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June 13, 2015

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" el_class="gray-border-top"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] CEPA Gallery is pleased to present Skewed Perspectives an installation by Anne Muntges at Big Orbit Project Space. Both strange and whimsical, Skewed Perspectives is a compelling installation that simultaneously recalls Marcels Duchamps ready-mades, A-ha’s video for Take On Me, the illustrations of Edward Gorey, the tableaus of Sandy Skoglund, and the obsessive beaded environments of Liza Lou. Painstakingly created over the course of two years, the intricately cross-hatched surfaces of these domestic environs speak to the complex and intricate psychic wranglings between feminine tradition and personal independence. Citing Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex as source of inspiration, Skewed Perspectives: “is an installation of a home I built that reflects the confidence and confusion of what it means to be a female”. By covering every surface — rendered in stark black and white using white painted primer and black acrylic pens — Muntges uses mark making as a means of exerting control and exorcising fears. Please join us on Saturday, June 13, 2015 from 8pm – 11pm at Big Orbit Project Space for an opening reception with the artist. The exhibition will be on view through August 9, 2015. This event and exhibition is free and open

May 22, 2015

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="gray-bg" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] CEPA Gallery is pleased to present T-Shirt on TV an exhibition by John Overton Burns, Erich Haneberg, and Dan Carey at CEPA’s Big Orbit Project Space. T-shirt on TV depicts the influence of pop culture on the works of artists John Overton Burns, Dan Carey and Erich Haneberg. All three artists use 1980’s iconography as the subject matter in their vibrant, quirky and somewhat comical salutes to TV personalities, game shows and movies. John Overton Burns is a draftsman, painter and sculptor whose work is centered on the game show Wheel of Fortune and his apparent appreciation of the work of Vanna White. He creates paper sculptures of the spinning wheel and drawings of the game show’s studio set. Also Included in the exhibit are his small-scale sculptures of toilets, of which he has created a vast number in the last decade. Dan Carey is a painter who creates portraits of 1980’s TV personalities that include local news anchors and casts of popular TV shows such as The A Team, Rockford Files and The Greatest American Hero. He recently collaborated with Julian Montague on an exhibit of works based on the sitcom Barney

April 24, 2015

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="gray-bg" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]   CEPA Gallery’s Big Orbit Project Space is pleased to present Felice Koenig: Drawing Together curated by CS1 Curatorial Projects. In Drawing Together, Felice Koenig gathers the central tenets of her meditative artistic practice (process and connection) and extends them beyond solitary painting to collaborative drawing. She expands the loving gesture of her resonantly layered paintings to co-create works with others. Her interest is in exploring the nature of creation. Over three weekends in the spring, Koenig will draw in real time with a series of participants, using the simple tools of youth – paper and colored markers. Sitting opposite one another and working simultaneously on the same piece of paper, the goal is to play as a means of creating news bonds. In this way, drawing becomes social practice. Koenig will be available for 90-minute sessions for the first three weekends, April 24 to May 10, Friday to Sunday, during Big Orbit’s open hours from 12 to 6PM. The public is welcome to visit the gallery or to set up an appointment in advance online. Everyone is encouraged to participate, especially non-artists. This practice celebrates the simple act of engaging with color and

April 19, 2015

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="gray-bg" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]   CEPA Gallery’s Big Orbit Project Space is pleased to present a unique experiential work entitled The Tenant by UB Department of Art thesis candidate Avye Alexandres opening Friday, April 3, 2015 from 8-11pm. A locked room in a gallery. A house nearby. A walk in between. The Tenant is a solitary experience. You will be provided with instructions on arrival at the gallery. Please allow 45-60 minutes to experience the work. Big Orbit Project Space will be open during regular gallery hours Fri-Sun from 12-6pm during the run of the exhibition, in addition to the following times: Monday April 6 – by appointment Tuesday April 7 – by appointment Wednesday April 8 – by appointment Monday April 13 – 1-6 pm Tuesday April 14 – 1-6 pm Wednesday April 15 – 1-6 pm Thursday April 16 – 12-6 pm For an appointment please visit: http://avyealexandres.com/tenantsignup You must arrive at the gallery no later than 4:45pm during regular gallery hours. Appointments during open gallery hours is strongly recommended but not required. On view through Sunday, April 19, 2015. *Generous support for this exhibition provided by The Techne Institute.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" el_class="gray-border-top"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="center"

April 11, 2015

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="gray-bg" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]   CEPA Gallery and Squeaky Wheel are pleased to announce Baby’s on Fire—the first major gallery survey of Brooklyn–based artist Rachel Rampleman. Born and raised in the suburbs of the Midwest, Rampleman’s various bodies of work explore subjects like gender, artifice, and spectacle through the tinge of a very American lens. Part directorial, part curatorial, and part anthropological, she probes into oft–overlooked elements of American culture to reveal an expanded landscape of American life. Her astute observations— awash with empathy and rife with psychological complexity—hint at an underlying dissonance that straddles the absurd. Rampleman’s work frequently showcases strong female personalities—women who are simultaneously aberrant and superhuman—who challenge the common clichés of masculinity and femininity and who often assume roles typically associated with men. This is a landscape where sexual braggadocio, heavy-metal rock stardom, or muscularity have become characteristic of feminine prowess. Working primarily with time-based media, Rampleman has made work ranging from documentary style videos such as Poison (My Sister Fucked Bret)—her sister’s recounting of her teenage sexploits with hair metal rock icon Bret Michaels—to experimental videos made from footage she captured of the world’s first and only all female Mötley Crüe tribute

