2021
The Fruit is a Restless Desire: Art in the Ignatian Year
October 13, 2021 – January 14, 2022
Jacqueline Bishop, Chris Bernsten, Mike Hartnett, Robin Michals, Barbara Mileto, Rachel Reid, Monique Vernoin, Antonia Zennaro
2019
Paintings, On the Table: Xico Greenwald
October 10, 2019 – Spring 2020
A solo exhibition of work by New York artist Xico Greenwald. This exhibition presents artworks that draw on the tradition of still life painting, while reimagining the genre in exciting and engaging ways.
2018
Evil Genius of a King: Matthew Bakkon
January 2018 – March 2018
“The Evil Genius of a King,” based on a project by conceptualist artist Matthew Bakkom and curated by Loyola University New Orleans art history students, explores “a subjective inquiry into the trajectory of art history.”
Connecting the Light: Akasha Rabut & Erica Lambertson
September 21 – November 25, 2018
Paintings and photographs by Erica Lambertson and Akasha Rabut
Hive Mind: Alumni Exhibition 2018
Curated by Lee Deigaard’s Curating: History & Practice Class
December 5, 2018 – March 17, 2019
Works by Loyola graduates curated by Loyola undergraduates
PROCESSING: Loyola University Design Faculty Exhibition
June 21, 2018 – September 2019
2017
Faculty Spotlight Exhibition
Summer – September 15, 2017
Gary Metz ~ Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint
September 25 – December 15, 2017
In the 1970s, the late photographer and educator Gary Metz generated a significant body of work that was very much in the spirit of the times. Metz’s Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint challenged the first 100 years of landscape photography, which had placed a major emphasis on depicting nature as sublime, heroic and unspoiled. Unlike previous photographers who glorified nature, Metz and his contemporaries wrenched photography out of the national parks and replaced the scenic with the vernacular of the American landscape.
2016
Rachel Jones Deris: Specters & Lee Deigaard: Hippocamp and the Delta
February 18, 2016 – March 25, 2016
Specters, a show of new paintings by Rachel Jones Deris. Hippocamp and the Delta, Lee Deigaard explore circulatory systems, landscape, and structures of the brain drawings and photogenic drawings.
Daniel Lievens: Twos. Several studies of pairs of letters and pairs of colors
& John Seefeldt: Fragments of Reconstruction and Longing
February 18, 2016 – March 25, 2016
Silkscreen prints and Multi-media Installation.
Kyle Encar: temps & Azu Roma: New Installation
July 5 – October 20, 2016
Photography and Installation work, plus Selected Student Works
Marais Press: 20 Years of Collaborations & Brian Kelly: Migrations
November 3, 2016 – Mid April
Featuring lithographs, linocuts, and woodcuts, these concurrent exhibits showcase the fine art of printmaking with selections from the Marais Press at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where professional artists help train and mentor students under the direction of master printmaker Brian Kelly, whose works will also be on display.
2015
Exchange
Summer 2015
Mississippi State University and Loyola University New Orleans Art & Design Seniors trade university gallery spaces for the summer.
Mementos: Mary Jane Parker
& stop thinking too much: Christopher Deris
February 5, 2016
Memento
The mixed media work represented in the exhibition, *Mementos*, pairs pressed plants, lace doilies and natural patterns of lichen with the human form. Plants that resemble lace, images of lichen and mold patterns are layered over faces, bubble from the top of the head or cover a body like a disease. The installation is a lush, yet slightly uneasy collision of patterns, keepsakes, nature and the disquiet of suppressed memories. ~ Mary Jane Parker
stop thinking so much.
This series of drawings are playful constructions that indulge a desire to draw. Images from newspapers, magazines and various historical books are reinterpreted in ink and gouache. The arbitrary subject matter of each composition is allowed to settle uniquely into their own fortuitous relationships. ~ Christopher Deris
2014
Matt Shlian: Apophenia
February 6 – Late March 2014
Lecture, exhibition, and workshop by paper engineer Matt Shlian (Karoline Schleh)
*Part of the Biever Grant Lecture Series
Leftovers: Tasheka Arceneaux ’02
& Reconciliation: Peter Barnitz ’04
October 2, 2014
Alumni Highlights Exhibition
Tasheka Arceneaux Sutton ’02 is an educator,graphic designer, and image maker. She is an assistant professor of graphic design at Southeastern Louisiana University and faculty in the M.F.A. program of graphic design at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her studio BlacVoice, produces work for small businesses and nonprofit and specializes in print and publication design.
