERAGE SPONSORS Royal Foundry Craft Spirits

The David and Leni Moore Family Foundation

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Greg C. Heinemann, Chair Tara K. Dev, Vice Chair Mark D. Pihlstrom, Vice Chair Bruce W. Bean, Immediate Past Chair Sanjit Sethi, President Liz Barrere Chris Barry Susan Calmenson Martha Dayton Cy DeCosse ’52 David Hartwell Christopher Hermann Greg Hoffman ’92 M.E. Kirwan Mitzi Magid David Moore Clinton H. Morrison Marion Parke Todd Paulson Mary Bowman Rae Elizabeth Sarquis Gary M. Surdel Rajiv Tandon Greg VanBellinger Hunter Palmer Wright

Hend Al-Mansour ’02, MFA STATEMENT This represents Arab and Islamic America who want to belong bringing their own values and aesthetics. BIO Leaving a cardiology career, Hend Al-Mansour earned a Master of Fine Arts from Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and a Master of Arts in Art History from University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Arabic aesthetics influence Al-Mansour’s work which references gender politics. In vibrant colors, her screenprints integrate stylized figures, Arabic calligraphy, and geometric design. She constructs spaces out of printed fabric. Secluded by ceilings, columns, and domes, nuanced by sound and light, such installations recall both Bedouin tents and Islamic architecture. Inside the installation, a fabricated coffee set or a cutpaper tree hint at personal narratives. Al-Mansour is a recipient of 2019 Minnesota State Art Board grant, 2018 McKnight visual art fellowship, 2013/14 Jerome Fellowship of Printmaking, and the 2012 Juror’s Award of the Contemporary Islamic Art exhibition in Riyadh. She was listed among the 100 most powerful Arab women in the online magazine Arabian Business. She has shown and lectured regionally, nationally, and internationally. hendalmansour.com View Video

#1 The Secret 2013 Screenprint on paper 42 1/2” x 47 Framed Estimated value: $1,200 Minimum bid: $960 Buy now: $2,400

Liz Banfield STATEMENT Liz’s work as a wedding and editorial photographer has taken her around the globe. As a counterpoint to the demands of her assignment work, she is drawn to capture the diverse landscapes of these locales for her own personal chronicles. This photo of thunderheads was taken on the famous “pink sands” beach of Harbour Island in the Bahamas. Famous for the color of its sand and crystal blue waters, Liz’s interpretation of this colorful scene in Black and White elevates it from a traveler’s snapshot to something timeless and more enduring. BIO A lifelong image-maker, Liz Banfield has created a diverse body of work, spanning categories from weddings to editorial to fine art. She is recognized as one of the top wedding photographers in the world by Harper’s BAZAAR, BRIDES, and Martha Stewart Weddings. With a B.A. in Art from Grinnell College, Liz’s first career was in advertising at Minneapolis agency Fallon. Her professional transition to full-time artist was aided by evening classes at MCAD where she expanded on her previous studies of photography and image-making. lizbanfield.com

#2 Thunderhead, Harbour Island 2019 Photography, giclée print 34” x 34” Framed Estimated value: $900 Minimum bid: $720 Buy now: $1,800

Hazel Belvo, Faculty Emeritus BIO Hazel Belvo is an American painter, educator and women’s art advocate. Belvo was born in 1934 and grew up on a farm in Centerville, Ohio. She attended Dayton Art Institute. She taught art at St. Paul Academy. She spent her summers in Grand Portage, Minnesota and was an artist-inresidence at the Grand Marais Art Colony. She was a co-founder of the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM). She became Dean of Fine Arts at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2000. Belvo’s art engages spirituality, myth, and the feminine, with the study of nature as a prominent theme. hazelbelvo.com

#3 Water, Earth, Air 2015-2018 Gouache on archival paper 15” x 30” Framed Estimated value: $3,000 Minimum bid: $2,400 Buy now: $6,000

David Bierk BIO David Bierk was born in Appleton, Minnesota in 1944 and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He studied at the California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland, California, and subsequently taught art in the Bahamas for several years. He returned to California to study at Humboldt State University in Arcata, where he received an M.F.A. in painting and photography. Bierk immigrated to Canada in 1972 and took up a teaching position in Peterborough, Ontario. In 1974 he founded Artspace, an artist-run centre, that he directed until 1987. It was then that he decided to devote himself to the full-time pursuit of his career as an artist. A passionate painter and a prolific exhibitor, Bierk successfully established an international reputation for his work. He had eight children and lived and painted in Peterborough until his death from leukemia in August 2002. In 1998, he was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and in 2002 was posthumously awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal.

