Alle IV, Studio Im Hochhaus, Berlin, Germany curated by Uwe Jonas

CHRIS COSTAN is included in Alle IV, a group exhibition curated by Uwe Jonas at Studio Im Hochhaus, Berlin, Germany. On view until July 30, 2022.

Painting at Night at Collar Works, Troy, NY, artists selected by Judith Braun

Painting at Night

Selected by Judith Braun, Costan is included in the exhibition Painting at Night. The theme was developed during an episode of Artist/Mother Podcast. Allison Reimus recalls the time she read a statement in a New York Times article about how “You can’t paint at night in your kitchen and hope to be a good artist. It doesn’t work that way.”In true Artist/Mother fashion, this seemed like a great statement to respond to for a group show, as an act of resistance and rejection. To imply that good art cannot be made in domestic spaces, or that a person cannot claim the title of artist without meeting arbitrary requirements is a patriarchal myth, one that artists who are mothers have been resisting for decades.

Exhibition Dates: May 27 - July 31, 2022
Location: Collar Works, 621 River St, Troy, NY

Artists Draw Their Studios at the Hewitt Gallery at Marymount Manhattan College curated by Michele Weinberg

Chris Costan will be included in the Artists Draw Their Studios show.

Invited by artist Michele Weinberg, and inspired by her practice of periodically drawing her own studio, approximately 50 artists will contribute drawings of their workplaces in a unique project that exposes the diverse ways that artists perceive their own creative work and lives.

Exhibition Dates: April 6– May 6, 2022
Location: The Hewitt Gallery at Marymount Manhattan College

In Nature, Nothing Exists Alone, an exhibition

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New York City Culture Club is proud to present In Nature, Nothing Exists Alone, a group exhibition at the World Trade Center, in New York City.

In Nature, Nothing Exists Alone, compelled to act in accordance with concerns about planetary distress, each of the below artists have expressed commentary or philosophies in the form of art: Kim Abeles, Olive Ayhens, Elena Berriolo, Chris Costan,  Valerie Hegarty, Betsy Kenyon, Oskar Landi, Christopher Lin, Lenore Malen,  Laziza Rakhimova, Tattfoo Tan, Marion Wilson.

The artists incorporate concerns such as climate change, social justice, health and well-being, extinctions of flora and fauna and habitat loss into their works. All demonstrate the urgent need to live more responsibly within the Earth's finite resources. The show’s location will be effective in reaching a wide variety of people.

In Silent Spring (1962), the quote "in nature, nothing exists alone" illustrates Rachel Carson's critique that the actions of people have a vast impact on the natural world. All things in nature are interconnected, and impacting just one part of it will create numerous unintended results throughout the ecosystem.

Exhibition Dates: January 27, 2022 - March 7, 2022
Location: Oculus, C1 Level, South Concourse, World Trade Center Plaza, New York, NY 10007

click here for a review by LiveMag! of the exhibition