International Juried Photography Exhibition
Guest Curator: Emma Powell
NARRATIVES ~
FIGMENTS & FRAGMENTS
Opening Night Reception: Saturday Jan 15th 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: Jan 15th - 29th, 2022
Guest Curator | Emma Powell
The photograph’s power as a narrative tool is derived from the impression that what is captured within the frame is an accurate representation of what actually occurred at a specific moment in time. As complete or comprehensive as any narrative may appear to be, it will always be subject to a process of including some elements and excluding others. These inclusions and exclusion are a crucial part of what photographic storytelling is all about - What is being presented within the frame to the viewer – and what is being left out or left to the viewer’s imagination.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic works that explore the development of visual narratives through the still image. Stories may take any shape or form; they may be literal or fantasy, documentary or fiction; complex or minimal.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Guest Curator: Emma Powell
NARRATIVES ~
FIGMENTS & FRAGMENTS
Opening Night Reception: Saturday Jan 15th 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: Jan 15th - 29th, 2022
Guest Curator | Emma Powell
The photograph’s power as a narrative tool is derived from the impression that what is captured within the frame is an accurate representation of what actually occurred at a specific moment in time. As complete or comprehensive as any narrative may appear to be, it will always be subject to a process of including some elements and excluding others. These inclusions and exclusion are a crucial part of what photographic storytelling is all about - What is being presented within the frame to the viewer – and what is being left out or left to the viewer’s imagination.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic works that explore the development of visual narratives through the still image. Stories may take any shape or form; they may be literal or fantasy, documentary or fiction; complex or minimal.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Guest Curator: Emma Powell
NARRATIVES ~
FIGMENTS & FRAGMENTS
Opening Night Reception: Saturday Jan 15th 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: Jan 15th - 29th, 2022
Guest Curator | Emma Powell
The photograph’s power as a narrative tool is derived from the impression that what is captured within the frame is an accurate representation of what actually occurred at a specific moment in time. As complete or comprehensive as any narrative may appear to be, it will always be subject to a process of including some elements and excluding others. These inclusions and exclusion are a crucial part of what photographic storytelling is all about - What is being presented within the frame to the viewer – and what is being left out or left to the viewer’s imagination.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic works that explore the development of visual narratives through the still image. Stories may take any shape or form; they may be literal or fantasy, documentary or fiction; complex or minimal.
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EMPTY PLACES, ABANDONED SPACES
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Opening reception: Sat. Dec. 16, 6–8PM CST
Exhibition dates: Dec. 16, 2023–Jan. 6, 2024
Through the visual representation of abandoned spaces, artifacts of history are at once new but decayed, ancient yet fresh. The past takes on new life in these forsaken, ruined, or empty spaces as we wonder, Who were the people who lived and worked here? What were their lives like? What were their stories? Where did they go?
Praxis Gallery presents photographic art that explores the visual and social significance of what is left behind, in which crumbling factories, derelict churches, private homes, and other empty places serve as the basis for creative investigation. Juried by Ross Anderson.
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International Juried Photography Exhibition
DUSK TILL DAWN
Opening Night: Sat. Dec. 16, 6–8PM
Exhibition dates: Dec. 16, 2023–Jan. 6, 2023
“Night does not show things, it suggests them. It disturbs and surprises us with its strangeness. It liberates forces within us which are dominated by our reason during the daytime.” ―Brassai
Spanning two centuries, the magic of night photography has captured the collective imagination of the masses. From the infamously long exposures required by early artists to high-speed color film and the advent of digital technology, the light at night has inspired an explosion of interest among contemporary artists. Natural vistas, celestial bodies, urban landscapes, artificial structures, and nocturnal interludes represent but a few of the limitless subjects of nighttime photography.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic art that explore the fundamental qualities that make night photography – from dusk till dawn – a compelling contemporary art form. Curated by Praxis Directors
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MOTION < BLUR
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Opening reception: Sat. Nov. 18, 6–8PM
Exhibition dates: Nov. 18–Dec. 9, 2023
In most cases, photography is used to “freeze time,” with a still image. Motion in photography creates a paradox: the image is a frozen moment in time but what is captured is an object that is a blur of motion – an apparent streaking, bending, distorting and /or movement of light and objects in the foreground or background of the image frame. Blur can demonstrate the velocity of movement. It can convey the emotional dimensions of the subject photographed, presenting dream-like qualities by invoking the surreal and transitory nature of time passing.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic art that demonstrates the fundamental qualities that make motion & blur a compelling element of contemporary photography. All genres, capture types, and post-production processes are welcome for submission. Juried by Laura Valenti.
