Feb
3
to Aug 1
Dear John
Dear John
Solo Exhibition by John Paul Kesling
Feb 3rd - Aug 1st, 2025
2nd Floor Gallery
Feb
12
to Apr 26
Lean-To
“Lean-To”
February 12th - April 26th, 2025
Closing reception: April 26th Third Floor West Gallery
Lowe Mill ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 2211 Seminole Dr. SW, Huntsville, Alabama 35805
This exhibition round includes works provided by John Paul Kesling which will be on view in the Third Floor West Gallery from February 12 – April 26, 2025. Lowe Mill A&E invites patrons and art lovers to join us for Open Studio Night, a building-wide experience when our over 150 studios will be open to the public. The evening also includes receptions for all seven of our gallery spaces. This series gives the public a chance to meet and interact with visiting artists and discuss their work as it is on display and available for purchase. Come out, enjoy a pleasant evening, and maybe you’ll find that special piece of art that speaks to you! The Open Studio Night reception is Saturday, April 26 from 5-7 pm.
Feb
14
to Apr 7
ReUnion Soldiers
ReUnion Soldiers
Solo Exhibition by John Paul Kesling
at Volunteer State Community College
Vol State Art Gallery SRB Building
Feb 14th - April 7th, 2025
Mon - Thurs 8am-6pm, Fri 8am - 4:30pm
Apr
5
to Apr 19
Sound Of Sound
Sound Of Sound
Annual Full-Building Exhibition
April 5th - 19th, 2025
Ground Floor Contemporary
Birmingham, AL
Jan
23
to Feb 15
Almagamation
Celebrating the gallery's past and present, this exhibition pairs legacy artists from B. Deemer Gallery's history with artists who have been added to the gallery roster since becoming WheelHouse Art. Visit the exhibition page for a full schedule of receptions featuring talks with artists exhibiting in the exhibition.
January 3 - February 15, 2025
Jan
16
to Feb 15
On::View Revue
The Ellis Gallery: "ON::View Revue"
Thu, Jan 16, 202512:00 PM Sat, Feb 15, 20255:00 PM
ARTS Southeast (map)
ON::VIEW REVUE: Celebrating the artist residents of 2024
On Display in The Ellis Gallery January 16th - February 15th, 2025
First Friday Reception: February 7th, 2025, 5 - 9 PM
Oct
11
to Oct 26
Proto
PROTO
John Paul Kesling and Ignacio Michaud
October 11-26, 2024
Opening Reception:
Friday, October 11, 5-7 pm
Artist Talk:
Saturday, October 19, 3 pm
Ground Floor Contemporary is thrilled to present Proto, an exhibition of new works from John Paul Kesling and Ignacio Michaud.
John Paul Kesling (b. 1980, Kentucky, USA) is a painter from the industrial foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. His practice delves into the complexities of human intimacy, both romantic and familial. After the death of his younger brother and many friends to the ongoing opioid epidemic of his hometown, awareness of his own mortality became embedded within the active mark-making of his work. He intuitively mines his materials with imagery, text, figures, and landscapes to unearth balance and levity in an otherwise chaotic world. Kesling received his BFA in Arts from Morehead State University (Morehead, KY) in 2003 and his MFA in Painting from The Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA) in 2010. He lives and works in Madison, TN.
Ignacio Michaud (b. 1979, Santiago, Chile) is a contemporary painter. Working from the premise that precision is best found intuitively, his recent painting series Somewhere explores space as a natural system of currents, forces, and tensions. Michaud’s paintings are often reminiscent of oceans, skies, and the landscape, as seen from a bird eye or drone view. Within this space, he deliberately avoids cultural artifacts and their temporal adjustments. Instead, he places indefinite shapes that participate in-scene, evoking scale and the phenomenon of our existence. Michaud received his BFA from Universidad Catolica de Chile and is represented by the Sandler Hudson Gallery in Atlanta. He lives and works in Atlanta, GA.
Image: Ignacio Michaud, In different places different thoughts emerge, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 48x60 inches
Sep
13
to Oct 26
Cathartic Dreams
Cathartic Dreams
You are invited to the opening reception for the Cathartic Dreams, a two person exhibition featuring Emily Pfaff and John Paul Kesling at WheelHouse Art.The reception will be Friday, September 13, 6:00 - 8:00pm with a casual artist talk with Emily Pfaff at 7:00pm. The exhibition will be on view through October 26, 2024.
Cathartic Dreams delves into the complex interplay between the nostalgia of childhood and the reality of adulthood. Pfaff’s and Kesling’s paintings evoke a time when imagination was a refuge, a tool for navigating a world both chaotic and wonder-filled. The imagery of lone figures in vast, unconquerable landscapes seesaws between sensations of being small and insignificant and being the center of a universe.
