Manhattan artist and art conservator Christopher Skura will be exhibiting 30 works in a solo show of painting, sculpture, drawing and ceramics at the Dunedin Fine Art Center, curated by Catherine Bergmann and Nathan Beard.
Skura, who is originally from the Tampa Bay Area, is a graduate of Largo High School, The Ringling College of Art and Design and New York University. He is a former staff member at The Ringling Museum of Art, The Guggenheim Museum and The Grey Art Museum/ NYU. This will be his first exhibition in the Tampa Bay area since moving to New York in 1995.
“The “Beginner’s Mind” is characterized by an attitude of openness and eagerness, in which a lack of preconceptions allows a person to see everything as though it is for the first time.” - This exhibition will highlight an intuitive, direct style of art making that Skura worked to develop during Covid lockdown in his Woodstock, NY studio, which puts emphasis on improvisation, daily sketchbook drawing and the subconscious flow-state.
His recent work is influenced by jazz and street-art and references the human body, psychology, structural systems, sculpture and emergence theory. Some of his forms are organic and plant-like but others suggest the machinery of a man-made environment. This duality reflects Skura’s visual experiences growing up in the lush Florida landscape and his current life living and working in Manhattan.
For more information contact The Dunedin Fine Arts Center: 727-298-3322
