chashama 540
540 West 28th Street
Chelsea
October 21 - November 6, 2010
Reception: Thursday, October 21, 6 - 9 PM
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chashama presents De-Coherent Histories, an exhibition by artists Peter Gregorio and Austin Shull, which will include photography, video, paintings, and sculpture. The exhibition merges historical and futurist ideas to confront the viewer in the present, leaving mysterious questions unanswered and perpetuated.
Peter Gregorio is a New York-based artist working in large-scale painting, print, video, and installation. He received a BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2004, and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2007. He is the recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation Award. Peter Gregorio’s art has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Venues include Real Art Ways, The CUE Art Foundation, Participant Inc., Repetti Gallery, Arthur Roger Project Space, Finesilver Gallery, Boots Contemporary Art Space, and Unimedia Modern, Genova, Italy. He is Editor-In-Chief of “VECTOR” artist’s journal, and was the director of the “La Lutta Project Space”, in Brooklyn.
Born in Washington DC, Austin Shull is a Brooklyn-based artist working in video, performance, sculpture and installation. He received a BA from Bard College in 2001, an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2007, and participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program from 2007–2008. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, summer 2008. Shull has exhibited work nationally and internationally at venues including the International Print Center, Pratt Institute, Nurture Art, Exit Art, Cooper Union, Syracuse University and Socrates Sculpture Park in New York, The Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, the ACC Gallery in Weimar and Halle 14 Gallery in Leipzig, Germany.