March 7, 2015

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="gray-bg" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]   CEPA Gallery is pleased to present Enter Here: Photobooth Portraits 1979-80, an exhibition of photographs culled from our archives. This exhibition will take place in our 2nd floor Passageway Gallery and brings together a selection of never before seen photographs taken from a coin-op photo booth that once served as the entranceway to our gallery during the 1979-1980 exhibition season. The group of photographs on display includes self-portraits by such local, national, and international luminaries as Richard Prince, Laurie Simmons, John Pfahl, Larry Clark, Anthony Bannon, and many others. An opening reception will take place on March 7 from 7-10pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" el_class="gray-border-top"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="center" css_animation="" el_class="white"][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][icons icon="fa-map-pin" size="fa-4x" type="normal" position="center" target="_self"][vc_column_text] Exhibit Location CEPA Gallery 2nd Floor Passageway 617 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][icons icon="fa-calendar" size="fa-4x" type="normal" position="center" target="_self"][vc_column_text] Exhibit Dates Saturday, March 7, 2015 through March 28, 2015 Admission Free to the public[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][icons icon="fa-clock-o" size="fa-4x" type="normal" position="center" target="_self"][vc_column_text] Exhibit Times 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

March 7, 2015

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="gray-bg" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]   CEPA Gallery is proud to present Children of San Jose Del Negrito, an exhibition of photographs by artists Alexis Oltmer and William Bergmann. The exhibition will be on view Saturday, March 7 through Saturday, March 28, 2015 at CEPA. A reception for the artist and the public will take place from 7-10 pm on SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015. This exhibition will also function as a fundraiser for the philanthropic organization Shoulder To Shoulder. All prints from this exhibition will be available for sale. Donations are also welcome.   The Children of San Jose In June of 2014, photographers Alexis Oltmer and William Bergmann invited children from San Jose del Negrito, Honduras, to have their portraits taken at the local medical clinic. The studio was set up in front of the resident doctors home, utilizing natural sunlight and a single red bench. The resulting images convey the complexities of childhood self-expression, identity and performance. The project is an attempt to shed light on the experience of life in a place that might seem at first glance to be as culturally different from life here as it is geographically. And yet, the familiarity of

March 6, 2015

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="gray-bg" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]   CEPA Gallery is pleased to announce I Have Nothing to Say About Anything at All, a site-specific video installation by UB Department of Art MFA candidate Sangjun Yoo at Big Orbit Project Space. This MFA thesis exhibition will consist of a series of scrims arranged to create an immersive environment where the viewers own body becomes implicit in the work. Through the use of live video feeds, fabric, video projections, and sculptural elements, Sangjun Yoo makes visible what was once invisible to reveal gaps in our perceptions of time and space. An opening reception for the artist will take place on MARCH 6, 2015 from 8-11pm. The exhibition I Have Nothing to Say About Anything at All is part of First Fridays at Big Orbit Project Space and is free and open to the public.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" el_class="gray-border-top"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="center" css_animation="" el_class="white"][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][icons icon="fa-map-pin" size="fa-4x" type="normal" position="center" target="_self"][vc_column_text] Exhibit Location Big Orbit Project Space 30D Essex Street Buffalo, NY 14213[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][icons icon="fa-calendar" size="fa-4x" type="normal" position="center" target="_self"][vc_column_text] Exhibit Dates Friday, March 6, 2015 through March 6, 2015 Admission Free to the public[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][icons icon="fa-clock-o" size="fa-4x" type="normal" position="center" target="_self"][vc_column_text] Exhibit Times 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

January 31, 2015

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="gray-bg" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]   In honor of the CEPA Gallery and Big Orbit merger, our 2014 Members Exhibit will be hosted at both art galleries. Big Orbit’s 2014 Members Exhibit features artwork (excluding photography) from some of Western New York’s most talented artists [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" el_class="gray-border-top"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="center" css_animation="" el_class="white"][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][icons icon="fa-map-pin" size="fa-4x" type="normal" position="center" target="_self"][vc_column_text] Exhibit Location Big Orbit Project Space 30D Essex Street Buffalo, NY 14213[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][icons icon="fa-calendar" size="fa-4x" type="normal" position="center" target="_self"][vc_column_text] Exhibit Dates Saturday, January 31, 2015 through February 22, 2015 Admission Free to the public[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][icons icon="fa-clock-o" size="fa-4x" type="normal" position="center" target="_self"][vc_column_text] Exhibit Times 8:00 P.M - 11:00 P.M[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

January 30, 2015

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="gray-bg" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]   CEPA Gallery is pleased to present a new series of photographs by 2014 CEPA Members’ Exhibition Award winner Patti Ambrogi entitled The Rebel Forest. The Rebel Forest is a new chapter in the Geographies of Desire, surveying two tracks of land held in preservation: The Bentley Woods in Victor, New York and the Cathcart Island on Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada. The Geographies of Desire are a continuing series of photographs documenting observations of the natural world and our presence in these environments. The work maps a progression of walks on land preserved through various forms of land management. These photographs explore our conceptions and idealizations of nature while they reflect the social and political conflicts we face as 196 countries establish a framework to slow the rate of global warming. Patti Ambrogi is as an Associate Professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including recent exhibits at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, Tokyo Polytechnic Institute in Japan, the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, the Center for Book Arts in New York City, and The Boston CyberArtsFestival