Apogee Issue 06 Preview: Christian Newby

Christian Newby was born in 1979 in Virginia Beach, Virginia and currently works and lives in London and Madrid. He received his B.A. in Sculpture and Extended Media at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002 and then an M.F.A. at the Glasgow School of Art in 2009. His work has been exhibited internationally, with inclusions in group shows at Pi Artworks, London, the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris, and MOT International Project Space in London. Newby has recently held solo exhibitions in London at both Space In Between and Vitrine Gallery, and in Glasgow at Transmission Gallery. Awarded the Converse/Dazed & Confused Emerging Artist Award shortlist in association with Whitechapel Gallery in 2013, Newby also participated in the New Work Scotland Programme with Amelia Bywater at Collective Gallery in 2012 and was an Edinburgh Artist-in-Residence at Triangle Arts Trust’s Triangle France Artist in Residence Programme in 2011. Upcoming exhibitions/projects include a commission from Studio Leigh in London and release of Attempt Magazine Issue 1, as Art Director.    Orangina Clock Screenprint, acrylic and dye on fabric, 172×140 centimeters, 2013

APOGEE ISSUE 06 PREVIEW: Stacey Tyrell

    We launch Apogee Issue 06 tonight! Join us in celebrating our latest issue at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division (208 W 13th St, Rm 210) @ 7Pm. And for our final visual art preview, we are thrilled to share artist Stacey Tyrell’s “Rhona, 28yrs.” See you tonight. xoxo Apogee         Rhona, 28yrs., from “Backra Bluid” series, 2012, Archival Epson Print, 40×30 inches   STACEY TYRELL is a New York based photo-conceptual artist.  She was born in 1978 and raised in Toronto, Canada to parents of Nevisian heritage.  She attended OCAD University where she majored in Photography.  Her work explores the interplay of race, heritage and identity as it relates to preconceived notions of Euro-centric beauty and heritage within post-colonial societies and the Caribbean Diaspora. Tyrell’s work has been a part of exhibitions at the Royal Ontario Museum, the Canadian Museum of Immigration, the Places des Arts Montreal, the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, the Houston Museum of African American Culture and the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY.  She has had her images appear in such publications and websites as Marie Claire South Africa, Canadian Art, Huffington Post, Refinery 29, ARC Magazine and Feature Shoot.  Most recently her...
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APOGEE ISSUE 06 PREVIEW: Clemence Vazard

    Today we are honored to feature artist Clemence Vazard’s “Escotade.”       Escotade Collage manuel sur documents originaux (Translation: Handmade collage on original paper) 21×30 centimeters, 2014   Since her adolescence, Clémence Vazard has been fascinated by paper. From the age of 12, she has been using walls, doors, and wallpaper as foundations for accumulated images as found in mainstream magazines, posters, stickers, and cards. Vazard received an M.A. in Arts and Culture Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris in 2009; thereafter she began working in various venues ranging from art galleries, to concert venues, to artist residencies and festivals, and beyond. These experiences have helped Vazard develop her creative practice and refine her artistic aesthetic. Amongst the many interrogations that Vazard nourishes, the most recurring and sensitive one is an exploration into the role of women in contemporary society, as depicted in pop culture and media.