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Gallery Sitka Announces “Portrait of Nature” Exhibition
Sculptural Forms from Nature by Melanie Zibit
Photographic Portraits of Flowers by Zen Saito
Open Reception Sunday, May 5, 2:30-4:30pm

Shirley, MA, April 27, 2024 – Gallery Sitka announces the exhibition “Portrait of Nature” by sculptor Melanie Zibit and artist/photographer Zen Saito. The public is invited to the free opening reception on Sunday, May 5 from 2:30-4:30pm; Saito and Zibit will be in attendance. The show will be displayed through June 5.   

Sculptor and Shirley Massachusetts resident, Melanie Zibit learned to carve in the marble workshops of Carrara, Italy. Her passion for creating sculpture started as an undergraduate and then grew in her 20s to working with artists in rural Maine and in New York City. Zibit carves at the Vermont Carving Studio and Sculpture Center. She gives presentations at museums, schools, universities, galleries, and arts festivals and has received commissions and exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the US. Zibit is the recipient of the 2014 and 2015 NYC Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club award and the 2015 Best Abstract in Show award from the Cape Cod Art Association.  

Zibit states, “I am inspired by ancient and modern sculptors. I use marble and bronze, classical materials, and components of forms found in nature to create a modern statement. Leaving elements natural or forms unfinished invites the viewer to complete the form in their mind’s eye.”

Artist, Japanese native, and Fitchburg resident Zen Saito (a.k.a. Yoshiyuki Saito) grew up in a small town in Japan with a family that supported his creativity. By age 18, Zen had moved to Tokyo to study design. At age 24 he moved to New York where he studied at The Art Students League of New York, worked at a sculptor studio, and exhibited his work in group and solo shows in Brooklyn and Manhattan. In 2007 Zen moved to Massachusetts and has expanded his artistic endeavors to include carpentry. 

Zen shares, “My artwork is often influenced by nature, and often reflects the period of my life. I once wanted my artwork to carry messages to the world — but recently I have just been enjoying working with different media, exploring and developing new skills, opening up my freedom to challenge my creativity.”

Additional information can be found at Gallery Sitka.

At a Glance 

WHAT: Melanie Zibit & Zen Saito “Portraits of Nature” Exhibition and Reception at Gallery Sitka/Shirley 

WHEN: Reception Sunday, May 5, 2:30-4:30pm; Show thru June 5; Gallery hours: M-W, 9-12 & by appointment or chance

WHERE: 2 Shaker Rd., D101, Shirley, MA

INFO: Open to all, free admission, GallerySitka.com

About Gallery Sitka

Gallery Sitka® is a woman-owned and operated art entity with galleries in Newport, RI; Shirley, MA; Saratoga, NY (by appointment); and additional periodic pop-ups around the Northeast. With a focus on abstract art, Gallery Sitka represents the work of more than twenty painters, sculptors, encaustic artists, as well as jewelry designers from New England, New York, Brasil, France and Italy. The Gallery is committed to local art and the creative economy. Gallery Sitka opened in 2014 and has been featured in publications such as Art New England, Newport This Week, NorthCentral Mass.com, Harvard General Store, ChooseNorthCentral.com, among others. For more information visit gallerysitka.com.

Images:

“Sunrise on the Pacific” by Melanie Zibit, Bronze, 7″ x 6.5″ x 6″

“Sunflower” by Zen Saito, Photograph, 24”x30”

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Gallery Sitka Announces
VERONIQUE SAPIN EXHIBITION
Gallery Reception Saturday, May 4, 2:30-4:30pm

Newport, RI, April 11, 2024 – Gallery Sitka announces the exhibition “Symptoms” by French visual artist Veronique Sapin, with an opening reception on Saturday, May 4 from 2:30-4:30pm. Sapin, whose studio is in Cugnaux, France, will be in attendance at the Newport gallery on the corner of Spring and Franklin Streets. The artist reception is free and open to the public. The show will be displayed through May 14.

The full scope of Véronique Sapin’s artwork is of the visual arts nature, including videos, installations, photos, ink, and art books. Her artwork has been a part of more than 240 showings in forty countries. She is also curator, co-founder and coordinator of the international women artists collective FemLink-Art which involves 140+ artists from 60+ countries. She has initiated important partnerships with institutions such as Unesco for the video training of African women artists.

For this exhibition at Gallery Sitka, Sapin focuses on an ink painting art method she gleaned while living in Singapore where she took classes from artist Lim Choon Jin.

Ms. Sapin offers, “Working with ink means anticipating what the ink will want to do, expecting it not to do so, and measuring our degree of intervention on its freedom. This implies a constant game of partnership and adversity between the artist and the medium.”

Gallery Sitka owner, Tamar Russell Brown states, “We have been expanding the gallery’s breadth of artists and offerings to include more international art. Veronique is our first French female artist to have as part of our Gallery Sitka family; we invite the community to join us in welcoming her!”

Additional information can be found at Gallery Sitka – Sapin.

At a Glance 

WHAT: VERONIQUE SAPIN Exhibition and Reception at Gallery Sitka/Newport

WHEN: Reception Saturday, May 4, 2:30-4:30pm; Show thru May 14; Gallery hours:

Gallery hours: M | Th | F | Sa, 11-5

WHERE: 227 Spring St., Newport, RI (corner of Franklin)

INFO: Open to all, free admission, GallerySitka.com

About Gallery Sitka

Gallery Sitka® is a woman-owned and operated art entity with galleries in Newport, RI; Shirley, MA; Saratoga, NY (by appointment); and additional periodic pop-ups around the Northeast. With a focus on abstract art, Gallery Sitka represents the work of more than twenty painters, sculptors, encaustic artists, as well as jewelry designers from New England, New York, Brasil, France and Italy. The Gallery is committed to local art and the creative economy. Gallery Sitka opened in 2014 and has been featured in publications such as Art New England, Newport This Week, NorthCentral Mass.com, Harvard General Store, ChooseNorthCentral.com, among others. For more information visit gallerysitka.com.

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