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Each Bright Galaxy
APR 19 - MAY 25
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Radius Gallery's newest exhibition features lively, bold, exciting works by three highly accomplished artists:
Dana Boussard, Doug Turman, and Goedele Vanhille
Using the natural world as a springboard, each of these artists invites us into realms of their own making, galaxies of the imagination at once foreign and familiar, enticing us toward their bright horizons.
These works will be available for pick up or shipping after May 25th.
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Dana Boussard, A Home Of My Own
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Dana Boussard, One Nail At A Time
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Dana Boussard, Sleeping Through It
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Dana BoussardThe Target Of My Affection
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Dana Boussard, Before I Sleep
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Dana BoussardNow and Farther Back 1, 2024
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Dana Boussard, Now and Farther Back 11, 2024
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Dana Boussard, Little Prayers, 2024
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Dana Boussard, Little Prayers, 2024
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Dana Boussard, Little Prayers, 2024
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Dana Boussard, Little Prayers, 2024
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Dana Boussard, Little Prayers, 2024
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Goedele Vanhille, Foolish Heart (Triptych)
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Goedele Vanhille, Bird of the Inner Heart 19, 2024
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Goedele Vanhille, Bird of the Inner Heart 20, 2024
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Goedele Vanhille, Birds of the Inner Heart 1
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Goedele Vanhille, Birds of the Inner Heart 2
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Goedele Vanhille, Birds of the Inner Heart 3
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Goedele Vanhille, Birds of the Inner Heart 4
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Goedele Vanhille, Birds of the Inner Heart 5
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Goedele Vanhille, Birds of the Inner Heart 6
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Goedele Vanhille, Birds of the Inner Heart 7
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Goedele Vanhille, Birds of the Inner Heart 8
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Goedele Vanhille, Birds of the Inner Heart 9
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ARTIST BIOS
DANA BOUSSARD
In my practice, current events and social issues often provide the spark that ignites whole compositions—imaginative environments that are at times lush and inviting, at times fraught with chaos and hostility. Personal stories of home and relationships intersect universal stories of invasion and politics, each merging into dynamic visual narratives. I find my inspiration through the process of drawing: it is the solitude of the studio that gives rise to all the work that follows, regardless of the medium I choose.
—Dana Boussard
Dana Boussard is a nationally renowned artist with artwork in the collections of private, corporate and public buildings throughout the country. She has an active studio practice as well as a long career in public art. Her large-scale work can be seen in the Anchorage International Airport, The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Holy Spirit Catholic Parish in Great Falls, and many other venues. Boussard is a recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Florence Trust in London and the Western States Arts Federation. She has received the Montana Governors Award for the Arts and the Fine Arts Outstanding Alumni award from the University of Montana. Boussard is a vocal supporter of the arts, and has lobbied in Washington D.C. for the NEA. She continues to remain excited about art and maintains her active studio on a sixty-acre ranch 20 miles north of Missoula.
DOUG TURMAN
Observing Turman’s paintings...it’s striking how clear his ideas are, how unobstructed and available they are, and also how they build on one another to offer a complex, interrelated whole. A series of aphorisms or maxims present themselves: 1) small things matter, 2) little things can carry big ideas, 3) a sustained practice adds up, 4) art is available for everyone, 5) one person can do many different things, 6) the artist gives his viewer permission, 7) these pieces are accessible yet sophisticated, 8) art can be fun, and 9) while each piece has a lifetime of skill and art historical knowledge behind it, the viewer can absorb it immediately. It is amazing how Turman communicates all of this in very short order.
—Brandon Reintjes, Senior Curator, Missoula Art Museum
Doug Turman was born in Seattle and raised in Missoula. He received his BA in Art from Oberlin College and an MFA from the University of Montana. He worked at the Phillips Collection in Washington DC before heading back west to pursue his career in painting and printmaking. For 18 years Turman and his wife Mary Lee Larison ran Turman Larison Contemporary, a fine art gallery in downtown Helena. In 2016 the Holter Museum of Art in Helena hosted Here and There: An Italian Journey, a solo exhibition of Turman's work tracing the influence of his many trips to Italy where he and Mary Lee actively conduct workshops featuring painting and cooking.
GOEDELE VANHILLE
These last few years I have made a journey into what it means to be human, with all its complexities of emotions, feelings and contradictions. This journey has inspired my recent explorations of surface, space and form. In the landscapes and canyons of the human heart reside the “Birds of the Inner Heart.” They are travelers from other worlds, unchained spirits, messengers and survivors. In this series of work, the form is activated by the surface; I am mesmerized by how a single line can bring a form to life, a line that contains the rhythm and soul of the piece, a line through space, a three-dimensional line. I keep on listening, responding and learning — applying what I know, remaining curious and willing to go out on a limb.
—Goedele Vanhille
Goedele Vanhille has been making sculptural clayworks since she was twelve years old. After finishing college in Belgium with a degree in Ceramics, she came to the Tuscarora Pottery School in Nevada for a four-month clay-intensive program under Dennis Parks. Once back in Belgium, she made functional work to be sold in shops around the country and created sculptural work for exhibitions. Vanhille returned to Tuscarora for another summer of study, and then attended Paul Soldner’s special student program in Claremont, California. She moved to southwest Colorado, and for the last 33 years has maintained a ceramic studio and raised a family.