ERIN CLULEY GALLERY is pleased to announce a group exhibition titled (Un)Controlled – works on paper and canvas focused on dye as the primary medium. The exhibition will be on view January 16th through February 20th and will open with a reception for the artists on Saturday, February 22nd from 12:00-5:00 pm. Capacity in the gallery will be limited and masks are required.

The history of using dye has been one of endless discovery through exploration, invention, and experimentation. 

 
With dye being the common thread running throughout the work, these three artists are using processes of intention, control, and resistance but at the end of the day, the final result comes at the mercy of the medium. 

Featuring works by:

CHIVAS CLEM (Paris, TX)

CATHERINE MACMAHON (Dallas)

DELANEY SMITH (Dallas)

About the Artist

Delaney Smith is a visual artist, designer and educator based in Dallas, TX. Her interactive books emerge from the inherent qualities of material and develop as the viewer alters the pages. As a result, each book is a unique story of marks based on unpredictable outcomes. In the same vein, she alters common materials in her sculptures, such as tracing paper and receipts, creating rich landscapes with incidental textures.

Delaney received her BFA in Graphic Communications from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2007 and her MFA in Fibers from the University of North Texas in 2013. Delaney was an artist-in-residence at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft in 2013-14. She teaches art and design workshops at art centers such as Oil and Cotton in Oak Cliff, TX, and recently taught a week long paper casting workshop at Arrowmont School of Art and Craft in Gatlinburg, TN. As a designer for Make Art with Purpose, she creates publications such as Let’s Talk, a zine series focused on increasing knowledge, understanding and empathy across communities through stories.

About Erin Cluley Gallery

Erin Cluley Gallery is a contemporary art gallery representing emerging, mid-career, and established artists from Dallas, the United States, and Mexico. The gallery presents a provocative program of artists working in both traditional and alternative forms including painting, sculpture, new media, photography, sculptural installation and public intervention. 

In 2014, Erin Cluley Gallery ignited a creative movement in West Dallas acting as a hub for visual arts and community engagement. After nearly five years on Fabrication Street, the gallery has moved its operation to Riverbend – a development in Dallas’ Design District celebrating the intersection between culture and commerce.

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