DATE: May 3 – June 1, 2019, Opening reception, May 3, 6-8pm
LOCATION: 450 Harrison Ave #309
HOURS: By appointment
I am pleased to announce the opening of Amelia Hankin‘s Migration, new paintings and drawings. This exhibition will run from May 3rd – June 1st. Opening reception is May 3rd 6-8 pm.
Hankin’s work uses familiar objects that have been assigned meaning, emotional weight, and purpose: folded paper that predicts the future, feathers that catch our dreams, and repeated butterfly wings that represent change. By the impositions of context and tradition, these images form connections with birth, regeneration, and death. Brought together, they acknowledge the microcosmic forces outside of our authority, which impact our lives in small, but tangible ways.
The Migration series began with a simple observation. “Where are the swarms of Monarch butterflies that I remember as a child?” The artist missed the creatures that brought with them the warmth and freedom of summer. The answer to that question is obvious and sadly familiar: the depletion of natural resources, climate change, and pesticide use. The Migration series is an observational homage to a species that may succumb to extinction. It is also the result of hopeful and creative experimentation, combining screen printing, acrylic painting and ink. On each round wood panel, the delicate pattern of the butterfly wings repeat to create a symmetrical shape, alluding to shapes found in nature. The monarchs “buzz” around the form, drawn to its life force, symbolizing hope, change, and regeneration.
Amelia Hankin received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has exhibited at Katzen Arts Center at American University, the Janet Turner Print Museum (Chico, CA), Eastern Oregon University, University of Richmond Museum (Richmond, VA), Ridderhof Martin Gallery at the University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, VA), International Print Center New York (New York, NY), the 808 Gallery at Boston University (Boston, MA), The Chazan Gallery (Providence, RI), Columbia College (Columbia, MO), The Xavier University Art Gallery (Cincinnati, OH), and the RISD Museum of Art (Providence, RI). She received an artist’s travel grant from American University 2018, and a JASSO grant to study Eastern woodblock printmaking techniques at Kyoto Seika University in 2005. Hankin has attended residencies at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, the Women’s Studio Workshop, and Vermont Studio Center. Hankin is the Artist-in-Residence in Screenprinting at American University in Washington, DC. Her work is in numerous private and corporate collections.
See more of Hankin’s work HERE
