Mallrats at Et al. – Art Viewer

Artists: Maria Guzmán Capron, Kari Cholnoky, Ben Quinn, Jennifer Sullivan

Exhibition title: Mallrats

Curated by: 100 % Gallery

Venue: Et al etc., San Francisco, US

Date: August 27 – September 24, 2016

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Et al.

Mallrats
Maria Guzmán Capron % Kari Cholnoky % Ben Quinn % Jennifer
Sullivan
8.27.20169.24.2016
Et al etc. (inside Minnesota Street Project)
1275 Minnesota St, San Francisco CA 94107
30% maximalism
15% Arachne truther movement
15% lofi
Midwest shit
15% suburban ennui
10% decoupage
10% roach spit
5% the faint waft of Cinnabon

Maria Guzmán Capron received her MFA from the California College of the Arts and was the recipient of the Graduate Painting Fellowship. Part Colombian and part Peruvian, Maria has lived in Italy, Colombia and the United States. Her work has been shown at many venues throughout the Bay Area, Texas, Chicago and Peru. Her most recent solo show at City Limits, She Bop, was featured in Art in America. Capron works out of CTRL + SHFT, a studio collective in Oakland that she founded with 11 other artists.

Kari Cholnoky (b. 1988 in Stamford, CT) holds a MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Cholnoky has exhibited her work in solo and two person exhibitions in Detroit, MI, Brooklyn, NY, Singapore and Berlin, Germany. She was the 2014 recipient of the Mercedes Benz Financial Services Emerging Artist Award and has had her work reviewed in ArtNews, Hyperallergic and The Detroit News. Cholnoky lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Ben Quinn is from Dayton, OH. Quinn received a BFA from Columbus College of Art & Design and recently graduated from the MFA studio program at California College of the Arts. Quinn has recently exhibited at No Place (Columbus, Ohio) and Cutty Limits (Oakland).

Jennifer Sullivan is a New Yorkbased interdisciplinary artist. Solo exhibitions include Revenge Body at Five Car Garage (Los Angeles, 2016), House Cat at Arts + Leisure (New York, 2015), Big Girl Paintings at Five Car Garage (Los Angeles, 2014), Adult Movie at Las Cienegas Projects (Los Angeles, 2011) and OneWeek Walden at Freight + Volume (New York, 2010). Sullivan has also exhibited and performed in exhibitions at MoMA, PS1, Essex Flowers, Pablo’s Birthday, 247365, Klaus Von Nichtsaggend, and Arthouse. Awards include a fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center and residencies at Skowhegan, OxBow, and Yaddo. Her work has been reviewed in the NY Times, Artforum, and Art Papers, and her videos are included in the Geisel Library collection at the University of California in San Diego.

Kari Cholnoky, Flag, 2016
Faux fur, acrylic, urethane foam, Pom poms, collage, epoxy putty, self lubricating silicone, 39 x 60 x 4 inches

Maria Guzmán Capron, Un Limon Medio Bombon, 2016
Fabric, batting, thread, spray paint, latex paint, Christmas ornament, 114 x 80 x 4 inches

Maria Guzmán Capron, Chiquita Falls, 2016
Found chair, fabric, thread, plastic beads, shells, sand, plywood, latex paint, 36 x 36 x 30 inches

Kari Cholnoky, They’ve Adapted, 2016
Pool float, faux fur, urethane foam, acrylic, Pom poms, synthetic hair, epoxy putty, collage, 8 x 72 X 36 inches

Kari Cholnoky, High Pony, 2016
Collage, urethane foam, paper pulp, acrylic and cardboard, 12 X 15 X 3 inches

Kari Cholnoky, Flag, 2016
Faux fur, acrylic, urethane foam, Pom poms, collage, epoxy putty, self lubricating silicone, 39 x 60 x 4 inches

Ben Quinn, Flowers, 2015
Gesso, inkjet print, acrylic, graphite, 72 x 60 x 2 inches

Ben Quinn, Not to Be, 2016
Styrofoam skull, gesso, watercolor, incense, herbs, expired eggs, cactus, miniature brass elephant, 12 x 18 x 24 inches

Ben Quinn, Ritual, 2016
Resin, inkjet print, watercolor, chalk, aux cord, 13 x 8 inches

Maria Guzmán Capron, Un Limon Medio Bombon, 2016
Fabric, batting, thread, spray paint, latex paint, Christmas ornament, 114 x 80 x 4 inches

Ben Quinn, Infest, 2016
2000 plastic spiders

Kari Cholnoky, They’ve Adapted, 2016
Pool float, faux fur, urethane foam, acrylic, Pom poms, synthetic hair, epoxy putty, collage, 8 x 72 X 36 inches