#4 Eastern Townships Streams/Reflective Sky 1992 Oil on photomontage 21” x 42 1/2” Framed Estimated value: $5,500 Minimum bid: $4,400 Buy now: $11,000 *Collector Donated Artwork

Laurie Borggreve STATEMENT Current events, contradiction and collection, and the natural world are the influences that shape my work. With tiny details and subtle messages, I like to invite people to look past the obvious and engage them in close observation. Ideally, making a visual statement that will spark conversation and mark a social or political point in time. Moon Dust is the first in a new series that stemmed from the creation of my Peaceful Coexistence series. Moon Dust continues the hopeful message of diversity living in harmony with the individual sculptures taking on a cosmic rather than aquatic feel. Moon Dust also introduces several new materials and processes. BIO Laurie Borggreve is an American artist and sculptor. Her early years were spent studying design, studio arts, and art history in Minneapolis. Over the past 20 years, she has worked as a fine artist and designer while living and working in Minneapolis, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. Working in a wide variety of mediums, Laurie creates intricate and highly detailed sculptures and installations. Many of her pieces are made up of hundreds, and often thousands of individually handmade components. Transforming and pushing conventional materials, such as liquid adhesives, glass, and plastics, beyond their intended purpose, is a consistent focus in her work. Sometimes, her pieces form organically. Other times, they are planned in advance and highly structured. By using these disparate methods and creative disciplines, each piece becomes a unique technical challenge and helps to convey the beauty she feels variety can add to art and the everyday world. lborggreve.com #5 Moon Dust 2019 Glass, resin, tinted adhesive, metal, drywall, crystals, artificial grapes, mirror and clay on Ultraleather 20â&#x20AC;? x 20â&#x20AC;? x 2â&#x20AC;? Framed Estimated value: $2,900 Minimum bid: $2,320 Buy now: $5,800

Bennett Bossert STATEMENT As emotional beings we tend to seek permanence and certainty. But there is no way of knowing what surprises, good or bad, tomorrow will bring. We begin each day without reliable knowledge of what will occur. This tension between intent and outcome, control and chaos, is what informs my drawings. Sometimes our expectations are exceeded and sometimes our hopes are shattered. But beauty can be found in all of it. After all, life is a series of peaks and valleys. Swells and swales. Highs and lows. Ebbs and flows. As the grounds shift beneath us, we adjust our balance and move forward. My drawing process is natural and meditative. I revel in the balance between feeling like I can control the process and realizing I cannot. The results are reminiscent of rolling waves, eroded earth, molecular structures, or the vibrations of the cosmos. These works can be read at any scale.

BIO Bennett Bossert is an artist/architect based in Minneapolis with a global heart. After graduating with a master’s degree in architecture from Cornell University, Bennett spent four memorable years living and working in Hong Kong. His wider travels have earned him a broad perspective and a network of friends and colleagues throughout the world. As a precursor to his freehand abstract drawings, Bennett spent 10+ years developing the skill and craft of digital parametric design as an architect and artist. Parametric design is a method of coding relationships between different entities to create complex formal outcomes whereby a variation to one entity will cause an effect on all others. This enables many iterations of a design to be generated, and very often unexpected outcomes emerge. The results are akin to organic forms found in nature, as all of nature is governed by interconnected relationships and geometric principles. Breaking free from the computer, he now draws intuitively with ink and paint on paper or wood panels rather than using digital tools to create images. The theoretical and aesthetic pursuit of parametric design shows through. Bennett’s work is currently held in private collections in nine countries.

bennettbossert.com #6 Shifting Grounds’ 37 2020 Ink on paper 47” x 59” Framed Estimated value: $7,500 Minimum bid: $6,000 Buy now: $15,000

Betsy Byers ’08, MFA STATEMENT I paint to discover and imagine our intimate relationship with the environment in an abstract form. The work births from potent encounters of the body within space, exploring the intersection between physical memories and the process of painting. Prioritizing the interaction of color, surface and mark as integral to the outcome of my work; the progression of each painting draws on sensual traces and visual structures of remembrances for direction of imagery and color. My practice is anchored by an interest of the relationship between perception and the surrounding environment. Generally influenced by Maurice MerleauPonty’s idea of the “primacy of perception,” through the process of painting, I attempt to harness a kinesthetic understanding of our body in space. I aim to capture an embodied awareness and connectedness to materiality, light and pressure that we all possess, but at times fail to recognize amidst the background noise. Responding to the corporeal activity of laying paint on canvas, I activate its abilities by scraping, expanding, mixing, and overlapping layers. Interweaving the psychological space and materiality of paint, I search for reciprocity between the boundaries of real and imagined; intimacy and immensity; self and other.

