Arm’s Length | Curated by Kealey Boyd
June 2-4, 2023

This will be GEORGIA’s final show. We are sad to go & eager for what’s next. Thank you for your vital, warm support. Arm’s Length is up for one weekend only with a special sound performance during the opening reception by Alex White.

When two parties transact without knowing each other or employment follows an impersonal cash-for-labor model it is called an arm’s length relationship. The title of GEORGIA’s final show borrows arm’s length to reframe how artists of different mediums and education sustain their practice. Arts and culture contribute more to the United States Gross Domestic Product than agriculture or construction, yet creatives are encouraged to hide, cope, and develop desperate strategies to survive an unregulated and at-will employment model. As a radical act of transparency and equity, artists Tya Alisa Anthony, Taiko Chandler, Trey Duvall, Chris Kannen, Laura Shill, and Frankie Toan will disclose their income streams from the last year and exhibit work responding to these pressures. Curated by Kealey Boyd.

Tya Alisa Anthony explores themes of social justice, human rights, and identity through painting, photography, collage, and sculpture She reimagines historic narratives as an opportunity to explore alternate realities. Anthony holds a BFA (Summa cum laude, valedictorian) from Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. She is the Director of Education & Community at RedLine Contemporary Art Center, the founder of Mahogany Vū Contemporary Virtual Gallery, and the editor of Contemporary Thought Magazine, Living Culture: A Mahogany Vū for BIPOC artists of the Diaspora. Anthony also serves on the Advisory Board for Leon Gallery and Colorado Photographic Arts Center.

Taiko Chandler was born and raised in Nagano, Japan and originally trained as a nurse. Since taking her first art class at the Art Students League of Denver in 2011, Chandler has focused on printmaking and its extensions in installation and sculpture to express her vision. She is currently part of the MFA Boston’s current exhibition “Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence” with an installation of 150 Monotype prints on Tyvek. Chandler has exhibited at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver Botanic Gardens and numerous print fairs throughout the U.S. Her work is featured in Hyperallergic, Southwest Contemporary and 5280 Magazine.

Trey Duvall is an Adjunct Professor at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and a Creative Project Coordinator with Public Art Services. His work has exhibited at RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Black Cube Nomadic Museum, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Rice University, Triumph Gallery, Galerie des Beaux-Artes de Nantes, Nantes, France, Lawndale Art Center, School of Visual Arts, and Plot Manifest. His work has been featured in Hyperallergic, Southwest Contemporary Art Magazine, The Denver Post, ABC News, the Houston Chronicle, and Art In America. Duvall received his MFA from the University of Houston.

Chris Kannen paints in the plein air tradition while experimenting with scale and abstraction. He earned his BFA from the University of Dayton and his MFA from Hunter College. He was artist-in-residence at Samband Íslenskra Myndlistarmanna (SÍM), Reykjavik, Iceland, and the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica as the recipient of a National Science Foundation Antarctic Artist and Writer Award.

Laura Shill works in sculpture, installation, performance, and photography. She borrows theatrical conventions and employs repetition of form to create environments that immerse and oscillate between humor and heartbreak. Shill earned her MFA in Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2012 and exhibited her work at the 2017 Venice Biennale at the European Cultural Center, The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, David B. Smith Gallery, Catherine Edelman Gallery, and Durden and Ray. Her 2016 solo exhibition, Phantom Touch, was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver.

Frankie Toan works with craft and DIY materials and techniques to create large plush sculptures, interactive works, and immersive installations. They hold a BFA in Craft/Material studies from Virginia Commonwealth University, with a minor in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s studies. Recent projects include a commission for Meow Wolf’s Kaleidoscape immersive ride at Elitch Gardens and a public artwork for the project Between Us Alleys. Toan is an alumni resident of RedLine (CO) and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (TN). They are part of Rainbow Dome, a creative business project that merges art with roller skating to create sober and family-friendly spaces.

Kealey Boyd is a writer and art critic based in Denver, Colorado. She is a regular contributor to Hyperallergic and her writing is featured in LA Times, Art Papers, College Art Association (CAA Reviews), The Belladonna Comedy, Artillery Magazine and elsewhere. She is the art consultant to the national literary journal Copper Nickel and serves as a lecturer in Journalism at University of Colorado-Boulder and previously in Art History and Theory at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Kealey is a member of the Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art (AICA-USA) and on the Board of Directors for Redline Contemporary Art Center. She has a MA in Art History and BA in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Alex White is an interdisciplinary artist from Colorado who draws his creativity from music, painting, poetry, photography, and film. He’s performed with The Boulder Laptop Orchestra, The Boulder Symphony, the Thornton Community Band, and improv punk group Black Market Translation.

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Arm’s Length | Curated by Kealey BoydJune 2-4, 2023

Arm’s Length | Curated by Kealey Boyd
June 2-4, 2023