The Material Out of Which Countries Are Made

Artistry is pleased to announce The Material Out of Which Countries Are Made, an art exhibition featuring the work of Minneapolis artist, Ellie Kingsbury. The exhibition will take place in the Atrium Gallery and runs July 29 – September 12, 2021. A “Meet the Artist” date is scheduled for Friday, August 13 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Photographer, Ellie Kingsbury asks us to take another look at the prairies of the Midwest which she says are often dismissed as featureless. Instead, she argues prairies are teaming with detail like native grasses and the ever-changing sky. It is here, she says, that nature provides energy.

“Land and sky exalt the vastness of space; they lean together to create a shared horizon.”

Taking inspiration from fellow Nebraska native and writer, Willa Cather, Kingsbury strives to reveal the importance of the prairie as “an everything”. In her atmospheric photographs Kingsbury provides multiple images in tandem to focus on both the micro and the macro aspects of this complicated and diverse ecosystem. 

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ellie Kingsbury started her training in photography over 40 years ago, and recently has been integrating mixed media into her projects.  As a life-long Midwesterner, her ideas have always been rooted in the beauty and life force found in the ordinary.  Ellie received a McKnight Fellowship for her project “Automatic Beyond Belief”, a story of Industrial Design Age kitchen appliances.  She is also a twice recipient of an Artist Initiative grant through the Minnesota State Arts Board.  She has shown both nationally and internationally, including group shows in Beijing, Helsinki, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Portland OR.  She has been included in many group shows in Minneapolis area galleries, including the Katherine Nash Gallery, the Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, the Phipps, and Artistry.  She has had solo shows at the Vine Arts Center, Form + Content Gallery, Cameraworks, and Traffic Zone Gallery.  This is her second appearance at Artistry in the Bloomington Center for the Arts.

For more information about Ellie Kingsbury please visit https://www.elliekingsbury.com/
 

GALLERY HOURS
Monday – Thursday: 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm (and August 13, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.)
Saturday: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday: 1:00 – 6:00 pm
Bloomington Center for the Arts,   1800 West Old Shakopee Road,   Bloomington, MN 55431  

Image: Cirrus Clouds, digital archival print, Ellie Kingsbury