The Deep End Club
VISUAL ARTISTS:
Veronica An
Malcolm Campanella
Vanessa Briones
Sarah Estrada
Austyn de Lugo
Felicity Machado
Oscar Navarrete
Gozie Ojini
W.A. Raigosa
Ago Visconti
Yvonne White
Martial Yapo
PERFORMERS:
Danielle Clement
Heather Dragulescu
Andrew (Figgy Baby) Figueroa
Tina Ford
Work pictured:
Veronica An (left three)
Austyn de Lugo (right)
Nica Aquino (bottom middle)
documentation by Nica Aquino
Work pictured bellow:
Gozie Ojini(left)
Yvonne White (middle)
Ago Visconti (right)
documentation by Nica Aquino
Work pictured:
Austyn de Lugo, Malcom Campanella, Oscar Navarerre, W.A. Raigosa (top left to right)
Tina Ford, Felicity Machado (bottom left to right)
documentation by Nica Aquino
PNCA Curatorial Fellow
Group show with Abney Wallace, Bob Fields, and Vanessa Briones
Work by John Riepenhoff
Work by Julie Winter
Work by Julie Winter
Work by Joseph Rodriguez
Thirdroom founded by Kalaija Mallory
Sari Not Sari curated by Pamela Santos
Sari Not Sari curated by Pamela Santos
Work by Ivana Dama
Work by Ivana Dama
Mata Art Gallery (online) founded by Nica Aquino
Palmarin Merges // Kanani Miyamoto // Matt Perez // Joseph Rodriguez // Angelica Trimble-Yanu
While We Are Here brings together the uniquely varied responses of five artists whose life paths brought them through the Pacific Northwest at some point in their life – Angelica Trimble-Yanu, Joseph Rodriguez, Kanani Miyamoto, Matt Perez, and Palmarin Merges. In the midst of a global pandemic and shelter-in-place orders, these artists persevered in finding a way to continue their respective art practices whether through utilizing household materials, reusing previous footage, seeing the world as their studio, and more. One of the featured artists, Palmarin Merges, states it well when she writes that she adapted “restriction as a generative force for creation.”
Through a variety of mediums – printmaking, video, sculpture, and installation – these artists’ pursue a wide range of inquiries relating to cultural identity, familial legacies, ancestral epistemologies, and sustainable art practices. Each artist responds individually to the collective moment we find ourselves in, questioning what we can do as artists for future generations while we are here.
Works by: Palmarin Merges // Kanani Miyamoto // Matt Perez // Joseph Rodriguez // Angelica Trimble-Yanu // Curated & Designed by Vanessa Briones