Exhibition in the Plus/Space: February 22 - March 29, 2019

backroads

New Work by Almaz Wilson

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 22,6:00-8:00pm

“backroads is an improvisational body of work guided by emotional intimacy as a source of power and a route from one unknown landscape to another. secondary pathways are explored within the works as places that are appointed and can be felt but not seen. through communion with a legacy of accumulated embodied knowledge, backroads is a collection inspired by the act of clearing and the relationship between empathy and dissonance. “ - Almaz Wilson

About the Artist

Almaz Wilson is an artist who explores intimacy, loss and resilience, and identity in flux through the possibilities of endlessness in place-making and shape-making. Rooted in drawing, her work is inspired by the generative processes of translation as a tool to investigate somatic, emotional and psychic expressions of the unseen through materiality. Born in Columbia, Maryland, Almaz holds a BA in Biological Anthropology from the University of Maryland an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Florida where she was a recipient of the Board of Education Fellowship and Graduate Student Fellowship. She has lived and worked in New York City as well as Albuquerque, New Mexico and is currently based in Miami, Florida.

GALLERY HOURS:

Thursday through Sunday, 1pm to 6pm; or by appointment. 

DIRECTIONS:

Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk ¾ block to 558 St. Johns Place. FiveMyles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

FiveMyles is in part supported by the New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Laurie Cumbo, the Greenwich Collection, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, and the Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Foundation.