Archway Gallery
Upcoming Exhibition Calendar
Upcoming Exhibition Calendar
Opening receptions are usually the first Saturday of each month, with some possible exceptions due to holidays. All receptions are from 5 to 8 p.m.
September 7 - October 3, 2019
Transportable Cities: Mexico
A Depiction of Downtown Mexico City at 5 O'Clock in the Afternoon
Featuring Recent Paintings by Cecilia Villanueva
Opening Reception
DATE: Saturday, September 7, 2019
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk and Performance at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking & Light Refreshments
DATE: Saturday, September 7, 2019
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk and Performance at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking & Light Refreshments
Cities are alive, and constantly changing. Within every minute of being in a specific city, I find a different city; I just need to close and open my eyes to see the light shifting as well as the faces, the smells, and the sounds…. ~Cecilia Villanueva
And it is in this fraction of a second that Cecilia Villanueva focuses her attention and encapsulates the soul of a place. This is accomplished not only with her oils and brushes but also through her collection of bottles filled with earth from the mountains, painted textiles, ceramics, and stones. All the artifacts and artifices included in this body of work have been invented for the sole purpose of capturing the essence of a moment in the city which she calls her own. Cecilia Villanueva’s solo show is not only about architecture and light but also about understanding that time does not exist. The artist explains, “That which we call “time” is actually change coming from inside; just a measure of the perpetual change within all.” Her blue paintings weave a story of an impossible moment and the result of this over concentrated attention in such a small span of time, reveals without doubt the core of the artist, the love for her land, and her naked memories which come as a by-product amid this effort as a sacrifice offered to the beholder. It’s amid this sacrifice that Cecilia transports an entire city with its grime and flowers; she conveys it specifically for those for whom travel is impossible… for those who cannot go back.
“Five o’clock is the best moment to capture the low light reflected on the stone buildings of downtown Mexico. It is also the moment when you smell the brewed coffee and baked bread. While the cool wind moves the trees, you cannot help falling in love with the Jacaranda flowers on the ground.”
And it is in this fraction of a second that Cecilia Villanueva focuses her attention and encapsulates the soul of a place. This is accomplished not only with her oils and brushes but also through her collection of bottles filled with earth from the mountains, painted textiles, ceramics, and stones. All the artifacts and artifices included in this body of work have been invented for the sole purpose of capturing the essence of a moment in the city which she calls her own. Cecilia Villanueva’s solo show is not only about architecture and light but also about understanding that time does not exist. The artist explains, “That which we call “time” is actually change coming from inside; just a measure of the perpetual change within all.” Her blue paintings weave a story of an impossible moment and the result of this over concentrated attention in such a small span of time, reveals without doubt the core of the artist, the love for her land, and her naked memories which come as a by-product amid this effort as a sacrifice offered to the beholder. It’s amid this sacrifice that Cecilia transports an entire city with its grime and flowers; she conveys it specifically for those for whom travel is impossible… for those who cannot go back.
“Five o’clock is the best moment to capture the low light reflected on the stone buildings of downtown Mexico. It is also the moment when you smell the brewed coffee and baked bread. While the cool wind moves the trees, you cannot help falling in love with the Jacaranda flowers on the ground.”
October 5 - October 31, 2019
Seeding, Blooming, Renewal
Featuring New Works by Becky Soria
Opening Reception
DATE: Saturday, October 5, 2019
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking & Light Refreshments
DATE: Saturday, October 5, 2019
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking & Light Refreshments
Seeding, Blooming, Renewal is the current body of work from Becky Soria which emerged from her research into the organic dimension of the human being and the relationship between humans and plants. There is a long tradition of the feminine, fertilization, and reproduction symbolized through flowers, seeds, and gardens; Soria find this tradition relevant to our humanity. Flowers represent the ephemeral, the precarious, and the beautiful. Pods bursting forth represent a giving and forgiving from the future to the present. In these works, Soria seeks to defend what flowers represent and the natural world against the challenges presented by our times. There is an intricate inter connectivity between the organic in nature and the sensuality of nature which points to a healing relationship between plants and human beings. Nature is with us, and we are within nature.
When Soria discusses her work, she speaks about female iconography: fertility, the female as a representative of nature (as in “Mother Nature”), perhaps the flowering of the female into her maturity. The title of the show Seeding, Blooming, Renewal points to a hope that humanity as a species can also undergo renewal with the new generation coming of age.
Becky Soria, an American born in Bolivia, began her artistic career in the 1980s. She studied painting in the studios of South American artists, and with the artist and philosopher Dr. Fernando Casas. She also attended The Glassell School of Art in Houston, Texas. Her works are included in corporate and private collections in the US, Europe, Canada, and South America.
Soria uses physicality, especially the physicality of human bodies and animals, as a primary source of inspiration in her work. She is concerned with intense emotions, bodily states, love, pain, and discomfiture. She is also interested in current world affairs, nature, and issues of humanity. Soria believes the other important factor informing her Art is her background in the nursing and medical sciences; it gives her work a distinctively organic or biological flavor. She seeks to depict her ideas not as objective representations but rather as tunnels into realities as she experiences them.
When Soria discusses her work, she speaks about female iconography: fertility, the female as a representative of nature (as in “Mother Nature”), perhaps the flowering of the female into her maturity. The title of the show Seeding, Blooming, Renewal points to a hope that humanity as a species can also undergo renewal with the new generation coming of age.
Becky Soria, an American born in Bolivia, began her artistic career in the 1980s. She studied painting in the studios of South American artists, and with the artist and philosopher Dr. Fernando Casas. She also attended The Glassell School of Art in Houston, Texas. Her works are included in corporate and private collections in the US, Europe, Canada, and South America.
Soria uses physicality, especially the physicality of human bodies and animals, as a primary source of inspiration in her work. She is concerned with intense emotions, bodily states, love, pain, and discomfiture. She is also interested in current world affairs, nature, and issues of humanity. Soria believes the other important factor informing her Art is her background in the nursing and medical sciences; it gives her work a distinctively organic or biological flavor. She seeks to depict her ideas not as objective representations but rather as tunnels into realities as she experiences them.
2019
Nov |
Jane Ewen |
Dec |
Vernoica Dyer |