Featured Artist - Logan Z. Tansey

Meet Illustrator Logan Z. Tansey!

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The Other Realm is an on-going series of whimsical illustrations capturing various emotions from the artist that are difficult to describe in words. Check out our archive to see some of his past work!

 

Keep up with Logan!

IG: _ink_poisoning

WB: https://loganztansey.weebly.com

Featured Artist - Natasha Muluswela

Meet Hyperrealist Artist Natasha Muluswela!

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Natasha Muluswela

Featured Artist

Her work beauty of the body explores the diversity of beauty and body positivity whilst simultaneously shaking off the male gaze.​

Keep up with Natasha

IG: npariss

WB: www.artxnatasha.com

Welcome to the new Doré Art Collective - A space for emerging artists and more!

Founder Kahiah Polidore

Founder Kahiah Polidore

Thank you so much for stopping by! I’m Kahiah and I’m super excited to share with you all updates we’ve done to Doré!

Here’s a little about us.

Doré Art Collective LLC. is a online visual art space built for emerging artists, exposure, and education. It was first created by Kahiah Polidore in 2018 as a hobby and founded in 2021 to be a tool to provide more exposure for visual artists across the United States. Our collective showcases exhibitions, artist interviews, artist directory, resources, and more.

We believe that it’s all about who you know as an artist, so we are making it a point to get to know everyone! From emerging artists, established professionals, gallery owners, painters, sculpture artists, photographers, visual and performing art centers and more we can build a network so vast, every artist will have the tools and opportunities to excel in their craft, with a little help from Doré along the way!

With our platform, we offer emerging artists the opportunity for more exposure with the following: Solo Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions, Artist Interviews, Artist Directory, Workshops/Mentorships, and so much more!

Be sure to stay updated with us as we have a lot of features rolling out these first few weeks! Sign up for our biweekly newsletter to see all the newest exhibitions, artist interviews, open calls, and more!

A Conversation with Mairin Narron

Mairin Narron

No Added Sugar!

KP: Where do you see this work existing long term? Like a gallery, commercial building, hotel?

MN: Gallery or community center.

 
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KP: Will this be an ongoing project for you?

 MN: Yes! I think I will always create work pertaining to women's rights.

KP: For those that may not know, what's the significance of the materials used?

MN: I make and use hard candy in all of my work to be ironic. My series, which includes No Added Sugar!, is called Unsweet and it equates overwhelming sexist ideals, such as being sweet, to over-indulging in sugar. The series is called Unsweet because I like to think of myself as rebelling against these ideals.

 

A Conversation with May McCalmon

May McCalmon

One of My Homes

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KP: If you were to give an artist talk about the work, what would be the key thing you would want us to take away from it that we may not automatically see? 

MM: My goal is for viewers to take away a feeling of nostalgia of their own lives. I realize that many people may not have had a positive childhood experience, but I also hope to address how those memories may be bittersweet. If someone decided to call their mom after seeing my show, I would find that an extremely endearing response to my work. Connections to loved ones are so important when life gets away from us.

 

KP: With your paintings, was there any or what painting do you feel was the most challenging to create?

MM: My painting "Phyllis" is based of a photograph of my grandmother, so I felt a lot of pressure to capture her energy in that painting as well as to represent her features accurately. In other paintings that have more blocks of color I found some challenges because I was painting in a newer style by incorporating those flatter aspects. 

 

A Conversation with Epiphany Knedler

Epiphany Knedler

Wish You Were Here

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KP: What was the starting point for your body of work Wish You Were Here?

EK: Plans for Wish You Were Here began during my second year of graduate school. After focusing the first year and a half on a heavily socio-political community project, I decided it was time to switch gears. I had some trouble finding inspiration and went back to my roots. I realized most of my favorite moments of looking and seeing came from when my dad would take us on roadtrips around South Dakota when we were kids, since there wasn't a lot to do in our hometown. From there, I started to think more about the Midwest and what would bring people from outside to the area.

