Your cart is empty.
Monthly Newsletter
Please enter your email:Past Exhibitions
Fall/Winter 2009
Heather Wilcoxon
The Surface and Beneath
Heather Wilcoxon's paintings lie in the intersection between folk art, outsider art and expressionism. They draw on elements of mark making, graffiti art and cartooning and bring to mind works by Cy Twombly, Jean Dubuffet, Kenny Sharf, and Jean Michel Basquiat. More...
Andrea Modica
Fountain
Andrea Modica's work is neither defined as documentary photography or portraiture. Her work lies somewhere in-between those two modes of image making. Over ten years Modica has been witness to the Baker's family life, specifically the four children who are growing up and learning the family slaughterhouse business. More...
Urban Chicken Coop Projects by the University of Colorado, Boulder
Urban farming is a current and popular focus for many Boulderites. From the successful community garden project, to the Boulder County Farmers' Market estimated to have an attendance of 360,000 per season, to the restaurants adopting the locavore movement, to backyard chicken farming, focus on local food production is a number one priority. More...
Pure Pleasure
Grand Re-opening Exhibition
June 5-September 6, 2009
Opening Reception, Fri. June 5 from 6:30-8pm
Members preview from 5:30-6:30pm
After our five month closure due to building renovations, "Pure Pleasure" will highlight the rich and varied talents of a renowned group of artists well- known in the region. More...
Fall 2008 Exhibitions
In and Out of Time: Selections from the CU Art Museum's Video Collection
September 26-December 27, 2008
Exhibition curated by Lisa Tamiris Becker, Director, CU Art Museum
The exhibition In and Out of Time: Selections from the CU Art Museum's Video Collection will investigate the cultural, aesthetic, and social aspects of video art as an evolving and significant form of artistic production through selections from the permanent collection of the CU Art Museum, University of Colorado at Boulder. More...
Erika Wanenmacher
The Science Club: The Boy's Room, Now, Forever, Then, Part 1
September 26-December 27, 2008
Wanenmacher is widely recognized for her ongoing interest and intrigue in the conflict between nature and culture with a large body of her work derived from New Mexico's atomic history. More...
2008 Summer Exhibits
Carla Gannis
Jezebel
Carla Gannis's Jezebels rail at the mythology, history and stereotypes that have shaped and defined femininity within our collective unconsciousness for many generations. This archetype is not a single woman but a compilation of multidimensional characters playing in turn the nonconformist, social beauty, revolutionary, wanton sex goddess, victim and superhero. More...
Scott Johnson
The Look of Nowhere
Scott Johnson installation "The Look of Nowhere" investigates the way language can obscure what it tries to name, losing sight of what it means to convey. He states, "I believe words cast shadows and images are buckets, riddled with holes. More...
"About Us" Mark Addison, Curator
About Us
"About Us" is art about who we are and how we live.
This exhibit shows work "About Us" in a broad range of media. The art dates from the 1970s to now. More...
2008 Winter/Spring Exhibits
Yumi Janairo Roth
In Transition
Yumi Janairo Roth was born in Eugene, Oregon and raised in Chicago, Illinois and Reston, Virginia. One side of her family hails from the Philippines while the other side can be traced to the early American settlers, positioning Roth as both subject and agent of colonialism. More...
Wang Jing
A Taste of China - guest curated by Dr. David Raddock
BMoCA is happy to host guest curator Dr. David Raddock, who is an expert on China and one of the first scholars to publish on Chinese avant-garde art. With a doctorate in Chinese Studies and Political Science from Columbia University, David taught Asian Politics at the University of Texas and intermittently worked as Research Associate at Columbia's East Asian Institute. More...
Susan Lee-Chun
Versus
Susan Lee-Chun was born in Seoul, Korea in 1976 and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She is a performance-based artist currently living in Miami, working in an interdisciplinary manner. BMoCA is featuring her "Versus" series, an integrated project including photographs, video, and installation, that investigates alter egos: Sue and Sioux. More...
Hiroshi Watanabe
Ideology of Paradise
Hiroshi Watanabe was born in Sapporo, Japan and currently living in Los Angeles. His photographic series The "Ideology of Paradise" turns its lens to the richness of North Korea, a country that is self-described as paradise. More...
Weather Report: Art & Climate Change
WEATHER REPORT CATALOGS ON SALE!
$24.95 Catalog
$6.00 Shipping & Handling (Anywhere in the US)
10% Discount for Members
call 303-443-2122 to order
SEPTEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 21, 2007 -- "Weather Report: Art and Climate Change" is an exhibition curated by internationally renowned critic, art historian, and writer Lucy R. More...
