Puerto Rican artist Kevin Quiles Bonilla in the group show “FLESH + BONE II” at Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC

PR ART NEWS - Hillyer Art Space presents Flesh + Bone II: An Exhibition of Contemporary Figurative Work. The exhibitions open on Friday, July 1st and will run through Saturday, July 30th, 2016. Forty-four artists across the continent will present work for Flesh + Bone II several of which will be present to talk about their work with visitors at our reception on Friday, July 1st from 6-9pm.

Flesh + Bone II is Hillyer’s second bi-annual contemporary figurative exhibition. This juried exhibition was open to all artists living and working in North America, and will feature a wide variety of media from forty-four artists, twenty-one of which live locally, one from Puerto Rico, and one from Canada.

Puerto Rican artist Kevin Quiles Bonilla art work

Selected artists include:

Gabriela I. Aguero (Canada), Amanda L. Burnham (MD), Ross D. Carlisle (NY), Shamila N. Chaudhary (DC), Celeste S. Chen (DC), Christopher T. Corson (MD), Julian Cushing (PA), Alexandra Z. Delafkaran (DC), Katie M. Duffy (MD), Elissa, Farrow-Savos (VA), Marisa R. Finos (MA), Ghislaine E. Fremaux (TX), Yikui Gu (PA), Mike Hayes (DC), Ming Y. Hong (MO), Teresa Jarzynski (MD), Sally J. Kauffman (DC), Blythe King (VA), Lyle C. Kleinhans (DC), Steven Labadessa (NY), Sharon A. Lacey (MA), Kirsty J. Little (MD), Jillian Y. MacMaster (MD), Antonio J. Martinez (IL), Kassandra B. Mattia (IA), Armaghan Mehrabian (VA), Caroline A. Minchew (DC), Duly Noted Painters (DC), Kevin Quiles Bonilla (Puerto Rico), Mojdeh R (VA), Renée Regan (DC), Sarah L. Sagarin (NY), Aparna Sarkar (NY), Suzanne D. Schireson (RI), Terry Schupbach-Gordon (NC), Ashley C. Smith (NY), Zachary G. Thornton (MD), Paula L. Torres (MD), Lindsey A. Wolkowicz (NY)

About the juror – Lorelle Rau

Lorelle Rau is an artist, curator, and art consultant. Rau currently resides in Richmond, Virginia and works for The Anderson Art Group, a corporate art consulting firm. In addition she installs artwork for various clients and helps emerging artists develop their artistic careers. Rau’s curatorial experience includes Reclaimed | Retold in 2015, Sensory Overload at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 2010 and several exhibitions at Chasen Galleries and the Looking Glass Gallery. Rau is also a collage, mixed-media artist, exhibiting her work in galleries throughout the southeast.