The 2018 edition of ATHICA’s annual juried exhibition opened on Saturday, November 3, 2018 and runs through December 9, 2018. Guest Juror and UGA alum Teresa Bramlette Reeves (BFA Drawing and Painting, PhD Art History), Director of Curatorial Affairs, KSU Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, Georgia, selected 27 works by 22 artists from over 145 works in competition, stating, “I always enjoy the opportunity to see work by artists I’m not familiar with, especially when the pool is so strong. And as an Athens native and a UGA graduate, I have deep connections to the area that make this opportunity even more special.”

Inventive, socially-conscious, forceful, and lighthearted, the selected works include painting, photography, sculpture, collage, balloons, crocheted hula hoops, and more.

The exhibition features work by the artists David Armistead, Lauren Bradshaw, Shawn Campbell (current MFA student), Melody Croft, Tamara DeStefano, Manty Dey, Ginger Goekjian, Gwen Gunter, Dana Jones, Reid McCallister, Manda McKay, Jennifer Niswonger-Morris (current MFA student), Stacey-Marie Piotrowski, R.B. Pruitt, Paula Reynaldi (alum), Eli Saragoussi, Susan Sellew, Diane Speight, Kaleena Stasiak (MFA, 2018), Kim Truesdale (current MFA student), Nicolas Vionnet, and Dia Webb.

Closing Event: Artists in Roundtable Discussion: Sunday, December 9, 2018, 4-5:30 pm

About the Juror

Teresa Bramlette Reeves was born in Athens, Georgia and received a BFA in drawing and painting from the University of Georgia, an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and a Ph.D. in art history from the University of Georgia.

Prior to teaching at Georgia State University (2001-2011), she worked as the Curatorial Assistant at the following New York City institutions: The New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Guggenheim Museum and Artists Space. She was formerly the Assistant Director of The New York Kunsthalle and the Gallery Director and Curator for the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. She is currently the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Zuckerman Museum of Art at Kennesaw State University.

She is also a practicing artist and is represented in Atlanta by Sandler Hudson Gallery. She was formerly represented by Althea Viafora Gallery and Information Gallery in NYC, and ID Galerie in Düsseldorf, Germany. In addition to solo shows at these commercial venues, she has presented solo projects at the Jersey City Museum, P.S. 1 Museum, and White Columns, as well as being included in numerous group shows in Atlanta, New Orleans, NYC, Cologne, and Paris. She has been awarded a Pollock-Krasner Grant, and fellowship residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Cite’ International des Arts (Paris), The Hambidge Center, and the P.S. 1 National Studio Program