I'm the curator for the "current....at Edelman" gallery, which showcases the work of artists exploring how hyper-current ideas and media transform society and communications. It's part of the Edelman New York office's curated art program, which focuses on the interconnection of systems, technology and information. Click on the images below to learn more about each exhibition. (Brochure design by GeraldineLau.com.)

Kenise Barnes Fine Arts, Larchmont, NY, March 7 - 28, 2009.
Featuring work by Jonathan Allen, Hovey Brock, Beth Dary, Andra Samelson, Josette Urso, Susan Chrylser White, Katarina Wong

The O! Show asks the question, "What makes you go "O!"? Is it discovery? Inspiration? Connection? Although the exhibition was born out of a desire to capture the powerful and positive emotions unleashed by the 2008 U.S. elections, The "O!" Show veers away from overt political statements, instead focusing on the content and substance found in the feelings of optimism, enthusiasm and buoyancy. The artists collectively, this show is an invitation to surrender to a tsunami of color, movement, emotion -- and hopefully feelings of inspiration and optimism. Download the full exhibition description and bios of the artists here.

Bronx River Art Center, March 16 – April 21, 2007
Featuring work by Laurel Farrin, James Huang, Brendan Mulcahy, Anton Sinkewich, Micki Watanabe.

The word “sly” is a slippery character. It suggests a kind of craftiness and playfulness; someone or some thing that is mischievous perhaps bordering on the sneaky. With that in mind, Sly is an invitation to the viewer to allow him or herself to be played…with. Each of the artists alters, melds or otherwise questions perceptions about history, gender or perceptions in ways that question the viewer’s first impressions. As viewers this is a chance to knowingly allow artists to set the parameters of that game – whether it calls us to question the art historical canon or poke fun at our own ideas of gender or craft, physical space or experiences of uniqueness. Sly is an ever-changing stance.

Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY; November 19 - December 31, 2004
Featuring work by Steven Gwon, Amy Kao, Shin il Kim, Cynthia Lin, and Lisa Young

Traditionally topography maps a land for the purpose of making it understandable and navigable. Topography allows a landscape to be "read," making known what was previously unknown through a series of relationships and contexts. But as a form of mapping, topographies can be used to chart any realm of the unknown or unseen, not merely of the “natural” world. In this exhibition, each of the artists delves into a different kind of world, the landscape of absence made up by the overlooked actions, impulses and accumulations of our daily existence as a means of studying the topography of their lives, and in it, find those “absences” to be a kind of fullness instead. They remind us that there are worlds to be discovered, even in the most mundane of our experiences. What seems to be absence may actually be filled with meaning and wonder.

The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York; January 15 — February 28, 2004.
Featuring work by Hovey Brock, Gema Alava Crisostomo, James Cullinane, Elizabeth Fleming, Adam Henry, James Huang, Carey Maxon, James Nelson, Stephen B. Nguyen, Alex O’Neal, Marc Sapir, Leigh Tarentino.

A Slow Read demonstrates how artists play with the idea of time in the act of making work and invites viewers to participate through the process of visual “reading.” Each artist’s process of discovery is mirrored by a similar process of discovery on the viewer’s part. As seeing and experiencing unfold over time, the viewer is rewarded with a message that is more about possibilities than about succinct answers. Read an excerpt of the exhibition review from the New York Times.