Bone of my Bone, Flesh of my Flesh, Heart of my Heart: The Figure in Contemporary Art

February 8 – March 23, 2024

Opening reception: Thursday, Feb. 8, 7-10pm 

Viewing hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 12–5pm, or by appointment.

Featured artists: Henry Andrews II, George F. Baker III, Jaime Bull, Ariel Dannielle, Danae Antoine, Treyvian Dowell, Sean Fahie, Kyle Ford, Jill Frank, Michael Jones, María Korol, Shyneworldwide, Timothy Short, Skyler Simpson, Tori Tinsley, and Jasmine Nicole Williams.

Day & Night Projects presents Bone of my Bone, Flesh of my Flesh, Heart of my Heart: The Figure in Contemporary Art. The human form is our jump-off point into an exploration of creative style. Selected by D&N Co-Director and figurative artist William Downs, this collection of 16 artists from Atlanta and beyond will let their unique perspective tell the tale through photography, drawing, painting, and sculpture. With all the ways that artists can represent a human being, what makes one turn to oil paint or photography? How does humor illuminate the human condition? Does pathos need to be rendered realistically? How does a singular image portray the multitudes of a person? How does an artist’s method speak to their inner truth?

This exhibition is supported in-part through an investment from IDEA CAPITAL, a community-based pool of funds created by and for the Atlanta arts community.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Henry Andrews II

Henry is a passionate freelance photographer from Atlanta, GA with a keen eye for capturing captivating moments and stunning visuals. Specializing in portrait, landscape, and event photography, he aims to deliver high-quality and creative art.

George F. Baker III

George, also known as GFB3, is a Nebraska-born, Detroit Grown, and Atlanta-Raised Creator. Using his instruments of design, illustration, and production, he employs a playful childlike spirit to engage the inner-child we all have. Currently, he is the Creative Director of Foster, a studio-collective striving to make people unafraid to play.

Jaime Bull

Jaime (b.1980) received her MFA from the University of Georgia in 2013. She has exhibited in Atlanta with the Atlanta Contemporary, Whitespace, Camayuhs, the Hathaway Gallery and Day & Night Projects. Regionally, she has shown work at the Zuckerman Museum of Art, University of North Georgia, Auburn University, Albany Museum, the COOP Gallery in Nashville, Tiger Strikes Astroid in Greenville, and the The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts in Highlands, NC. She is a Hambidge Center and Vermont Studio School Fellow, attended a two-month residency at the Bernheim Arboretum in Louisville, KY and was an Atlanta Contemporary Art Center Studio Artist in Residence from 2016-19. She was a featured artist in Under the Bridge, Sculpture Edition, 2020 and her work was also pictured on the cover of the 219th edition of Ambit Magazine, London. She lives in Athens, GA; teaches art classes at UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art; and has founded Foyer, an artist-run space in Athens.

Ariel Dannielle

Ariel (b. 1991) is an African-American painter born and raised in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from University of West Georgia, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Drawing directly from her life, Ariel creates large-scale paintings that depict the daily experiences of young Black women through her personal and playful lens. Ariel’s work has been showcased at California African American Museum, Monique Meloche Gallery, Soco Gallery, UTA Atlanta, Harvey B. Gantt Museum, MINT, The Goat Farm, ZuCot Gallery, Dalton Gallery, Trio Contemporary Art Gallery, and Pérez Museum Miami. She was MOCA GA Working Artist Fellow of 2019-20 and an Artadia 2018 finalist. She showcased her first mural with Living Walls x [adult swim] in Atlanta, Georgia in 2022.

Danae Antoine

Danae is an Afro-Caribbean multi-disciplinary artist based in Atlanta, GA. Her work utilizes drawing, painting, textiles, and sculpture.  She seeks to dissect and understand femininity in patriarchal structures through her practice. She has a BFA from Georgia State University. In recent years, Danae has had public art around Atlanta, including The Beacon, Underground Atlanta, and the Atlanta Beltline. She has exhibited at MINT, Dalton Gallery, and eyedrum.

Treyvian Dowell

Trey is a multidisciplinary artist and art handler currently based in Atlanta, GA. As a recent graduate of Georgia State University, he has moved into exhibiting in Atlanta. His first solo show titled makeitallmakesense was held at MINT. He has since also participated in a group show at Kai Lin Art titled whimsy and wander. Treyvian is currently expanding his body of work as he explores the potential of his mark-making.

Sean Fahie

Sean is a multi-talented artist based out of Atlanta, GA. With a background in illustration, graphic design, creative writing, and creative consulting, Sean has established himself as a versatile and accomplished professional in the art and design industry. As a 2022 silver Addy award winner he is known for his unique style of blending traditional and digital mediums to create visually striking imagery. Fahie also has four published books, has written one short film, and has co-produced one full-length feature. Photo: Peter Ho

Kyle Ford

Kyle is a formally trained artist based in Atlanta, GA.  He specializes in large-scale abstract oil painting.