These pieces are vivid depictions of real and imagined childhood memories filtered through an adult’s perspective. Scenes of camaraderie, secret hideouts, and the innocent mischief of youth invite viewers to reflect on the loss of that untainted wonder as one matures. The artists explore the dissonance between the idyllic past and the sobering truths uncovered in adulthood, juxtaposing the safety once felt in fictional dangers with the unsettling revelations about real-life heroes and societal norms.
Pfaff and Kesling both share bright, playfully sincere personalities, and their work perfectly represents their endearing character. Their unreserved imaginations manifest as candid snapshots washing sincerity over encroaching responsibilities, heartbreaks, and unsettling truths of the adult world. They challenge viewers to (re)visit innocent moments with a sense of love, while acknowledging the complexities we were naïvely unaware of but nonetheless shaped us. The artists provide a means of reclaiming the magic of youth, albeit with a more nuanced understanding of its shadows.
Jul
12
to Sep 12
Dreamscapes
Group exhibition featuring:
Cynthia Zhou
John Paul Kesling
Walker Antonio
Opening reception: July 12th, 5-9pm
Lilienthal Gallery
23 Emory Pl, Knoxville, TN 37917
Jul
5
to Aug 17
Glued To The Horse
The Ellis Gallery at Sulfur Studios/Arts Southeast
Savannah, GA
Opening reception: July 5th, 2024, 5-9pm
Address: Arts Southeast, 2301 Bull Street, Savannah, GA 31401
Jun
20
to Jul 6
Galerie Tangerine - Retrospective Pop-Up
A Retrospective: Featuring a curation of new works from Galerie Tangerine’s Past Artists, open for visitor on Fridays and Saturdays, 1-6pm above the Arcade in downtown Nashville through July 6th, 2024.
Apr
19
to Apr 26
I Will Tell You Mine
I Will Tell You Mine
Tyger Tyger Gallery
Works on paper group exhibition
Opening Reception: Friday, April 19 from 6 - 8pm
Exhibition Dates: April 19 - May 26, 2024
RIVERVIEW STATION
191 LYMAN STREET SUITE 144
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
Participating Artists:
YOON NAM
TARO TAKIZAWA
SUE CRAWFORD
SARABETH NOGGLE
PETEY BROWN
SUZANNE DITTENBER
PETER ROUX
PAUL ACEVEDO GOMEZ
MOLLY SAWYER
MELISSA MOTE GLOSUP
LAURA SNYDER
KIMMY TOLBERT
KAYSHA SIEMENS
ERIN NEEL NEWTON
JOHN PAUL KESLING
JESSIE SHINN
JANE TINGLE BRODERICK
JACQUELYN STRYCKER
GABRIELLE ROSHELLI
ERIN KEANE
DANIELLE RANTE
CHRISTOPHER BURK
BOB BARNETT
ANNA PIETRZAK
AMY SACKSTEDER
NAVI NAISANG
MELANIE NORRIS
Apr
6
to Apr 20
Wild Beasts
Ground Floor Contemporary
Group Exhibition
Opening Reception: April 6th, 2024
Apr
5
to Jun 2
Oz Arts Nashville: 10 out of 10: 10 Year Anniversary
Group Exhibition.
Opening reception: Friday, April 5th, 2024, 8pm
Celebrate 10 years of Brave New Art with a festive evening featuring more than two dozen artists and performers who helped make OZ Arts’ first decade unforgettable.
Selected kinetic sculptures by Alex Lockwood, originally featured at his Shake event in 2015, receive an encore showing in our creative warehouse. Immerse yourself in a sampling of “MAPS – Modular Art Pods,” open-source collaborative art tunnels initiated by circuit-bending legend Tony Youngblood and presented by OZ in 2016. This new mini-installation is curated by Madeleine Hicks and includes pods by Beth Reitmeyer, Marlos E’van, Dycee Wildman, and Youngblood himself.
In conjunction with the 10th Anniversary Bash, OZ will premiere a new visual art exhibit featuring selected artists from the first decade of exhibitions. View paintings by OZ founder Cano Ozgener alongside works by Lauren Gregory, John Paul Kesling, Alex Lockwood, Marcus Maddox, Joseph Patrick, Vadis Turner, and more.
