We have a new show up! Tara Chickey of the Mantis Collective Gallery is displaying her monotoypes, drawings and paintings August 11 through September 26. A reception for the artist will be held on Friday, August 20, 2010 from 6-9pm. On Friday, September 17, 2010 there will be another artist reception from 6-9pm with a Q&A session with the artist starting at 7pm in the gallery. Utilizing painting and drawing, the depicted scenes in Tara's work float between memory and actual experience. Specifically, her work is influenced by her travels to Iceland. She extracts segments of these memories of glaciers, fjords, volcanoes, geysers, waterfalls and sparse vegetation to create a new and enhanced memory for viewers to soak in.
Tara currently resides in Harrisburg , PA. She attended Millersville University where she received her BSE in art education. She had also studied at the Burren College of Art in Ireland . She has been in both solo and collective shows in Pennsylvania , Washington D.C. , Maryland , and Ireland . Her work is also in private collections throughout the nation. Chickey is a member of Moviate ( Harrisburg ’s film co-op), and is co-director/owner of The Mantis Collective. She is also an art instructor at Central Dauphin High School where she teaches Drawing and Painting courses.