BIO Betsy Byers holds a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies with an emphasis in painting from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She received her B.A. from St. Olaf College and her k-12 Art Education Licensure from St. Catherine University. Byers is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Art and Art History at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. She has exhibited at the National Gallery of Scotland, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Scope International Art Fair, De Vos Art Museum, Hillstrom Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Intermedia Arts, Guilford Art Center, The Soap Factory, Burnet Gallery in the Le Méridien Chambers Hotel, Augsburg College, and University of Minnesota Morris. Byers was awarded a 2018 McKnight Mid-Career Artist Grant, 2015 and 2009 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant , as well as a Jerome Foundation Grant for a month-long residency at the New York Mills Cultural Art Center. Byers was featured in the film Painting the Place Between, produced in 2013 by Carbon Mouse Studios. She is represented by the Kolman & Pryor Gallery and Rosalux Gallery in Minneapolis. #7 Omission 2013 Acrylic on canvas 25” x 25” Framed Estimated value: $1,500 Minimum bid: $1,200 Buy now: $3,000

Marcia Cushmore BIO Marcia Casey Cushmore is a philosopher and artist. A graduate of the University of Kansas, she has also studied at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Kings College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland and Parsons School of Design, Paris, France. She was a featured artist in ANIMUS cultural magazine, Buenas Aires, Argentina, febrero/marzo 2000. She was born in Hutchinson, Kansas and lives in Minneapolis and Grand Marais, Minnesota.

#8 Looking Down Puzzle Path 2015 Watercolor, ink on paper 25â&#x20AC;? x 25â&#x20AC;? Framed Value: $1,500 Minimum Bid: $1,200 Buy now: $3,000

Rita Dungey STATEMENT Nature’s organic shapes, colors, and movements are the foundation of my seascapes and landscapes. With each painting, I explore, experiment, express, and evolve what I have taken in visually and from memory. To capture nature’s changing vitality, I abstract and blur the boundaries of realism to suggest a time and place of light, atmosphere, movement, and emotion. I start a painting with complete openness and trust how a composition will unfold and where it will take me. I create texture and energize forms and surfaces by building layers and deliberately manipulating shapes, colors, and space. My process also involves leaving some things to nature, where seemingly unrelated components cross paths, interact, or organize. At the heart of my work is a need to explore and discover. In this abstracted land and sea paintings I visually share my impressions of nature’s vibrant, spontaneous, mysterious, and sensual qualities. BIO Rita’s non-representational paintings are a combination of bold forms, colors, and textures that are intuitively and expressively combined to create lush, free, and energetic images. Before devoting herself full time to creating art 14 years ago, Rita worked in medical research, clinical social work, yoga, and energetic healing. Her background in helping others remains the foundation of her artistic practice. She sees art as a life-giving force and conduit for health and healing. Rita’s work has been shown locally and internationally and is placed in multiple corporate settings. ritadungey.com

#9 In the Beginning 2018 Acrylic on canvas 25 1/2” x 31 1/2” Framed Value: $1,200 Minimum Bid: $960 Buy now: $2,400

David Eberhardt ’93 BIO An ambitious Minnesota-based documentary photographer and filmmaker, David Eberhardt has a wanderlust culminating in masterfully composed photographs and professional documentaries. His work often explores the stories of people living outside of our mainstream periphery, like his award winning film, Long Gone, which explored modern-day train hoppers. Long Gone was created in collaboration with Jack Cahill, has an original score created by Tom Waits, and received much acclaim. Along with his work on Long Gone, an effort that took seven years, Eberhardt has also documented his journeys sailing down the Mississippi River and the Mekong River in Asia, which will be featured in his exhibition at MMAM. Featured are black-and-white photographs and video excerpts from his upcoming film Stay Afloat relating his experience traveling the Mississippi River with a group of “boat punks,” as well as images from his travels in Asia. Eberhardt’s exhibition launches a 2+ year Mississippi River Series at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, which considers the multiplicity of artistic expressions with inspiration from the River.

#10 Untitled 1993 Photography giclée print 17” x 21” Framed Estimated value: $1,000 Minimum bid: $800 Buy now: $2,000 *Collector Donated Artwork

Elizabeth Erickson, Faculty Emeritus STATEMENT This painting is titled Gardenwings and honors the wives of our farmers–as in my childhood I watched them create beautiful gardens rich in colors and foods for the table. BIO Elizabeth Erickson is an American painter, feminist artist, poet, and educator. Her style of painting tends to gestural abstraction and the themes she explores occupy “the territories of ancient myth, religion, and spiritual feminism”.

#11 Gardenwings 1995 Mixed medium, german copperplate etching paper, watercolor, inks, dyes, oil crayon resist 48” x 36” Framed Estimated value: $5,000 Minimum bid: $4,000 Buy now: $10,000

Susan Fink ’97 STATEMENT This image is from a series entitled In Character. The series consists of costumed portraits, featuring individuals and locations from a small, working class town in Montana. Influenced by the work of Cindy Sherman, as well as the work of Charlotte James and Clementine Schneidermann in rural Wales, these costumes reconfigure the subjects — enabling them to transform and embody characters from popular music, culture, and film. The images reflect not only the constructed nature of identity, but they also serve to question the stereotypes that misinform how we understand social and cultural identities within rural America. BIO Susan Fink grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Susan studied classical violin for 17 years, and completed two years of study at Manhattan School of Music. She also has a B.A. with honors in anthropology from the University of Chicago and a B.F.A. in media arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In 1998, Susan moved to Los Angeles and began working as both a film producer and director. During her time there she worked on six feature-length documentaries and narratives. In addition to numerous international screenings, two films she produced, An Injury to One and Who Killed Cock Robin, went to the Sundance Film Festival. From 2012 to 2015 she also worked at Participant Media under Academy-Award- nominated executive producer, Diane Weyerman, as one of the main producers on a 2.5-million-dollar documentary. In 2016, Susan decided to leave the film industry and Los Angeles. After a few years living in Montana, she came back to the Twin Cities in 2018, and has returned to her old love: photography. Her personal work is primarily film-based, shooting with her beloved Leica R-9 and her Hasselblad. @shoshanafink #12 Ziggy Stardust 2017 Archival pigment print 32 1/2” x 32 1/2” Framed Estimated value: $3,500 Minimum bid: $2,800 Buy now: $7,000

