JAN HOY
FLUIDITY
MARCH 30 - APRIL 24, 2024
PREVIEW RECEPTION - SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2024 2-4PM
ARTIST TALK - SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2024, at 1:00PM
PUBLIC OPENING - FIRST THURSDAY, APRIL 4, FROM 5-8PM
J. Rinehart Gallery is delighted to announce exhibition, Fluidity, from long time sculptor, Jan Hoy. Hoy’s exhibition, Fluidity, combines the hard edged and the organic, celebrating form in the simplest possible way.
Fluidity will be on view online and in the Gallery March 30 – April 24, 2024. Collectors Preview Reception will be held in the gallery Saturday, March 30 from 2 - 4pm. Public Opening will be held First Thursday, April 4 from 5- 8pm.
Fluidity lies in the realm of curvilinear abstraction. The clay is stretched and molded to hold the measurements of a square, moving through space in a continuous curving motion.
Hoy’s forms appear strong and heavy, while graceful and engaging. They exist fluidly through their pathways of circular direction.
Of her work Hoy states: “The joy of experimenting with a new idea is at the core of the exhibition. The work adheres to my love of keeping it simple, at least they appear simple. Making these forms in clay is very complex and labor of love, each piece taking months to create.”
Jan Hoy was raised in the Puget Sound area, and it is where she calls home. She received her degree in Fine Arts from the University of Washington and has pursued a career in art to this date. Her large-scale works have found homes in both private and public collections including the Sutter Hill Cathedral Hospital in San Francisco, CA, Lake Oswego, Oregon, The City of La Conner, WA, and The Permanent Collection of the city of Bainbridge Island, WA. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of NW Art, and the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.
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Exhibition Statement
Fluidity
The joy of experimenting with a new idea is at the core of the exhibit, “Fluidity”. I have a fascination with combining the hard edged and the organic in one form. I always keep it simple, as though at the very heart of my work I take pleasure from expressing form in the simplest possible way.In this exhibit my experiment involves the task of holding the measurements of a square form constant while moving it through space in a fluid, curving motion. Somehow, these forms turn out strong, while graceful and engaging. They adhere to my love of keeping it simple. At least they appear simple. Making these forms in clay is very complex and labor of love, each piece taking months to create.
