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Currently on Exhibit

“Transition” A Retrospective Solo Show by Mona Wu

Exhibition Dates: January 4 – 28, 2023

Gallery Hop: Friday, January 6, 7- 9 pm

Gallery Talk: Sunday, January 15, 2 pm

Reception: Sunday, January 22, 2-4 pm

Update! From now until the end of Mona Wu’s show on January 28, all remaining artwork is 50% off the listed prices. This includes both framed and unframed work as well as original printing blocks.

Don’t pass up this unique opportunity to own some of her beautiful work!

(Please note that cards on the racks and work in baskets are not included.)


In this special solo exhibit Mona Wu is showing over 40 framed works and close to 200 unframed prints, made in her nearly 30 years of Printmaking career. All methods in Printmaking are presented: woodcut, linocut, lithograph, etching, and monoprint. On view are also some carved and cancelled wood boards Wu so lovingly and laboriously produced for edition printing.

Because of her large-scale studio-downsizing, these prints, proofs, editions, as well as many of Wu’s old carved wood boards will be for sale at prices in every collector’s budget. This is your opportunity to own and/or gift a beautiful Mona Wu original print.

Viewers who browse through the show may appreciate the artist’s artistic as well as technical progress and stylistic changes over the years. Yet as the underlying thread throughout her work, Wu still retains her Asian heritage and sensibility in all manners of Printmaking.

A native of China, Mona Wu immigrated to US in 1970. She studied Chinese painting and calligraphy in Hong Kong then received her BA in Art History from Salem College in 1996. She also studied Printmaking at WFU as an auditor from 1997-2014. Wu has taught classes and workshops in Chinese art and Printmaking at Salem Community courses, Reynolda House of American Art, and Sawtooth School of Visual Art and has been a member of Artworks Gallery for many years.

This exhibition is free and open to the public.

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Q&A with Kimberly Varnadoe

How would you describe your art?

I work in various mediums, choosing what I feel best suits the emotional connection I want my audience to experience when viewing my work.

How have you changed as an artist over the years?

I have transitioned from being a student to a professor and am now a full-time Artist. I have taught art at the college level for more than 30 years. I have been exposed to various art forms and feel grateful that I’ve had experiences engaging with my students as they learn to express themselves through art. At this point in my life, I am practicing what I’ve preached and engaging with life through an artist’s eyes.

What artists have influenced your work?

There are so many I couldn’t possibly name them all. I am influenced by art and life from many different perspectives. I have always been drawn to the drama and mystery in Caravaggio’s Baroque lighting. More recently, I have engaged with the women artists of the Abstract Expressionist phase of the mid-20th century, especially Joan Mitchell.

Do you have a favorite medium?

I enjoy choosing, using, and experimenting with a variety of mediums. I have been formally trained as a painter, printmaker, and photographer, and I often combine these mediums in my work. I have recently engaged with oil painting, which I have not practiced for decades, although I have taught painting for many years.

What does making art mean in your life?

Making art is ingrained in my soul. I choose to live artful life every day. Art, Life, Love…all merge together.

Anything else you think is important?

“Life is short”, as the saying goes. I believe life is an exciting journey filled with adventures to embrace. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. My philosophy is to live an authentic life and take care of ourselves and others as we can.

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August 2022: Aikers, Kopf & LaRosee

Artworks Gallery Presents Three New Exhibitions:

“Textures from the Coasts,” Karen Kopf

“Mysterious Barricades,” Nanu Lindgren La Rosee

“New Works,” Wiley Akers

Exhibition Dates: July 31- August 27, 2022

Gallery Hop: Friday, August 5th, 7-9 pm

Artists’ Reception: Sunday, August 14th, 2-4 pm


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June 2022: Barbara Rizza Mellin

“Unique and Universal Etchings and Artist’s Books of World Culture”

Exhibition Dates: May 29th – June 25th, 2022

Open for Gallery Hop: Friday, June 3rd, 7 – 10 pm

Reception and Gallery Talk: Sunday, June 12th, 2:30 – 4 pm


Barbara Rizza Mellin , Ahka Drummer
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Dec 2021: Wrapping Up 2021 Group Show

Artworks Gallery Presents:
Wrapping Up 2021
All Members Show for the Holidays

Exhibition dates: November 28 – December 26, 2021
Gallery Hop: Friday, December 3, 7-9 pm


Many giftable art pieces on display!

To wrap up another momentous year, Artworks Gallery Members are pulling out all the stops with a grand collection of works, created by all members. Excitement for a new year ahead will be celebrated with a wide variety of original art, all very giftable!

