Open year round, the Galleries at Herron showcase the artwork of emerging and established contemporary artists and designers, as well as the work of Herron’s acclaimed faculty, distinguished alumni and students. All exhibitions and artist talks are free and open to the public.
Exhibitions
Current exhibitions
Kota Ezawa: Tonya
January 9 – February 23
Berkshire, Reese, and Paul Galleries
Eskenazi Hall
Kota Ezawa is known for animating film footage of iconic moments from history and popular culture using a process involving freehand and vector-based digital techniques. Tonya is a new three-channel video by Ezawa based on the choreography and movements of contemporary dancer James Kirby Rogers. Bringing together dance and visual arts disciplines, the collaboration between Ezawa and Rogers fuses human movements with the imaginative powers enabled by digital animation.
Christian Marclay: Telephones
January 9 – February 21
Basile Gallery
Eskenazi Hall
A selection of photographs and video work by internationally renowned artist Christian Marclay that examine the telephone – a recurring motif in Marclay's practice. The centerpiece of the exhibition is Marclay's 1995 iconic work Telephones, a mesmerizing, seven-minute video composed of meticulously collaged clips taken from classic Hollywood films.
Peter Shear: Time Stamp
January 9 – February 21
Marsh Gallery
Eskenazi Hall
Best known for small-scale, abstract compositions, Time Stamp introduces a new series of larger format paintings by Peter Shear, a self-taught artist based in Bloomington, Indiana. Shear's larger canvases offer an exuberant exploration of the expressive and poetic possibilities of color and gesture, and continue the artist's sustained investigation into the varied and sometimes contradictory ways to make a painting.
Upcoming exhibitions
Christine Sciulli
March 6 – April 20
Berkshire, Reese, and Paul Galleries
Eskenazi Hall
A large-scale, site-specific installation by artist Christine Sciulli. Sciulli, known for her use of projected light to activate and shape space, takes over Herron’s 3000 sq. ft. Berkshire, Reese and Paul Galleries to create an expansive, immersive and utterly memorable experience.
Gillian Wearing
March 6 – May 18
Marsh Gallery
Eskenazi Hall
A solo presentation of Gillian Wearing’s video installation Bully (2010). One of the key figures of the Young British Artists movement and a recipient of the prestigious Turner Prize, Wearing is known for her documentary-style exploration of everyday life and her interrogation of the fault lines between our private lives and public selves.
Chris Sickels AKA Red Nose Studio
March 6 – May 18
Basile Gallery
Eskenazi Hall
An exhibition featuring the characters and imagery of Greenfield-based illustrator and stop-motion animator Chris Sickels (aka Red Nose Studio). This exhibition explores Sickels’ process of creating, photographing and animating intricate dioramas and offers an in-depth look at the artist’s creative approaches to illustration.
Lori Waxman: 60 wrd/min art critic
April 30, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
May 1, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
May 2, 1:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Basile Center for Art, Design, and Public Life
Eskenazi Hall
Critic Lori Waxman provides written reviews free of charge to artists on a first-come, first-served basis as a way of demystifying the art review process.
Graduate Thesis Exhibition
May 2 – May 18
Berkshire, Reese, and Paul Galleries
Eskenazi Hall
An exhibition featuring the work of Herron students completing their master's degrees in art therapy, visual art, and visual communication design.