Apr
5
to Jun 5
The Last Time We Spoke
Opening Reception: April 5th, 2024, 5-8pm
Two-Person Show
Miriam Omura + John Paul Kesling
Gadsden Museum of Art
Gadsden, Alabama
Nov
3
to Feb 1
LOCUS SOLUS
Volunteer State Community College
Gallatin, TN
Guest Curated by Lain York, Gallery Director, Zeitgeist (Nashville, TN)
Group Exhibition
Oct
4
to Nov 19
Make > Forward
This exhibition round includes works provided by Ground Floor Contemporary which will be on view in the North Floor Gallery from October 4 – November 19, 2023. Lowe Mill A&E invites patrons and art lovers to join us for Open Studio Night, a building-wide experience when our over 150 studios will be open to the public. The evening also includes receptions for all seven of our gallery spaces. This series gives the public a chance to meet and interact with visiting artists and discuss their work as it is on display and available for purchase. Come out, enjoy a pleasant evening, and maybe you’ll find that special piece of art that speaks to you! The Open Studio Night reception is Saturday, November 19 from 5-7 pm.
About the exhibit:
Make —> Forward asks us to define where we would like to go, but it necessitates knowing where we are now and where we have been. This scope can be individual, or infinitely collective. The tension of the present, informed by the past and influenced by the future speaks to the human challenge of simple existence. Make is the action that weaves this trichotomy into a unity that creates space for healing and decisiveness. These works all engage with this trichotomy in some fashion—some swim into the murky past, others raise their eyes towards the lofty future, and still others ground themselves in the earthy present.
To make is an act of process; it necessitates the dialogue with the generative, creative force in even the smallest, most mundane of actions. To make is to conjoin and weave together disparate ideas and objects into dialogue; it creates order, it creates unity. Conversely, to make can also mean to disassemble, to dissect, to fracture, to reduce to individual parts. This is the spirit in which our works for Make —> Forward come together.
The arrow, as an extension of the eye, articulates our fundamental experience as conscious beings—it communicates what is most important to us. The arrow communicates what we aspire to, what we currently ruminate on. It means that in the act of making, we are moving forward. It is an indication of value. “Here! Let us move this way—let us push a path from here to there.” It speaks of causality—to make is to move forward in time, in space, or in the psyche.
Within these infinitely broad but infinitesimally personal scopes, we have assembled Make —> Forward. These pieces ask the viewer to consider how they also Make —> Forward, whether externally or internally. Life is beautiful even when it looks a mess. If you are open to hope, you can find it in the changing of the seasons, in the nod of a passerby, or in a perfectly round squirt of ketchup next to your fries.
Ground Floor Contemporary (GFC) is an artist-run, artist-supported cooperative gallery started in 2016.
Sep
23
to Oct 23
Art Of Resilience
Art Of Resilience
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery
Cohen Memorial Building
Group Exhibition
Opening Reception 09/23/23
Sep
2
to Oct 28
Julia Martin 10 Year Anniversary Show
Celebrating Ten Years
Ash Atterberry + Wayne White + Samuel Dunson + Josh Black + Noah Saterstrom + Louisa Glenn + Kevin Guthrie + Jon Langford + Brett Douglas Hunter + Nuveen Barwari + Delia Seigenthaler + Brooke Gillon + Elizabeth Williams + Becca Jane Koehler + John Paul Kesling + R. Ellis Orrall + Benjy Russell + Josh Elrod + Alex Lockwood + Rachel Briggs + Jodi Hays + Beizer Abdi + Harry Underwood + Dan Melchior + Megan Kimber + Emily Holt + Andrew Combs + Julia Martin
It is official… It has been a decade, and we are celebrating with nearly thirty of our favorite artists, bringing you a truly epic anniversary exhibition, including an 8 foot Wayne White puppet show!? I know, I can’t believe it either… much less ten years.
To kick it up even more we’re shutting down the street and invite you to settle in for a little festival of music featuring William Tyler, HR Lexy, Username Password, Styrofoam Winos, BCKHND, Dim Watts… so bring your favorite chair or blanket and settle in. We kick off around 3:00. Our Martin brethren over at Martin’s BBQ are setting us up with the most delicious BBQ and fixins in the world, Bearded Iris Brewing is hooking up the Homestyle, We’re whipping up some extra special custom merch, and I’m sure I’m forgetting something, but you know we’ll have plenty of champagne! All we require is your beautiful presence.
We cannot wait to celebrate with you and show our gratitude for all your support over the last ten years. Thank you, we love you. -JM
Opening Celebration: September 2nd, 3:00 - 9:00pm
Show Dates: September 2nd - October 28th, 2023
Aug
5
to Aug 12
Up In Arms
MOCAN (Museum of Contemporary Art Nashville)
Merritt Mansion, Nashville, TN
Group Exhibition
This was the second of a series of pop-up contemporary art exhibitions designed to engage the community, build awareness, and demonstrate the market need for a permanent contemporary art museum in Nashville. 'Up in Arms' was co-curated by Evan Brown and Clarence Edward and took place at the Historic Merritt Mansion in Wedgewood Houston.
