CSU Photo Students Published in Case Reserve Review

Congratulations to Matt Wolosz, Ryan Upp, Yiyun Chen, Liz Dare, and Lena D’Amico for having their work published in the Case Reserve Review journal. To view the publication online visit click here.

Case Reserve Review Submissions

CSU photo’s Ryan Upp on the cover of a past issue of CRR.

Deadline April 5.

In the past CSU photo students have done well with this opportunity. Submit now! It’s free!

Click here for submission guidelines.

25 Under 25 Curated by Ryan Upp

 

25  Under 25: The Emerging Photographer
Ryan Upp, curator
The Galleries at CSU
on view through March 1, 2014

In this video, recent CSU photography graduate, Ryan Upp recently discusses his first curated exhibition. 25 Under 25: The Emerging Photographer focuses on young photographers who inspired him.

For more information and gallery hours, visit www. csuohio/artgallery

Ryan’s Curatorial Statement:

As I embarked on curating a show recognizing the emerging photographer I quickly realized that all of the artists I felt drawn to were really quite young. The professionalism and expertise in the work I uncovered marveled that of photographers who have been in the business for years. Amazingly, most of these young minds are self taught and have created a support system for one another through social media networks such as Facebook and Instagram. I had discovered a group of individuals, working almost as a single unit, without the typical competitiveness and self absorption thats often seen in those attempting to make a name for themselves. They bounce ideas off one another, provide constructive positive feedback, and host outings where they model for each other’s images. I quickly noticed a reoccurring theme of the innocent human figure surrounded by the natural world. The work is timeless, provocative and has a universal theme of innocence. When we are young we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can.

Artists

Shane Black
Jacqueline Bon
Davit Botchorishvilli
Nicolas Bruno
Brendon Burton
Robby Cavanaugh
Marley Cumbee
Elisabeth Dare
Amelia Fletcher
Robert Moses Joyce
Breanna Kulkin
Sarah Haley
Jessica Neuwerth
Brian Oldham
Nicholas Scarpinato
Alison Scarpulla
Felicia Simion
Steven Sites
Victoria Smyrniotis
Alex Stoddard
David Talley
Gina Vasquez
Erika Victor
Brad Wagner
Rob Woodcut

Ryan Upp Curates Emerging Photographer Exhibition

 25 UNDER 25, THE EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER:
Contemporary photographs by the next generation of artists
Curated by Ryan Upp

The Galleries at CSU, South Gallery
January 16 – March 1, 2014
Opening Reception Friday, January 17 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm , Artist Talk 6:30 pm

Curator’s Statement:

As I embarked on curating a show recognizing the emerging photographer I quickly realized that all of the artists I felt drawn to were really quite young. The professionalism and expertise in the work I uncovered marveled that of photographers who have been in the business for years. Amazingly, most of these young minds are self taught and have created a support system for one another through social media networks such as Facebook and Instagram. I had discovered a group of individuals, working almost as a single unit, without the typical competitiveness and self absorption thats often seen in those attempting to make a name for themselves. They bounce ideas off one another, provide constructive positive feedback, and host outings where they model for each other’s images. I quickly noticed a reoccurring theme of the innocent human figure surrounded by the natural world. The work is timeless, provocative and has a universal theme of innocence. When we are young we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can.

Artists included in the exhibition:

Shane Black
Jacqueline Bon
Davit Botchorishvilli
Nicolas Bruno
Brendon Burton
Robby Cavanaugh
Marley Cumbee
Elisabeth Dare
Amelia Fletcher
Robert Moses Joyce
Breanna Kulkin
Sarah Haley
Jessica Neuwerth
Brian Oldham
Nicholas Scarpinato
Alison Scarpulla
Felicia Simion
Steven Sites
Victoria Smyrniotis
Alex Stoddard
David Talley
Gina Vasquez
Erika Victor
Brad Wagner
Rob Woodcox

