STEVEN ZEVITAS GALLERY, December 22, 2023 to January 27, 2024 exhibits artists: Isabelle Higgins Sandrea Lovelock Williams Hannah Rust Papay Solomon Ji Zou

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STEVEN ZEVITAS GALLERY FINAL WEEK: New New England December 22, 2023 - January 27, 2024    Isabelle Higgins Sandrea Lovelock Williams Hannah Rust Papay Solomon Ji Zou

Steven Zevitas Gallery is pleased to present New New England, a group exhibition featuring nine new paintings made by five exceptional artists working within New England. The exhibition will be on view from December 22, 2023 to January 27, 2024.   Each painting in New New England features a central figure, but the subjects’ environments, facture, and histories differ radically. Collectively, they demonstrate the breadth of psychic states the human figure can conjure in painting. Papay Solomon examines the divide between heritage and adopted culture; Ji Zou explores NSFW content and digital identity; Hannah Rust opens the door to magical thinking in a time of climate catastrophe; Isabelle Higgins dwells on the comfort of seeing a friendly face after a long day; and Sandrea Lovelock Williams invites us to join a celebration of life for a loved-one lost.

Isabelle Higgins (b. 1996 Malden, MA)is a Boston based painter, who completed her BFA in Painting at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design in 2019. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Between You and Me with LaMontagne Gallery (Boston, MA), The Spectacle Of It at The Basement (Cambridge, MA), and The Portrait Project with Ayida Gallery (Boston, MA). She was awarded the Yale Norfolk Residency in 2018 and attended Vermont Studio Center Residency in 2019. Higgins is a recipient of The 2019 Marcia Lloyd Auction Award, the 2018 George Nick Prize and the 2018 Rob Moore Grant in Painting.   Sandrea Lovelock Williams (b. 1972 Jamaica) lives and works in Milton, MA. She is an MFA candidate with the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She presented a solo exhibition in 2020 with the Milton Public Library (Milton, MA). Recent group exhibitions include CAA National Prize Show with the Cambridge Art Association (Cambridge, MA), Heirlooms and Stories with Lab Central (Cambridge, MA), and Faye Chandler Emerging Art Exhibition at Boston City Hall (Boston, MA). She will be features in New American Paintings upcoming Northeast Issue #170. Hannah Rust (b. 1998 Beverly, MA) lives and works in Boston, MA. She graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a BFA in Painting in 2023 and was a recipient of the George Nick Prize, an award given on the basis of merit and selected by a blind jury led by MassArt Professor Emeritus George Nick. Rust was recently featured in a two-person exhibition with The Distillery Gallery (Boston, MA), titled Hoping Machine. Papay Solomon (b. 1993, Guinea) is currently an artist in residence with The Lunder Institute for American Art (Waterville, ME). Recent solo exhibitions include AS WE ARE with The Something Machine (Bellport, NY) and Nightmares Americana with Steven Zevitas Gallery (Boston, MA). His work belongs to several institutional collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA), High Museum (Atlanta, GA), and Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, AZ).  He was the cover artist for New American Paintings West Issue #138 Ji Zou (b. 1994 Columbus, OH) lives and works in Providence, RI. Zou is an MFA Candidate at the Rhode Island School of Design. Recent group exhibitions include A Room With A View at Vardan Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), FEMBOT with The Hole (New York, NY), A Happy Beginning with Latitude Gallery (New York, NY), Soft Fragments with Land To Sea NYC (Brooklyn, NY), and Swelter with Steven Zevitas Gallery. Zou was the cover artist of New American Paintings MFA Issue #165.

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