Peter Barnitz ’04 received his M.F.A. in sculpture and painting from the University of New Orleans in 2011. He established the Barnitz Academy of Fine Art, where he instructs art workshops for children and adults. He is a collective member of the TEN Gallery and works as the artist-in-residence at Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy.
Art & Design Faculty Exhibition – Summer Show
June 10, 2014 – September 18, 2015
Barbara Brainard, Elizabeth Buchta, Gerald Cannon, Christopher Deris, Mark Grote, Daniela Marx, William Kitchens, Carol Leake, Daniel Lievens, Karoline Schleh, John Seefeldt, Tom Varicso
2013
Image Authenticity: Gerald Cannon & Decorative Debris: Nancy Bernardo
January 24, 2013
Ricky’s Dragon: Seth Gadsden and Sam Fleischner
June 17 – August 2, 2013
Ricky’s Dragon represents a collaboration between Seth Gadsden and Sam Fleischner. In the spring of 2011, Seth began creating a series of drawings as Ricky a thirteen year old boy with autism and a main character in Sam’s narrative feature film, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, who is obsessed with mythological sea creatures and the tumultuous waters they inhabit. The main symbol that Ricky draws throughout the film is the ouroboros dragon, eating its own tail. This ancient symbol represents the infinite cycle of destruction and creation.
This exhibition features over 200 drawings on paper by Seth Gadsden, many of which appear in the film.
Zachary Harris: David
September 5th – October 29th, 2013
New paintings by artist Zachary Harris
Traveling Guild of Book Workers Exhibition: Horizon
November 7, 2013 – January 23, 2014
Artists’ books created by the members of the Guild of Book Workers, exploring the theme of “horizon.”
2012
Duets
May 25 – September 6, 2012
In music, a duet is defined as a composition for two voices or two instruments. In keeping with that collaborative spirit, artists were invited to join forces to create visual works of art & design that investigated music and sound for this exhibition. By including sound installations, interactive works, video and a variety of other media, the exhibit engages viewers by incorporating art works created by visual artists, musicians, writers and a host of creative individuals. Over 40 artists are included in this exhibition.
Participants
Addie Allred, Dash Allred, Peter Barnitz, Raine Bedsole, Robert Bell. Bellaviamia, Mark Bercier, Nancy Bernardo. John Biguenet, Barbara Brainard, Jerry Cannon, Stephen Paul Day, Imen Djouini, Angela Driscoll, Todd Duren, Chloe Duren, Karen Edmunds, Christopher Edmunds, Alexandra Fairchild, James Goedert, Matthew Grant, Mark Grote, Brian Guidry, Kate Hanrahan, Sandy Hinderlie, Sarah Houseknecht, Arlyn Jimenez, Philippe Landry, Taylor Lasseigne, Daniela Marx, Brian McCormick, Gary Oaks, Dennis Parker, Jacqueline Dee Parker, Mary Jane Parker, Sibylle Peretti, Steffan Pitzel, Bhob Rainey, Karoline Schleh, Ann Schwab, Kate Seawell, David Sullivan, Wanda Sullivan, Alec Vance, Christian Van Campen, Tom Varisco, & You the viewer.
Southern Graphics Council International Juried Membership Show Printmaking Exhibition
& Texted Haiku Broadsides: Dirk Hagner
February 8 – March 29, 2012
Two contemporary printmaking exhibitions held simultaneously in the Collins C. Diboll Gallery. The first premiering the Southern Graphics Council International Juried Membership Show (a traveling exhibition), and the second exhibiting Dirk Hagner’s, Texted Haiku Broadsides, both exhibits were in conjunction with the 2012 SGCI Conference.
Mentors: Alumni and Faculty Exhibition
Part of the Loyola Centennial Celebration
November 1, 2012 – January 10, 2013
In keeping with the theme of celebrating our history as a Jesuit University in New Orleans, the Visual Arts Department presents an educational exhibition of Loyola Visual Arts Faculty and the Students that they have influenced.
