JUST-U.S.

Not Just for U.S. But JUSTICE for ALL

Owens Daniels and Perviz Heyat

Exhibition Dates: February 2, – March 1, 2025

Reception and talk February 23rd 2-4 pm.

DADA Gallery Hop: Friday, 7, 7-9 pm

Throughout history artists have used their creative strength to draw attention to the divisive socio-political conditions of its community. Through a variety of two-and three- dimensional media, artists utilize their art to critique the power structures of culture, religion, and human rights. JUST-U.S. is a provocative exhibit by two artists that use visual arts and mixed media to examine this topic in different ways.

Owens Daniels uses photography and text to examine the lives of everyday people who choose to use their voices to create dialogue, build bridges, and promote cultural exchanges about these critical issues. Perviz Heyat works in the neo-expressionist style of painting to depict elements of social injustice and restriction of basic human rights and freedom, which leads to crime and imprisonment, affecting families in ways that create a vicious cycle of crime through future generations.

Owens Daniels’ photographic career started at the U.S Army Photographic School of Cartography, learning the basics of photography and photo printing. In addition to his formal training, he continues to work as a freelance photographer with a distinctive and intimate photojournalistic signature style in visual storytelling which has led to various opportunities that include Artist in Residences, Fellowship of American Art, Public Art Installations, and Grants and varied other commissions.

Perviz Heyat is a multimedia artist and a professional photographer, currently lives in Winston Salem, NC. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, he received classical training from Professor A. Sumer of the Istanbul Academy of Art. He moved to the United States in 1982 and has exhibited his work in numerous locations in Virginia, Washington DC and New York. He moved to Winston-Salem in 2011 and started experimenting with new styles and discovering new techniques. He has been a member of Artworks Gallery for several years and exhibits regularly.

This exhibition is free and open to the public.

Artworks Gallery Presents:

Perviz Heyat: “The Industrial Revolution”

Exhibition Dates: October 27 – November 30, 2024

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 9 , 2 – 4 pm

Open for DADA First Friday

Gallery Hop: November 1, 7 – 9 pm

And Art Crush: Friday, November 15, 7- 9 pm

Perviz Heyat is a multimedia artist living in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He began his art training at the age of six and his formal training at the age of 14 in Istanbul, Turkey. He had his first solo show at the age of 17 in Istanbul.

Heyat approaches his art with belief in complete freedom of expression. He believes that every person has art within them and that we all use art every day. The choices we make in our lives reflect the artistic direction of our existence, with a delicate balance of the opposing forces of rules and freedom. This balance of opposing forces is a necessary part of being human.

Perviz has travelled across the United States working in big cities and on Native American reservations throughout the past 35 years. His experiences are the subject matter of his paintings, which address the social unrest, inequality, and alienation inherent in a modern society focused on economic and technological progress.

Perviz had several exhibitions in private galleries in Istanbul before he moved to the United States in 1982. He has exhibited his paintings in galleries in Wheeling, West Virginia. His paintings were also featured in the Sony Pictures Classics release, Whatever, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. He had regular solo and group exhibits in Washington, DC at the Studio Gallery, and in Manhattan, New York, at the Phoenix Gallery between 2002- 2011.

Perviz moved to Winston Salem in 2011 and started experimenting with new styles and discovering new techniques. Evolving from a realistic style, he painted in “pop art” style for several years until he adopted the abstract expressionist style he employs in this exhibit.

His current show called the “The Industrial Revolution” represents the abstract expressionist force behind this revolution and is influenced by the American masters from the fifties and sixties.

The exhibits are free and open to the public.

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