91³Ô¹ÏÍø

October 30, 2024

Multidisciplinary artist will display installation, video and sculpture

Once More, an exhibit of installation, video and sculpture by multidisciplinary artist Megan Suttles, the founder of Hot Wood Arts in Brooklyn, opens Thursday, Nov. 7, with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. in The Teaching Gallery at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø. An artist’s talk precedes the opening at 3 p.m. in the BTC Auditorium on the Troy Campus. The talk, reception and regular gallery hours are open free to the public. The exhibit closes Saturday, Dec. 7.

This exhibit takes its title from Once More, an evolving series of images that show Suttles contorting her body in order to occupy smaller and smaller open cubes. The confinement of the 2020 mandated, Covid-19 quarantine prompted the artist to revisit the 2017 series that ultimately totaled 1,000 still images – 200 per 6’, 5’, 4’, 3’ and 2’ cube. These cubes with video plus other works are part of the current exhibit.

Suttles considers her site-specific installations combining images, video and 3-D elements to be “spatial drawings,” in which she often utilizes her own body to explore her physical existence, self-preservation and healing.

She is the founder, proprietor and curator of Hot Wood Arts that provides studio space for 17 artists working in a variety of disciplines, including fine art, stage set design, music and writing. Housed since 2012 in a converted waterfront warehouse in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, Hot Wood Arts also offers community gallery and performance spaces.

The artist and educator earned MFA and BFA degrees at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn that included study in Italy and South Africa. Suttles also has an Associate’s degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, and studied sculpture and drawing at The Art Students League of New York and the New York Academy of Art. Her exhibition credits span 12-plus years, including frequent shows of her “spatial drawings” throughout Brooklyn and New York City, as well as exhibits in Asbury Park, NJ; North Adams, MA; Philadelphia, PA, and Seattle, WA.

Hours in The Teaching Gallery are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 1 - 7 p.m. Wednesday; noon - 4 p.m. Saturday and closed Sunday and Monday. Admission is free. The exhibit closes Dec. 7. Visit www.hvcc.edu/teachinggallery for more information.

Exhibitions in The Teaching Gallery are installed and assisted by students enrolled in Gallery Management courses and supported by the Department of Fine Arts, Theatre Arts and Digital Media, the Cultural Affairs Program and the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Foundation. Associate Professor Tara Fracalossi is gallery director.