It's That Wonderful Time of Year When Houska Gallery Presents Its Winter Group Show
It's that wonderful time of year when Houska Gallery in St. Louis’ Central West End hosts their annual Winter Group Show. The show includes a much-anticipated grouping of new and previously represented artists with an all-new body of work to exhibit. Join them for an Opening Reception on Friday, December 6th from 5-8 pm.
The exhibit, which runs December 6th, 2024 - February 15th, 2025, features 4-new-to-the gallery, amazingly talented artists: St. Louis artists, Lauren Knight, and JoAnn Houle together with Jill Opelka from KC and Linda Lewis from Des Moines, Iowa. Each artist along with our established artists brings their own unique vision and creative process we think will be thrilling to see together curated in our space. Our lineup in this year's group show are:
Lauren Knight
Jill Oelka
Eric Wieringa
Julie Malone J
Justin Tolentino
Lauren Tracy
Renee Raub-Ayers
JoAnn Houle
Justin King
Jeff Kapfer
Nick Erker
Linda Lewis
Winter Show 2024 Featured Artist ken konchel
This year's “Special Guest” Featured Artist is the incomparable Ken Konchel with a new grouping of his highly sought-after photographs.
Their Lower Gallery space will present a solo exhibition of his work.
“As a photographer, I am drawn to the expressive power of buildings. Provocatively capturing architecture in an abstract, graphic way keenly interests me.” said Konchel He went on to say, “My intention is to make compelling photographs that remove the context and distill architecture to nothing but relationships of shape, line, pattern, form, detail, tone, and texture.”
“I aim to photograph buildings in arresting ways, creating compositions that do not immediately reveal themselves as architecture. Buildings present rich opportunities for me to imaginatively explore the angle, the cube, the curve, the triangle, and the rectangle. By examining these forms individually or grouping them into unconventional configurations, I aspire to challenge and captivate people by introducing them to architecture’s intriguing visual possibilities. I strive to take photographs that disclose their content in layers of meaning that are more richly rewarded with repeated viewings.”
This exhibition is hosted by Houska Gallery, 4728 McPherson, STL, 63108. They welcome your visit during regular business hours, Tuesday - Saturday, 11 am - 4 pm, or private viewing by appointment.
About Houska Gallery
Houska Gallery is a place where introductions are made between the community, artists, and the visions they create. With multiple showrooms and frequently rotating group shows, the gallery aims to elevate artists by curating exciting and thoughtful exhibitions. Houska Gallery is a proud supporter of the St. Louis art scene, a local hub offering a variety of contemporary art perspectives.
Houska Gallery opened in 1998 as the studio gallery of Pop artist Charles Houska and has since grown to exhibit a diverse range of contemporary artistic styles for the collector and art lover.
