AIMEE EISCHEN & BIANCA ROLAND // PASEO PHOTOFEST
SEPTEMBER 3 - SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Gallery I • Aimee Eischen and Bianca Roland
Gallery II • Paseo Photofest, juried by M.J. Alexander
For information about purchasing or to schedule a private showing, please call 405-525-2688 or email theresa@thepaseo.org
• GALLERY I •
AIMEE EISCHEN & BIANCA ROLAND
Bianca Roland is a self-taught, multidisciplinary artist. Her abstract, extradimensional fantasy landscapes evoke the chaotic nonsense of Wonderland and Oz. Interested in the alien, the esoteric, the visionary and the hallucinatory, Bianca’s works convey a sense of otherworldly journeying and inspiration.
Aimee Eischen is an emerging abstract artist. She is self-taught and enjoys experimenting with different mediums, including acrylic, watercolor, graphite, ink, & oil pastels, finding joy in combining them in all her work.She believes art can heal, inspire, & encourage both the artist and viewer. Through painting she has found a measure of healing she didn't know possible. Eischen paints from her home studio in Oklahoma City.
Aimee and Bianca have both used art as a means of self-healing, and have both embarked upon an art career at middle age. Their combined narrative will be somewhere in that story.
• GALLERY II •
PASEO PHOTOFEST
On exhibit September 3 through October 30
Through this juried photography exhibition, the PAA strives to represent and spotlight the talent and diversity of Oklahoma photographers. Represented in this show are 53 artists from all over the state with work ranging from traditional film photography to digital composites.
This year’s juror is M.J. Alexander. M.J. Alexander works at the intersection of the lyrical arts, reportage, poetry and imagery, exploring the people and places of the Great Plains. Her work has been published by The New York Times and Time magazine and featured in more than two dozen solo exhibitions, including a 2018 European debut at London’s Crypt Gallery.
A 2019 inductee into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, she is author and illustrator of two fine-art books: Salt of the Red Earth: A Century of Wit and Wisdom from Oklahoma’s Elders, and Portrait of a Generation: Sons and Daughters of the Red Earth, winner of the Oklahoma Book Award. In 2021, her words and imagery have been featured in the world premiere oratorio Of Perpetual Solace, presented at Civic Center Music Hall by Canterbury Voices and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic; selected for the opening exhibit Shadow on the Glare at Oklahoma Contemporary; and installed in public art projects in eight Oklahoma City parks. Her photographs are on permanent display in The Light Gallery of Oklahoma City’s Underground, The Heritage Trust Collection, and The Cherokee Nation, and are part of the Oklahoma State Art Collection.
The International Photography Hall of Fame describes her as “combining the vision of an artist with the skills of a storyteller.”
