Meditative Surfaces: Charles Gniech, Deanna Krueger and Maggie Meiners
Regional Gallery, 311 Main Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802

November 9, 2013 through January 19, 2014
Gallery Hours Tuesday-Saturday 10am-6pm, Thursday:10am-8pm, Sunday:12-5pm

Installation view

548 Chestnut Street, Winnetka, IL 60093

October 19 through November 24, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, October 19, 5-7:30pm

Subtle Breeze, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 72"

15 S. Elm, Three Oaks, MI 49128
August 2012

Left to Right:
Striation - Violet, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 24"
Striation - White, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 24"
Striation - Green, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 24"

Gallery 180 of The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago
180 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60601
May 7 - July 12, 2012
Reception: Friday, May 11 from 5:30-7:30

Grounded detail, acrylic on canvas, actual size 60" x 40"

Benefiting Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights
Coalition Gallery ~ 217 N. Carpenter Street, Chicago, IL
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Rise, detail, acrylic on canvas, actual size: 40" x 40"

On Saturday, March 10th from 7-10pm, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights will present "The Art of Human Rights," an invitational exhibition featuring silent and live auctions with wine, gourmet fare, and live music. The event, taking place in the 2,500 square foot Coalition Gallery at 217 N. Carpenter Street [west loop], presents; paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture created by twenty-four hand-selected, established fine artists. The commissions from the work sold -- priced from $400 to $18,000 -- will directly benefit the charity. Funds raised through The Art of Human Rights will support the work that Heartland Alliance does to ensure that everyone has a roof over their head, access to health care, the opportunity to earn income to support themselves and their families, and to be treated fairly and with justice.

ZIA|Gallery celebrates its first anniversary with a Group Exhibition showcasing all of its artists.
July 29 - August 31, 2011.

Reader Exhibition Announcement

The creative impulse is fundamental to being human. Compelling art engages the mind and spirit. From an intuitive process to a deliberate, analytical approach and every combination in between, ZIA's artists bring their diverse expressions to life. Come see the strength and individuality inherent in their artwork. The public is invited to attend the opening reception July 29, 5 - 7:30. A number of our artists will be in attendance pleased to welcome you and answer any questions while you take in their works and enjoy a beverage and delicious, appetizers.

Zia Gallery is located at 548 Chestnut Street in the village of Winnetka - just seventeen miles north of Chicago with easy access from the Winnetka Metra Station.

ZIA Gallery specializes in contemporary American photography, painting and works on paper. The gallery represents established and emerging artists in a range of styles and media with eight exhibitions annually. For additional information, contact Anne Hughes, Gallery Manager, at 847.446.3970 or via ZIAgallery.net.

At Art Chicago 2011, April 29 - May 2, 2011, with an Opening Preview April 28
The Merchandise Mart, 12th Floor

The George Billis Gallery [New York and LA] will be representing my work, this year, at Art Chicago. Art Chicago 2011, the annual international fair of contemporary and modern art, brings together the world's leading emerging and established galleries. Art Chicago offers curators, collectors, artists and art enthusiasts a comprehensive survey of current and historic work, from cutting-edge to modern masters in a wide variety of media including: painting, photography, drawings, prints, sculpture, video and special installations.

548 Chestnut Street, Winnetka, IL 60093 ~ 847.446.3970 ZIAgallery.net
Sheridan Road Magazine article

Reflections
with paintings by Charles Gniech, photographs by Meggie Meiners, and mixed media pieces by Deanna Krueger
February 4 - March 19, 2011

Recently exhibited at ZIA Gallery: "Reflections", a three-person exhibition of works by Charles Gniech, Deanna Krueger, and Maggie Meiners. Each artist employs a different process and medium to develop bodies of work, which involve reflection. The photographic imagery of Maggie Meiners depict direct, symbolic constructs of self, while Gniech uses both the process of painting and his abstracted interpretations of previously human-interpreted natural forms to evoke meditation. Deanna Krueger combines a high-tech, medical diagnostic film with a hands-on, seemingly crude manipulation of materials to arrive at a sophisticated, shimmering reconstruction.

Zia Gallery is located at 548 Chestnut Street in the village of Winnetka - just seventeen miles north of Chicago with easy access from the Winnetka Metra Station.

ZIA Gallery specializes in contemporary American photography, painting and works on paper. The gallery represents established and emerging artists in a range of styles and media with eight exhibitions annually. For additional information, contact Anne Hughes, Gallery Manager, at 847.446.3970 or via ZIAgallery.net.

Above: Images from the 3-person exhibition titled "Ripple: Cause and Effect"
with paintings by Charles Gniech and Yelena Klairmont, and sculpture by Paula Kloczkowski Luberda
July 2-22, 2010

"Ripple: Cause and Effect" was presented as powerfully inspirational exhibition of painting and sculpture, presenting imagery focused on the meditative surface patterns found within nature. The works of Yelena Klairmont, Paula Kloczkowski Luberda, and Charles Gniech were compiled to create this peacefully compelling exhibition.

The oil paintings of Yelena Klairmont are the most literal of the group. Klairmont captures the result of a compromised pool of water, portraying the ripple effect as a beautiful thought, provoking moment in time.

Paula Kloczkowski Luberda creates powerful stoneware rock forms with intriguing surface features. The wonderfully glaze-washed forms are manipulated and organized to create intriguing compositions in space.

Influenced, for more then a decade, by the hundreds of the pre-historic stone circles throughout Great Britain, Charles Gniech uses the surface patterns of the Megaliths to create meditative imagery on which to ponder. Gniech explains... "Britain is littered with more then four hundred and thirty of these prehistoric sites... most people are familiar with Stonehenge, yet there are areas concentrated with megalithic structures as far to the north as the Scottish Islands, and as far to the south and west as Cornwall. The largest complex of circles is just to the north of Stonehenge, at Avebury." Gniech's latest body of work is influenced by the meditative qualities of the fluid surface patterns found on some of these monuments. Gniech continues... "I have taken some artistic liberties, in the replication, manipulation and abstraction of the surface patterns found on these massive stone slabs, yet the work continues to convey the serene qualities regularly associated with nature and inner peace. The pieces included in this exhibition are representative of some of the fluid markings found within the rock surfaces. The process of creating each piece is as centering as the imagery itself."

Imagery, left to right: Yelena Klairmont, "Ripple #7" oil on canvas, 40 x 30"
Paula Kloczkowski Luberda, "Three Goddesses" ceramic, 40 x 36 x 12"
Charles Gniech, "Meditation II" acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36"

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