Greetings artists and friends of the gallery!

Our June Online Group Art Show "Home" goes live today!

In old English, the word ”home” refers to a town or a place where many souls gather. The modern definition of home states that home is “the abiding place of the affections” which perfectly sums up how most people today regard their homes.

When we are born, our first impression of home is the place our parents made for us. As we grow and leave that home, we start to build our own ideas of what home is. The majority of us end up building a home that is very different from the one we started our life journey in, whether it be a new apartment, house, town, or community. So we can conclude that the concept of home is universal, in the end, we end up creating a home that is unique to us.

In our June online group art show the 46 selected artworks depict the concept of homes.

Visit the Online Show and the Virtual Show.

We would like to congratulate the following artists who were selected for the show:

Aarón Izquierdo, Allen Capriotti, Amelie Monira Egenolf, Andrea Borbély Hellman, Anna Shackelford, Barbara West, Bruce Sanders, Bryan Bromstrup, Caryn Coville, Casey Bell, Dan McCormack, David Orr, Donna Faranda, Gabriel Pastor, Guglielmo Botter, Hana Brem, Heini Mika, Helga Casagrande, Jacquie Hughes, Jerry Weems, Juels Pellow, Julia K Burzon, Karen Sachs, Karen Safer, Kate Kelly, Kent Gordon, Kylo-Patrick Hart, Luana Stebule, Marcelle Mansour, Michael Sirken, Nigal Goodship, Paul Delpani, Pechez Sepehri, Preston Craig, Richard Wagner, Robert Meyers-Lussier, Ruth Petersen Shorer, Shane McAleer, Sue Anderson, Susan Lais Hostetler, Thomas Crawford, Todd Swart, Vasu Tolia, Vivian Cavalieri, Wendy Burr, and Winston Harrell.

We are happy to announce the winners of the show:

Caryn Coville, First Prize $150.

Luana Stebule, Second Prize $100.

Sue Anderson, Third Prize Solo Show in July.

We hope you enjoy "Home" and Congratulations everybody!

Solo Show by Anna Mathai

We are happy to announce that Anna Mathai, Solo Show winner from "Abstract is Abstract" premiers her Show today, and the show runs from June 1 to 30th.

You can view the show on our Website and in our Virtual Gallery.

Anna Mathai is a multidisciplinary artist based in San Francisco with a practice spanning from mixed media and painting to sculpture, decorative residential wall installations, and writing. Mathai was born in the UK to Indian parents but spent most of her childhood in the rural Deep South. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University after graduating from the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and Arts, then went to medical school, and eventually law school, later practicing as an entertainment lawyer. Since pursuing her art professionally, her work has been featured in international art magazines and exhibited nationwide. In her other time, she writes lyrics and screenplays, enjoys nature with her Australian Shepherd, and Cowboy, and tests jokes on friends and family.

"I create sculptural and textured works that use color, light, texture, and shadow to tell my story, and frequently work with plaster, textile, and metal. I want to create things that hold some sort of strange magic. It’s why I like to experiment with new methods and create works that interact with their viewers and the light around them, jumping out of the canvas to mingle art and enjoyment, to transcend viewing into experiencing. I feel that the aesthetic (and a touch of whimsy) is paramount, though on the “series level,” my works sometimes reference deeper themes from my life, including those of rebellion, feminism, and the immigrant experience. My work is not overtly political, and it would be unlike me to have one meaning for any single work—in fact, the exploration of dualities and the blurring of them is conceptually central to most of my art. Even in my poetic writing, I find beauty in the multiplicity and ambiguity of meaning. So, I prefer to avoid prescribing meaning to each work and let the viewer interact with it themselves, adding to the art with their own interpretation. It’s a sort of acceptance of all meanings: each one is true as it applies to you—I call it my “quantum art” philosophy. All that being said, in my mind, my work generally reflects on boundaries, both real and imagined and blurs them."

You can enjoy more of Anna's art here:

www.bymathai.com

Congratulations Anna and please enjoy her show, everyone!

July Online Group Show "Summer Feels"!

Artists across all mediums have always been inspired by the vivid colors, textures, and emotions of summertime. This is the season of leisurely days, endless sunshine and warm nights, outdoor gatherings, travel, lush green nature, and of course a bounty of good food and drink.

Whether you find yourself reminiscing about your own cherished summer memories or discovering new perspectives this summer, our group show invites you to embrace the warmth, vibrancy, and creativity that define this sun-kissed season.

In our July group show we celebrate our unique interpretations of summer. Let us see what your summer looks and feels like. We welcome artworks from all mediums of visual art, except AI-created art, and video/film.

★ Digital entries must be received by June 27th, 2023 before 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time.

★ Notification of acceptance will be sent by email by June 30th.

★ The show will premiere on July 1st and end on July 31st.

AWARDS:

All Artists participating in the online group show will be featured on our Website and Virtual Gallery platform. All artists will be awarded an HMVC Gallery New York certificate of participation. “Summer Feels” will also be featured on a jumbotron in New York City’s famous Times Square later in July.

We are delighted to announce that we will be giving cash prizes to two talented artists!

Best of show winner: $150

Second place winner: $100

Third place winner: Online Solo Show

★ The winners of Best of Show and Second Place need to have a working PayPal account to receive their prize money. If the winner of the cash prize fails to provide HMVC Gallery New York with a working PayPal account, the winner will be forfeited and HMVC will be entitled to select another winner. The prize will be sent to the winner within 14 days of responding to HMVC.

★ The Third Place winner will have their own online Solo Show at HMVC Gallery New York and the show will run for a month. The Solo Show winner will also receive a HMVC Gallery New York solo certificate recognizing their achievement.

As our community grows, we have received multiple requests for Solo opportunities. You asked and we listened, so now HMVC Gallery New York is offering you the opportunity to have your own solo show on our ArtPlacer virtual platform for a month. Because the artists in our community are at various stages in their careers, we have created three different plans for you to choose from Plan Manor, Plan Palace, and Plan Castle.

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in doing a Solo Show with us.

Visit our ongoing Virtual Solo Shows.

This service is by request only so if you would like to know more you can contact us via the contact form or email us at [email protected]

Kind Regards,

HMVC Gallery New York