Spaceworks Tacoma announces Encompass, a collaborative exhibit by Elise Richman and Nicholas Nyland at the 950 Gallery. EXHIBIT DURATION March 14 - April 18, 2019 PUBLIC RECEPTION March 21, 5 - 9PM Event on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/events/493037351226288/> [cid:image004.png@01D4D8C5.C03FCA70]Spaceworks Tacoma announces Encompass, a dual exhibition by Elise Richman and Nicholas Nyland at the 950 Gallery, two artists who embrace the encompassing, expansive potential of abstraction. These Tacoma-based artists have collaboratively produced a site-specific exhibit that takes its cues from the gallery's particular spaces and architectural details. Select works by each artist relate to the collaborative installation pieces. By giving the architecture and fixtures an active role in the artwork, Nyland and Richman engage in a multi-faceted collaborative process, playfully riffing off the gallery's space, their personal practices and modernist traditions such as minimalism, Constructivism, and the Light and Space movement. The installations include: a bright, mural sized dimensional drawing inspired by a pair of unassuming pipes that straddles one corner of the gallery; a video projection in the media room that captures footage of a small scale model of that space suffused in animated colored light; a hovering column of multi-colored thread that echoes a nearby column; a dynamic sculpture on an upside down plinth overlaid with a projected colorful geometric design; and two cellophane grids, each respectively illuminated by natural and florescent light. Color and light activate the space, illuminating often overlooked details that infuse architectural spaces with character. Furthermore, the installations embody the mutable, context based nature of color, directly interacting with the gallery's lighting as it shifts throughout the day. About the artists: Elise Richman has exhibited her work throughout the Pacific Northwest in non-profit spaces and university galleries. Her paintings are included in private collections in San Francisco; New York; Washington, DC; Baltimore; and Seattle as well as The Hallie Ford Museum, King County, the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, and the City of Tacoma. Richman was a recipient of the 2014 Greater Tacoma Community Foundation art award, Davis teaching awards (2014 and 2017), and was finalist for a 2015 Neddy Award in painting. Richman teaches painting and drawing at the University of Puget Sound. She also writes about art, publishing "The Ethics of Painting: Affect, Aesthetics, and Agency" in the The Arts in Society International Journal in 2015. See more of Elise's work at www.eliserichman.net<http://www.eliserichman.net/> Nicholas Nyland has been included in exhibitions throughout the Pacific Northwest region including the Tacoma Art Museum, Bellevue Art Museum, and has presented public projects at the Olympic Sculpture Park, and ALL RISE, Seattle. Nyland is represented by Linda Hodges Gallery in Seattle, where a solo exhibition is on view in January, 2019. Exhibitions outside the region include the 2018 solo exhibition at Bradley University Gallery in Peoria, IL. Nyland received an Artist Trust Fellowship in 2008 and was a finalist for the 2013 Contemporary Northwest Art Award. Recent residencies include stays at the Vermont Studio Center; Ash St Project, Portland; and Chateau Orquevaux, France. See more of Nicholas's work at www.nicholasnyland.net<http://www.nicholasnyland.net/> [cid:image002.png@01D4D8C8.1CF1BB50] FREE & OPEN TO PUBLIC HOURS: Every Thursday, 1-5PM Third Thursday 1-9PM By Appointment (253) 627-2175 ADDRESS: 950 Pacific Ave. Suite 205<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Spaceworks+Gallery/@47.2534501,-122.4392209,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x794137a17382799!8m2!3d47.2534501!4d-122.4392209> Tacoma, WA (entrance on 11th) www.spaceworkstacoma.com/gallery<http://www.spaceworkstacoma.com/gallery/> 950 Gallery on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/spaceworksgallery/> The 950 Gallery<http://www.spaceworkstacoma.com/gallery/> provides a space for contemporary artists and curators working in the Pacific Northwest to host feature exhibitions. Activating a longstanding vacant space, the gallery is operated by Spaceworks Tacoma<https://www.spaceworkstacoma.com/>. Always free and open to the public, the space also holds an information desk for people to learn more about Spaceworks Tacoma's programs, opportunities, and events. Spaceworks makes Tacoma culturally vibrant and economically strong through training and support for artists and creative entrepreneurs. Since launching in June 2010, Spaceworks has worked with over 300 artists and creatives in over 50 spaces around Tacoma. Funders include the City of Tacoma, Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, Community Development Block Grant, JP Morgan Chase Foundation, South Sound Together, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, USBank Foundation, The Bamford Foundation, and The National Endowment for the Arts. For more information about Spaceworks visit: www.SpaceworksTacoma.com<http://www.SpaceworksTacoma.com> CONTACT GALLERY Gabriel Brown 253-682-1735 gabrielb@tacomachamber.org<mailto:gabrielb@tacomachamber.org>