Virginia Mallon is an artist working in paint, photography, and mixed media. Her work contemplates religious, historic, and mythological women, personal histories (including her own), and the psychological undercurrents of modern society. With influences from social realism, political, and feminist art, it touches upon the angst and trauma of contemporary America, with a female point-of-view, on serial rapists, serial killers, forced birth, and religious fanatics, and ongoing attack on reproductive rights.
Mallon’s work explores painting on non-traditional surfaces, such as burlap, slate, found objects, and cigar boxes as well as oil on canvas. Recent projects use discarded roof tiles from a former state-run (1885-1996) condemned psychiatric hospital. Now a hotspot for urbex explorers, it provides a wealth of unusual poignant pieces of history on which to paint.
The added symbolism using a piece of broken shelter from an insane asylum seems appropriate for our times.
RECENT MEDIA
The Anti-Misogny Club, a feminist journal of art, writing, and resistance.
The Women’s Advocacy Initiative (WAI)
#brokenwomenstronger: an artist’s portrayal of gender-based violence
Virginia Mallon is an artist who creates paintings photographs, and mixed media whose works address the issues of sexual assault and gender-based violence. In this conversation with WAI, Virginia shares insights into her artistic process, the personal experiences that shaped her work, and her belief in the power of art to drive change...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Even in the Garden
Ceres Gallery is pleased to present Even in the Garden and Inner Beasts new paintings by Virginia Mallon. A timely exhibit, which explores myths and bible stories about women's role in the world, touching upon fictional events portrayed as reality, representing the loss of feminine power and the birth of the patriarchy. It launches from antiquity and reaches forward toward today to examine how antiquated ideology still rules our contemporary world.
Inner Beasts, contemplates how women are groomed from a very early age to conform, as so aptly stressed in the Barbie movie, “You have to be thin, but not too thin…you have to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women…never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish..” It is no wonder that the term masking was coined. We mask to deflect attention, to conform to societal pressures. This series looks at what is under the mask, the authentic, yet hidden, inner beasts.
Mallon is an artist working in paint, photography, and mixed media. Her work contemplates religious, historic, and mythological women, personal histories, the psychological undercurrents of contemporary society.
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FAT CANARY AT CERES GALLERY
Ceres Gallery and the Fat Canary Journal is pleased to present the following artists:
Barbara Friedman 🔹 Dasha Ziborova 🔹 Donna Bassin 🔹 Jude Harzer. 🔹 Kate Missett 🔹 Maggie Rose 🔹Marissa Bridge 🔹 Regina Guienze Tinti. 🔹Rochelle Shicoff 🔹 Susan Saunders 🔹 Virginia Mallon 🔹 Workshop of Shortt
The Fat Canary Journal is an independent, pro-artist platform that celebrates contemporary and emerging artists. This alternative space creates exhibition opportunities for contributors of diverse backgrounds, identities, and expressions. Our practice is to leave creative control in the hands of the artist, allowing them the freedom to freely express that which drives, inspires, haunts, and heals them. We are artist owned and operated since 2018 and do not take commission on sales. All inquiries are referred directly to the artists.
This upcoming Fat Canary exhibition continues its visual advocacy at Ceres Gallery with a fascinating lineup of women artists and a range of provocative styles. The group of artists will be on display from May 21 to June 15, 2024, with the opening reception on Thursday, May 23rd from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. There will be a Meet the Artist reception on Saturday, June 15th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.
For more information on the Fat Canary artists, please visit www.FatCanaryJournal.com.