Over 45 faculty and alumni artists from the Department of Art and Design will participate in this multi-media exhibition. In addition to the artwork, the show will employ time lines, photographs and quotes from participants to illustrate how our esteemed faculty and alumni have influenced the art community through their exhibitions and educational practices.
2011
In the Blink of an Eye
February 3 – March 21, 2011
A retrospective by New Orleans photographer Harold Baquet.
Harmen Liemburg: Ultralight, Show in a Box
September 20 – October 18, 2011
The Ultralight Show in a Box offered 45 original screen print works by Harmen Liemburg installed in the Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery. This lecture and exhibition series illustrated Liemburg’s concept of transforming of exhibition spaces through the use of printed matter; the Ultra Light Show in Box reinvented itself at Loyola. Part of the Biever Grant Lecture Series.
Avish Khebrehzadeh: Animated Drawing
Mark Grote Visiting Artist Lecture Series
November 8, 2011 – January 29, 2012
Iranian-born, mixed media artist Avish Khebrehzadeh is currently based in Washington, D.C. Her contemporary work extends to drawing, paintings and animation, and her exhibit at Diboll Gallery features animated drawing projections. The exhibit includes “Falling Horse in Battle,” a two-channel synchronized video projected onto a diptych painting, and “Within and Without,” a video animation projected onto a painting based on the vice and virtue theme of Italian Renaissance painter Giotto di Bondone’s “Cappella degli Scrovegni” in Padova, Italy.
Ekspozitë Fjala Exhibition
Faculty and student works from The Academy of Arts, Tirana, Albania
September 7, 2011
Each piece within the exhibition will explore themes of Albanian history, the experiences of the artists who lived it, and the current climate of the culture. The exhibit will also feature works created by special guest artist Fatos Lubonja, an Albanian writer and dissident who spent 17 years in prison. He is an outspoken critic of the Albanian government, Prime Minister Sali Berisha and opposition leader Edvin Kristaq Rama. He edits the literary journal Përpjekja (Endeavour), in Tirana
2010
Performance Portraiture: New Photographs by Erika Goldring
February 4 – April 6, 2010
The vivid work of New Orleans-based music and fine arts photographer Erika Molleck Goldring will be featured in an upcoming exhibit of new photos, “Performance Portraiture,” Goldring has developed her own unique style of performance portraiture. Her character-driven portfolio features celebrated artists such as Beyoncé, Keith Richards, Willie Nelson and Fats Domino, as well as breaking new acts in genres such as jam, jazz, blues, reggae, blue grass and alt-country.
“Couples” by Carol Leake
& “Wonderland” by Tom Strider
September 16 – October 21, 2010
New Orleans artist and Loyola professor of visual arts Carol Leake’s exhibit, “Couples,” focuses on the human form. According to Leake, the exchange between artist and subject in this particular work establishes an intimacy that is not necessarily part of the more straight-forward and traditional relationship between artist and figure model.
Likewise, local artist Tom Strider has focused for most of his studio practice on the human figure and architecture of the body. With Strider’s new series, “Wonderland”, he transfers this to his new subject, the caterpillar. These gestural mixed media caterpillar paintings and drawings explore concepts of physical metamorphosis and altered psychological states which serve as a metaphor for the change humans go through during aging. (Karoline Schleh)
Allan deSouza: Courses of Empire
2010–2011
Al-An deSouza was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and has been a practicing artist in London, New York, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area. They work across different disciplines, including photography, digital media, text, performance, and pedagogy. Their work examines and restages colonizing legacies through strategies of humor, fabulation, and (mis)translation.
The major part of the installation is formed by deSouza’s entire collection of personal and family photographs arranged on the gallery floor in the form of a map of New Orleans. Upon entering the gallery, viewers walk over the photographs, damaging and erasing them in the manner of the Katrina floods, in order to view the photographs on the gallery walls.
“Courses of Empire” also includes photographs of cityscapes. According to deSouza, these cityscapes reference Thomas Cole’s 1833-36 similarly-titled painting series and borrow their color palette and initial arrangements from Giorgio Morandi’s mid-20th century Natura Morta paintings.