Selected Works

Selected Works is curated by Public Functionary’s co-director and curator, Tricia Heuring. Building on her 4+ years as the curator of Public Functionary and a recent, immersive 3 week curatorial residency in Colorado, this exhibit will be her first group exhibition in the space, where previous exhibits have been with solo artists.

 

Selected Works highlights the practice of 22 individual artists currently working in the Twin Cities. Heuring selected artists with whom she has built relationships over the past few years, along with artist’s whose work she has closely followed. The selected artists are those identified as creating work that feels highly relevant and exciting in our current moment. The artists span from emerging to mid-career and were considered based on their personal narrative and approach to artist practice rather than through the lens of specific thematic, genre or medium limitations.

 

Heuring contacted the artists with the concept just 3 weeks before the exhibit open date, and visited 22 studios/held meetings with each of the artists in 7 days. The constraints intentionally challenge the parameters of curating a group exhibition, by allowing the process of the work selection to inform the overarching narrative of the exhibition.  The outcome of the show at this moment, is still in progress. Urgency, response and intuition are ideas upon which Heuring will build the final presentation of works on December 9th, forming an immediate survey of some of the most compelling artists working in the Twin Cities today.  

 

Learn more about Heuring's curation process in our new segment Questions for a Curator.

 

FEATURED ARTISTS

Dyani White Hawk, Maria Christina Tavera, Koua Mai Yang, Lindsay Splichal, Jane Wunrow, Katayoun Amjadi, Kelly O’Brien, May Waver, Katelyn Rose White, Kate Casanova, Tia Simone Gardner, Selma Fernandez Richter, Sarah Faye Mcpherson, Mara Duvra, Mackenzie Claire, Ifrah Mansour, Pao Houa Her, Torey Hanson, Isa Gagarin, Essma Imady, Greta Kotz and Lindsay Rhyner.

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