The University Art Gallery presents “Encounters,” an exhibition of recent figurative paintings by Christina Renfer Vogel. In this body of work Vogel concentrates on chance meetings, observing quiet moments within larger, more complex situations. Dense fields of color press against placeless figures, threatening to swallow them. With her depictions of ordinary encounters, Vogel both revels in her medium and investigates physical and psychological connections between viewers and subjects.
The exhibition will be on view in the University Art Gallery from Feb. 5 through April 10. The artist will discuss her work at 4:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 5, in Convocation Hall, with a reception to follow. On Saturday, Feb. 27, Vogel will lead a figure-drawing workshop in the gallery. Space is limited; to reserve a place email <sjmaclar@sewanee.edu>.
Christina Renfer Vogel lives and works in Chattanooga. She joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2013, after teaching at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and working in development at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. She has exhibited nationally in solo and group shows, and has been an artist-in-residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Vermont Studio Center and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts.
Vogel is a recipient of awards including a 2015 Professional Development Support Grant from the Tennessee Arts Council, a 2014–15 UTC Research and Creativity Activity Grant, a Nebraska Arts Council Independent Artist Fellowship and a grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. She earned a BFA in painting from the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, and an MFA in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.
Sewanee’s University Art Gallery is located on Georgia Avenue; the gallery is free, accessible and open to the public. Hours are 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and noon–4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Please call 598-1223 for more information or go online to <www.sewanee.edu/gallery>.
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