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THE CONSTRUCTED IMAGE
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Opening Reception: Sat. Nov. 18, 6-8PM
Exhibition dates: Nov. 18–Dec. 9, 2023
The Constructed Image encapsulates a deliberate orchestration of visual elements to convey narratives, emotions, and artistic visions. This theme explores the intricate interplay of subject, composition, props, lighting, and environment in crafting captivating photographs, at any scale. Photographers construct meticulous scenes with purposeful backgrounds and thought-provoking poses, blurring the line between reality and imagination.
Praxis presents photographic art that showcases the power of constructed elements to shape evocative compositions that resonate with viewers on a profound level. All capture types, genres, and post-production processes were considered. Juried by Nicole Houff.
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International Juried Photography Exhibition
LETTERS, NUMBERS & SYMBOLS
Opening reception: Sat. Oct. 21, 6–8PM CST
Exhibition dates: Oct. 21–Nov. 11, 2023
What’s written, scrawled, printed, posted, erased, illegible. Letters, words, glyphs, equations, signatures, graffiti, advertising, envelopes, love letters, cursive, ampersands, abbreviations, charts, graphs, lines in the sand, hieroglyphs, runes, legends, typos, billboards, mistakes, regrets, palimpsests, fragments, fractions, chicken scratch, alphabets, phrases, nouns, verbs, neon, slogans, documents.
Praxis presents photographic art that includes letters, numbers, words, and/or symbols as a fundamental aspect of the composition.
Juried by Dallas Crow.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
NUDE
GEOGRAPHIES
The nude form has been portrayed in art throughout history, from the classical era to the enlightenment and the modern era. The nude figure in western art–specifically in photography–has expressed ideals of female and male beauty along with other human qualities including life, energy, and an array of complicated human emotions.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic works that explore the nude in any of its varied styles including figure studies, environmental nudes and implied nudes–just to name a few of the many iterations of this genre. All capture types, genres, black & white and color, traditional and non-traditional photographic and digital post-production processes are welcome for submission. Curated by Praxis Directors
Opening Night: Sat. Oct. 21, 6–8PM CST
Exhibition dates: Oct. 21–Nov. 11, 2023
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THE FOUND OBJECT
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Opening Reception: Sat. Sept. 16, 6-8PM
Exhibition dates: Sept. 16–Oct. 7, 2023
A "found object" is a material artifact discovered by chance and assigned esthetic value in an artist’s hand. Found art may include a wide array of objects and items either discarded, forgotten, dropped, or misplaced – such as shoes, a fork, shopping carts, signs, doll heads, abandoned cars, clocks, mementos, or any object that can be reimagined through the lens of a camera.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic art that investigates this idiom: exploring the subject of the “found object” as pure visual form, detached from its history or utility, or conversely, the representation of the object as a catalyst for exploring broader issues such as subjectivity and socialization, memory and loss, or love and death. All genres, capture types, an post-production processes are welcome for submission. Juried by Jonathan Pavlica.
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ORDER ≠ DISORDER
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Opening Reception: Sat. Sept. 16, 6-8PM
Exhibition dates: Sept. 16–Oct. 7, 2023
Order and disorder, form and formlessness, anarchy and rule: how do these concepts function in art? How do they operate in opposition to one another? What is intentional–and what is left to chance?
Praxis Gallery presents an exhibition of photographic art that explores the concepts of order and disorder, and conflict between the two. Selected images focus on these ideas as pure visual form expressed through compositional symmetry or disarray; or examine the cultural, social, or psychological implications of order and disorder (for example, exploring ideas of conformity or dissent, anxiety or calm, obsession or indifference, or other ephemeral expressions of this concept). Curated by Praxis Directors.