Freeze Design Build Sam Busko ’17 Kiley Friese ’18 STATEMENT This walnut nightstand brings together mid-century modern design with the natural character of spalted wood. The spalted hackberry drawer front was cut at the perfect time to capture the striations made by it’s age. BIO Freeze Design Build is located in Northeast Minneapolis and is made up of Kiley Friese and Sam Busko. Kiley and Sam came to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design for illustration and painting. After taking their first 3D class they both decided to go for a degree in furniture design. It was in the wood shop that they met and have been building together ever since. Freezedesignbuild.com

#13 Spalted Nightstand 2019 Walnut and Spalted Hackberry 24” x 18” x 16” Estimated value: $950 Minimum bid: $760 Buy now: $1,900

Isa Gagarin ’08 STATEMENT “Estuary” is a mixed-media collage on paper depicting undulating waveforms running across thin horizontal bands, with a contrasting relationship between orange and blue. Named after the tidal mouth of a river that meets the ocean (a dynamic encounter between fresh and saltwater), this piece is from a series of works on paper that informed my recent site-specific installation at Hair + Nails Gallery in Minneapolis (2019). BIO Isa Gagarin (b. 1986) is a visual artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Educated in painting, Gagarin works in site-specific installation with a focus on color and materiality. Working with varied materials such as earth pigment, colored tissue paper, and transparent silk, she creates environments that respond to the formal and spatial qualities of galleries and unconventional sites. Gagarin received a BFA in Painting from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2008, and earned an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2018. isagagarin.com

#14 Estuary 2019 Acrylic, watercolor and collage on paper 30” x 37” Framed Estimated value: $1,500 Minimum bid: $1,200 Buy now: $3,000

Linda Gammell STATEMENT The work was in a few exhibitions that showcased experimental work in photography that was happening about this time including “Electroworks” at the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY. and “The Alternative Image: An Esthetic and Technical Exploration of Nonconventional Photographic Printing Processes” a national exhibition at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. It also is included in book The New Photography by Catherine Reeve and Marilyn Sward. BIO Linda K. Gammell was born on January 14, 1948 in Austin, Minnesota, United States. She was a visiting artist and a photography instructor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She also has taught photography for Film in the Cities (Minneapolis) since 1978. She was a photography instructor at the University of Minnesota in 1976-1977. Linda received a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication (1972) and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography/Art History (1978) from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

#15 East/West: False Portrait of a Culture 1982 Color xerography transfer to rice paper 35” x 40” Framed Estimated value: $3,000 Minimum bid: $2,400 Buy now: $6,000 *Collector Donated Artwork

Betty Hahn BIO Betty Hahn completed a BA at Indiana University (1963) with a focus in drawing and painting. She turned to photography as a graduate student at Indiana University and, at the suggestion of Henry Holmes Smith, began to experiment with alternative photographic processes. She completed her MFA there in 1966. After completing her studies at IU, she moved north to Rochester and from 1967 to 1968 she participated in Nathan Lyon’s Visual Studies Workshop alongside Robert Fichter, Thomas Barrow, Roger Mertin. Hahn taught at Rochester Institute of Technology until 1975. She was then offered a position at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, where she was a professor of photography until her retirement in 1997. Hahn’s work emphasizes photography, while challenging established ideas regarding the medium’s presentation. Her work incorporates a variety of techniques including: appropriation and serial imagery and mediums such as lithography, painting, and embroidery. Her work is held within the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Center for Creative Photography, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Norton Simon Museum of Art among many others. A mid-career exhibition and monograph, Betty Hahn: Photography or Maybe Not surveyed Hahn’s career up until 1995. bettyhahn.com

#16 LR 1974-1979 Black silkscreen on paper 16” x 14” Framed Estimated value: $3,000 Minimum bid: $2,400 Buy now: $6,000 *Collector Donated Artwork

