The Stamp Gallery presents VIDEO SERIES, a collection of short films by artists Stephanie Barber and Fern Silva. The exhibition is open to the public July 1 – August 13, 2010.
About the Artists:
Stephanie Barber is a multi-media artist who creates odd, imaginative, and meticulously crafted films, videos, and performance pieces which incorporate music, literature, video, and anything else that inspires her. Of her art, the Chicago Reader has written that “Stephanie Barber . . . has one of the most original visions to emerge recently from the diverse experimental film scene. Deceptively simple at first, her work is unique in the way it alters and even suspends time.” She has had numerous solo screenings of her film and video work including shows at MoMA and Anthology Film Archives (both in NYC), San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center, Chicago Filmmakers and The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Her performances have been featured at the Baltimore Museum of Art, The Milwaukee Museum of Art, The Haggerty Museum of Art and galleries and artspaces around the world. She currently lives in Baltimore, MD.
Since 2005, Fern Silva has been an active filmmaker whose personal journeys and impulsery disposition give rise to his visionary process. He has created a body of film, video, and projection work that conveys a congruent existence through the aesthetics of reflections and detriments within controlled microcosms. His work has been screened and performed at various festivals, galleries, and cinematheques including International Film Festival Rotterdam, New York Film Festival, Anthology Film Archive, Images Festival, IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, Biennale Bandits-Mages Festival, Roulette Gallery, Millennium Film Workshop, White Box Gallery, 119 Gallery, and the Contemporary Artists Center. Fern Silva is from central Connecticut, he received a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and is in the process of receiving his MFA from Bard College.
The Stamp Gallery is located on the first floor of the Stamp Student Union on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. Over the summer, The Gallery is free and open to the public Mondays-Thursdays 10:00am – 6:00pm; and Fridays-Saturdays 11:00am – 4:00pm.
Contact: Jackie Milad
Email: jmilad@umd.edu or thestampgallery@gmail.com
Phone: (301) 314-8492
UPCOMING!
Between August 30 – October 8, 2010, The Gallery will exhibit Structure, featuring Clarina Bezzola’s wearable sculpture and performance, with an opening reception Thursday, September 2, 5:00pm – 7:00pm. This exhibition is made possible in partnership with The Art Gallery of the Art-Sociology Building.
http://www.clarinabezzola.com/02.Shows/00.showsframeset.htm
For more information about these and upcoming exhibitions, please visit The Gallery’s website http://thestamp.umd.edu/gallery/ or call (301) 314-8492.