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THE STREETS
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Opening Reception: Sat. Aug. 19, 6–8PM CST
Exhibition Dates: Aug. 19–Sept. 2, 2023
"Street Photography became recognized as a genre in its own right during the early 1930s. Street Photography is unique in the way it is associated with the photographer's skill in capturing something of the mystery and aura of everyday city living. The Street Photographer is then often likened to the historical figure of the flâneur: namely someone who mingles anonymously amongst the crowd observing and recording the ways the unsuspecting city dweller interacts with his or her environment."
Praxis Gallery presents photographic art that explores the genre of street photography from all angles, including people, urban structure, and documentary subject matter. All genres, capture types, black & white and color, traditional and non-traditional photographic and digital post-production were considered. Juried by Robi Chakraborty.
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IN-BETWEEN MOMENTS
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Opening Reception: Sat. Aug. 19, 6-8PM CST
Exhibition Dates: Aug. 19–Sept. 2, 2023
“The most perceptive photographers can make compelling pictures out of uninteresting moments.” –Alex Tehrani
French novelist Georges Perec declared that we should find “an anthropology of the ordinary” as revolt against cultural and mass media exploitation of the exotic - the relentless parade of trauma elevated above the routine of everyday events. Perec’s revolt against the frenzy of trauma (the shameful, the voyeuristic and the spectacular) was to excessively document the ordinary in daily life, meticulously accounting for everything and anything in one’s immediate surroundings in an active attempt to uncover the unimportant and the insignificant.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic art that explores the in-between moments of life and endeavors to notice the unnoticeable, the mundane, the banal and anti-climactic.
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THE ABSTRACT IMAGE
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Opening Night Reception: Sat. July 15, 6–8PM
Exhibition Dates: July 15–29, 2023
‘An abstract photograph draws away from that which is realistic or literal. It draws away from natural appearances and recognizable subjects in the actual world. Some people even say it departs from true meaning, existence, and reality itself. It stands apart from the concrete whole with its purpose instead depending on conceptual meaning and intrinsic form.' John Suler
Praxis Gallery presents photographic works that explore the world through an abstracted lens; utilizing elements of color, light, shadow, texture, shape and line to express meaning outside of traditional representational and documentary styles of photography. Juried by Ellen Jantzen.
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LIQUID ~ SKY
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Opening Night Reception: Sat. July 15, 6–8PM
Exhibition Dates: July 15–29, 2023
Liquid conforms to the shape of its container. The sky is an abstract sphere, centered on the earth. Liquid, Water, Sky and the liminal space between are by definition poetic and symbolic. Yet there are infinite iterations of liquid & sky: consider our human drive to master and contain liquids (pools, levies, faucets and bottles); idiomatic lamentations of “spilt milk” or “water under the bridge”– while also reaching upward in towering buildings, airplanes, and rockets that push skyward.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic artwork that explores the ideas of liquid and sky in their myriad iterations; from landscapes to still life – from scientific to conceptual, Praxis seeks a broadly interpreted investigation of these forever flowing, forever ethereal ideas.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
THE PORTRAIT
Opening Reception: Sat. June 17, 6–8PM CST
Exhibition Dates: June 17–July 1, 2023
"Making portraits is more than a physical form, it’s a silent communication in understanding and respect between the photographer and the subject. There’s an internal emotion and fire of the soul that you try to capture." – Sandra
In her book, Portraits and Persons, writer Cynthia Freeland describes three essential elements that constitute a portrait: “(1) a recognizable physical body (2) an inner life, i.e., some sort of psychological or mental states and (3) self-presentation, or the "posing.”