KP: Is this going to be an ongoing project?

EK: I hope so! My partner and I had a great time traveling. We are considering making trips with other region-specific attractions in the near future.

 

KP: In your recent installation at Wellington B. Gray Gallery, what is the significance of the variety of sizes you choose for display?

EK: With this exhibition, I wanted to play with the idea of what is real and artificial. Gift shops and museums at these roadside attractions often recreate a moment of history or story with their displays. I wanted to recreate this sense with my images, where the viewer takes on the role of the tourist within the space. The large images are meant to be able to interact with, whether it is sitting on the bench viewing the Crazy Horse Memorial or taking a selfie at Mount Rushmore. The other images hung salon-style are representative of the Americana or kitsch style of the Midwest. These places are often filled with iconography of the Wild West and landscapes with more than there is space to fill the walls. The remaining images took up as much wall space as possible. The postcards were printed to postcard size, as they were actually sent in the mail. These images give all types of opportunities for interaction, from hand-held to full-body interaction.

Learn art online

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Here’s a resource I found via Facebook! It’s very insightful!

BFA & MFA Students - Have your thesis shows on Dore!

ATTENTION COLLEGE SENIORS & GRADUATE STUDENTS!

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This announcement is for any college senior/graduate students who are currently seeking a BFA or MFA in Photography, Video, Printmaking, Painting, & Sculpture from any college in the USA. If you need to have a thesis exhibition to meet your requirements for graduation, you can it via The Dore Collective for free!

Go over to SUBMIT - BFA/MFA Show Submissions and fill out the form

We have the capacity to have 2 shows per week, but if you need a longer duration please let us know!

Astin shRader

Two weeks ago I went to an amazing art exhibition for artist Astin Shrader. She chronicles her dreams and from the imagery you can tell her imagination is full! Researching her dreams she used her lhotographic tools and talents to create an exuberant amount of work.

Check our some of her art below!

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Featured Artist: Asad Badat

MEET CREATIVE ASAD BADAT

 

Asad Badat is an artist whose photographic approach includes documentation and digital collaging. He transforms everyday objects into pattern designs to bring attention to their formal qualities. His images celebrate the coexistence of his American, Muslim, and Pakistani identities.

Badat has exhibited in Texas and Illinois, at venues including Alabama Song; Aurora Picture Show; Blaffer Art Museum; Block 37; BLUEorange Gallery; Center for Diversity and Inclusion, University of Houston; and M.D. Anderson Library. He has also published work in The Aletheia Journal, The Public Eye Magazine, and Glass Mountain Magazine.

Badat was born in the 90s and raised in Houston, TX. He received his BFA in Photography - Digital Media at the University of Houston and Post-Baccalaureate in Fashion, Body, and Garment at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

 

I’ve had the pleasure of going to school with Asad back in Texas. I came across his recent work about 2 months ago and was blown away by the imagery he was creating. It was contemporary and repetitive ( two of my favorites), yet representative of real life. The images are easy to delve into, and then they become thought provoking. That’s the best kind of photography!

To put a face with the name be sure to check out his website here & be sure to follow him on social media

Instagram: @asadbadat.art | www.instagram.com/asadbadat.art 

Tumblr: www.asadbadat.tumblr.com

New Exhibition Alert: Night Exhibition!

Featured Artist: Jason Ward by Adam Grimm

Meet Creative Jason Ward

 
 

Jason Ward is a Los Angeles based street and documentary photographer whose work has been seen in Los Angeles Magazine, Eyeshot Magazine, and the Social Documentary Network.  “Chosen Ones” is his first portrait series from inspiration of his long-time obsession with stock portrait photographs of the 1960s.  His images capture detail and imagination in a way seldom created.  You laugh, you wonder, you cringe.  But you continually want to look again.  He is an up and coming artist worth keeping an eye on.

Feature by Adam Grimm

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Candid - The Exhibition

On display now until 3/31/2019

check back next week for a more in depth look at how this whole exhibition came together.