Val Wolly Artist's Talk @ Hillyer

Flipped by Valentine Wolly
May 7 - May 29

ARTIST TALK: Saturday, May 29, 2010, 2-3PM
FREE! Donations Appreciated!
Seating is limited. Please arrive early.


Join us this Saturday, May 29th for an artist talk with Valentine Nazarian Wolly. Wolly will be discussing her methods, influences and taking questions regarding her current show at Hillyer Art Space: Flipped.

Reflection, repetition and pattern are central themes in Flipped, a new series of paintings by Valentine Wolly. Examining the way in which reflected surfaces often play tricks with our senses of the "real" world and the "other" world created by these surfaces, Wolly hones her techniques to create images from natural distortions that could be mistaken for the work of a surrealist or Photoshop expert.
Born in Iran and raised in America, Wolly grew up in New York City, where she enjoyed the sociability and warmth of a large family in a closely knit Iranian community. She received her undergraduate degree from Queens College before moving to the Washington, DC area, where she later received her MFA in painting from George Washington University. Hillyer Art Space's Artist Advisory Committee is proud to present Wolly with her first solo exhibition in the DC area, as a result of her selection from the 2009 Call for Artists.


Funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Artists Reception April 10th at Studio Gallery

Thanks to all who came out to the Dupont Circle Galleries for First Friday! It was a beautiful night and we're so proud of our artists!

Opening: March 31-April 24 Upstairs Gallery: Andrew Acquadro "Metamor-Facets"
Mr. Acquadro, in his first solo show at Studio Gallery exhibits a series of paintings influenced by Master Painters from the Past,

Downstairs Gallery: Elizabeth McNeil Harris "Blues" In a spare, minimal and elegant style, Ms Harris uses the human body as muse for her life drawings.

Also showing, Freda Lee-McCann "Fragments of Tradition", Collage, Ink and Watercolor on Paper. Ms Lee-McCann draws on a rich tradition of Chinese calligraphy and watercolor to produce works of great depth and originality, drawing from both the contemporary and the classic.

The Artist Reception for these three wonderful shows will be Saturday April 10th from 4 -6 pm.

Don't forget upstairs we have a very special treat of "Only What You Can Carry with You": Works by James Cassell, Peter E. Harper, Joren A. Lindholm, and Zade Ramsey

The first of three exhibitions planned in 2010, Thomas Drymon Selects that is fresh and contemporary. The artist share qualities both personal and professional.

Also Showing Brie Husted "Sculptural Music"

February at Studio Gallery

Exhibitions: February 3 - February 27, 2010
First Friday Reception (as part of the Dupont Circle Galleries openings): February 5, 6 - 8 pm
Artist's Reception: Saturday, February 6, 5 - 7 pm
Artist's Reception: Saturday, February 27, 4 - 5:30 pm

Solo Show: Synthesis
Suzanne Yurdin

"Synthesis" is a collection of work featuring Italian landscapes and other work from the artist, in mixed media on both canvas and paper.

Duo Show: Playing with Fear
Trix Kuijper

Duo Show: Oblivion

Iwan Bagus

Guest Show: Songs of the Earth - Great and Small

January 6 - January 30, 2010
First Friday Reception (as part of the Dupont Circle Galleries openings): January 8, 6 - 8 pm
Meet the Artist Reception: January 9, 4 - 6 pm

Look closely at nature's wonders - its intricacies, its beauty, its poetic patterns - the very web of life of which we are a part. Beginning in 2004, the 16 artists known as Studio 155 have offered their visions of the natural world, expanding the boundaries of botanical art.

Debbie Bankert, Roberta Bernstein, Neena Birch, Elizabeth W. Carter, Wendy Cortesi, Jill Hodgson, Vicki Malone, Donald B. Myer, Kappy Prosch, Michael Rawson, Eva-Maria Ruhl, Ellen Tuttle, Julie Weihe, S. M. Wilson

At Studio Gallery
Wednesday and Thursday, 1 - 7pm
Friday, 1 - 8pm
Saturday, 1 - 6pm