Pop-up De Novo Gallery in DC on August 3rd!
New Union Market District Pop-up De Novo Gallery To Debut Its Inaugural Exhibition, SYNTHETIC DAWN, on August 3, 2019
Artists Alex Ebstein and Esther Ruiz to kick off rotating gallery experience that will run through October
Washington, DC (July 30, 2019) -- De Novo Gallery (1287 4th Street NE) -- a forthcoming pop-up gallery located in the Union Market District -- will present its debut exhibition this summer, “Synthetic Dawn,” featuring the work of artists Alex Ebstein and Esther Ruiz.
The “Synthetic Dawn” installation will run August 3-31, with an opening party kicking off the work on Saturday, August 3 from 7 to 9pm.
Both Ebstein and Ruiz utilize familiar materials to shift the viewer’s relationship with certain objects and contexts.
Ebstein’s work borrows materials used in gym equipment, construction projects and dance and yoga studios (primarily yoga mats) to examine the tropes of self-help, boutique fitness and the white cube art method of art display.
Ruiz draws inspiration from space operas, pseudo-science, pop culture and the sun to create objects made of cement, Plexiglass and more that operate simultaneously as miniature landscapes from a distant future as well as life-size sculptures informed by the family of Minimalism.
“Both of these outstanding artists use an industrial materiality to explore organic, geological and corporeal forms and notions of personal ritual,” says De Novo founder Ryan Dattilo. “Through their own abstract visual languages, Ebstein and Ruiz aestheticize these moments and transform them into inviting, hard-to-locate, objects of desire. We look forward to sharing their work with the community.”
“Synthetic Dawn” is the first of two all-female shows -- including some local artists -- that the gallery will present during the duration of the pop-up, which concludes on Saturday, October 5.
The De Novo Gallery pop-up will be open August 3 through October 5, Wednesday through Saturday, 11am to 5pm and by appointment. For more information, please visit www.denovo-gallery.com and follow on Instagram at @denovogallery.
ABOUT DE NOVO GALLERY
De Novo Gallery founder Ryan Dattilo moved to D.C. two years ago after living in New York City, where he was very involved with the art community. He’s continued his involvement in D.C., recently joining the Washington Projects for the Art's board, serving on the Hamiltonian Gallery External Review Panel and now opening De Novo Gallery. Dattilo aims to encourage all ages to experience the work of local and non-local artists in a welcoming environment. During his time in New York, Dattilo saw how much the art community can benefit the city’s young professionals and hopes to inspire that same engagement in Washington through De Novo Gallery.
ABOUT ALEX EBSTEIN
Alex Ebstein is an artist and curator based in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her MFA from Towson University in 2015 and her BA in Studio Art from Goucher College in 2007. Recent solo exhibitions include Victori + Mo Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, Cuevas Tilleard, New York, New York, Frutta Gallery in Rome, Italy, and Kent Place Gallery in Kent, New Jersey. She has been featured in a number of group exhibitions including Trestle Gallery, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Crossing Collective, Guerrero Gallery and Loyal Gallery. Her work has received write-ups in The New York Times, FastCo, Self Magazine, BmoreArt, Baltimore Beat, City Paper, Beautiful Decay and Aft F City. In addition to her studio practice, Ebstein is the founder and director of three galleries in Baltimore since 2009; Nudashank, Phoebe, and Resort. Ebstein is currently the Director of Exhibitions and Curator at Goucher College. @alex_ebstein
ABOUT ESTHER RUIZ
Esther Ruiz was born in Houston, Texas, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in studio art from Rhodes College in 2011. She has shown nationally and internationally at various galleries including solo exhibitions at The Schneider Museum of Art in Ashland, Oregon, Reynolds Gallery in Richmond, Virginia, yours mine & ours in New York, New York, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Platform Baltimore. She has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions including Deslave, LVL3, Jacob’s LA, New Release Gallery, and Hollis Taggart. She has been featured in The Washington Post, Art News Magazine, Art F City and VICE. She was also a visiting lecturer at School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Santa Barbra City College among others. @esther__ruiz