The offerings include original prints, paintings, glassworks, sculptures, collages, hand-made books, wearables and more. Come peruse and help wrap up 2021.

Since 1984, the longest-running artist cooperative gallery has made unique, local art accessible in Winston-Salem’s Arts District. Entering its 38th year, Artworks Gallery is full of optimism for a better 2022.

The exhibit is free and open to the public.

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Video Tour: November 2021 at Artworks Gallery

Video Tour of Artworks November 2021 Exhibits by Lea Lackey-Zachmann

Exhibition dates: October 31- November 27, 2021
Reception: Sunday, November 14, 2-4 pm

Please enjoy this mini-tour of our November exhibits. Shop the exhibit.

Artworks Gallery Presents:
Wendell Myers, Enchanted Forests
Lea Lackey-Zachmann, Tree Translations III
Kimberly Varnadoe, In a Dark Time

And showing in the members gallery:
Tribute to Pamela Howland

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Nov 2021: Myers, Lackey-Zachmann, Varnadoe

  • Lea-Lackey-Zachmann, Dogwood Knows Temporary and Perpetual
  • Lea-Lackey-Zachmann, Holly Knows Paradox
  • Lea-Lackey-Zachmann, Pecan Knows
  • Lea-Lackey-Zachmann, Above and Below
  • Lea-Lackey-Zachmann, Leave Love l
  • Wendell Myers, Enchanted Forest
  • Wendell Myers, Trees of Gold

Artworks Gallery Presents:
Wendell Myers, Enchanted Forests
Lea Lackey-Zachmann, Tree Translations III
Kimberly Varnadoe, In a Dark Time

And showing in the members gallery: Tribute to Pamela Howland

Exhibition dates: October 31- November 27, 2021
Reception: Sunday, November 14, 2-4 pm

Take a Video Tour!


Wendell Myers, “Trees of Gold”
Wendell Myers | Enchanted Forest

The paintings of Wendell Myers are abstract landscapes, based on memories of the places he’s lived and visited; the great plains, north woods and lake country of his youth, the Carolina mountains and seascapes of adult life, and the desert Southwest where he has frequently vacationed. The works in this show, “Enchanted Forests” are inspired by the countryside of Poland, where he and his wife have spent a great deal of time over the past 15 years. The series is also influenced by the works of Wolf Kahn and Mark Rothko, referring to it as a “Rothkovian lozenge of color.”

Wendell Myers holds a BFA from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Early In his career, he worked as a studio potter, selling directly to the public out of his studio, at art fairs and shows in the Midwest and Northeast. Eventually, accompanying his wife, Pamela Howland, to Winston-Salem, he earned his MD from Wake Forest School of Medicine. He has been a practicing radiologist in the area for over 25 years. 12 years ago Myers returned to making art, this time choosing to focus on acrylic painting.

Wendell Myers, “Enchanted Forest”
Lea Lackey-Zachmann, “Dogwood Knows Temporary and Perpetual”
Lea Lackey-Zachmann | Dogwood Knows Temporary and Perpetual

The large paintings in this exhibit depict trees Lea Lackey-Zachmann walks past daily. The central painted rectangle in each work represents a tree as we might view it. The smaller painted rectangles above, below, and beside, represent the tree abstractly or symbolically. Most of the artist’s painting career has focused on the tension between Realism and Abstraction. Asking which best expresses the tree’s true nature? All these depictions are a visual language that seeks to evoke a feeling or insight into the identity and nature of the trees shown here.

The artist reveals, “This exhibit was inspired by my knowing that trees are essential to our life and happiness on earth. Our appreciation of them helps determine our future.”

Lea Lackey-Zachmann holds an MFA in painting from the University of NC at Greensboro, along with a graduate teacher’s certificate in Art Education. She received a BA in Art from Winthrop University and is now retired after having taught at High Point University for 29 years and Salem College for 10 years.
She has been an instructor of various classes at WFU, Guilford College, and Elon University as well as having taught and served on the board of the Sawtooth Center for Visual Art. She is dedicated to community arts endeavors of all kinds. Her paintings, prints, and drawings are in various collections on the east coast of the US. She is a founding member of Artworks Gallery.