Also on View:

HEPHAESTOS CHALLENGED: 7 WOMEN SCULPTORS
January 16 – March 1, 2014
Opening Reception Thursday, January 16th from 5:00 – 8:00 pm, Artist Talk 6:30 pm

Contemporary Sculpture exhibition of works by university sculpture professors in the region with Lisa Austin of Edinboro University of PA, Carmel Buckley of Ohio State University, Kate Budd of The University of Akron, Lane Cooper of the Cleveland Institute of Art, Alison Crocetta of Ohio State University, Isabel Farnsworth of Kent State University, and Irina Koukhanova of Cleveland State University; curated by Robert Thurmer.

Michelle Ward’s Spotlight Work Featured in Scene

Michelle Ward’s attention grabbing work, “In this town, Murder is a Form of Entertainment.

Check out what Cleveland Scene magazine has to say about Michelle Ward’s piece in Spotlight: Emerging Photographers at the Cleveland Print Room:

Michelle Ward similarly combines technical proficiency with an evocative, story-like tableaux, though her narrative’s direction and symbolism is not as clear. The atmosphere of her “In this town, Murder is a Form of Entertainment” is noir, saturated in eveningwear, night, and hidden violence. But, adding another layer of intrigue, darkness has come to the suburbs. A woman lies with the open-eyed blankness of death on a kitchen floor. The victim’s costume, a silky blue dress and string of pearls, invoke idealized mid-century domesticity. No wounds or splashes of poison hint at her murder; only her sightless gaze, unnatural pose, and eerie lighting announce her demise.

Her body is lit unevenly in faint silver. Some of the folds of her dress are soaked in black, while the goose bumps on her pale calves stand exposed in their whiteness. Above, dim yellow lights illuminate the kitchen walls just below the ceiling; they fall on decorative plates, painted with yellow chicks and children on a seesaw. (The reaper, it appears, does not fear kitsch.) Ward’s filling of a more-or-less vertical space with two different levels and colors of light is impressive, and contributes to the death scene’s sense of discord…  (read the full article here)

The article, Shining Bright also features the work of CIA students Jamee Crusan and Troy Huffman. Here are some other images from the exhibition that feature CSU photo students.

Opening Reception for Spotlight: Emerging Photographers.

Michelle Ward with another piece at Spotlight at Cleveland Print Room.

Yiyun Chen with his work at Cleveland Print Room’s Spotlight exhibition.

One of Matt Wolosz’s abstract photographs included in Spotlight at CPR.

Ryan Upp’s work featured in Spotlight.

Spotlight: Emerging Photographers is on view through June 30th.  For more information on the work by CSU photo students, click on the links below:
Michelle artist statement
Chen artist statement
Matt artist statement
Ryan artist statement

For more background on Spotlight: Emerging Photographers troll the depths that are CSU photo.

Spotlight @ Cleveland Print Room

Spotlight: Emerging Photographers
Cleveland Print Room
Opening Reception: May 17, 5-9pm

An exhibition of photographic work by Cleveland’s next generation of artists. Spotlight will feature work by advanced students from Cleveland State University, Cleveland Institute of Art, Tri-C, and Kent State University.

CSU Photo students featured are Yiyun Chen, Ryan Upp, Michelle Ward, and Matt Wolosz.

Check out the Spotlight Facebook event page.
Visit Cleveland Print Room’s website
Download the press release:
spotlight-emergingphotographerspressrelease

CSU Photo Students Featured at Cleveland Print Room

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Cleveland Print Room — a community darkroom, education center, studio workspace and gallery in the ArtCraft Building in downtown Cleveland will show work from students of Northeast Ohio area institutions of higher education from May 17 through June 30.

With nearly two ­dozen photographers represented, the showcased work focuses on the ascending young photographic talent coming from Tri-­C, Kent State University, Cleveland State University, and Cleveland Institute of Art. SPOTLIGHT furthers CPR’s goal of highlighting dynamic new photographic work coming from the rich artistic environment of Northeast Ohio’s educational institutions.

