Julia Bland: Rivers on the Inside

Julia Bland’s geometric compositions are created through a cyclical approach to assembly and dis-assembly. By weaving, dying, sewing, burning and painting, the surface becomes a visible record of her evolving, multifaceted process. Within this rhythm of making and unmaking, bland develops the structures, symbols, and patterns that bind disparate elements into a whole. Bland (b. Palo Alto, CA) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a BFA from RISD and a MFA from the Yale School of Art. Her current solo exhibition Rivers on the Inside will be on view at Derek Eller Gallery from April 25-May 25, 2024.

Gaby Collins-Fernandez is an artist living and working in New York City. She holds degrees from Dartmouth College (BA) and the Yale School of Art (MFA, Painting/Printmaking). Her work has been shown in the US and internationally, including at Peter Freeman, Inc., the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama and El Museo del Barrio, NY. Her work has been discussed in publications such as the Brooklyn Rail and artcritical, and on the video interview series, Gorky’s Granddaughter. She is a recipient of residencies at Yaddo (Saratoga Springs, NY), The Marble House Project (Dorset, VT), and a 2013 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Art Award. She is a founder and publisher of the annual magazine Precog, and a co-director of the artist-run art and music initiative BombPop!Up.