Aug 10 – Sep 07, 2024
Description: This group exhibition brings together the work of 27 artists who each define
themselves as both artists and moms. Their wide-ranging work makes evident that
motherhood does not dictate the subject matter, but it does shape the conditions of
production. Through painting, ceramics, textiles, photography, printmaking and
sculpture these artworks explore female embodiment, anxiety for the future, joyful
play, labor, mortality and formal abstraction. Rather than subject matter, the
connective thread is the context from which this work originates: the collective
experience of matrescence in a culture that tells us that Artist and Mother are mutually
exclusive roles. A fractured identity and the splintering of one’s time and thought
process often informs the way these artists create. When seen together, their work
raises the question: can a fragmented schedule and psyche be understood not only
as an obstacle to creativity, but as a necessary condition for a particular kind of
creative production? What can mothers make that others can’t?
Founded in 2017 by artists Ali True and Klea McKenna, WOW MOM is a critique
group for working artists who are also moms. The founding intention was to create
professional level critique in a context of peer support for women navigating the art
world as new mothers. Throughout seven years of monthly meetings, there has been
a changing cast of artists and facilitators, and our mission has expanded to include
artists at any stage of motherhood. WOW MOM is currently facilitated by Angie
Wilson and Yulia Pinkusevich. This is our first exhibition of work by participating
artists.
Medium: Oil on fragment of selfie in charcoal on paper
Dimensions: 11.00" × 14.00"
Price: Upon Request
Medium: ochre pigments and oil on canvas
Dimensions: 14.00" × 11.00"
Price: NFS
Medium: ochre pigments, mugwort leaves, misc. petal inks, curly dock seeds and oil on canvas
Dimensions: 14.00" × 11.00"
Price: NFS
Medium: sandbox sand, love lies bleeding pigment, misc. petal inks, ochre pigments, curly dock seeds and oil on canvas
Dimensions: 14.00" × 11.00"
Price: NFS
Medium: ceramics
Dimensions: 11.50" × 6.00" × 6.00"
Price: $800
Medium: ceramics
Dimensions: 15.00" × 8.00" × 7.00"
Price: $900
Medium: Glazed porcelain
Dimensions: 12.00" × 8.00"
Price: $1,800
Medium: Glazed ceramic
Dimensions: 13.50" × 12.00"
Price: $2,000
Medium: Bedroom curtains, pillowcases, period panties, bed sheets, the jeans I wore when I painted the kitchen, cloth menstrual pads, lingerie, personal clothing, fabric
Dimensions: 55.00" × 55.00"
Price: Upon Request
Medium: fabric, thread, plastic twine, synthetic batting; machine pieced, hand quilted
Dimensions: 105.00" × 32.00" × 1.00"
Price: $6,000
Medium: Ceramics, LED tube Light, custom wiring, hardware, OSB wood
Dimensions: 70.00" × 18.00" × 18.00"
Price: $6,000
Medium: Ceramics, Powder coated chain, zip ties
Dimensions: 126.00" × 10.00" × 10.00"
Price: $9,000
Medium: Aluminum and paint
Dimensions: 43.00" × 21.00" × 1.00"
Price: $1,110
Medium: Reused and new wood
Dimensions: 6.00" × 3.00" × 1.00"
Price: $1,110
Medium: ceramic (highfire reduction, stoneware). collaboration with Davi Crispi (5yo).
Dimensions: 8.00" × 2.00" × 2.00"
Price: $200
Medium: mixed media on canvas
Dimensions: 52.00" × 48.00" × 1.50"
Price: $6,500
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 11.50" × 15.50"
Price: $900
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 11.50" × 15.50"
Price: $900
Medium: Photographic relief (embossed silver gelatin photogram, fabric dye)
Dimensions: 45.00" × 36.00" × 1.50"
Price: (Unframed)
Medium: Photographic relief (embossed silver gelatin photogram, fabric dye)
Dimensions: 45.00" × 36.00" × 1.50"
Price: (Unframed)
Medium: archival pigment print
Dimensions: 24.00" × 18.00"
Price: Upon request
Medium: archival pigment print
Dimensions: 30.00" × 40.00" × 2.00"
Price: framed
Medium: Photography
Dimensions: 18.00" × 24.00" × 32.00"
Price: unframed, $600 framed
Medium: c-print
Dimensions: 30.00" × 40.00"
Price: $5,000
Medium: Video with sound; 3D model
Dimensions: 8.00" × 9.00"
Price: Upon request
Medium: Pigment print
Dimensions: 19.50" × 26.50" × 1.75"
Price: (framed) $2000 (unframed)
Medium: burnt bone on linen rag paper
Dimensions: 18.00" × 24.00"
Price: $800
Medium: burnt wood on rag paper
Dimensions: 18.00" × 24.00"
Price: $800
Medium: Graphite, copper, wood, mixed media
Dimensions: 72.00" × 6.50" × 8.00"
Price: Upon Request
Medium: Oil on panel and pastel on paper
Dimensions: 20.00" × 24.00" × 16.00"
Price: $1,200
Medium: Silver gelatin photograph
Dimensions: 18.00" × 18.00" × 1.00"
Price: $5,000
Medium: Cotton, canvas, thread and batting stretched over panel.
Dimensions: 40.00" × 32.00" × 1.50"
Price: $4,200
Medium: polyester, cotton, rayon, PVC mesh, grout, gouache
Dimensions: 22.00" × 22.00" × 2.00"
Price: $2,500
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print
Dimensions: 20.00" × 16.00"
Price: , Edition 2/8
Medium: Acrylic, ink, pencil, charcoal, glitter, barnacles, cannon beach pigments, houkai saki pigment, and momoiro pigment on canvas
Dimensions: 98.00" × 63.00" × 1.00"
Price: Upon request
