SYLVIA BENITEZ is a nationally known installation artist whose geo-organic work interprets nature using natural materials. She is the recipient of many awards, including two prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards, two National Endowment for the Arts Visiting Artist awards. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries, sculpture parks and art institutions including the Whitney Museum, Socrates Sculpture Park to name a few.
Benitez´s newest installation has been specifically created for Gallery Nord. Her paintings reflect her love for the Texas sky.

KEMP DAVIS is a San Antonio Photographer whose images are seen nationally on a daily basis. He is a photographer who combines a great understanding of communication and advertising with a deep-seated passion for the art of photography. In his exhibit at Gallery Nord, his love of life, sense of humor and his memories of growing up in South Texas will merge into hyper-real images and exquisitely crafted compositions.

JAROSLAV PONCAR is an internationally renowned panoramic photographer. He was born in Prague in 1945. Since 1973 he is a professor at the University of Applied Sciences Cologne (Dept. of Photography). Poncar started to travel to India and the Himalayas in 1974. Most likely, he was the first Westerner to cross Tibet in one stretch from the extreme East to the extreme West. In 1995 he documented the world famous bas-reliefs at Angor Wat - a two meter high and one hundred meter long bas-reliefs - with the slit-scan-technique which resulted in one single negative. This resulted in an entry in the Guiness Book of Records as the longest transparency.

Wesley Harvey I am completely fascinated by kitsch objects and how they can be perceived as tasteful or tawdry.  Pink flamingoes, garden gnomes, and cat teapots are what make up half of my world.  To some, these items have reference to a tasteless culture that lends itself to trash, but I am intrigued by their longevity and lure of the “object.” I combine my objects of kitsch and cute to create sculptures that are based on narratives that rely on the use of playfulness, sexuality, gender, identity, and color.

Brianna Burnett Currently my work revolves around the act of storytelling.  I delight in the layers found in mythology and the idea of a memory transforming into a story retold.  I find that certain artifacts hold countless narratives and seek the stories that interpret my experiences, illustrate memories or create a collective experience. 

These particular works are images that have reconsidered the mythology and folklore which surround food or references to food.  With these stories, I have created a place where imagination, reality and memory collide into superstition and worship. 

September 30, 2009 - 6:15 PM

KAT BROWN This work deals with a 'carnival' theme....how life for me has been like a carnival ride...the good, bad as well as tragic.