Artist Talk with Andrew Woolbright & Gitte Maria Möller

January 4, 5:00pm
In celebration of Andrew Woolbright and Gitte Maria Möller's exhibition A dreaming hand wounded by thorns in our Upstairs Gallery, Rachel Uffner Gallery invites you to join us for a discussion between the artists.
 
The event will begin with a conversation between Andrew Woolbright and Gitte Maria Möller, and finish with a Q&A between the artists and the audience. This event is free and open to the public.
January 4, 2024
  • Andrew Paul Woolbright (b. 1986, Springfield, IL) received his MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Galerie Valeria Cetraro, Paris, FR; ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA; Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI; and the University of Illinois. Springfield, IL. Recent group exhibitions include Hesse Flatow, New York, NY; DeBoer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Microscope Gallery, New York, NY; The Hole, New York, NY; Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY; Wallplay, New York, NY; Coherent, Brussels, Belgium; Monaco, St. Louis, MO; and Baby Blue Gallery. Chicago, IL. Recent curatorial projects include The Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY; Super Dutchess, New York, NY; Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL; and Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI. He has been an artist-in-residence at Wassaic Project Residency, Wassaic, NY; Greenwoods 2058 Artist Residency, Norfolk, CT; and Sharpe Walentas Studio Residency, Brooklyn, NY. Woolbright’s work is in the collection of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Woolbright currently lives and works in New York.
     
    Gitte Maria Möller (b. 1991, Cape Town, South Africa) received her BFA from the University of Cape Town’s Michaelis School of Fine Art. Recent solo and two person exhibitions include Smith Studio, Cape Town, South Africa; and the Turbine Art Fair with Barnard Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa. Recent group exhibitions include NADA Flea Market, New York, NY; Romance, Pittsburgh, PA; Galerie Eigen+Art, Cape Town, South Africa; A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa; WAF Galerie, Vienna, Austria; June, Berlin, Germany; The Fourth, Cape Town, South Africa; Gallery De-Move-On, Cape Town, South Africa; RK Gallery, Riebeeck Kasteel, South Africa; and Eclectica Print Gallery, Cape Town. Möller received the Judy Steinberg Painting Prize from the Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2015, and has been an artist-in-residence at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France. Her work is in the collection of the University of Cape Town. Möller lives and works in Cape Town.