Bill Thelen: May 23 - June 22

Nobody's Home (video still),  2003

Bill Thelen is an artist, curator, and teacher who lives and works in Raleigh, NC.  He is the director and founder of Lump Projects, a long-standing alternative space in Raleigh, and the constant in Team Lump, a collaborative group of artists who exhibit around the US regularly.  His own artwork deals with abjection and life as a gay man.  The intentionally amateurish Nobody's Home plays with voyeurism and desire, ostensibly through the eyes of a shut-in.  More about Bill's artwork can be found here.  More about Nobody's Home is here.

Ron Lambert: April 25 - May 23

In Still (video still)
2001
Ron Lambert lives and works in Nashville,  TN, where he is an Assistant Professor at the Watkins College of Art and Design. Working mainly in video and sculpture, he investigates the intersection between psychology and the environment.  More about his work can be found here.

Toban Nichols: March 29 - April 25

Semaphore (video still)

2011

Toban Nichols is an artist living and working in Los Angeles. In Semamphore, which is based on a photographic series, he investigates the collision between the digital landscape and landscape photography. His work has been shown nationally in the US and internationally. More about Toban's work can be found here.

Erika Heffernan: Feb. 27 - March 28

2 Minutes (video still)

2010

Erika Heffernan is a Rochester, NY, based artist who works with photography and video. Her recent projects deal with perception and comprehension of information in ways that invite viewers to reflect on their experience of her work. In 2 Minutes, we see a kitchen timer ticking down and, as viewers, we are both aware of what we are watching and the time that slips away as we watch it. She received her MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2011. More about her work can be found here.

Heather Warren-Crow: Feb. 1 - Feb. 27

Bedtime For Suffragettes (still from webcam transmission)

2011

Heather Warren-Crow is a performance artist and professor based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her solo work both critiques and embraces representations of identity in the mass media. Bedtime for Suffragettes is a recording of a live webcam transmission that uses stylized speech and gesture to investigate the ambiguity of political action and inaction. It was originally performed as part of Low Lives 3, an international networked performance festival. More about Heather's work can be found here.

Jesse McLean: Jan. 9 - Feb. 1

Climbing (video still)

2011

Jesse McLean is a visual artist and media maker who lives and works in Chicago. Her work investigates the mediation of screens - computer screens, television screens, film screens - and the space between participation and observation. More about her can be found here.

Takahiro Suzuki: Nov. 28 - Jan. 2

Reservoir (video still)

2011

Takahiro Suzuki is the current Aunspaugh Fifth Year Fellow in the Studio Art department at the University of Virginia. The film Reservoir is inspired by the short story of the same title by Christa Romanosky. Shot from the first person perspective of the story’s protagonist, the film offers glimpses into the tranquility of the late night landscape and the character’s feelings of darkness, confusion, and uncertainty. More of Takahiro's work can be found here.