Summer 2007 Exhibits
Mary Ehrin
JUNE 1 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 -- Ehrin found inspiration for her art in her early experience with the fashion industry. Her new large-scale paintings of the landscape, both natural and artificial, present sensual surfaces which invite an examination of our relationship to the physical environment. More...
Alan Feltus
JUNE 1 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2007-- Feltus' work is inspired by medieval art, the Renaissance, and surrealiism He counts as some of his strongest influences Giotto, de Chirico, and Balthus. His formal paintings take the viewer into a tantalizing visual narrative where gesture, gaze, and object express volumes of inscrutable emotion. More...
Lani Irwin
JUNE 1 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 -- Following a trip to Assisi, Italy in 1977, Irwin began to focus her art along the themes of early Italian painting, such as surface pattern and the intricate spatial relationships inherent to Renaissance frescoes. More...
David Zimmer
JUNE 1 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 -- Installation artist David Zimmer exhibits a new series of his intriguing sculptures that manage to be simultaneously retro and futuristic. This new work combines a Victorian sensibility with post-modern technology. More...
Spring 2007 Exhibits
Halim Al-Karim
Passage to Sumer
Born in Najaf, Iraq Halim Al-Karim is a refugee living in Amsterdam. His work reflects the notion that our existence is not our destiny. Al-Karim's art is not an example of the brutality he has survived but the outward representation of the sublime dreams of his own inner world. More...
Christopher Morris
My America
Over the past 20 years photojournalist Christopher Morris has concentrated the greater part of his work on war, having documented more than 18 foreign conflicts. In 2000 Morris started producing a series of work, "My America," while covering the first and second administrations of President George W. More...
Winter 2006-2007 Exhibits
DJRABBI
Society of the Spectacle (A Digital Remix)
NOVEMBER 3, 2006 - JANUARY 27, 2007 - "Society of the Spectacle (A Digital Remix)" a ten-minute DVD art-loop uses source material from the writing, images, recordings, and other psychogeographical wanderings of arch-Situationist and French philosopher Guy Debord. More...
Jimi Billingsley
Transit Glyphs
NOVEMBER 3, 2006 - JANUARY 27, 2007 - New York artist Jimi Billingsley's photographic series "Transit Glyphs" contextualizes window graffiti on the elevated train lines of Brooklyn and Queens. Photographing through scratched, etched and marked subway windows, he captures the beauty of the urban landscape, ultimately merging place and meaning. More...
Univeristy of Colorado College of Architecture
Symbiote Design
The museum is pleased to be exhibiting a select group of student work from
the University of Colorado, Boulder, College of Architecture. Rick
Sommerfeld, Senior Instructor for the CU Architecture Department has curated
a sampling of the most innovative pieces produced in 2006. More...
Terry Maker
Revival
NOVEMBER 3, 2006 - JANUARY 27, 2007 - One of Colorado's most innovative artists will exhibit a new body of work that is an attempt to wrestle with faith, the supernatural and its inevitable intersection with our daily lives. More...
Fall 2006 Exhibits
Woodcut Prints from Shark's Ink
Out of the Woods
AUGUST 11 - OCTOBER 14, 2006 -- This exhibition features a select group of exquisite woodcut prints by such notable artists as, Betty Woodman, Red Grooms, John Buck, Hiroki Morinoue, Roy De Forest, and others. More...
Ligia Bouton
hybrids
AUGUST 11 - OCTOBER 14, 2006 -- Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Ligia Bouton's video based works emphasize performance. Within the medium of performance Bouton reenacts simple ideas such as, body language, personal space, everyday tasks and makes a parody from their repetitive nature. More...
James Surls
A Cut Above
AUGUST 11 - OCTOBER 14, 2006 -- James Surls is an internationally recognized artist, formerly from Texas, who lives and works in Colorado. He creates sculptures in wood and metal, as well as drawings and prints, using abstract figurative imagery derived in part from primitive mythologies of the American Southwest. More...
Summer 2006 Exhibit
Rebecca DiDomenico
Mica Chamber
MAY 12 - JULY 29, 2006 -- Mica Chamber, Rebecca DiDomenico's site-specific installation is made up of more than 10,000 rectangles of mica, covering 10,000 black and white images representing a variety of life, from personal to universal, from particular to general. More...
Tracy Krumm
New Work
MAY 12 - JULY 29, 2006 -- Tracy Krumm's work is composed using the exploration of traditional trades of both men and women. Questioning gender-specific techniques of crochet and blacksmithing, Krumm integrates these processes using heavy industrial metal that supports net made of minute lace pattern. More...
