K. Imperial Fine Art is excited to present Shape of the sky, a new exhibition featuring the prismatic creations of Andrea Myers and Danielle Riede. The artists take two very different, yet complementary, routs to arrive at a shared aesthetic of vivid palettes and vibrant forms.

Jewel-bright tones and a mutli-faceted repetition of line and shape are found consistently throughout the two bodies of work. While the immediate impact of color and form make for a cohesive exhibition, it is the differences in material and narratives that make for an engaging one. Both bodies of work call to mind the movement of water –be it a pulsing surge or a lapping wave. Myers’ sewn textile collages undulate both visually through the sequence of swatches and literally in the way her soft fabric drapes and pulls. The patterns and the rippling tell a story of surges and swells. Meanwhile, Riede’s oscillating bands of color speak to slow geological processes; the buildup of mineral deposits along a riverbank or the incremental crystal growth in the formation of a geode. Her chosen materials of oil paint pulled through and seeping into a matte gesso ground furthers the narrative of sedimentary layers bearing witness to water’s passage.

Riotous fabric compositions by Ohio artist Andrea Myers are an amalgamation of the language of colorfield painting combined with a gestural and a bit rebellious approach to quilt making. Myers describes her process as “Quick collage cutting of fabrics and haphazard machine-sewn stitching that resembles drawn lines fuse technicolor swatches into an incremental immersive whole, envelop and embed the viewer in a soft emotive setting.” Myers received her BFA in Printmedia in 2002 and MFA in Fiber and Material Studies in 2006 both from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited widely including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Toledo Museum of Art, Art Miami, Fiber Arts International, the Columbus Museum of Art, Akron Art Museum, the Textil und Rennsportmuseum in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany and a solo exhibition, “Color Fields” at the Springfield Museum of Art in Springfield, OH.