December 1 - 29, 2017
Mary Alice Wimmer’s new watercolor paintings display the artist’s intrigue into all things natural, and interest in 18th Century Cabinets of Curiosity.
Read MoreAniela Sobieski
December 1 – 29, 2017
Aniela Sobieski's new paintings of surreal, dream-like characters lend emotionally, and narratively charged qualities in every brushstroke.
Read MoreMelanie Parke
March 9 – April 20, 2017
Flowers, birds, decorative objects, gardens and domestic settings fill the canvases of Melanie Parke’s bucolic still life settings. Each painting reconstructs familiar interiors and filters them through the ideology of memory.
Read MoreMary Jones
March 9 – April 20, 2017
Mary Jones's intricately detailed, collaged works map the journey of the mind. Ideas flood the artist during her urban wanderings while her feet are in motion on city sidewalks.
Read MoreDerrick Buisch - New Paintings
December 2-30, 2017
Derrick Buisch uses vibrant color combinations as a conduit for jolts of optical electricity designed to warm a room. His iconic abstract symbols begin as scribbles and sketches of monsters, buildings or abstract patterns that he enlarges on canvas and paints with brilliant color.
Read MoreBill Reid - New Sculptures
December 2-30, 2017
Bill Reid’s brightly painted metal sculptures tell the story of the artist’s own folklore through imaginary creatures riding on whimsical mechanical creations. Reid’s toy-like creations are made entirely of welded pieces of thin sheet metal and metal rods and range in size from miniature to life sized vehicles.
Read MoreGravity - New Works by Jeremy Popelka
October 20 - November 25, 2017
Artist Jeremy Popelka telegraphs feelings from his stay in Thailand through color and texture in his diverse body of cast-glass pieces. Popelka's work in Gravity embraces the serendipitous nature of glass to allow the work to take shape. He is a master of several, widely different techniques used in art glass--including blowing, sand casting and Murrini--and has consistently delivered stunning glasswork for the past thirty years.
Read MoreJason Rohlf - Kismet
October 20 - November 25, 2017
Jason Rohlf's immersive paintings in Kismet are a visual depiction of how we lose and reassert our sense of control in our lives. Through merging the fore and backgrounds of his paintings, the work invites viewers to stand close, and be enveloped by their nuance and hues. Intuitively developed, Rohlf's paintings oscillate between traditions of geometry against intuition in an asymmetric composition. The artist has exhibited his work across the country, created a public installation for the MTA, lectured for the Pratt Institute, Bowling Green University, Lawrence University, and more.
Read MoreBreehan James - A Hunter's Heart, A Fisherman's View
September 15 - October 14, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday, September 15 from 5-7:30pm
Breehan James shares her connection with nature and experiences in the wilderness through paintings depicting scenes from Northern Wisconsin and the wild Boundry Waters of Minnesota. Her use of saturated color and beautiful brushwork lend a magical quality to her canvases.
Read MoreMichael Velliquette - Beginner’s Mind
September 15 – October 14, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday, September 15 from 5-7:30pm
Artist's Talk: Saturday, September 23 from 1-2pm
Best known for his elaborate low-relief paper sculptures, Michael Velliquette returns to this medium in his upcoming solo exhibition. Velliquette hand-cuts small, simple paper shapes and assembles them into complex forms akin to three-dimensional mandalas. The formal symmetry, balance, and order of these works are meant to evoke the rhythm and repetition of breath. Velliquette forgoes his prior use of vibrant color, instead employing an emotionally restrained palette of tans, grays and whites. Beginner’s Mind refers to an approach to living without preconception—a sensibility that characterizes the skillfully simple posture Velliquette brings to this new series.
Read MoreThe Salon Show
July 7 - September 9, 2017
Artists' Reception: Gallery Night, Friday, July 21 from 5 to 9pm
The Salon Show is the biggest exhibition of the year at the Tory Folliard Gallery. Showcasing painting, sculpture, and photography from an impressive list of exhibiting artists including: Rodger Bechtold, Mary Bero, Craig Blietz, Mark Brautigam, Derrick Buisch, Jessica Calderwood, Mark Chatterley, Robert Cocke, Marion Coffey, Terrence Coffman, Laura Dronzek, Andy Fletcher, Mark Forth, Ben Grant, Harold Gregor, Gerit Grimm, Doug Hatch, Kathy Hofmann, Ron Isaacs, Keith Jacobshagen, Mary Jones, Clare Malloy, Nancy Mladenoff, Mark Mulhern, Charles Munch, Katie Musolff, Dennis Nechvatal, William Nichols, Michael Noland, Melanie Parke, Bill Reid, Jason Rohlf, Jan Serr, Elizabeth Shreve, Brook Slane, Trina May Smith, Claire Stigliani, Fred Stonehouse, Paula Swaydan Grebel, Richard Taylor, Stephanie Trenchard, Tom Uttech, Mary Alice Wimmer and James Winn.
