Autonomous Zones

GROUP EXHIBITION

July 7th - July 30th, 2022

Traver Gallery

Seattle, WA

October 21st, 2022 – January 29th, 2023

BWA Wrocław Główny Gallery

Wroclaw, Poland

Queer Artifacts - collaborative work with H Schenck

Show Statement:

“Autonomous Zones is the biggest exhibition at BWA Wrocław in 2022, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the international centre for glass art education – Pilchuck Glass School in the United States. Artists from nine countries present glass as a medium tackling contemporary issues and break stereotypical thinking about the material in gallery space, demonstrating what the title autonomous zones are.

Out of the 181 artists who over the last thirty years have participated in one of the most prestigious residency programmes in the world – Emerging Artists in Residence at Pilchuck Glass School – curators Mika Drozdowska (BWA Wrocław), Sarah Traver (Traver Gallery) and Benjamin Wright (Pilchuck Glass School) shortlisted 25 participants in the Autonomous Zones exhibition at BWA Wrocław Główny Gallery. 

The exhibition shows how space, time and community – fundamental elements of the EAiR programme – influence creative and conceptual processes. The audience will have an opportunity to see an innovative approach to glass presented by artists from the USA, Poland, Japan, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, South Korea, England and Scotland. We will invite viewers to learn about the history of Pilchuck Glass School, the American centre for glass education, in the context of such issues as autonomous zones, countercultural reactions, guerrilla movements and grassroots organizations. The BWA Wrocław Główny exhibition will be divided into parts presenting e.g. new formalism, process orientation, issues relating to the environmental crisis and sexuality.”

Read the rest of the show statement here: https://bwa.wroc.pl/en/event/autonomous-zones/

Artists: Victoria Ahmadizadeh, Kristina Arnold, Marzena Krzemińska-Baluch, Stine Bidstrup, Aesa Bjork, Brian Boldon, Pernille Braun, Sarah Briland, Bri Chesler, Jennifer Crescuillo, Erin Dickson, Matilda Kästel, Namdoo Kim, David King, Rachel Moore, Gracia Nash, Nathaniel Ricciuto, H Schenck, Elisabeth Schubel, April Surgent, Heather Sutherland, Karlyn Sutherland, Matthew Szösz, Thaddeus Wolfe, Mark Zirpel 

Curators: Mika Drozdowska, Sarah Traver, Benjamin Wright  

Photos: Alicja Kielan