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Archived Exhibitions

Children of War
Ukrainian mother and daughter creatives Natalya and Yustyna Pavlyuk bring healing art therapy to the children
of Ukraine during wartime through their Art that Saves Lives initiative.

Lands, Real and Imagined
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > Women Artists Respond to the Art and Travel Writings of Maria Graham (1785 - 1842) Co-created by Dr. Patricia Frick and Dr. Janice Glowski February 1 - July 15, 2022Reception: Friday, February 11, 2022 from 4 – 7pRemarks by Dr. Frick will begin at 4:45pFisher Gallery Maria Graham (1785-1842) was an accomplished Victorian travel writer, historian, illustrator, and amateur scientist. She produced four published journals based on her journeys to India, Italy, Chile,…

3rd Annual Juried High School Art Exhibition
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > November 29 - December 10, 2021Addie Richardson, Student CuratorMiller Gallery, 33 Collegeview Road, Westerville, OHHybrid Reception: Friday, December 3, 2021; 5 – 7pAnnouncement of awards & Juror remarks will begin at 5:30pClick here to access the reception on Zoom. Scroll to see the online version of the exhibition! Otterbein's annual juried high school art exhibition supports and promotes young artists in Ohio and the contiguous states. Students gain experience preparing and submitting…

Human Nature: Inspired Ohio Artists
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > Rod Bouc & Diane Nance, Guest CuratorsAugust 23 - December 10, 2021Public Reception: September 3, 2021 4p - 7pTo attend the reception virtually, click here. This exhibition features work by five artists, Chad Cochran, Katherine Cox, David LaPalombara, Jenny Mendes, Roscoe Wilson, who live or have lived in small towns or on rural land throughout Ohio. Working in diverse media, their approach to their art and their environment reflects a shared love…

Joanne’s Scarves: An Alumni and Friends Art Exhibition
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > Evelyn Davis-Walker '00, Guest CuratorSeptember 18 - November 6, 2021Reception: Saturday, September 18, 2021; 2 – 4pStichweh Gallery Joanne Miller Stichweh ‘67 had a life-long passion for art and education. For over 30 years, Joanne taught art history and studio art courses at Otterbein, leaving an immense impact on her students and fellow artists that knew her. Many can recall Joanne attending exhibitions, sitting on a gallery bench and wearing a colorful…

Cadine Navarro: It Sounds Like Love
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > Cadine Navarro, ArtistJanice Glowski, CuratorSpecial thanks to Gregory Gilkerson, InstallerAugust 25, 2021 - August 16, 2022 (extended)Summer Hours: Fridays & Saturdays 11a - 3pSpecial Summer Events List here In the beginning was the seed, and the seed made sound, and if you were to listen carefully you might say that it sounds like love. Settling into rich land, the seed offers many gifts: food, energy, hope, security, medicine, inspiration, beauty, simplicity, community, perseverance,…

Joshua Penrose: UNIFIED FIELDS
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > Joshua Penrose May 21 - July 23, 2021Public Reception: Friday, May 21, 5p - 7pRegister for the reception here. Joshua Penrose works across a variety of media informed by the digital domain including sound, video, light and digital automation. He approaches his recent work with light through questions regarding the objecthood of the digital. The digital remains always withdrawn. Its roots are hidden, subterranean. And while it reaches out, it only caresses…

The Pandemic Portraits – Nicholas Hill
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > February 8 - April 9, 2021Stichweh Gallery This exhibition previews Nicholas Hill’s The Pandemic Portraits project, which since March 2020 has seen the artist enter into a daily regime of creating portraits on saved news pages from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal daily papers. Hill selected pages that headlined an ever changing and frightening narrative about a virus that threatened the global, human population. As the number of…

Bamazi Talle: Kiguilou Pinah (Year of Sorrow)
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > January 19 - April 23, 2021Reception: Thursday, March 25, 2021; 4 – 6pUpdates and reception sign-up here or contact 614.823.1792Need to attend the reception virtually? Click here. The exhibition Kiguilou Pinah (Year of Sorrow) features the Columbus-based artist Bamazi Talle’s large-scale oil painting series that visually chronicles the arc of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) as it unfolded in 2020. Uniquely, Talle’s storytelling expresses itself through a blending of West African nature-based spirituality, iconography,…

9i¹û¶³ÖÆ×÷³§Artists-in-Residence (OAIR) Exhibitions
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > FORGOTTEN FRAGMENTSSierra Lawhead (OAIR 2019-20)April 19 - June 30, 2021 (extended!)Stichweh Gallery (adjacent to the Miller Gallery)Reception (hybrid): Friday, April 23, 2021; 5p - 7pClick here to sign up for an in-person reception timeClick here to enter the virtual reception room ONE YEAR OUTKrissy Beck, Lance Kriesch, Julia McFall, Liz Wells (OAIR 2020-21)April 19 - May 2, 2021 (extended!)Miller GalleryReception (hybrid): Friday, April 23, 2021; 5p-7pClick here to sign-up for an in-person…