Jonathan Herrera Soto ’17 STATEMENT This series derives from a place of yearning—wanting something or someone that is no longer. What do we leave behind? How do we hold one another? I am interested in the duality of objects we associate with loved ones in their ability to be both mundane and deeply individualized. These shirts/blouses/sweaters might have lived a lifetime before crystallizing into prints, holding onto their memories embedded in the weaving lost to us as viewers. Each collograph is made with a unique plate, and a unique stencil set to render the lettering. Everything is glued, flattened, and cut out by hand with no repeated elements. Each print is a single edition, with 20 total in the series. The clothing used in my prints are either mine, have been given to me, or are found outside, abandoned. The print process reanimates violence by applying an incredible amount of pressure between the plate and paper. I imagine the print matrix as flesh—a vulnerable surface. The final print is evidence/a record of ritual and ceremony that unfolded on the press bed, between myself and the matrix. With care and love, I tend to the process of artifact making through the reanimation of violence. As a printmaker, I am most excited about print as process—a set of translations through which information is lost. By thinking of print as a conceptual framework rather than a technical procedure, I free my practice to fill the possibilities provided by new environments and their resources. “Nada Peor” was printed at Highpoint Center for Printmaking, and was one of four unique collograph prints shown in my debut solo museum exhibition In Between / Underneath at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which was acknowledged by Hyperallergic as one of their top 20 United States Art Exhibitions of 2019.

BIO Jonathan Herrera Soto is a printmaker currently based in Minneapolis, MN–traditionally Wahpekute lands. He graduated with a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2017. Recent solo exhibitions of Herrera Soto’s work include In Between / Underneath at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Querida Presencia at the Duluth Art Institute, and Entre Rios y Montañas at Annex Gallery, Chicago. He has participated in numerous artist residencies and fellowships, some of which include Kala Institute, CA; Yaddo, NY; Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, NE; Hambidge Center for the Arts, GA; Epicenter, UT; The Studios at MASS MoCA, MA; 33 Officia Creativia, Italy; Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago; and High Point Center for Printmaking, MN. Herrera Soto is a 2018 recipient of the Santo Foundation Individual Artist Award, the Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, a 2019 recipient of the Metro Regional Arts Council Next Step Grant, and is a current 2019-2021 Jerome Hill Artist Grant fellow.

jonathanherrerastudio.com View Video #17 Nada Peor 2018 Collograph print on hand-made flax paper 49” x 39” Framed Estimated value: $10,000 Minimum bid: $8,000 Buy now: $20,000

Jim Hillegass STATEMENT It’s just paint. BIO Jim Hillegass is a native of Nebraska. He’s lived in Minnesota for nearly 40 years. A childhood interest in nature taught him to look closely. He looked at butterflies and bugs and sometimes the farms around Lincoln. College years were spent an hour outside New York City, and Jim spent a lot of weekends looking at art and architecture at the Met, MOMA, and others. He was a casual watercolorist and illustrator from the time he graduated from college on the East Coast and headed west to California. The illustrations were often architectural or botanical. Jim did several things that influenced his painting. At 40, he learned to sail on Lake Minnetonka, then did a little ocean sailing with friends in Holland and in the Caribbean. At 50, he learned to fly. After getting a pilot’s license and an instrument rating, he began making cross country trips, first in rental aircraft, then in two planes he owned. He covered a lot of ground over the next few years. Jim has always had a passion for the West. About ten years ago, he bought a small ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska, which surprisingly looks a little like Cape Cod. It is pasture for cows in the summer. It has nice woods bordering the Niobrara River. These pastimes gave Jim a deep appreciation of landscapes and of the horizon. When he began to paint more seriously, he thought he most admired Mark Rothko and Gerhard Richter. This led to a lot of experimentation with color. He usually listens to jazz while painting, often Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, or Django Reinhardt. Jim is represented by Veronique Wantz Gallery in Minneapolis, MN. jimhillegass.com

#18 Untitled 2014 Oil on canvas 52” x 64” Framed Estimated value: $5,500 Minimum bid: $4,400 Buy now: $11,000

Lauri Lyons ’93 STATEMENT From 1993 to 2007 I traveled across the United States and Europe photographing and interviewing people with the American flag. The culmination of my work are the two books and multimedia project Flag: An American Story (2001) and Flag International (2008). Flag reveals what is beneath the surface of the American dream by looking beyond stereotypes and into the minds of ordinary citizens whose feelings about America not only tells the viewer what America really is, but also what it can become. Through each person’s photographs and hand-written statements about America, the viewer becomes aware of the beauty, inequity, and hope that have created the American cultural fabric. The intention of the Flag series is to inspire an authentic dialogue about cultural understanding within a global framework. Cultural understanding is not only how a people or a nation views itself, but also how the world views you.

BIO Lauri Lyons was born in the Bronx, New York and traveled globally with her military family. She earned a BFA in Media Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. For many years Lauri worked as a photo editor for several national magazines and organizations, including the prestigious Magnum Photos agency. Since branching out on her own as a photographer, Lauri’s photographic range has enabled her to shoot celebrity portraits, ad campaigns, and documentaries. She has worked in Africa, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Mexico, and the United States. She is the first Black woman to shoot the cover of Fortune magazine. Lauri is the author of two acclaimed books; Flag: An American Story (2001) and Flag International (2008). She was the commissioned portrait photographer for the book INSPIRATION: Profiles of Black Women Changing Our World (2012). Lauri is the Publisher & Editor in Chief of the online publication Nomads Magazine. She is also a contributing writer for The Huffington Post and her essays have also appeared in The Wall Street Journal and U.S.A Today. Today Lauri’s artistic practice has expanded to include videos, sculptures and public art installations. Her exhibition resume includes The Walker Art Center, Brooklyn Museum of Art and The International Center of Photography. In the Frame is an award winning documentary about her life and work as an artist. Lauri is the recipient of the Sacatar Fellowship and has served as a faculty member and guest lecturer for several educational institutions including, the International Center of Photography, New School for Social Research and the Rhode Island School of Design.

