Group Exhibition, TRIO: Emerging Artists, NJ

In collaboration with the Romano Gallery in Blairstown, NJ in Association with Blair Academy, this show highlights the recent works of 3 emerging artists who all recently graduated with degrees in studio art.

From left to right, “Signature”, “Martin Collapse” Coopersburg Bull Statue”, and Evanescence”

A number of these pieces were created with certain themes in mind. These range from destruction to identity, to tranquility. The personal nodes and satisfaction found in the pieces make the meaning highly individualistic to the artist, however, broader concepts to be appreciated by a mass audience are alluded to. The satisfactory repetition found in “Signature” is present, while the letters unscramble into 3-D letters of the artist’s name. The emotion from the collapsing of a local landmark of the artist’s city is still suggested to those seeing a building topple. Examples such as these motivate the artist, and allow him to find further meanings in his work.

“In this unique gallery exhibition, emerging artists display their skills and talents as they embrace the beginning of their careers. Ava Luzzi showcases her painting techniques and vibrant color palette as she explores the beauty and oddity of religious rituals and worship. Liam Fitting uses a variety of media while employing historical research and psychological concepts as he explores surrealistic narratives, which have a basis in his Pennsylvania upbringing. Liana Kardaras offers a masterclass in creative photography as her brilliant shots, printed on fabric and photo paper alike, celebrate dreamlike nostalgia and glorious use of color.” - Romano Gallery

During the artist talk about this show, the artist was asked, “It seems that a lot of your artwork focuses on negative emotions and aspects of humankind. Do you think humans are innately immoral beings, and how is that represented through your artwork?

“I think that humans are good natured beings and are more often shaped by their environments. I think the situations I choose to depict are for a couple reasons. I think that for one they can be more interesting to visually depict to me. It’s also important to remember that for every piece depicting something being destroyed, that is so something new can be built. There are a lot of negatives, but just because I choose to show some darker themes, doesn’t mean the beauty and light of the world should go unrecognized.”