CREATIVE TIME COMICS: JUNE 2009

My one-page comic BLACK WATER is currently featured as this month's contribution to the web project CREATIVE TIME COMICS for the arts organization CREATIVE TIME.

NEW LINKS TO MY ART

The preparatory drawing for the CHAMPY wall painting is currently part of A Beckoning Country: Art and Objects from the Lake Champlain Valley at the University of Vermont Fleming Museum. It will be on view from April 14 - September 20, 2009 in Burlington, VT.

My work is currently featured featured on the Zorya FIne Art gallery website. Zorya Fine Art is a gallery in Greenwich, CT focusing on the work of emerging and established artists of Ukrainian descent.

Check out my interview on the Open Thread Blog. Open Thread is an arts organization in Pittsburgh and the tri-state area.

CREATIVE TIME COMICS

My next project will be a comic strip for the web project CREATIVE TIME COMICS for the arts organization CREATIVE TIME. The project feature a comic by a different artist each month starting January 2009. My contribution will be online starting June 1, 2009. It's currently a web project, and will eventually be collected into a book. Subscribe to the CREATIVE TIME COMICS rss feed here.

CHAMPY WALL PAINTING

An exhibition by Emilia Edwards at the Richard F. Brush Gallery at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY on view from August 20-November 15, 2008. The 400 square foot panorama depicts regional sensation “Champy,” the alleged monster that resides in Lake Champlain. Champy rose to popular attention after the sighting of a giant water serpent by Sheriff Nathan Mooney in the late 19th century. Since then, over 300 sightings of the cryptid have been reported. This installation conflates the legend of Champy with the current and very real infestation of the Lake Champlain Basin by the lamprey eel.



Detail from the card for the CHAMPY exhibition. If you would like to receive a card by mail please email me at e@emiliaedwards.com.





Installation shots of the 9' x 96' wall painting CHAMPY.

WALL PAINTING FOR 'MAYDAY' EXHIBITION

A 15' wide by 9' tall wall painting adapted from the center spread of the ANTZOKIA comic for the MAYDAY exhibition at the Miller Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA. An installation including the wall painting and ANTZOKIA comic was on view from May 2 to May 19, 2008.

WALL PAINTING FOR 'TRANSIT' EXHIBITION

A 12' wide by 9' tall wall painting for the TRANSIT exhibition at the Miller Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA, on view from Feb. 29 to March 9, 2008.

ANTZOKIA

ANTZOKIA, a new 20-page comic available for purchase HERE. Giant ravenous babies, ham, and hundreds of tentacles move through empty European streets. This comic has two distinct sides: one color, one black and white. Each side has its own cover and the narratives collide in the center of the book. It uses an invented language of symbols drawn from my experiences studying in Bilbao, Spain, and from being an outsider within that nationalist culture.









Details from ANTZOKIA, a 20-page reversible comic, 6.5" x 10.25", 2008. ©Emilia Edwards, 2008.

THE INEVITABLE

The Inevitable is a 20-page cycle of consumption, transformation, and destruction featuring monsters eating each other.





Details from The Inevitable, a 20-page mini-comic in black and white, 6" x 9", 2006. ©Emilia Edwards, 2006.