Exhibit by Jane Herzog, Carly Sheen, Tuk Vaughankraska & Angela Yonke
Close your eyes and drift to sleep. Let the collective unconsciousness wash over you. Dream beneath layers of thread and fabric. Possibilities and alternate realities await you.
Lobby Gallery
September 13 – November 27, 2024
Reception
During the Art Walk on Friday, September 13th from 5:00-8:00pm
Exhibit Statement
We have a passion for working with fabric and sewn mediums. This show gathers together blankets, quilts, and textile works from artists Jane Herzog, Carly Sheen, Tuk Vaughankraska, and Angela Yonke.
Artist Bios
Jane Herzog is a printmaker and textile artist from Minnesota living and working in Bozeman, MT. She grew up surrounded by quilts made by the women in her family, and carries on that tradition in a contemporary context. She received a BFA in Printmaking from Montana State in 2019, and has worked as an assistant to the printmaker John Buck since graduating.
Her work has been exhibited on the MSU campus in the Waller-Yablonsky Gallery, the Helen E. Copeland Gallery, and the Exit Gallery. She has also shown her work with the Art Mobile of Montana, at the Cottonwood Club in Bozeman, Tinworks Art in Bozeman, and the Danforth Museum in Livingston, MT, and has been written up in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
Carly Schoen is a multimedia artist from Minnesota and lives in Livingston, Montana where she runs a custom sewing business. She has a background in designing and prototyping sewn products, upholstery furniture, and fashion design, as well as working in the marketing and graphic design fields. Schoen has a BS in Graphic Design from Art Institute International, Minnesota.
Tuk Vaughankraska, born in 1997 in Bozeman, Montana, holds a B.F.A. from Montana State University. His work offers an exploration of the human condition through the lens of evolving landscapes and the body’s relationship to them. Vaughankraska challenges conventional notions of textiles, transforming them into expressive portraits that delve into the complexities of both hidden and shared interiority.
The work alludes to the conditions and materials that separate the individual from its environment, presenting the idea that a controlled hand can be one of nurturing creation both sculpturally and spiritually. Vaughankraska investigates the body’s ability to acclimate not only to the changing seasons but also to another body, substance, opportunity, or task, ultimately asking: What were you built for, and what are you modifying yourself for?
Angela Yonke is an artist, educator, and arts administrator from the Midwest. For the past thirteen years Yonke has lived in Bozeman, Montana being on the board of The Cottonwood Club, teaching at various public, private and nonprofit schools, and is Community Outreach and Education Coordinator for Tinworks Art. Their art deals with gesture, texture, repetition, mending, reuse, nonverbal communication, humor, activism, collaboration, and community.
A multimedia artist in nature, Yonke’s work blends together photography, video, installation, performance, sewing and textiles, clay, and sculpture. They have exhibited and performed work throughout Michigan, Chicago, Montana, and the Czech Republic. Yonke holds a BA in Art Education and a BFA in Photography from Western Michigan University with a minor in Environmental Studies, as well as an MFA from Montana State University.