Emmi Whitehorse
Language Imagined
MAY 12 - JULY 29, 2006 -- Born and raised on the Navajo reservation in northwestern New Mexico, Emmi Whitehorse, in her abstract paintings, elegantly fuses the physical and metaphysical, natural and cultural, modern and traditional. More...
Spring 2006 Exhibits
Patricia Bramsen
Accomplices
JANUARY 13 - APRIL 15, 2006 -- A veteran of the Boulder community art scene, Patricia Bramsen's new works will astound viewers old and new with her dedication to perfecting her artistic hand and voice. More...
Virginia Maitland
Risky Places
JANUARY 13 - APRIL 15, 2006 -- Since the age of twelve, Virginia Maitland has never wavered from the life of a full-time painter. She was educated in the 1960s at the distinguished Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and moved to Boulder in 1970. More...
John Matlack
Maps
JANUARY 13 - APRIL 15, 2006 -- "These paintings and monotype/drawings are made up of layers that are built up, scraped off, and crisscrossed into sliding planes of color. They refer to aerial landscape patterns and tectonic geologic strata, as well as rural industrialism, industrial tourism, the power grid, and a certain latent spirituality. More...
Martha Russo
hold
JANUARY 13 - APRIL 15, 2006 -- Sculptor, ceramicist Martha Russo pushes the boundaries of her medium. Molding paper-thin ceramic forms and putting them in awkward and unnatural positions, makes the viewer understand fragility in the purest sense. More...
Fall 2005 Exhibits
Carson Fox
Louche
SEPTEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 31, 2005 -- American artist Carson Fox originates from the hometown of William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi and currently resides in Trenton, New Jersey. Fox's work is produced from a heritage of American Southern gothic and folk art tradition, which relies heavily on the imprint that individual experience has on the artist. More...
Ana Maria Hernando
Sueno con Despertarme
SEPTEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 31, 2005 -- Ana Maria Hernando was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and currently resides in Boulder, Colorado. The work in this exhibition, on canvas, paper and cloth, is the culmination of many years exploring the theme of flowers. More...
Tsehai Johnson
Fields
SEPTEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 31, 2005 -- This July has been a busy month for Denver-based artist Tsehai Johnson. Along with finishing a new exhibition, Fields, for BMoCA, Johnson was put into the political hot seat for a body of work loosely based on sex toys produced in 2000. More...
Summer 2005 Exhibits
Alfredo De La Rosa
Biography: Aging and the Grammar of Death
JUNE 24 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2005 -- This exhibit is a conceptual installation of 128 digital images about aging, but also dealing with the effects of cultural memory on personal memory. To achieve this he graphically tackles such issues as gender and sexual politics, race, and religion. More...
Casey McGlynn
Have you seen this person?
JUNE 24 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2005 -- Originally from Canada and now residing in Brooklyn, McGlynn's Have You Seen this Person is an autobiographical exploration of the personal in contemporary culture. McGlynn describes the process of creating these works as an unmasking, and the works themselves as having emerged from an extremely difficult time in his life. More...
Shinique Smith
FULL-ON!
JUNE 24 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2005 -- Inspired by gestures of wrapping and marking and the resourcefulness of urban dwellers to create imaginative worlds from leftover materials found on the street, New York based artist Shinique Smith's installations bridge the boundaries between painting and sculpture. More...
Spring 2005 Exhibits
Kristin Imig
Photographs: A 5 Year Survey
APRIL 1 - JUNE 11, 2005 -- In this body of work, done over the past 5 years, Imig bridges the gap between documentary photography and portraiture. Taken in New York, Paris, India, and Africa, these black and white photographs capture specific moments in time, reflect cultural politics of place, and provide revelatory insights into the human condition. More...
Jen Lewin
Unfolding
APRIL 1 - JUNE 11, 2005 -- Interactive sculptor Jen Lewin focuses on the dynamic relationships between the digital and physical worlds. As computer technology advances, Lewin stretches the boundaries of these relationships through live video processing, LED technology and MIDI sound. More...
Kim Turos
Mirage
APRIL 1 - JUNE 11, 2005 -- Landscape and installation artist Kim Turos' current work involves a process of combining elements collected from contrasting ecosystems with remnants from the urban infrastructure and sculpted objects made from natural as well as synthetic substances. More...
Winter 2005 Exhibits
Hank Brusselback
The Man of the Year
JANUARY 28 - MARCH 6, 2005 -- This exhibition is a sequel to Brusselback's Crying Presidents, the series of expressionist paintings and sculptures that suggest the possibility of change and compassion in the hearts of powerful wartime leaders. More...