Andrew Ina: Unintended Consequences
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > January 19 - May 7, 2021 Reception: Friday, March 5, 2021; 5 – 7pSign up for the reception and other updates or contact 614.823.1792 Andrew Ina employs common symbols placed in unorthodox arrangements to create contradictions on the surface of his paintings. By subverting their intended function, the symbols are reduced to their formal elements, becoming patterns that are familiar, but devoid of their original meaning. The work stems from his struggle…

Kyle & Kelly Phelps: On(c)es Forgotten
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > August 26 - December 4, 2020 Reception: Thursday, October 22, 2020; 5 – 7p Updates and reception sign-up: here or contact 614.823.1792 How are people made visible in our communities, our country, and our world? What gives people voice and makes them feel heard when they historically have been ignored, left behind, or oppressed? The On(c)es Forgotten exhibition asks such questions through the expressive realism of Kyle and Kelly Phelps’ ceramic mixed…

Magda Parasidis: Ghosts in Sunlight
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > August 24 - December 4, 2020Reception: Friday, September 4, 2020; 5 – 8pMiller GalleryUpdates and reception sign-up: here or contact 614.823.1792 In the conceptual project Ghosts in Sunlight, Magda Parasidis reimagines the urban ghetto she has known as home as a space of poetic revelation. She transforms the housing projects from structures of oppression into the sites of ecstatic nighttime reveries of memory and resistance. Her work considers the connections between the…

Nicholas Hill: 2(4)/7
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > August 24 - December 18, 2020Reception: Thursday, October 8, 2020; 5 – 7pUpdates and reception sign-up: here or contact 614.823.1792 The exhibition 2(4)/7 celebrates the art and twenty-three-year career at 9i¹û¶³ÖÆ×÷³§ of Professor Nicholas Hill, through the prints, paintings, collages, and mixed media works made during his highly productive artist residencies in India, Chile, Germany, and Japan. The artist’s cultural and aesthetic immersions are visible through seven series of artwork that…

Valentino Dixon: Journey to Freedom
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > October 15 - December 4, 2020 Exhibition extended to Friday, January 29, 2021 CREATIVITY AS INSPIRATION & HEALING A Public Interview with Valentino Dixon Artist, Exoneree, Smart Justice, and Art Therapy Advocate January 28, 2021 at 4p Register for this free event here 9i¹û¶³ÖÆ×÷³§Alumnus, co-founder of Parable Coffee, and Board member for Healing Broken Circles Ben Willis '14 will interview artist and exoneree Valentino Dixon and his daughter Valentina Dixon '14 about the artist's…

2nd Annual Juried High School Art Exhibition
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > This exhibition supports and promotes the visual arts in Ohio and the contiguous states by providing High School students with an opportunity to experience the competitive jurying process and to professionally exhibit their artwork. Students talent is also recognized through cash awards and educational scholarships. Jonathan Juravich, JurorRaegan McCormack, Student Curator Opening Online November 9, 2020 Live zoom reception & awards ceremony:Thursday November 19, 2020 at 7:00 pmClick here to attend the…

Youdhisthir Maharjan: Toils of Delight
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > January 15 - April 25, 2020 Reception: canceled (see below for more information) Through hand labor, repetition, and a drop into endless time, conceptual printmaker Youdhisthir Maharjan makes meaning and connection as he intentionally deconstructs and weaves text-based artworks. Toils of Delight especially recalls the Newars, indigenous people of Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, who are renowned for their artistry and its relationship to place-making and festival cycles. Cancellations Due to COVID-19 Prevention As…

Anita Maharjan: Interwoven
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > January 13 - May 3, 2020 Reception: Friday, January 24, 5p – 8p Artist remarks begin at 6:30p Interwoven is an exhibition of three-dimensional woven installations that merges traditional Nepali weaving methods with contemporary western materiality. The weaving style and materials reflect the artist’s multicultural identity. The work portrays both cultures, woven together into something new and different, yet somehow familiar. Location and Hours Fisher GalleryRoush Hall27 S. Grove StreetWesterville, OH 43081…

Jim Bowling: Provocateur
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > January 13 - February 14, 2020 Reception: Thursday, January 16, 4:30p – 6:30p There is a long history of the visual artist as storyteller. In this sabbatical exhibition, Jim Bowling explores the interconnection of surface and form to create narratives addressing themes ranging from personal experience to political criticism. Location and Hours Miller GalleryArt & Communication Building33 Collegeview RoadWesterville, OH 43081 M - F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.Sa & Su 1…

Jun Kaneko: Dot in Space
Current Art Exhibitions > Past Art Exhibitions > August 28 - December 6 Reception: Friday, October 25, 3:30p - 5:30p Renowned for his monumental sculptures, massive public installations, and dramatic theatre designs, Jun Kaneko’s art is immediate and often mind-boggling. Dot in Space invites audiences into a more intimate conversation with the artist’s work, as it pays homage to stillness and space—two essential aspects of Kaneko’s art and process from which his gesture and mark-making emerge. The exhibition features dango,…