The Great Disconnect.

Y'all. I'm in an exhibition in a few weeks. Check the info below and I hope you can make it. Or break something in my honor.

Jelena Berenc and

Lauren Herzak-Bauman

March 4-April 1, 2011

Opening reception and artist talk, Friday, March 4th, 7-9pm

Working in diverse media, artists Jelena Berenc and Lauren Herzak-Bauman explore the idea of self awareness and the passage of time. Jelena Berenc uses large scale graphite drawings to document individual presence and being. Berenc states that, "drawing is used as a means by which I attain self-existence. Drawing is an activity of being oneself, by which one's true essence is realized: a self-revelation." Benenc's drawings document everyday existence through minimal and repetitious mark-making.

Using primarily the material of porcelain, Lauren Herzak-Bauman's large scale installations explore the notion of personal phases of being over time. The artist states, "Making things in clay links these shifting states of emotional being to a materiality, documenting and communicating struggle primarily shared in private spaces."

Jelena Berenc lives and works in St. Charles, Illinois and received her MFA and BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Lauren Herzak-Bauman lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota and received her MFA from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota and her BFA from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.