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OSU MFA '12, Skowhegan '11. Columbus, Ohio.

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Part 4: Incredible story from Echo! Next time we will hear from ✨Penny✨who is the kidney donor🤯 Thank you, Echo!
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OPENING FRIDAY! Join us tomorrow, Friday 3/21 from 6-9pm for the opening reception of our March exhibitions featuring works from artists Echo Martin @morbidmediocrity, Jay Mueller @jaymuellerart, and Elizabeth Tolson @msliztolson.

TWO chances to catch these exhibitions this weekend…
▪️ Friday 3/21 from 6-9pm - opening reception
▪️ Saturday 3/22 from 12-3pm - gallery open hours

On view at 934 Gallery March 21 - April 12.

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Opening reception this Friday, March 21st from 6-9pm! Come out and explore our March exhibitions featuring works from artists Echo Martin @morbidmediocrity, Elizabeth Tolson @msliztolson, and Jay Mueller @jaymuellerart. On view at 934 Gallery March 21 - April 12.

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT · Echo Martin presents Proof of Life

“I’ve struggled, like many trans artists, to respond to this moment in history in a clearly defined way: there is too much input and only so much mental capacity for outrage, fear, and sorrow. For me, this manifested as artist block, a clammy state of questioning whether I could make anything at all, much less work that is meaningful in this time division and unbridled hatred for the other.

Within this body of work there is a painting I started last spring, while I was riding high on fresh hormones and the invigorating sensation of growing pains in my breasts. Finishing the last few marks it needed, after the election, became a strenuous chore marking the stark transition between then and now. It hangs next to drawings that, while comparatively ephemeral and scattershot, now feel precious as reminders that making is still possible. As the title implies, this show simply states that I am alive and here, my hands and eyes can still work together, and I will continue as we all must.”

Born in South Bend, Indiana, Echo Martin (they/them) is an artist, musician, and horror movie fanatic living in Columbus, Ohio. They hold an MFA from Ohio State University and have completed residencies at The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, The Vermont Studio Center, and the Pont-Aven Ecole d’Art. They entered the world in 1985.

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Join us Friday, March 21st from 6-9pm for the opening reception of our March exhibitions featuring works from artists Jay Mueller @jaymuellerart, Echo Martin @morbidmediocrity, and Elizabeth Tolson @msliztolson. On view at 934 Gallery March 21 - April 12.

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT · Jay Mueller @jaymuellerart

Through his time as an artist Jay has developed different avenues of expression. All of them are mixed media in some way and some born out of experimentation. His paintings use backgrounds made with paints that shouldn’t be used together like enamels and house paint, left out in the cold of winter to cure, creating textures and visuals you normally don’t get. The main subject matters are pulled from his life being part of the human condition through a lowbrow lens. He’s always found it easier to express the ups and downs of life through humor. The same goes for his illustrations, in which he uses: watercolors, colored pencils, inks, acrylics, and graphite. Along with his sculptures, which are a mix of found object assemblage and different crafts. His photography has gone through the most evolutions. All of it is erotics based off the simple need for sexual expression for all. He works with everyday people as models, asking them to wear masquerade masks in order to create an anonymity that hopefully allows the viewer to relate to the artwork. First, he did hand colored black and white images on fiber based paper. Then using layers of water soluble pastels with a combination of acid free spray glue and acrylic spray. He also cut around the image and used layers of paper under it to make them three dimensional. One of those was published in The World’s Greatest Erotica Vol. 3, published in 2009. He then moved to using modern, resin coated prints. This allowed him to explore the three dimensional aspect of the pieces. For all of these he finishes the pieces by modifying found frames to showcase them. Jay plans on exploring more mediums and subject matters as he grows as an artist and a human. As well as pushing the envelopes he’s pushed further.

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Join us Friday, March 21st from 6-9pm for the opening reception of our March exhibitions featuring works from artists Elizabeth Tolson @msliztolson, Echo Martin @morbidmediocrity, and Jay Mueller @jaymuellerart. On view at 934 Gallery March 21 - April 12.

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT · Elizabeth Tolson presents The Space Within / The Space Between

“The Space Within / The Space Between” is a solo exhibition featuring work by Elizabeth Tolson that explores the themes of time, fertility, motherhood, and world-building through ceramics and fibers. Tolson’s work is an exploration of the experiences of creation and growth, both in the biological and existential sense. Her pieces feature bodily forms and intricate textures crafted from ceramics, evoking the essence of fertility and the passage of time. These elements serve as metaphors for life’s cycles, capturing the balance between fragility and resilience. Interwoven with these ceramic forms are fibers that share narratives of motherhood and nurturing, where their softness and connection reflect the strength and vulnerability in the maternal experience. Through this integration of ceramics and fibers, Tolson invites viewers to reflect on the interconnected spaces we inhabit, both within ourselves and between each other.

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Join us Friday, March 21st from 6-9pm for the opening reception of our March exhibitions featuring works from artists Echo Martin @morbidmediocrity, Jay Mueller @jaymuellerart, and Elizabeth Tolson @msliztolson.

On view at 934 Gallery March 21 - April 12.

