Elizabeth H. Wold, Parish Gallery, Washington DC

Elizabeth H. Wold

Parish Gallery, Washington DC

August 20 - September 14, 2004 

Parish Gallery presents Elizabeth H. Wold, Ethiopian painter who works in the medium of collage.  

The medium, collage, became a central instrument to Elizabeth H. Wold’s visual vocabulary in the mid-90s.  As a graduate student at Howard University she became fascinated with the works of Romare Bearden.  The cutouts in her collages have similar effects as the brush strokes in her paintings.  Her conceptualization is most benefited by the medium of collage.

Elizabeth H. Wold has been teaching collage as an art form for a few years, progressively moving into the field of computer graphics and digital art.  Currently, she works as a freelancer in multimedia, print and web design.  For the last three years, Elizabeth H. Wold has been living in her native Ethiopia and her recent work reflects her experience there. 

Socially, Elizabeth H. Wold was raised in a culture that focused on the community and it’s collective activities.  Her works, in effect are reflective of these traditions, values and beliefs, perhaps that is why the human figure is a recurring theme in her work.

Elizabeth H. Wold graduated in 1985 from the Fine Arts School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  In 1993, she earned a Master of Fine Arts from Howard University, specializing in painting. She has exhibited her works in the metropolitan Washington, DC area including the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.  Elizabeth H. Wold has been in numerous selected group exhibitions.

PARISH GALLERY - GEORGETOWN

1054 31st Street, NW, Washington DC 20007

www.parishgallery.com

Llewellyn L. Berry III and Alex Downs, Parish Gallery, Washington DC - LewLex

Llewellyn L. Berry III and Alex Downs: LewLex

Parish Gallery, Washington DC

November 21 - December 3, 2003 

Parish Gallery presents an exhibition of recent works by local photographers, Llewellyn Berry and Alex Downs entitled “LewLex”. 

Llewellyn Berry was a teacher in the DC Public Schools for 32 years where he taught Photojournalism, Radio Production and Broadcast Journalism, media related courses and English. In retirement Llewellyn Berry continues his work as a photographic artist.  “I have long had a fascination with black and white images. I prefer black and white films of the 30’s and 40’s because I grew up with them and early on they made a profound stylistic impression on me.  In my own exploration of photographic images, many elements excite me.  I like structures with dynamic line and shape configurations.  I am particularly enamored of landscape photography in the tradition of Ansel Adams, the rural studies of PH Polk, the urban studies of Black Americans by James Van Der Zee and the photojournalistic style of Henri Cartier Bresson. Chiaroscura, the use of light and dark or highlights and shadows in photography, make everyday objects and visions profound in the way shape and texture, juxtaposition and conscious placement of objects define the world in which I live.”

Alex Downs is an artist who works across a range of media from photography, film and audio, to print, motion graphics and video.  He is a design veteran with over seven years experience in print and new media design.  He enjoys creating photographs which are concurrently provocative, elegant, combustible, exquisite and sumptuous. Born in Ohio during the twilight of the sixties, he now lives and works in the Metropolitan DC area.  His photographic career commenced while he was studying at Morehouse College in Atlanta, which in turn eventually led to a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art.

PARISH GALLERY - GEORGETOWN

1054 31st Street, NW, Washington DC 20007

www.parishgallery.com