By soliciting entries from student and recent grads from major art schools, Irvine received over 250 submissions.  Of those, 35 were selected to be reviewed by a jury, with just 9 artists making the cut, including three local artists, all from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.  

Works include paper, stone, photography, oil on canvas, wood and plastic and video by the following artists who are probably having their first big gallery showing:

• Becky Alprin – Maryland Institute College of Art – three-dimensional acrylic works.
• Reid Bingham – Rutgers University – Dada-influenced video of commonplace movements. 
• Christina Empedocles – California College of the Arts, San Francisco – three-dimensional trompe-oeil oil painting techniques
• Adam Frezza -  University of Florida – paintings and drawings of theoretical machines of magical parallel universes.
• Andrea Land – San Francisco Art Institute – photographic portraits  that capture the curiosity and innocence of young girls at home
• David Linneweh – Southern Illinois University – drawings and painting on wood creates landscapes and buildings.
• Sebastian Martorana – Maryland Institute College of Art – as a sculptor, he uses marble and granite to critique memorials.
• Jimmy Joe Roche – Maryland Institute College of Art – colorful hand-cut and painted paper contemporary wall sculptures
• Matthew Woodward – New York Academy of Art – Capturing architectural details from historical New York buildings in graphite on paper.

Irvine Contemporary is a modern and contemporary art gallery in the Logan Circle area of Washington, DC that features the work of early and mid-career artists.

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Irvine Contemporary
1412 14th Street, NW, near P Street
Washington, DC.   (map it)
202-332-8767

Date and Time – August 2 – September 6, 2008, Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Opening Reception with the Artists – Saturday, August 2, 6:00 –8:00 p.m.

Admission - FREE

Nearest Metro Subway Station – McPherson Square – Blue and Orange lines, Farragut North or Dupont Circle – Red Line, then a 4-5 block walk

Parking – Metered and free street parking and paid garage parking is available in the area.

Images – with approval from Irvine Contemporary.

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