The show is curated by Nancy McEntee, professor of photography and chair of the Photography & Video Department at the Cleveland Institute of Art; Lori Kella, assistant professor, Kent State University, School of Art; Mark Slankard, associate professor of the Photography department at Cleveland State University; and Jonathan Wayne, associate professor and chair of the Photography department at Tri­-C.

The work was chosen from among the faculty members’ top students in their photography programs and classes.

CSU Photo students featured are Yiyun Chen, Ryan Upp, Michelle Ward, and Matt Wolosz.

Check out the Spotlight Facebook event page.
Visit Cleveland Print Room’s website
Download the press release: spotlight-emergingphotographerspressrelease

Ryan Upp Art Exhibition

Ryan Upp
Thursday, May 30 @ 8pm
The Avenue Tap House, 18206 Detroit Ave, Lakewood (map)

Ryan Upp, CSU Photo major, also works in other media. Check out this show of his mixed media work this month.

RAW:Cleveland visual artist Ryan Upp’s incredible mixed-media paintings combine spray paint, colored pencil, and gold-leafing to create stunning depictions of females introduced in biblical stories and other manuscripts.

“I find inspiration in antique toys, found objects on the forest floor, and in the lyrics of poetry. I often take mundane domestic objects, and depict them as whimsical, dream-like, and over-embellished.”

“I utilize a palate of muted colors and a blurry shallow depth of field to obtain a feeling of dreaminess. My most recent work is inspired by female characters from the bible and illuminated manuscripts.”

The one message he aims to achieve in his work?

“Be like little children,” says Upp.

“Children have such expansive imaginations and they aren’t influenced by others opinions. They live in the present moment and their creations are genuine.”

VIEW MORE OF HIS WORK AT: http://www.ryanupp.com 

See his work on display at RAW:CLEVELAND PRESENTS EXPRESSIONS!

THURSDAY MAY 30  |  8PM  |  THE AVENUE  |  18206 DETROIT AVE  |  LAKEWOOD  |

CSU Student Art Show in the Media

Ryan Upp, Best in Show

From Cleveland Scene:

Readers of criticism learn that an artist’s “maturity” is something good, whatever this obscure quality may be. If it is anything, it is command of powers, and especially the ability to make newness. At the start of their careers, artists copy lessons, repeat without adding, and stumble on clever “discoveries” that have been new a thousand times before. The “mature” creator’s influences can still be recognized, but their implementation of a theme or style creates something distinctly new, not simply callbacks or aping.

In this sense, there is mature work to be found even among remarkable youngsters, like some in the Galleries at Cleveland State University’s two exhibits of students’ work, the juried 42nd Annual Student Art Show and the Merit Scholar Exhibition…

•  The article that features Omid Tavakoli, Ryan Upp, Katie Maurer, and Faith Wiker. Read it on Cleveland Scene’s website.
• AND check out CSU’s Engaged Tumblr article that features Best of Show winner Ryan Upp, and lists all the award winners.
• AND here’s the Cleveland Stater’s review of the exhibitions.

Omid Tavakoli, Best of Photography

Short Deadline: Case Reserve Review

Ryan Upp’s recent work published in CRR’s publication. Thanks to Ryan for the heads up about this deadline.

Deadline: Friday, April 5 at 11:59pm

Case Reserve Review is the student-run literary magazine at Case Western University. They publish poetry, prose, and analog/digital photography. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO CWRU TO SUBMIT. Submission is open to ALL UNDERGRADUATES in the United States and Grads at Case, CIA, and CIM.

Past students have had good luck with this exciting opportunity Please consider putting your nose to the grindstone (is that the saying?) and submitting. Check out some past successes from CSU Photo.

Submissions are free. For detailed instruction on how to submit your work, visit: casereservereview.org/submission