Conduit Gallery -- Dallas, TX

June 17 - July 30, 2005

Nimbus
Matt Clark
Pard Morrisson
Kim Squaglia

Matt Clark's paintings are luminous, deep color fields painted in several layers. The variables (compression, paint opacity, color, and surface effects) combine the moment of the process and the exploration of the material. Clark's work speaks of application and erasure, movement and stillness, and the intentional and the accidental. The tension between the painted surface and the illusion it has created mimics a suspension of time. A history is built by the application of paint in layers; enabling one to enter the pictorial spaces and move between its depths. The painting, like a photograph, captures an otherwise fleeting instant of time in both Clark's pursuit and our perceptual experience.

Matthew Clark received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2002 and relocated to Los Angeles in 2003. Exhibitions since 2000 include Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA; Andlab Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; The Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA; Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield, MA;

The depth and persistence of Kim Squaglia's gentle oil and resin on panel paintings reveal themselves through a visceral dialogue between the artist and viewer. Resin allows Squaglia the ability to explore and to communicate through layers of hidden and exposed brilliant color. With affective and direct color palettes, Ms. Squaglia is able to convey both the brooding moodiness and the delicate quietude of color field painting and the naturally active forms created by biological systems and patterns. Each panel is an interplay between organized chaos and deliberate intention.

Kim Squaglia's work will be featured this summer in the much-anticipated Populance exhibition at Houston's Blaffer Gallery, curated by Los Angeles Times art critic David Pagel. Other artists included in the exhibition include Polly Apfelbaum, Beatriz Milhazes, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Fred Tomaselli. Kim Squaglia received her MFA in 2000 from the University of Texas at San Antonio and has since exhibited in several east and west coast venues such as; Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX; Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA; The Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA; Rocket Projects, Miami, FL and Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Kim Squalia resides in Sacramento, California.

SUMMER BECOMES ECLECTIC

Each Friday evening from June 17 to August 5 Conduit Gallery will host events celebrating summer.

June 17 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Opening of Group Show: Nimbus
Matt Clark, Pard Morrisson & Kim Squaglia

June 24 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Art + Design
wine tasting paired with creative food
Conduit Gallery and Scott & Cooner showroom
musical guests Shibboleth

July 1 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Yoga Flow
instructors: Chinook and Barb Totzke from Tosanga Yoga
smoothies from Jamba Juice

July 8 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Salsa y Salsa
salsa dancing with Guajiro Dance Company
frozen Corzo margaritas

July 15 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Wet and Wild
wading pools/water balloons/water guns watermelon
Island Breeze Rum sno cones

July 22 6:00 - 9:00 PM
You Oughta be in Pictures
artist made Coney Island backdrops
popcorn
professional photographers

July 29 7:00 - 10:00 PM
Fables, Myths and Legends
storyteller
Screening of David Byrne's Real Life
ice cream courtesty of Local

August 5 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Gimme Shelter
artist-created fortifications
Karen Davenport
Lily Hansen
Kyle Wadsworth
Sally Packard
Robert Boland



	SUMMER BECOMES ECLECTIC		June 17 - July 30, 2005 Nimbus Matt Clark Pard Morrisson Kim Squaglia Matt Clark's paintings are luminous, deep color fields painted in several layers. The variables (compression, paint opacity, color, and surface effects) combine the moment of the process and the exploration of the material. Clark's work speaks of application and erasure, movement and stillness, and the intentional and the accidental. The tension between the painted surface and the illusion it has created mimics a suspension of time. A history is built by the application of paint in layers; enabling one to enter the pictorial spaces and move between its depths. The painting, like a photograph, captures an otherwise fleeting instant of time in both Clark's pursuit and our perceptual experience. Matthew Clark received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2002 and relocated to Los Angeles in 2003. Exhibitions since 2000 include Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA; Andlab Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; The Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA; Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield, MA; The depth and persistence of Kim Squaglia's gentle oil and resin on panel paintings reveal themselves through a visceral dialogue between the artist and viewer. Resin allows Squaglia the ability to explore and to communicate through layers of hidden and exposed brilliant color. With affective and direct color palettes, Ms. Squaglia is able to convey both the brooding moodiness and the delicate quietude of color field painting and the naturally active forms created by biological systems and patterns. Each panel is an interplay between organized chaos and deliberate intention. Kim Squaglia's work will be featured this summer in the much-anticipated Populance exhibition at Houston's Blaffer Gallery, curated by Los Angeles Times art critic David Pagel. Other artists included in the exhibition include Polly Apfelbaum, Beatriz Milhazes, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Fred Tomaselli. Kim Squaglia received her MFA in 2000 from the University of Texas at San Antonio and has since exhibited in several east and west coast venues such as; Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX; Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA; The Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA; Rocket Projects, Miami, FL and Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Kim Squalia resides in Sacramento, California. SUMMER BECOMES ECLECTIC Each Friday evening from June 17 to August 5 Conduit Gallery will host events celebrating summer. June 17 6:00 - 8:00 PM Opening of Group Show: Nimbus Matt Clark, Pard Morrisson & Kim Squaglia June 24 6:30 - 8:30 PM Art + Design wine tasting paired with creative food Conduit Gallery and Scott & Cooner showroom musical guests Shibboleth July 1 6:30 - 8:00 PM Yoga Flow instructors: Chinook and Barb Totzke from Tosanga Yoga smoothies from Jamba Juice July 8 6:30 - 9:00 PM Salsa y Salsa salsa dancing with Guajiro Dance Company frozen Corzo margaritas July 15 6:00 - 8:00 PM Wet and Wild wading pools/water balloons/water guns watermelon Island Breeze Rum sno cones July 22 6:00 - 9:00 PM You Oughta be in Pictures artist made Coney Island backdrops popcorn professional photographers July 29 7:00 - 10:00 PM Fables, Myths and Legends storyteller Screening of David Byrne's Real Life ice cream courtesty of Local August 5 6:00 - 8:00 PM Gimme Shelter artist-created fortifications Karen Davenport Lily Hansen Kyle Wadsworth Sally Packard Robert Boland