Lea Lackey-Zachmann, “Pecan Knows”
Kimberly Varnadoe, “Tropisms”
Kimberly Varnadoe | In a Dark Time

Kimberly Varnadoe’s current work represents a passage through conflicting times. She reflects, “We all have had to adjust to a different way of life during 2020-21. Some of us have gone or are going through other adjustments that are more personal.” These works reflect thoughts, memories, stress, and therefore are a bit chaotic. They are personal to Varnadoe, yet they speak to what many of us think and feel during life’s tumultuous changes. These works were created with a wide variety of media throughout each piece. The meshing together of these materials is a reflection on the many layers of overlap we experience emotionally as we adjust to challenges faced day to day, embracing the complex and contemplative.

Kimberly Varnadoe received her BFA in Painting from the University of South Alabama and her MFA in Printmaking from the University of Memphis. She works with experimental photography and a variety of printmaking techniques, often combining the processes. She enjoys experimentation and feels that art is most alive during the art-making — the final work of art is the record of the art process. She has been a member of Artworks Gallery, in Winston-Salem, since 2003.

Kimberly Varnadoe, “After Life”
A piece by Jessica Tefft inspired by Pamela Howland’s music.
Tribute to Pamela Howland

The artists of Artworks Gallery will be paying tribute to the wife of one of their own, who died in September. Gallery members will show a unique collection of tribute works created to honor the music of pianist Pamela Howland. She was the wife of Artworks’ member Wendell Myers. As an accomplished pianist, she taught for many years in the Wake Forest University music department. Howland also recorded 19 albums consisting of composers Chopin, Debussy, and Ravel. She performed nationally and internationally, was a Steinway Artist, a 2017-2018 Fulbright Scholar to Poland, and a Chopin specialist.
A percentage of sales will go to the Poland Fulbright Assistance Fund at https://en.fulbright.edu.pl/support-us/


Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Saturday 11-5; Sunday 1-4
Exhibition dates: October 31- November 27, 2021
Reception: Sunday, November 14, 2-4 pm

The exhibit is free and open to the public.
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Sept 2021: Marion Adams and James Gemma

Artworks Gallery Presents:
Marion Adams: Colored Pencil Compositions
James Gemma: Exploring Abstract Relationships in Shape and Color

Exhibition dates: August 29 – September 25, 2021
Gallery Hop: Friday, September 3, 7-9 pm

  • Marion Adams, Oops
  • Marion Adams, A Seat at the Table
  • Marion Adams, Blue and White
  • Marion Adams, Apples on Blue Willow
  • Marion Adams, Catch
  • Marion Adams, Dribble
  • James Gemma, Color Wall
  • James Gemma, Arrangement in Red ,Blue and Green
  • James Gemma, Color Crossings
  • James Gemma, Color Diamond
  • James Gemma, Color Sphere
  • James Gemma, Color Stripe l
  • James Gemma, Color Stripe 2
  • James Gemma, Color Wall 2
  • James Gemma, Color Weave
  • James Gemma, Moonlight
  • James Gemma, String Theory

Marion Adams, “Blue and White”
Marion Adams | Colored Pencil Composition

Marion Adams reflects, “It is interesting where a year can take you, especially if you physically have no place to go!” She took the time to enjoy countless hours researching artists, both contemporary and traditional from the sanctuary of a laptop while in lockdown. The paintings of artists Janet Rickus and Jeff Larson inspired Adams to try my own. Although their paintings are in acrylic and oil, she tried something similar with a favorite medium: colored pencil.

First, traditional crockery became the subject, later followed by blue willow china. Months later, the minimalist styles of pottery by Giorgio Morandi and Sophie Cook inspired her works.


Marion Adams, “Monstera”

Adams was very much at peace this year while creating art, which provided a type of daily mediation and an escape from the constant chatter of the outside world. Making art offered a retreat into a space of quietness and peace. Maia Gambis, “Why Making Art is the New Meditation,” explains that making art is a tool for coping with overwhelming emotion. “Happiness is more a matter of nurturing a space that provides stability and a constant connection to our true selves.”

Marion Adams has had a 30-year career teaching Science, Math, and Art. She holds a Master’s Degree from Georgia State University and undergraduate degrees in education and art. She works in colored pencil, acrylics, and makes 3-dimensional pieces using polymer and paper clay. She has been a member of Artworks Gallery since 2015.


Marion Adams, “Ooops”

James Gemma, “Moonlight”
James Gemma | Exploring Abstract Relationships in Shape and Color

James Gemma’s abstract art is an exciting visual and conceptual exploration of the artistic relationships that may be created among and between colors and shapes. In this exhibition, many of the works use geometric elements as support for these explorations, while others take a more expressive approach. Some of the works have a formal appeal, with arrangements of bold colors and shapes. Others are arranged with softer, more subtle color/shape relationships. Finally, some are just freer, but still with an underlying coherence. Despite its conceptual nature, the art in this collection has a strong aesthetic and energizing appeal. All work in this show is limited edition, original digital art, created with archival paper and ink.  