934 Gallery’s 2025 exhibition season is funded in part by Greater Columbus Arts Council @artmakescbus, Ohio Arts Council @ohioartscouncil, and The Columbus Foundation @colsfoundation. #934Gallery #PayArtists

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I just saw that my good friend @douggillen aka @fifthwalltv just published a fresh episode of his quickfire questions interviews w one of my fav painters, Matt Bollinger, and that reminded me that I never posted the video he did w me back in HK at the opening of the show I curated w @woawgallery. It felt so good to have him and his lil fam alongside a bunch of other old and new friends (check the slide for more of that), and I’m really honored and thankful that he saw a window of opportunity to impromptu shoot one of these w me. I’m also thankful the final cut didn’t include the dumbest answers I provided and that he was ok w me staying on a curb for a better scale balance (last slide)....
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Objecting Reality is now officially down and as Im looking back at it w melancholy, Im also counting days for the upcoming projects I have lined up. Bring on June!

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2024-04-19 Objecting Reality

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@woawgallery extended the originally planned duration of Objecting Reality exhibition that I curated at their Wan Chai space. So, if you find yourself if Hong Kong before May 13th, perhaps treat your peepers with this presentation in person.
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Featuring works by @ginnycaseypompi @wedharriyadi @jenniferannecar @morbidmediocrity @niklasasker @__damien_meade__ @filip_mirazovic @quinteningelaere @suzukihidetaka and @heesookim_, the exhibition focuses on painting’s sorcerous ability to transcend its two-dimensional boundaries and achieve three-dimensional, sculptural illusion. And today, I wanted to share some moments from our opening night back in March…
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If you’re interested in seeing the catalog of the exhibition, please feel free to get in touch w me, or even better, directly w the gallery.

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And just like that, it’s the final week of Objecting Reality at @woawgallery’s newest Wan Chai space. So, just once again, I wanted to share the images of the installation and repeat how proud I am of this show, both in terms of the selection, the quality of work, and the way it was displayed.
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When planning this show, I was thinking about humanity’s fascination with the transfiguration of the ordinary into the extraordinary and how converting the painted flat surface into an illusion of an object within a three-dimensional scene is part of that idea. I wanted to emphasize the weight and stillness of the motifs by displaying the work as an object resting on a base rather than hanging, plus we got a chance to peek at the back of the works. Mostly custom-size works by @ginnycaseypompi @wedharriyadi @jenniferannecar @morbidmediocrity @niklasasker @__damien_meade__ @filip_mirazovic @quinteningelaere @suzukihidetaka and @heesookim_ made it for a strong overview of different ways that this quiescence can be conveyed and reality can be objected.
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And to make the whole experience even more memorable, the opening was an absolute treat, with so many people coming by, feeling the concept of the show, and having interesting observations about the works and/or the installation. It was also very special to have so many people there (second last pic), including some of my oldest friends from the art game (Will and Tan), and a few other dear friends w their little families.
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A huge thank you goes to all the artists for being so easy to work with, producing the perfect works for this concept, and making this exhibition look so damn good! Also, I’d like to thank @kpee for trusting me w yet another project, @benwhyyou and @wingstso for their help w turning my idea (last pic) into reality, and everyone at WOAW for being smooth operators and making every collaboration such a pleasure! Finally, thank all the friends, acquaintances, and complete strangers for finding a moment to make it to the show during the hectic HK art week/month schedule and support!
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If you’re interested in seeing the full catalog of the show, please let me/WOAW know.

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Today in Hong Kong (Wed 27th from 6-10pm), we’ll be presenting Objecting Reality, that I got to curate at @woawgallery in Wan Chai! Im exceptionally proud of this show as it wasn’t an easy task to put it together in a way I envisioned it but the WOAW team did their magic once again.
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As seen by these images, the idea of the show is to present the works that accentuate painting’s capability to petrify anything into a still image while simultaneously breathing life into mere canvas and pigment. This alchemical transformation converts the organic medium applied to a flat surface into an illusion of a lifeless object within a three-dimensional scene. And both the examples of works included as well as the way they are presented, emphasize the weight of the portrayed, inanimate objects.
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#ObjectingReality features works by:
@niklasasker
@__damien_meade__
@filip_mirazovic
@wedharriyadi
@jenniferannecar
@quinteningelaere
@suzukihidetaka
@heesookim_
@morbidmediocrity
@ginnycaseypompi
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See you there ✌️

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This feels like a quiet before the storm that I’m looking forward to. Quiet being the weekend, storm being the Art Basel week in Hong Kong, and part that Im looking forward to being the show that I curated there at @woawgallery. On Wed, March 27th, we’ll be presenting Objecting Reality, a group show featuring painters that are capable of summoning the very essence of sculpted forms on a flat canvas, creating a theatrical world where light and shadow gracefully dance across rigid subjects.
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I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about presenting an exhibition in the art-wise hottest week of the year. I got to do that a few years ago in Miami, and somehow this show in Hong Kong feels even more special. The reason for that is likely the ambitious way we are presenting this exhibition, which is meant to emphasize the idea behind the works - presenting painting’s capability to petrify anything into a still image while simultaneously breathing life into mere canvas and pigment. The team installed the show the other day (here are some photos from the install), and to see it turning out exactly as I envisioned it was such a relief and delight! I’m not gonna say much more about it for now, but I can promise you two things - a great selection of paintings and an exciting, unusual way of experiencing them.
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Big thank you goes to @kpee for trusting me w another project and this weird idea, @benwhyyou and @wingstso for turning it into reality, and obviously, all the artists that felt what this is about and created the works that make #ObjectingReality look as great as it does:
@niklasasker
@__damien_meade__
@filip_mirazovic
@wedharriyadi
@jenniferannecar
@quinteningelaere
@suzukihidetaka
@heesookim_
@morbidmediocrity
@ginnycaseypompi

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