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#19 Flag: An American Story 2001 Photography book 9.5” x 0.2” x 12” Estimated value: $100 Four Available Buy now: $100

Shelly Mosman ’95 STATEMENT Mosman’s work reflects empowerment, enlightenment and invites one to take a moment to daydream. Femininity, nature and animals populate her work, creating representations of individualism, beauty and revolution. The Animal Child portraits include tapestries, fabrics, wardrobe and props to elaborate the feminine. The patterning of vintage barkcloth simulates nature and tapestries create a garden-like environment. Wardrobe and fashion are key to the overall process in representing the feminine experience. Animals are present to complete the idea of balance in our relationships. Horse In Living Room is an extension of the Animal Child collection. BIO Shelly Mosman has a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design with a photography career spanning over 20 years. As a commission artist, her work is recognized around the world and has been published in Germany, France, Australia, Brazil and the U.S. Mosman’s work is a part of the permanent collections at the Plains Art Museum, Rockford Art Museum and Eiteljorg Museum and had a solo gallery show at the Rockford Museum in 2019. She was invited to show in conjunction with Art Basel Miami at Aqua in 2017. The gallery exhibitions have been largely self-produced and represented. shellymosman.com

#20 Horse in Living Room 2016 Archival pigment print 31” x 43 1/2” Framed Estimated value: $4,000 Minimum bid: $3,200 Buy now: $8,000

Todd Norsten ‘90 STATEMENT When I made this painting, I was thinking a lot about how an artist’s sincere loving work is frequently used by the art delivery system for a variety of progandistic reasons and wanting to violently murder this shitty abusive impulse of weak minded system oriented stooges. The Poetry Club wins. Plus I like painting blood. BIO Todd Norsten is a painter who “has cast a wide net in gathering and archiving found, visual ephemera as he moves through this increasingly mad world and in doing so, brings all of the absurdity, disgust, poeticism, frustration, and humor in his intellectual and emotional arsenal together with his inescapable drive to be a maker of things.” - Betsy Carpenter, independent curator. Norsten has had solo exhibitions at galleries worldwide including Midway Contemporary Art (Minneapolis), Federica Schiavo (Rome, Italy), and Adams & Ollman (Oregon) among others. His work resides in numerous public and private collections, including the British Museum, the Walker Art Center, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Norsten (b. 1967) lives and works in Minneapolis and is represented by Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis), Adams & Ollman (Portland), and Federica Schiavo (Milan & Rome). @toddspacenorsten

#21 Poetry Club 2018 Oil on canvas 31” x 25” Framed Estimated value: $7,500 Minimum bid: $6,000 Buy now: $15,000

John-Paul Pietrus ’93 STATEMENT This is my friend Jason, wearing Vivienne Westwood in an old stately home in London named Syon House. The stylist and I wanted to do a ‘Voguing Ball’ theme and bring it to the models who are at home all alone. What I love about Jason is that he is always himself. He is not from privilege but can play it, as in these photos. He is also very openly gay and shouts it out from the rooftops that he is a gay POC, just like me. BIO John-Paul Pietrus was born in the Philippines and raised in the midwestern United States. He studied photography, film, and painting at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design before relocating to Hong Kong to pursue his photographic passions. After working for a period as a news photographer, he transitioned to fashion—a shift that eventually took him to London to focus exclusively on editorial and commercial assignments, art commissions, and filmmaking. Pietrus’ fashion and beauty photographs are characterized by vibrant and dynamic compositions that are emblematic of the creative energy of the industry. He employs the distinct stylistic elements of super-8 in his filmmaking, adeptly weaving fashion into compelling narratives and themes. @johnpaulpietrus johnpaulpietrus.com

#22 Jason, Home Alone 2017 C-type photograph 17” x 13” Framed Estimated value: $2,000 Minimum bid: $1,600 Buy now: $4,000