After graduating with advanced degrees from The Ohio State University and careers as university professor and consumer research professional, James Gemma studied art and printmaking at Salem College, and at Wake Forest University. He also has participated in multiple art workshops at Penland School, the Huntington Museum of Art, and the Sawtooth Center for Visual Art. Gemma served four years as board member of Associated Artists of Winston Salem. As Marketing Chairperson of that group, he created the Practicing Artist Series of lectures and critiques, bringing the participation of nationally known artists to Winston-Salem. He is currently a practicing artist, and has been a member of Artworks Gallery since 2009.


James Gemma, “Color Wall 1”

Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Saturday 11-5; Sunday 1-4
Open for Gallery Hop: Friday, September 3, 7-9 pm
Exhibition dates: August 29 – September 25, 2021



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AUGUST 2021: Mary Blackwell Chapman and Mona Wu

Artworks Gallery Presents:
Mary Blackwell Chapman: Time in the Pandemic
Mona Wu: Leaf Dreaming

Exhibition dates: August 1 – August 28, 2021
Gallery Hop: Friday, August 6, 7-10 pm
Meet the Artists Reception: Sunday, August 8, 2-4 pm


Mary Blackwell-Chapman, “Cave Art”
Mary Blackwell Chapman | Time in the Pandemic

Mary Blackwell-Chapman’s current show, Time in the Pandemic reflects her response to the worldwide COVID pandemic of the past year and a half in ceramic and fiber. Some artists found increased energy during this time, but some, like Blackwell-Chapman, felt an emptiness and lack of direction. She realized renewed interest and focus in family history, natural beauty, and quiet work with new forms of expression in clay and with a material new to her: fiber.

Her works in the “Homeplace” series reference personal family history and the broader, varied stories of how all of our families came to live in this country and have found, or not found, a home. Fiber is a medium particularly connected to the home, family, community, and history.

Her ceramic work shows an interest in surface treatment and glaze/slip finish that is also new to her.  These changes in style and technique reflect her reaction to the profoundly altered state of the world. The world has felt very new and different, and she responded by picking up new tools, new images, and new concerns.

Mary Blackwell-Chapman is a sculptural artist from Forsyth County, North Carolina. She earned a BA in English Literature from Goucher College, and an MA in Motion Picture from Northwestern University in Chicago. She has studied sculpture, both ceramics and book arts, at Penland, UNC-G, Arrowmont, Shakerag, the Calligraphy Centre, and the Sawtooth Center. Her works are in numerous collections. She has been a member of the artists’ collective, Artworks Gallery, since 1992. 


Mary Blackwell-Chapman, “Leaf Candelabra”
Mary Blackwell-Chapman, “Homeplace: Fireflies and Starlight
Mona Wu, “Fabric Collage #4”
Mona Wu | Leaf Dreaming

Mona Wu’s new show, Leaf Dreaming, consists principally of images printed on fabric, and then embellished with hand stitching on unused cloth napkins. Botanical imagery is the theme in most of the work, although some were produced with simple woodcut, monoprinted, then hand-sewn into small wall hangings.

In addition to the wall hangings, there are twelve cocktail napkins with gel prints of single leaf outlines and overlaying leaf veins and ferns within; eight dinner napkins with more complex compositional components and various top stitches.

This series is a vast departure from Wu’s previous work of prints on paper. Instead of paper, the artist works with fabric and thread. It is a new art form and a fresh look at familiar objects expressed in new materials, sewn entirely by hand.

A native of China, Mona Wu immigrated to the US in 1970. She studied Chinese painting and calligraphy in Hong Kong then received her BA in Art History from Salem College in 1996. She also studied Printmaking at WFU from 1997-2014.

In 2003 Wu was selected as Sawtooth School of Visual Art Winston-Salem Artist of the year. She teaches Printmaking and Collage at Sawtooth. Wu is currently a member of Artworks Gallery, an artist co-op art gallery in downtown Winston-Salem.

Mona Wu, “Fabric Collage #5”
Mona Wu, “Window with Three Discs #1”

Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Saturday 11-5; Sunday 1-4
Open for Gallery Hop: Friday, August 6, 7-10 pm
Meet the Artists Reception: Sunday, August 8, 2-4 pm
Exhibition dates: August 1 – August 28, 2021


 



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