Jill Frank

Jill is an Atlanta-based artist and educator. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography at Georgia State University. Reviews of her work have appeared in Art Forum, Art in America and The Paris Review. She has had solo shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and MOCA GA. She studied art and photography at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Bard College.

Michael Jones

Michael was born in Dallas, Texas and moved to Atlanta, GA in 1994. Jones has completed public murals throughout Atlanta and most recently, his design was selected for the MARTA Atlanta Airport mosaic commission. He curated “Westside Murals” a collective effort between the community and 14 emerging Atlanta-based artists blending mural and street art installations onto the interior walls of self-service car wash bays. He completed the five-story mural “Butta Upper Westside” in Atlanta’s upper west side. Jones’s “Moving Targets” series was exhibited at Rosa Parks Museum, in Montgomery, Alabama, and Eyedrum in Atlanta, GA. Jones received his BFA in Painting and Sculpture from Atlanta College of Art in 1998.

María Korol

María’s artistic practice is rooted in drawing and painting. She is interested in storytelling, literature in conversation with history, memory, and transformation. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1980, in the middle of a military dictatorship, she was exiled to Brazil for five years and later returned to grow up in her home country. She moved to the United States in 2004. Korol has shown her artwork nationally and internationally in places such as March Gallery and The Painting Center in New York City, September Gallery in Kinderhook, NY, Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta, and the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, among other places. Her artwork is in numerous collections. She is a distinguished fellow of the Junge Akademie der Künste, the Hambidge Center, and the Women’s Art Institute. She was a finalist for the Artadia Award in 2022, the recipient of the 2020 Edge Award with the Forward Arts Foundation, and was selected for The Creatives Project and the Hughley Fellowship. Her work has been mentioned in The New York Times, ArtForum, Art Papers, Burnaway, and ArtsATL. Her studio is based in Atlanta, where she is an assistant professor of art at Morehouse College. María Korol is represented by Marcia Wood Gallery.

Shyneworldwide

Shyne Patterson, known as Shyneworldwide, identifies as an artist, though some peers perceive them as a jewelry designer or curator with a solid grasp of business. Regardless of titles, Shyne creates passionately. The dream is to craft a distinctive experience and evolve into an influential tastemaker. Hailing from Atlanta, GA, Shyne embraces a multifaceted creative journey.

Timothy Short

Timothy is a narrative painter who focuses on building imaginative, atmospheric works centering the Black figure. He was born in Columbus, GA in 1993 where he developed an early passion and practice in visual world-building and constructing narrative. Upon moving to Atlanta in 2011, Timothy pursued painting and drawing at Georgia State University. He obtained a BFA in Visual Art and Design and a minor degree in African American Studies in 2015. He currently resides in Stone Mountain, GA, working out of his studio space at Echo Contemporary Gallery in Atlanta. Timothy hopes to contribute to the long tradition of Black figurative artistry and painting by centering the lives of people close to him within his work.

Skyler Simpson

Skyler works with graphite, gouache, and oil paint to create narrative portraits of women and interiors. After obtaining her BFA in painting from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2018, she worked as a painting intern at Anderson Ranch Arts Center during the summer of 2019. She has exhibited in group shows throughout the United States. Her work was included in the AXA Art Prize Exhibition at the New York Academy of Art in 2022 and 2023. Skyler is currently a graduate Fellow at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with an expected graduation in the spring of 2024.

Tori Tinsley

Tori (b.1980) earned a BFA from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design, an MAAT from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MFA from the Georgia State University Welch School of Art & Design. Her work has been shown in New York, the Gold Coast of Australia, Miami, and Atlanta. Tinsley’s work has been featured in Art Papers and Oxford American, among others, and included in New American Paintings magazine. Tinsley has had solo shows at Laney Contemporary in Savannah, Hathaway Gallery in Atlanta, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and Sweet Lorraine Gallery in New York. She is a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant, a City of Atlanta Emerging Artist Award, and an Idea Capital Grant. Currently, she is a resident artist in the Atlanta Contemporary Studio Artist program and preparing for a solo exhibition with Laney Contemporary. Tori is represented by Laney Contemporary and Co-op Art Atlanta.

Jasmine Nicole Williams

Jasmine is a Black American visual artist and organizer from Atlanta, GA She earned her BFA in Printmaking from the University of West Georgia in 2017. Her work explores her southern, black, and femme identities through printmaking and murals to inspire people to dive deeper into their humanity. Jasmine’s work has been showcased at Prizm Art Fair, Pérez Museum Miami, ZuCot Gallery, Eyedrum, MINT Gallery, and Echo Contemporary. She has received residencies from Hambidge and Midtown Alliance. She was awarded grants from RedBull, Sprite, WISH ATL, and Dream Warriors Foundation and fellowships from Southern Graphics Council International and TILA Studios. She has worked with [adult swim] and Nike. Currently, Jasmine is the 2023 recipient of the Living Walls Abroad Fellowship. 

This special exhibition is supported in-part through an investment from IDEA CAPITAL, a community-based pool of funds created by and for the Atlanta arts community.