Praxis Gallery presents photographs that celebrate the aesthetic and conceptual considerations involved in the creation of the portrait: revealing personal narratives or new anthologies through the artistic representation of the subject. Juried by Ross Anderson
International Juried Photography Exhibition
ANIMAL BEINGS
Opening Night Reception: Sat. June 17, 6–8PM CST
Exhibition Dates: June 17–July 1, 2023
This exhibition is a celebration of the astonishing beauty and diversity found in the animal world. Compassionate images of companion animals, wild animals, farm animals, insects, and fish are all heartily welcomed. Show us the very best of your furry, scaly, feathery photographs! Images that showcase violence or inhumane treatment will not be considered. All genres, capture types, black & white and color, traditional and non-traditional processes, and digital post-production are all welcome for submission.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic art that showcase animals’ inner beauty, strength, character, resiliency, and wisdom. This exhibition is a celebration of the astonishing beauty and diversity found in the animal world. These photographic works show us the very best of furry, scaly, feathery photographs!
International Juried Photography Exhibition
THE SHADOW ASPECT
Opening Night Reception: Sat. May 20, 6–8 PM CST
Exhibition Dates: May 20–June 3, 2023
‘Most people think that shadows follow, precede, surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses, and memories.’ - Elie Wiesel.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic art that explores the formal, conceptual, and metaphoric implications of the shadow. Submissions may focus on the shadow as pure visual form expressed through the creation of line, shape, pattern, and texture. They may also examine the cultural and psychological implications of the shadow - exploring ideas of foreboding, internal conflict, passages into the unconsciousness, or other ephemeral interpretations. Juried by Sarah Weiss.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
POETIC STORYTELLING
Opening Night Reception: May 20 6-8PM CST
Exhibition Dates: May 20 – June 3, 2023
The power of photography as a tool for storytelling lies in its ability to convey the impression that the image captured within the frame is an accurate representation of a specific moment in time. However, every narrative is inherently limited by the selective inclusion and exclusion of certain elements. This is a crucial aspect of photographic storytelling; it is not only about what is presented within the frame but also what is left out of the frame - and left to the viewer's imagination - granting interpretive liberty (or poetic license) to both the creator and the viewer.
Praxis Gallery presents of photographic art that explore the development of visual narratives through a poetic lens. The stories may take any form ranging from literal depictions to fantasy or fiction, they may be complex or minimalist in approach.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
THE STILL LIFE
Opening Night Reception: April 15 6–8PM CST
Exhibition Dates: Apr 15–29, 2023
Still life photography, more so than other types of photography, such as landscape or portraiture, gives the photographer extensive leeway and precise control in the arrangement of design elements within a composition. Still life photography is a demanding genre, one in which the photographers are expected to be able to form their work with a refined sense of lighting, coupled with composition and design skills. The still life photographer makes pictures rather than takes them.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic art that investigates the genre of the Still Life. Submissions may explore classical to conceptual aspects of the still life, photographing object arrangements that intrigue, engage or entertain the viewer. Juror: Kimberly Witham
International Juried Photography Exhibition
DIPTYCH OPEN THEME
Opening Night Reception: April 15TH, 6-8PM CST
Exhibition Dates: Apr 15TH - 29TH, 2023
A photographic diptych is a work of art that consists of two photographs that are arranged side by side. Diptychs can convey a story by connecting seemingly unrelated images. The use of two photographs side by side can allow the photographer to experiment with different compositions and to create a sense of balance or symmetry. The two images in a diptych can represent duality or opposites. They allow the photographer to explore different themes, narratives, compositions, and contrasts.
Praxis presents photographic art that explores these concepts; creating new meanings and aesthetic engagement by juxtaposing two images side by side. Curated by: Praxis Directors
International Juried Photography Exhibition
FRAMES WITHIN FRAMES
Opening Night Reception: March 18TH, 6-8PM
Exhibition Dates: Mar 18TH – Apr 1ST, 2023
Juror: Dallas Crow
Speaking of the power of photography, Garry Winogrand once said, “Putting four edges around a collection of information or facts transforms it.” Let’s take that a step further: what happens when you put a frame—in the form of a doorway, window, mirror, casket, another picture, or some other structure—in the photograph itself? It may intensify the focus on the thing framed, but what about what’s happening in the margins between the interior frame and the edge of the picture? How does the composition work as a whole? How do the elements inside and outside the framing device interact? What has the photographer gained by including a frame within the picture rather than making it the border of the entire image?
