CICADA

"In the absence of color, black-and-white artwork evokes a special immediacy to an image. And because this is an online exhibit, from all the beautiful works to choose from, I was drawn to works that read well for an on-screen experience. The selected works made me curious to pause and learn about the medium and its process or ponder the suggestive narrative delivered in a voice that felt singular."

- Leeah Joo, curator


*Notan is a Japanese design term that means 'light/dark and harmony/balance using only black and white

Nell Alcraft

Parade

2024

Sumi ink on paper

19.6 x 19.6 in. 

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allison anne

Untitled (4th Suture)

2023

Handcut paper collage on cardstock

6 x 9 in.

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Kathryn Blommel

Growing Pains

2024

Charcoal and graphite on paper

44 x 30 in.

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Maria Chodzinska

The Notebook (The Village and Windows)

2022

Raku fired ceramics, steel bases

12.4 x 14.6 x 9.5 in. 

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Ana Garces Kiley

Man Of War

2019

Ink, thread, organza, and lutador

20 x 84 in. with 55 in. train

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Harley Ngai Grieco

Lattice 4A

2023

Double-exposed film printed as archival inkjet print

20 x 20 in.

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Chandler Hubbard

A Funeral Home For Fish

2023

Inkjet print

16 x 20 in. 

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Michael Kareken

Night Reflections III

2024

Conte crayon on duralar

24 x 32 in.

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Caressa Layne

And You Can Be Cunning

2024

Paper, ink, thread, linen, wood

8 x 8 in.

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Amanda Lechner

That's Real

2024

Graphite on paper

9 x 12 in. 

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Kadence Lewis

Such A Strange Numb

2024

Woodcut

29 x 53 in. 

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Jessie McClanahan

The Miners

2024

Coal, porcelain cast cicada shells, insect pins

84 x 36 in.

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Molly McIntyre

Go To Sleep

2024

Cut paper

16 x 12 in.

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Sarah Pedry

Cumbria PM: Watching the Clouds Roll In

2023

Ink on paper

5.5 x 8 in. 

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Jerry Slough

Los Angeles Contemplation

2023

C-print

11 x 14 in. 

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Ven Zhu

For Warmth

2024

Lithograph with chine collé on western paper

22 x 30 in. 

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