“Paradigm Shift"
John James Anderson and Mei Mei Chang
Nov 14-Dec 28, 2013
Opening Vernissage, Saturday, November 16, 2013 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Live music by the Blackberry Blonde
Adah Rose Gallery
Hours: Thursday - Sunday 12-6 and by appointment.
3766 Howard Ave
Kensington, MD 20895
www.adahrosegallery.com
Nov 14-Dec 28, 2013
Opening Vernissage, Saturday, November 16, 2013 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Live music by the Blackberry Blonde
Adah Rose Gallery
Hours: Thursday - Sunday 12-6 and by appointment.
3766 Howard Ave
Kensington, MD 20895
www.adahrosegallery.com
John James Anderson
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Mei Mei Chang
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about the artists
John James Anderson
John James Anderson is an interdisciplinary and conceptual artist who works with vector and raster software, video, painting and media. His work ranges from a reverence for the printed word and the acquisition of language to the demise of newspapers, the beauty of fonts, the creation of jobs and a mock Presidential election.
In his newest show at Adah Rose Gallery, John has created a body of
Shaped Canvases that question the notion of pictorial space and blur the
lines between paintings and sculpture. The history of painting has been
consumed with the concept of the window and the creation of tangible
space either as allusion or reality. With these shaped canvases, John
creates physical spaces that are compelling but impossible to exist.
John James Anderson earned two BFAs from Iowa State University in graphic design and fine arts. After earning an MFA in painting from American University, he taught at American University, George Washington University, and The Corcoran College of Art and Design. He was recently awarded two grants from the DC commission on the Arts and Humanities. He is currently Associate Professor of Art at Prince George’s Community College. He has shown extensively in the DC area and beyond most recently at Gettysburg College, the Arlington Arts Center, Doris Mae Gallery,Transformer Gallery,Locusts Projects, Miami Fl and the Stamp Gallery at the University of Maryland. This is John’s second show with Adah Rose Gallery.
Mei Mei Chang
Mei Mei Chang’s newest work continues with recurrent themes; the beauty and juxtaposition of landscape and architecture, the power of water to affect change and the internal and external forces that affect us all so personally. Mei Mei is influenced by both
Eastern and Western traditions and the years she has lived in both Washington DC and Takoma Park Maryland. The vast changes happening both in her mind and in the neighborhoods she frequents are referenced in her multilayered, multi dimensional and multi media works. Her paintings use gentle filaments and stitching, layering of delicate papers and opaque cutouts. Mei Mei’s work is sentimental and a journey through her mind. Using her internal symbols, she creates rich visual images that are both highly personal and accessible by all.
Mei Mei Chang received her Master of Fine Arts in Photography from Ohio State University in 2002. She has exhibited her work in over 30 solo and group exhibitions.
She has shown at Hillyer Art Space, (e)merge Art Fair, Delicious Spectacle, Catalyst Projects and Addison Ripley Gallery. She has received numerous awards and residencies including the Vermont Studio Center, the ARCH Residency at Honfleur Gallery, and VisARts. This is Mei Mei's second show with Adah Rose Gallery.
John James Anderson is an interdisciplinary and conceptual artist who works with vector and raster software, video, painting and media. His work ranges from a reverence for the printed word and the acquisition of language to the demise of newspapers, the beauty of fonts, the creation of jobs and a mock Presidential election.
In his newest show at Adah Rose Gallery, John has created a body of
Shaped Canvases that question the notion of pictorial space and blur the
lines between paintings and sculpture. The history of painting has been
consumed with the concept of the window and the creation of tangible
space either as allusion or reality. With these shaped canvases, John
creates physical spaces that are compelling but impossible to exist.
John James Anderson earned two BFAs from Iowa State University in graphic design and fine arts. After earning an MFA in painting from American University, he taught at American University, George Washington University, and The Corcoran College of Art and Design. He was recently awarded two grants from the DC commission on the Arts and Humanities. He is currently Associate Professor of Art at Prince George’s Community College. He has shown extensively in the DC area and beyond most recently at Gettysburg College, the Arlington Arts Center, Doris Mae Gallery,Transformer Gallery,Locusts Projects, Miami Fl and the Stamp Gallery at the University of Maryland. This is John’s second show with Adah Rose Gallery.
Mei Mei Chang
Mei Mei Chang’s newest work continues with recurrent themes; the beauty and juxtaposition of landscape and architecture, the power of water to affect change and the internal and external forces that affect us all so personally. Mei Mei is influenced by both
Eastern and Western traditions and the years she has lived in both Washington DC and Takoma Park Maryland. The vast changes happening both in her mind and in the neighborhoods she frequents are referenced in her multilayered, multi dimensional and multi media works. Her paintings use gentle filaments and stitching, layering of delicate papers and opaque cutouts. Mei Mei’s work is sentimental and a journey through her mind. Using her internal symbols, she creates rich visual images that are both highly personal and accessible by all.
Mei Mei Chang received her Master of Fine Arts in Photography from Ohio State University in 2002. She has exhibited her work in over 30 solo and group exhibitions.
She has shown at Hillyer Art Space, (e)merge Art Fair, Delicious Spectacle, Catalyst Projects and Addison Ripley Gallery. She has received numerous awards and residencies including the Vermont Studio Center, the ARCH Residency at Honfleur Gallery, and VisARts. This is Mei Mei's second show with Adah Rose Gallery.
