CURRENT EXHIBITION:
Material Shift, a group show is co-curated by artists and longtime friends Pat Badt and Julie Shapiro, and will open on Friday, August 1, with a reception that evening from 5:30-7 p.m.
Each of the six participating mid-career artists was asked to present work in several of the mediums in which they work. This led to a wide variety for the exhibit that viewers will enjoy, and includes a few surprises. Painted surfaces, architectural structures, and sound environments are shown to be avenues that allow the artists’ expansion of ideas. As Badt states, the featured work “invites viewers into a conversation about process, perception, and the layered meanings that emerge when artists move fluidly between disciplines.” Please join us for the opening, or see Material Shift while on view, through September 6, 2025.
The artists featured are Pat Badt, William Brayton, Julie Shapiro, Scott Sherk, Linda Stillman, and Gerald Wolfe.
The Knox Gallery, Monterey Library is pleased to announce Material Shift, an exhibition featuring the work of six mid-career artists—Pat Badt, William Brayton, Julie Shapiro, Scott Sherk, Linda Stillman, and Gerald Wolfe—who explore the dynamic potential of working across media.
This exhibition explores material experimentation, in painting, sculpture, sound and mixed media, revealing how the medium itself can shape, inform, and expand an idea. Each artist was asked to choose several mediums they work in that inform the evolution of their work, leading to surprising intersections and poetic resonances.
Material Shift invites viewers into a conversation about process, perception, and the layered meanings that emerge when artists move fluidly between disciplines. From richly painted and textured surfaces to architectural structures and sound environments, the works in the exhibition reflect a shared sensibility of curiosity, attention, and a deep engagement with place, time, and transformation.
This exhibition is curated by Pat Badt and Julie Shapiro, longtime friends and colleagues whose work and locations have continued to cross paths.
Exhibition Dates: August 1 - Sept 6, 2025
Opening Reception: August 1 st , 5:30-7pm
PREVIOUS EXHIBITION:
The work of another Monterey resident, Bradley Tryon, will follow
Gilbert’s exhibit. Tryon’s Portals: Recent Works on Paper will open on
Friday, June 13, with a reception that evening from 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Tryon chose the title “Portals,” as he feels it reflects his sense of “being
transported” while he works. He finds that the features of his paintings
often “draw viewers into another reality.” As he works, “flowers of the
imagination, dancing trees, musical abstractions and wildly animated
landscapes take shape,” the artist asserts.
Bold colors, patterns, geometric and natural forms emerge from Tryon’s
use of acrylics, spray paint and stencils, to reveal “somewhat surreal
images” that often surprise even him. He cites Paul Klee as his most
important artistic influence, along with a wide range of music that he
uses to create inspiring soundscapes. Tryon generously adds that he is
influenced by our community of very talented local artists, many of
whom he considers to be friends and mentors.
Tryon has an interesting background: he seems to have lived
everywhere, and also had every kind of job! Originally from New Jersey,
he headed west as soon as he could, even undertaking a cross-country
hitchhiking journey at 14. (He was apprehended in Colorado and sent
home!) Though he is largely a self-taught artist, he took art classes
while living in California. Tryon has also lived in places as varied as
Florida, South Africa, and now is well-settled in Monterey. Likewise, his
jobs have ranged from hotel manager to yoga teacher.
The artist notes having visited most of the Knox Gallery exhibits – music
to our ears!! We are frequently surprised that artists apply for a solo
show having never attended an opening, submitted work to a
community group show, or even seen our space! He seems to
thoroughly appreciate Monterey’s wealth of “people who choose to
express themselves creatively.”
Don’t we all, as he says “feel so honored to be part of the rich confluence
of artists in Monterey and the Berkshires”?
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