MYRA CLARK
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The Slow Regard of Hidden Things
January 5-30, 2021
Clark's new body of work, "The Slow Regard of Hidden Things," created specifically for the space at Blackfish Gallery, feels its way through the question of what it means to be a white, middle-class woman who is an artist, wife, and mother. Responding with quiet, tender images created from tissue paper, wallpaper paste, glassine, and plaster resting on six small Greek pillars, her answers pose riddles rooted in the passage of time and the feminine. There is mystery in these objects echoing through antiquity and into the present, giving weight to the fragility of form and substance. What is hidden, what is unseen, becomes an invitation for the viewer's imagination and interpretation.
Right: Details from three pieces in the show: Heart & Soul, How to Stay, In the Beginning.
PAST
EXHIBITIONS
2020 September; Monica Mitchell, Kanetaka Ikeda; Backroom Alice Christine Walker
2020 June; From the Stacks group show (in gallery and virtual)
2020 May; 30 Works in 30 Days (virtual group show)
2020 March - April; Greg Conyne and Barbara Conyne (guest); Backroom Stephan Soihl
2020 January; New Members show I- Kelsey Birsa, Alice Christine Walker
2019 December; Carol Benson, Michael Knutson; Backroom Small Works benefit show
2019 November; Merridawn Duckler; Backroom Lauren Carrera
2019 October; Robert Dozono; Backroom Sculpture show
2019 September; Lynda Ater, Rory ONeal; Backroom Barbara Black
2019 August; New members show- Mami Takahashi, Myra Clark; Backroom Triangle Productions
2019 July; Recent Grads #24
2019 June; Palmarin Merges, Group members drawing show; Backroom Kanetaka Ikeda
2019 May; Lauren Carrera; Backroom Jana Demartini
2019 April; 40th Anniversary- Past Members
2019 March; Judith Weiss, Paul Missal
2019 February; David Selleck Retrospective; Backroom Angela Passalacqua
2019 January; 40th Anniversary- Current Members exhibit; Backroom Carol Benson
2018 December; Charles Siegfried, “The Immigrants Show“; Backroom Small works benefit show
2018 November; Clint Brown, Bill Rades (guest); Backroom Roya Motamedi
2018 October; Christopher Shotola-Hardt, Lauren Carrera (new member); Backroom Palmarin Merges
2018 September; Monica Mitchell, Rita Alves; Backroom Merridawn Duckler
2018 August; Angela Passalacqua, Barbara Black
2018 July; Recent Grads #23
2018 June; Mandy Stigant, Jana Demartini; Backroom Greg and Barbara Conyne
2018 May; Stephen Soihl, Steve Tilden; Backroom Clint Brown
2018 April; Carol Benson, Michael Knutson; Backroom Stephen Soihl
2018 March; Greg Conyne, Theresa Redinger
2018 February; Kane Ikeda, Christy Wyckoff and Alan Lau (guests); Backroom Monica Mitchell (new member)
2018 January;Vance Feldman (guest); Backroom Rory ONeal
2017 December; Ellen Goldschmidt, Palmarin Merges; Backroom Small works benefit show
2017 November; Sue Tower, Kentree Speirs (guest); Backroom Rita Alves
2017 October; Lynda Ater, Sue Friesz (guest); Backroom Kane Ikeda
2017 September; Robert Dozono; Backroom Angela Passalacqua
2017 August; We the People (Blackfish and invitational group show)
2017 July; Recent Grads #22
2017 June; Nathan Orosco; Backroom Barbara Black
2017 May; Yoonhee Choi, Roya Motamedi; Backroom Charles Siegfried and WSU 10th anniversary graduate class
2017 April; Merridawn Duckler and Geordie Duckler (guest)
2017 March; NCECA: Legacy Emergent (Mandy Stigant and seven guest ceramicists); Backroom Nathan Orosco
2017 February; Rita Alves (returning member), Robert A. Nelson (guest)
2017 January; Rory ONeal; Backroom Chris Knutson (guest)
2016 December; Judith Wyss, Clint Brown; Backroom Small works benefit show
2016 November; Angela Passalacqua, Barbara Black; Backroom Jana Demartini
2016 October; Kane Ikeda, Sarah Fagan
2016 September; Carol Benson, Michael Knutson; Backroom Yoonhee Choi
2016 August; Green (Blackfish members group show)
2016 July; Recent Grads #21
2016 June; David Selleck, Mandy Stigant; Backroom Steve Tilden
2016 May; Ellen Goldschmidt, Paul Missal; Backroom Michael Knutson
2016 April; Stephen Soihl, Howard Neufeld, Steve Tilden
2016 March; Theresa Redinger, Nathan Orosco; Backroom Stephen Soihl
2016 February; James Luna (guest)
2016 January; Charles Siegfried; Backroom Judith Wyss
2015 December; Tori Bryer, Palmarin Merges; Backroom Small works benefit show
2015 November; Greg Conyne, Robert Dozono
2015 October; Merridawn Duckler, Christopher Shotola-Hardt; Backroom Charles Siegfried
2015 September; Roya Motamedi, Le Brie Rich (guest); Backroom Carol Benson
2015 August; Lynda Ater, Sue Tower
2015 July; Recent Grads #20
2015 June; Yoonhee Choi; Backroom Kanetaka Ikeda
2015 May; Angela Passalacqua, Barbara Black; Backroom Judith Wyss
2015 April; Clint Brown, Rory ONeal; Backroom Triangle Productions/Storefront (guests)