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OPENING RECEPTION: Qualeasha Wood
OPENING RECEPTION: INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN PHILADELPHIA ARTIST MAKES REGIONAL SOLO DEBUT
Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum to Exhibit Qualeasha Wood’s Tapestries that Draw on Social Media, Queer Culture, and Anti-Black Prejudice
When: Saturday, November 15
3 p.m. Artist and Curator talk
4-6 p.m. Reception
Where: Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum, 301 High Street West, Glassboro, NJ
What: Opening Reception for Qualeasha Wood: code_eden, the first solo show in the Philadelphia region by internationally celebrated, Philadelphia-based textile artist.
Wood’s work explores her identity as a queer Black woman and a digital native, as well as racial stereotyping, social media, and internet culture. “The artist’s tapestries, which incorporate distorted self-portraits and screenshots from the internet, feel both ephemeral and nostalgic,” wrote The New York Times earlier this year.
Qualeasha Wood: code_eden invites viewers into the vivid, layered worlds and self-portraits that she builds from digital culture. Through textiles, tuftings, and new video works (that consider glitches and misinformation online), the 29-year-old artist transforms the language of technology into lush landscapes. The exhibition presents her as a world-builder, crafting a meta-paradise that blurs the line between the virtual and the human.
Visuals to expect:
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Artist Qualeasha Wood leading a gallery walk-through
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Textiles, tuftings, and new video works
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Reception gathering in Rowan’s contemporary art gallery
PRESS PHOTOS (credits/captions enclosed)
Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum offers contemporary art exhibitions featuring celebrated, high-caliber visual artists from the global and local communities. Open to the public with free admission, it serves as a vibrant cultural destination for South Jersey, the Rowan community, and surrounding region. The Art Gallery presents diverse forms of contemporary art by professional artists with content that is thought provoking, relevant, and timely. Visit: rowan.edu/artgallery