Frances Charteris
Dear Ling,
JANUARY 28 - MARCH 6, 2005 -- Frances Charteris is a visual artist currently residing in Boulder , Colorado . Reflecting an inter-cultural and eclectic background, she works in various media. As a result of traveling widely, she is preoccupied with roots, family, and community, and the shifting ground of identity. More...
DRAWING SHOW
THE DRAWING SHOW
JANUARY 28 - MARCH 6, 2005 -- BMoCA's latest submission-based exhibit features work that represents both traditional and non-traditional approaches to drawing. The Drawing Show was curated in mid-January from actual work by guest curators Michael Chavez and Bill Amundson. More...
Fall/Winter 2005 Exhibits
Urban Hamid
51 Days in Baghdad
SEPTEMBER 10 - JANUARY 16, 2005 -- Urban Hamid is an independent videographer, photographer and international journalist who recently returned from Iraq . Hamid's photos depict his own first-hand experiences of the war and the aftermath. More...
Todd Siler
a.r.t. strings
SEPTEMBER 10 - JANUARY 16, 2005 -- The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, in partnership of The Museum of Outdoor Arts, will premiere a new body of work by Denver artist Todd Siler. More...
Chris Tanner
Pale Hands I Loved Beside the Shalimar
SEPTEMBER 10 - JANUARY 16, 2005 -- East Village-based artist Christopher Tanner says he has always been enchanted by fairy tales, particularly the Wizard of Oz, which he connects with his memory of seeing Judy Garland drunk on TV in a sequined dress. More...
Summer 2004 Exhibits: FIBER ARTS
Kyoung Ae Cho
FIBER ARTS 2004
JUNE 4 - AUGUST 16, 2004 -- The beauty that Kyoung Ae Cho's work attains is a source of considerable pleasure as well as a locus of attention promoting a feeling of centeredness in the viewer ? an experience that continues to be desired by many though it is increasingly rare in a culture spinning with information and spectacle. More...
Virginia Davis
FIBER ARTS 2004
JUNE 4 - AUGUST 16, 2004 -- Virginia Davis works with ikat weaving and other resist techniques, both as an internationally exhibited studio artist and from technical, historical, and ethnographic perspectives. Her awards include a Fulbright to India and several individual Visual Artist grants from the NEA (including a residence at the Cite International des Artes, Paris ) and the New York State Council for the Arts. More...
Ann Hall Richards
10 Meditations
JUNE 4 - AUGUST 16, 2004 -- Ann Hall Richards is a full time studio artist residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota . She has been using techniques of papermaking and hand weaving to create sculptural vessels and wall constructions for the last 15 years. More...
Sue Hammond West
FIBER ARTS 2004
JUNE 4 - AUGUST 16, 2004 -- Sue Hammond West is a painter and mixed media artist with a hunger for experimentation. She combines art making with the energy of Buddhism and Yoga philosophy. More...
Jen Lewin
Interactive Installation
JUNE 4 - AUGUST 16, 2004 -- Interactive sculpture artist Jen Lewin's Ribs contain virtual strings made of light that retain and magnify the same tactile principles of real strings. Principals of velocity, MIDI technology and human interaction combine to create a variety of sounds. More...
Summer 2004 Exhibits: Milash Retrospective
Leah Bradley
MILASH RESTROSPECTIVE
JUNE 4 - AUGUST 16, 2004 -- When I begin a new painting, I often spend hours arranging the simple household objects, moving them a fraction of an inch closer to or farther from one another. More...
Buff Elting
MILASH RESTROSPECTIVE
JUNE 4 - AUGUST 16, 2004 -- Recent and upcoming exhibits of Elting's work include William Havu Gallery, Denver; Lydon Fine Art, Chicago; The Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont; and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. More...
Claire Evans
2004 Milash Award Winner
JUNE 4 - AUGUST 16, 2004 -- Claire Evans moved to Boulder in 1954. She moved into a studio in downtown Boulder and began painting portraits. Contacts with galleries and art consultants followed, and the studio gradually evolved into what is now called Art/Work/Space, shared by seventeen artists working independently.
The paintings, mostly oils, have gone from rather stark construction sites in the seventies to sunlit window sill still lifes in the eighties. More...
Ernest Porps
MILASH RESTROSPECTIVE
JUNE 4 - AUGUST 16, 2004 -- Ernest Porps is a native of Chicago , IL . His education includes a Bachelor and Masters degree in Architecture from the University of Illinois ( Urbana ) and a Masters degree in Fine Arts (painting) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. More...
Robert Spellman
MILASH RESTROSPECTIVE
JUNE 4 - AUGUST 16, 2004 -- Since 1993 Spellman has been teaching painting, drawing and watercolor both privately and at Naropa University in Boulder , Colorado , where he is currently chairman of the visual arts
department. More...