Read MoreClaire Stigliani - Dream Within A Dream
June 2 - July 1, 2017
Artist's Reception on Friday, June 2 from 5:30 - 8pm with an Artist Talk at 6pm
Claire Stigliani creatively expresses ideas of femininity, sexuality, beauty, desire, and female empowerment in paintings and drawings, puppet theaters and videos. In a timeless space filled with historical portraits, literature, and pop-culture references, Stigliani places fairy tale like characters often based on her own personal identity.
Read MoreWinnowers
June 2 - June 30, 2017
Artists' Reception Friday, June 9 from 5:30 - 8pm with Artists' Talks at 6pm
The Tory Folliard Gallery is pleased to present Winnowers, a group exhibition of emerging, young artists. The "Winnowers" are recent graduates of the University of Wisconsin - Madison Fine Arts Program. We wish to thank Fred Stonehouse for introducing the Gallery to these talented artists.
Read MoreJim Rose - New Work
March 18 - April 15, 2017
Artist's Reception: March 18, from 2 - 5pm with an artist talk at 4pm
Jim Rose combines timeless American traditions in beautifully hand crafted contemporary steel furniture and sculpture. Inspired by the colorful quilt work of the Gee’s Bend Quilters, Rose employs fine woodworking techniques to create furniture made from sheets of steel and scrap metal. Like remnants of cloth that preserve family memories in quilts, the discarded scraps of metal add rich color, texture and history to Rose’s highly functional designs.
Read MoreT.L. Solien – The Foreseeable Past
April 21 – May 27, 2017
Opening Reception: Gallery Night, April 21, 5-9pm
T.L. Solien entertains the paradox of “The Foreseeable Past” by imparting a contemporary perspective on classic narrative images from the annals of art history. A self-described artist of the “absurdist cultural critique,” Solien invites you in with brightly colored compositions filled with farcical figures and fanciful objects. Once engaged you realize all is not as it seems, you have entered a world where belief turns to disbelief, the annunciation becomes the renunciation and the course of history is altered. Paintings, collaged works on paper and mixed media cut-outs will be on view.
Read MoreJames Winn – New Paintings
March 18 - April 15, 2017
Artist's Reception: March 18, from 2 - 5pm
Experience the presence of nature and revel in the beauty of flowers in new paintings by James Winn. Azaleas, Irises, and Lilies take center stage in the work of this Illinois artist. In contrast to his big sky landscapes, Winn narrows the focus to bring you eye-to-eye with highly detailed portraits of flowers in full bloom. Through brilliant manipulation of light and color, Winn also creates luminous fields of blooms set against striking dark backgrounds.
Read MoreBen Grant - We're not beginning to ... to ... mean something?
February 11 - March 11, 2017
Artist's Reception: February 11 from 1 - 4pm with an Artist's Talk at 2pm
In his recent body of work New York native, Ben Grant, continues to push the boundaries of his process as he returns to the idea of illusionistic space. While still staying true to his abstract line forms, Grant is introducing organic shapes into his complex combinations of color, shape and texture. These multilayered paintings are built up with a variety of techniques including rolling, brushing, spraying, drawing, and more as Grant explores the potential for meaning in his work.
Read MoreFRED STONEHOUSE and RAELEEN KAO - Hair Club
January 6 – February 4, 2017
Artists' Reception: Gallery Night January 20, 5-9 pm
"The idea for this collaboration with Raeleen Kao began when Raeleen and I joked about how most of her work revolved around hair while most of the characters in my work were bald. Seemed like a perfect reason to collaborate. I suggested that she do a number of hair drawings sans figures, empty wigs essentially, and I would react to what she had drawn by adding figures."
Read MoreLaurie Hogin – Implacable Demons and Better Angels
January 6 – February 4, 2017
Opening Reception: Gallery Night January 20, 5-9 pm
Artist's Talk: Saturday, January 21 at 2pm
Bizarre and beautiful, Laurie Hogin’s allegorical paintings raise issues of consumerism, sexism, and environmental degradation. Rendered in the hyper-realistic style reminiscent of 17th-century Dutch masters, neon-colored animals populate overgrown, idealistic landscapes or pose as the subject of a portrait. Hogin’s paintings are filled with images of snarling bunnies, maternal monkeys and other creatures affected by the industrial, pharmacological, political, and economical forces.
Read MoreJohn Wilde: The Early Works
November 19 – December 31
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 19 from 1 - 5 pm with a talk by Dr. Robert Cozzolino at 3 pm
John Wilde, a major figure in Wisconsin Art and a leader in the American Surealism movement called Magic Realism. A painter, printmaker, and one of the great draftsmen of our time, Wilde pulls the viewer into his own personal dream world where the common becomes uncommon. His mastery of silverpoint gives his drawings unusual depth and richness rarely seen in a technique known for its fineness and detail.
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