Nirmal Raja STATEMENT My recent work involves making molds of personal familial objects, containers, and some collected articles from friends and community members. Inherited over generations and brought to America by migration, these objects are separated from their original intent and function. They become nostalgic repositories for personal and cultural memory. Through this work I give them an altered meaning divorced from their past function. Separated from their place and culture of origin, I tap into the emotional charge that these objects carry, and imbue them with a new meaning as objects for contemplation. Transformed from their original utilitarian function, they become surrogates for human relationships and models of connection to a place and culture left behind. BIO Nirmal Raja is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Milwaukee. She approaches her practice as a process of sifting and communicating sensations and ideas with varied materials and processes. Conceptually driven and thematic, her work straddles the personal and the political and is a response to lived experiences that are distilled and strengthened by research in the studio and through reading. She examines notions of memory, identity, place, and belonging. Performative collaborations with other artists and the larger community have recently become part of her practice. Occasionally, she curates exhibitions and organizes and facilitates situations that articulate moments of connection and empathy. She is a mentor for Milwaukee Artists Resource Network’s mentorship program. She has participated in solo and group shows in the Midwest, nationally and internationally. #23 Bela’s Vase 2019 Cast hydrocal plaster and fabric 9”x 6” x6” Estimated value: $750 Minimum bid: $600 Buy now: $1500

Bobby Rogers ’14 STATEMENT Poetry is a huge influence on my work. As an adolescent I’d write poetry as a way of releasing stress and understanding emotion. I still engage the poet within through my titles. This portrait is from a photo-editorial for Suited magazine which I broke into two parts How a shadow shines and To be so bright. The project absolutely had to be in black and white. In this case I felt it was essential to capture the raw humanity of the subject and the richness of her being. The way I chose to do this was adding organic elements that we often attribute to beauty in nature, to compliment the natural beauty of the subject. How a shadow shines, to be so bright. BIO Bobby Rogers is an interdisciplinary artist and the official photographer for the Walker Art Center. While using photography as a basis to find beauty and creativity in unseen communities, from Black Muslims to the aesthetics of street cultures and its influence on high fashion, within his practice Rogers’ explores subtle narratives of resilience and pride. His body of work is a raw and unvarnished investigation of humanity and diasporic futurity. Since graduating from the Minneapolis’ College of Art and Design in 2014 Rogers has amassed a list of clientele including Apple, PAPER Magazine, Timberland, Redbull, Vox Media, City Pages, and others; and his work has been detailed by publications ranging from Vice and Juxtapoz to the New York Times. In 2016, Rogers was named one of Minnesota Monthly’s Top Visual Artists to Watch. In 2017, City Pages named Rogers an Artists of the Year and The Huffington Post included Rogers in “Nur 25: 25 Muslims Breaking Barriers and Lighting Up the World.”

#24 To be so bright 2019 Archival pigment print 45 1/2” x 33” Framed Estimated value: $4,500 Minimum bid: $3,600 Buy now: $9,000

Sanjit Sethi BIO Sanjit Sethi has two decades of experience as an artist, curator, and cultural leader. Sethi’s previous positions include Director of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University, Director of the Center for Art and Public Life, Barclay Simpson Professor, and Chair of Community Arts at the California College of the Arts; and Executive Director of the Santa Fe Art Institute. Additionally, Sethi has taught at the Srishti School of Art, Design, and Technology; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Sethi received a BFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, an MFA in Ceramics from University of Georgia, and an MS in Advanced Visual Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sethi has been awarded numerous grants and fellowships, including a grant from the Robert Rauschenberg, and a Fulbright fellowship in India. Sanjit Sethi is the 19th President of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. sanjitsethi.org

#25 Untitled Handmade ceramic bowl 3.5”x9” Estimated value: $250 Minimum bid: $200 Buy now: $1,000

Song Thao ’11, MFA STATEMENT I think of my work as personal geographies. I imagine each painting as a “place” of its own–where the lines, shapes and colors take on the form of routes, territories, and physical land features—mirroring a map. These places exhibit my experiences of treading the boundary between being Hmong and American. Family traditions and expectations of the Hmong culture often collide with the demands of today’s career-driven society. Each painting takes on a critical view of the cultural standards of these two identities. It is the tension and the push and pull between these two worlds that I strive to represent in my work. I created a border as a reference to Hmong story cloths. I used it as a motif to frame a story and as a boundary to keep things in or out. The places I created are playful with this border. At times, the border is used to “fence” in an area—creating emphasis for a particular part of the painting. Sometimes, however, the works are about breaking this containment—being free. Sometimes the works are quiet and reserved, loud and chaotic, and at times, neutral—somewhere in the middle. Although the journey of the work begins loosely-where happy accidents are embraced, the end piece is that of a controlled and detailed painting. The result is a terrain built to invite the viewers to engage how the space is constructed.

BIO Song received his bachelor’s degree from Gustavus Adolphus College with a major in studio art and his MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2011. Since earning his MFA, Song has taught middle school art at Hmong College Prep Academy in Saint Paul, and worked in youth development for the past nine years. He is currently the Executive Director at Saint Paul Urban Tennis, where he utilizes the creative process to help develop and drive programs to combat equity, access, and other challenges underserved youth face.