Featured local and national artists include: Alex Lockwood, Andrés Bustamante, Andrew Morrison, Bill Nickels, Chrimmons, Donald Lipski, Edie Ottestad, Elise Drake & Thew Jones, Herb Williams, John Paul Kesling, K. Baergen, Lance Scruggs, Lanie Gannon, LeXander Bryant, Rima Day, Sarah Sudhoff, Sharon J. Harms, and Trixie Pitts.
Jul
22
to Dec 15
And We're Back!
Gallery 85
Exhibition: And We’re Back!
New York City
CURATOR
Victoria Gildersleeve
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Inspired by the spirited energy that defines the changing seasons, And We’re Back! is a representation of how the city springs to life after months of contemplative gray. Vibrant and verdant, the atmosphere feels a little lighter, our lives more effervescent. And in this energizing curation, vivid colors create an energy and vitality that lovingly celebrate this cherished time of year.
May
6
to May 20
Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter
Three-person show at Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, Alabama.
John Paul Kesling, Misty Bennett, Sarah West
May 6th - May 20th, 2023
Mar
15
to Apr 15
Threads Of Perception
London Paint Club
Group Show
Online and in print.
March 15th-April 15th, 2023
Jan
12
to Mar 12
Tempter
Bobby Hotel
January 8th, 2023 - March 31st, 2023
Opening Reception : Thursday, January 12th, 2023
A group exhibition about flowers.
Curated by Joshua Edward Bennett in collaboration with Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN.
Jan
5
to Jan 25
Plum Lime Residency Finalists Exhibition
NYC Crit Club Winter 2023 Plum Lime Residency Finalists Exhibition
Curated by MEPAINTSME.
Online
Dec
16
to Feb 16
Nov
14
to Jan 6
That’s A Wrap!
Savannah College of Art and Design
Small Works Exhibition
Gutstein Gallery
Nov
11
to Jan 26
Notions Of Beauty
Online
I Like Your Work Podcast Winter 2022 Group Exhibition
Curated by Eric Hibit (co-director of Ortega Y Gasset Projects)
https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/online-exhibition
Jun
2
to Jul 31
Free To Be
Group show in celebration of Pride Month!
June 2nd - July 31st, 2022
Opening Night: June 4th, 2022
Culture Lab LIC at the Plaxall Gallery
5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
Mar
4
to Jun 5
Show Up!
Group Exhibition marking The Red Arrow’s 8 year Anniversary.
Featuring 24 Red Arrow Artists.
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022, 6-8pm
Nashville Parthenon
2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203
Feb
27
to Mar 25
Fleur Du Jour
Red Arrow Gallery Presents:
A Solo Online Exhibition Of New Paintings.
Online only.
Opens February 25th, 2022.
Jan
28
to Mar 12
Why Do Anything?
Solo Exhibition
Wheelhouse Art
2650 Frankfort Ave., Louisville, KY 40206
January 28th-March 12th, 2022
Opening reception: Friday, January 28th, 2022, 6-8pm
Jan
14
to Mar 14
Rise
Rise
To rise is to elevate, to levitate, to ascend and grow. As artists—and as humans—we desire growth, to rise again and again. And rising can feel good, but by no means is it easy. We often rise in order to depart from a place that we desire to get out of, whether it be a situation, a state of mind, or a physical place. This process requires us to take action and overcome—and we’ve had a lot to overcome recently. Some may have to rise up and overcome fear and doubt in order to create their artwork, while others may use their art as a way to work through things internally, building themselves up in the process.
For this virtual exhibition, artists have created works that relish in the satisfaction of overcoming, that sit with the emotions of this process, and explore what it often takes to get there.
By Christina Nafziger
Sep
3
to Sep 23
Fall Exhibition and Launch Party
Curated by Hilary Doyle.
On September 3 we will be opening our incredible fall exhibition and release brings our first episode of Season 4! Meet up with us at Piano Craft Gallery in SoWa Boston where we will have amazing art, drinks, music, I Like Your Work catalogs and more! We would love to see you there!
The opening is from 6-8 PM and Erika B. Hess, the Host and Founder of I Like Your Work will be giving a talk about the show and about community at 5:45!
Opening reception: 5:45pm-8:00pm
Piano Craft Gallery Boston,
793 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02118, USA