SPACES  |  September 06, 2024

SPACES OPENS EXHIBITION BY KELLEY-ANN LINDO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fanna Gebreyesus, Executive Director

September 6, 2024 216.621.2314 | contact@SPACEScle.org

SPACES OPENS EXHIBITION BY KELLEY-ANN LINDO

(Cleveland, OH) — September 6, 2024— SPACES opens an exhibition featuring Fall/Winter Artist-in-Residence Kelley-Ann Lindo. Encompassing both the Oracle and Gund Galleries, Residue consists of nearly 30 works ranging from sculpture, prints, textiles, and video. Exploring the artist's family history and hometown of Kingston, Jamaica, Residue brings into question the excavation of memory, mining personal archives, colonial echoes in the Caribbean, and the tensions between domestic interiors and architectural facades. The exhibition’s title repositions the term “residue” to cherish what remains rather than the negative connotations of tarnished or stained. The “residue” becomes a compass to help navigate the path forward.

The colors of the Oracle Gallery evoke commonly used house paint in Jamaica, specifically, those manufactured locally by Berger Paints Jamaica Ltd. — one of the largest monopolies on the island — which has its “colourful beginnings in 1760” and has operated in Jamaica since the mid-20th century. Designed to be affordable and durable, the “Magicote” line of colors offers a limited palette, resulting in color pairings that may seem odd outside of the Carribean. The tapestries, textiles, and hair brushes evoke the intimacy of the domestic interior. The repeated use of imagery suggests a kind of personal iconography: portraits of loved ones, horses, and athleticism can be seen throughout the galleries. The artist’s father, grandfather, and uncle appear in multiple works based on a photographic reference, which remains some of the only images Lindo has left of her family. In exploring what has been lost in the family archives, a narrative of immigration, nostalgia, and collective memories unfolds.

Kelley-Ann Lindo (Jamaica,1991) holds a BFA in Painting from The Edna College of the Visual and Performing Arts and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has exhibited at Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY, The Trout Museum of Art in Wisconsin, The Anderson Gallery in Richmond, VA, and The National Gallery of Jamaica. Lindo was a recipient of the 2021 Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting & Sculpture. She was also a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship in 2019. She has been artist-in-residence at Grand Central Art Centre, California, Alice Yard, Port of Spain, Trinidad, and New Local Space (NLS), Kingston, Jamaica. Lindo is currently an artist in residence at California State University, Fullerton Grand Central Art Centre, California, and an Assistant Professor in Residence at Rhode Island School of Design.

About SPACES

SPACES commissions artists worldwide—at all stages of their careers—to make new work responsive to timely issues. We use these projects as points of departure to create educational initiatives that help foster a more informed citizenry. Since 1978, SPACES has served as a resource and public forum for international artists who explore and experiment. While navigating the challenges of our current pandemic, economic crisis, and renewed calls for social justice, we have deepened our mission while expanding services for Cleveland-based artists and audiences. For more information and to sign up for the newsletter, please visit www.spacescle.org or email contact@SPACEScle.org.

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Major support for SPACES comes from the Beyer Family Fund, Char & Chuck Fowler Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Eaton Charitable Fund, the George Gund Foundation, Kohl Family, Meisel Family Foundation, Nord Foundation, Patricia & Charles Mintz Philanthropic Fund, Ulmer & Berne, LLP, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. We especially thank the public taxpayers for their support through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Ohio Arts Council. Additional support comes from Anonymous, James Anderson & David Wittkowsky, Fred & Laura Ruth Bidwell, Jeffry & Cynthia Chiplis, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Becky Dunn, M.D., Bill Gagliano, Mr. Riccardo & Dr. Antoinette Willis, newsense projects, and Wood-Lee International Art Handler. Community support comes from CBIZ Human Capital Management, FORM, the Tamir Rice Foundation, Vedda Printing+, and individual donors like you.

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