The Visual Arts Department of Union College will present an exhibition titled “Digital Means: Collages, Paintings, & Digital Works by Robert Kinsell and Leonard Stokes.” Held in the Burns Arts Atrium Gallery, it opens Thursday, Oct. 27 and runs through Friday, Dec. 2, 2005.
This exhibition brings together 40 works by these two acclaimed artists for the first time. Both artists use digital media to plan and create images, but employ them in different ways. Kinsell makes paintings, while Stokes makes collages. They create compelling images, where color plays a major role.
Robert Kinsell and Leonard Stokes will be in the gallery at 3 p.m. Thursday, October 27, to lead an exhibition tour and talk about their work. An artists' reception will follow at 4:30 p.m.
Kinsell is Professor of Art at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacagdoches, Texas, where he teaches painting, drawing and design. He received his BA from DePauw University, through which he participated in the Great Lakes College Association New York Arts Program as an apprentice to Philip Pearlstein.
After working in advertising in Chicago several years, he earned his MFA in painting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His work has been shown through prominent solo and group exhibitions in Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, and New Orleans, as well as the Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, N.Y. His work is represented by McMurtrey Gallery in Houston and Ann Nathan Gallery in Chicago.
Leonard Stokes is a professor of visual art at Purchase College, State University of New York. He also has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, The Cooper Union, Yale Universityand Union. His teaching focuses on drawing, design and innovative approaches to painting concepts. Stokes received his BA and MFA in painting from Yale and studied at the College of Design (AGS) in Basel, Switzerland.
Before teaching, Stokes worked for Ives-Sillman publishers on a Walker Evans portfolio and with Josef Alber's production of another project. His own work has been shown regularly through solo and group exhibitions at Jason McCoy Inc. and Cordier Ekstrom galleries, New York City.
This exhibition and related events are made possible through the generous support of Union College, its Visual Arts Department and the Walter C. Baker Fine Arts Endowment, which continue to promote the visual arts in the Capital Region of New York state.
The Burns Arts Atrium Gallery is located in the Visual Arts Building at Union. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends. For more information, please contact (518) 388-6714.