Praxis presents photographic art That explores a frame or multiple frames within an image as the conceptual basis for the aesthetic expression.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
FEMALIA
A WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH EXHIBITION
Opening Night Reception: Mar 18TH, 6-8PM
Exhibition Dates: Mar 18TH - Apr 1ST, 2023
We are programmed to understand gender and femininity within narrow and restrictive definitions. Photographs, both historical and contemporary, often reinforce these definitions and boundaries that no longer serve us. Photography has the power to transcend all manner of boundaries. It can blur minuscule lines between otherwise dichotomous realms of physical and philosophical space. If we are to reflect on photography’s capacity to challenge concepts of gender and femininity, we enter into an extraordinary opportunity to re-envision and expand our understanding of all who identify as women. We can confront our programmed understandings and reinterpret, both what is in front of the camera and what is behind it.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic art created by or about women image-makers, including trans-women, femme/feminine-identifying, genderqueer, and non-binary lens-based photographic artists.
ANNUAL MEMBER SHOWCASE
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, Mar 18TH 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: Mar 18TH - May 1ST, 2023
2023 Praxis Artist Members
We are thrilled to host our third annual Praxis Members’ Exhibit! The exhibit was installed by our gallerist Jonathon Pavlica in our new Project Lab Gallery at Praxis. Artist members present their submitted photographs in this member only showcase.
Membership supports Praxis Gallery | Photo Arts Center and non-profit photographic arts programming.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
LANDSCAPES
Opening Reception: Feb 18TH, 2023 6-8PM
Exhibition Dates: Feb 18TH - Mar 4TH, 2023
Juror: Douglas Beasley
“Landscape photography shows spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on man-made features or disturbances of landscapes. Many landscape photographs show little or no human activity and are created in the pursuit of a pure, unsullied depiction of nature, devoid of human influence—instead featuring subjects such as strongly defined landforms, weather, ambient light and other sublime elements. Beyond purely aesthetic considerations, landscapes often contain intensely personal and emotional subjectivities; evidence of secret histories of fondness, love, and nurturing - or of past emotional turbulence, loss, longing, and regret.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic artwork that explores a broad, interpretive, and personal investigation of the landscape - both as a place, or an idea - as a literal expression or conceptual iteration.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
THE ARTIST INTERVENES
Opening Night Reception: Feb 18TH 6-8PM
Exhibition Dates: Feb 18TH - Mar 4TH
Guest Curated by: Aline Smithson
Photographic artists are reconsidering the potential of a photograph with a shift to making rather than taking photographs. By using vintage and contemporary photographs as a starting point, artists create physically layered works of art that result in an object, often in reaction to the flood of ubiquitous imagery that digital and cell phone photography has afforded.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic art or lens-based artwork that utilizes physical interventions and investigations of photographic surfaces that can include sewing, cutting, drawing, painting, tearing, bending, and weaving, all ways of interrogating the material qualities of a physical photograph to create new realities.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
EMPTY PLACES : ABANDONED SPACES
Opening Reception: Jan 21ST 6-8PM
Exhibition Dates: Jan 21st - Feb 4th, 2023
Juror: Orin Rutchick
Through the visual representation of abandoned spaces, artifacts of history are at once fresh and new, ancient and decayed. The past continues to live in these forsaken, ruined, or empty spaces and we ask—Who were the people who lived and worked here? What were their lives like? What were their stories? What happened to them in these spaces?
Praxis Gallery presents photographic art that explores the visual and social significance of abandoned space-where derelict factories, churches, private houses or other empty places serve as the basis for creative investigation.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
HOME:
POETICS OF PLACE
Opening Reception: Jan 21ST 6-8PM
Exhibition Dates: Jan 21TH - Feb 4TH, 2023
Curated By: Praxis Directors
The house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace. We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection. Something closed must retain our memories, while leaving them their original value as images. Memories of the outside world will never have the same tonality as those of home and, by recalling these memories, we add to our store of dreams contained in our experience of home. Gaston Bachelard
Praxis Gallery presents photographic works that explore the meaning of home- be it a physical space, a sense or feeling, an idea of family or, perhaps, an exploration of the complicated relationship that many have with the concept of home.