January 11-February 26 featuring Little Fire Studios and Evan Schlomann with reception Friday, January 31, 5-7pm
Evan Schlomann’s “Kraftwerk Computer World Tour Japan 1981.” This installation of print manipulations explores a poster series for Kraftwerk’s 1981 tour of Japan for the album Computer World through a punk graphic pop art distortion.
Evan Schlomann was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and grew up in Warwick, New York. He studied graphic design at SUNY Orange. While there, he was selected for a scholarship to study lost wax bronze casting under Greg Wyatt at the Modern Art Foundry. He continued to study sculpture at the Newington-Cropsey Foundation, and the Beacon Fine Art Foundry. After SUNY Orange, Evan furthered his graphic design education at Parsons School of Design at The New School in New York City. He has been part of group exhibitions at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and the National Arts Club in Manhattan as well as a solo show in Warwick, NY. Evan has also been consistently active in local music scenes; creating posters and layouts, as well as touring and performing all across the country. Evan currently lives in High Bridge, NJ. He loves Star Trek, dogs, and death metal.evanschlomann.com
The exhibition in the common multi-use space is Mirowsky’s “Rubbish Rabbit” sculptures from her Plastic Pearl Project displayed in the windows among the potted plants; “Working in Circles,” an interactive wreath installation on the main wall acts as backdrop to the space’s ongoing music, poetry, and comedy events.
“Sum Thing Small,” a collection of small works, is on the other common space wall along with an empty gold frame laced with shoelaces ready to be filled with art made at the show’s reception from 5-7 p.m. Jan. 31.
In the back gallery though the blue adorned doorway is, “Heavily Processed,” an interdisciplinary installation by Little Fire Studios highlighting how modern human life interacts with technology, featuring songs displayed as QR codes made via different visual art processes.
Aidan Mirowsky (jAM) of Little Fire Studios is an interdisciplinary artist. Her work includes photography/video, painting, printmaking, collage, land art and installations. She intertwines personal experience and observations on human behavior with the environment and society; exploring language, parenthood and sustainability. Earning her BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design at The New School in New York City, she now lives and works in rural New Jersey, USA. She has participated in the Artist Residency in Motherhood, is a founding member of the Art Mama’s Alliance and received a grant from the Puffin Foundation for her ongoing Plastic Pearl Project. In 2020, she collaborated with her husband, writer and musician, Mark Natale, releasing his music and spoken word tracks. Little Fire Studios is home to their creative endeavors. littlefirestudios.com
