IMPROVISATION · Susanna Ronner + Gabriella Kirby: TKG Real Estate GALLERY | Kingston, NY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Jen Dragon | crosscontemporaryprojects@gmail.com

TKG Real Estate

27 West Strand

Kingston, NY 12401

OPENING RECEPTION Sat. 24 May 2024, 5 - 7pm

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Kingston, NY: The gallery at TKG Real Estate is pleased to present  Improvisation | Susanna Ronner + Gabriella Kirby,  a two-person exhibition of monoprints on paper by Susanna Ronner and paintings on plaster, paper and canvas by Gabriella Kirby. Ronner, with her lyrical shapes and patterns explores the multi-color printmaking process while Kirby's gestural brushwork portrays ephemeral forms and rhythms. The exhibition opens with an artists reception on Sat. May 25, 2024 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm and remains on view through August 31, 2024. 

About the Artists: 

Susanna Ronner - Susanna Ronner is a graphic designer and monotype artist residing near Woodstock, N.Y. After attending the High School of Music and Art in New York City, Ronner earned her BFA with honors in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois. From there, she relocated to San Francisco and worked for some of the most sought-after and influential graphic designers on the West Coast.

Returning east in 1989, Susanna Ronner opened her own graphic design firm in Woodstock, which continues to this day. She discovered monotype printmaking thanks to the celebrated designer Milton Glaser and the print studio at the Woodstock School of Art is her treasured ‘happy place’, a true refuge that forges her creativity.

Untethered from project deadlines and technology, with no one to answer to but herself, Susanna has found a profound freedom in printmaking. She approaches each monotype plate as an improvisation, meeting the ‘canvas’ (acrylic plate) with trust and curiosity.

Gabriella Kirby- Gabriella Kirby holds a BFA from Tufts University and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as well as an AA with High Distinction in Design from the Art Institute of Portland. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries throughout the Hudson Valley and NYC, as well as Portland, OR; Vancouver, WA; Laguna Beach, CA; London, England; and projects include a public art earthwork in Ashland, OR; and installation artist contributor at The Museum of Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA. Her paintings have been featured in Condé Nast’s Vanity Fair, London, UK. Her work is held in the private collection at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She lives and works in upstate New York.

About TKG Real Estate: 

TKG Real Estate is an independent boutique real estate firm, founded in 1995, serving New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley and the Berkshires. Their newest office, in the historic Rondout Waterfront District in Kingston, N.Y., will be hosting this art exhibition.  Gallery hours correspond to business hours or by appointment: 845-802-5005

Improvisation | Susanna Ronner + Gabriella installation at TKG Real Estate

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