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#26 At the Bend 2020 Acrylic and ink painting 35” x 48 1/2” Framed Estimated value: $2,500 Minimum bid: $2,000 Buy now: $5,000

Ellen Thomson ‘19, MA STATEMENT My paintings often draw inspiration from places I’ve visited including Iceland, Norway, and most recently, Ireland. Rather than painting what is directly in front of me, I rely on memory and the way a place makes me feel. I’m essentially collecting a visual vocabulary that appeals to the subconscious and any narrative found is intentionally open-ended. It’s largely an intuitive process that lets the painting take the lead and involves a constant adding/layering/subtracting of ideas. I’m often fighting the urge to do what’s familiar. Intention gets thrown aside in favor of something new and/or more interesting. My favorite part of the process is the final addition of subtle lines layered over the sometimes abstract, uncontrolled backdrops. The tactile experience of drawing brings the control back to a simple lead pencil. BIO I’ve been a professional artist for over 20 years but have been interested in drawing and painting my entire life. I recently graduated from MCAD with a Master of Arts in Graphic and Web Design. I’ve organized or participated in painting workshops held in France, Iceland, and Greece. In 2007, I received a Minnesota State Arts Board grant to paint in Norway. I’ve been part of more than 25 group or individual shows at locations around the Twin Cities area, including Hopkins Center for the Arts. I live in St. Paul with my husband, Randall, and our 12-year-old son, Henrik. I’m a lifelong learner, whether it’s studying a new language, participating in quarterly art critiques or practicing Lindy Hop dance skills. ellen-thomson.com View Video

#27 Blue Feathers 2020 Mixed media on wood panel 36” x 60” x 2” Estimated value: $3,000 Minimum bid: $2,400 Buy now: $6,000

Mieko Yamazaki ‘01 STATEMENT Images spring from inside of me. They float, soar, hover, flit, shine, dive and disappear. always changing. In a way, each one of them is my mindscape at the moment. BIO The spaciousness of Minnesota’s landscape inspired me to paint. When I came to Minnesota and encountered enormous fields spreading to the horizon and the open sky beyond, I wanted to paint. Growing up in mountainous and overpopulated Japan, I had never seen such a vast plain and immense sky before. Mixed thoughts of infinite space and freedom swept over me. Without any knowledge of painting or visual art at all, but with a strong desire to put lots of colors on white surfaces I started to paint. Since graduating from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2001 with a post-baccalaureate degree, I have been painting in oils with many fortunate discoveries. homewoodstudios.com/artists/yamazaki.html

#28 Poem in a Pond #1, 2, 3, 4 2014 Oil on board 4 panels, 12”x12”x 1” Estimated value: $1,500 Minimum bid: $1,200 Buy now: $3,000

Karen M. Wirth, Faculty Emeritus STATEMENT While my usual studio practice comprises installation, sculpture and artist’s books, in the past few years I have also been designing and making quilts which counterbalances my work at MCAD. Quilting is a meditative practice that starts with solving visual puzzles in my imagination. Color, shapes, and textures layer into rhythmic patterns. I begin with a fabric that draws my eye, and I spin out the design from there. I do all piecing and quilting on a standard domestic sewing machine. The design for Radiating Tumbler was inspired by the vibrant flower fabric. Emphasizing the geometric patterning, the flower panel is surrounded by more than 800 color bursts in a shape known to quilters as a tumbler. The flower panel is free-motion quilted; the tumbler sections are quilted in a pattern called Baptist Fan.

BIO Karen Wirth is a professor emeritus and former Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She served as Interim President of MCAD for the 2018-2019 academic year. She explores the relationships between words, objects, and space through artist’s books, sculpture, public art, and critical writing. She co-designed the sculptural staircase at Open Book in Minneapolis and four of the Minneapolis Blue Line light rail stations. Her books and installations have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and are in many collections, including the Museum of Modern Art Library, Walker Art Center, the Getty Center, and Yale University. Wirth has been awarded Bush, McKnight, Jerome, and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and an American Council on Education Leadership Fellowship. Karen was the first artist to serve on the board of the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and was a founding board member of the College Book Arts Association. Wirth holds an MFA in sculpture from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and a BFA in art education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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#29 Radiating Tumbler 2017 Fabric: 100% cotton; batting: 100% cotton 59” x 54 1/2” Estimated value: $800 Minimum bid: $640 Buy now: $2,000

Karen M. Wirth, Faculty Emeritus STATEMENT While my usual studio practice comprises installation, sculpture and artist’s books, in the past few years I have also been designing and making quilts which counterbalances my work at MCAD. Quilting is a meditative practice that starts with solving visual puzzles in my imagination. Color, shapes, and textures layer into rhythmic patterns. I begin with a fabric that draws my eye, and I spin out the design from there. I do all piecing and quilting on a standard domestic sewing machine. Landscape Sky Chart began with an undulating pattern for the land, interrupted with squares of earth. The dusk sky is filled with clouds, dragonflies, stars, rains, dandelion seeds. I imagine laying underneath this visualization of nature, and being comforted by it.

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#30 Landscape Star Chart 2017 Fabric 100% cotton; batting 80% cotton/20% polyester 85” x 76” Estimated value: $550 Minimum bid: $440 Buy now: $1,500

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