Complexity of Perfection

Curated by Ayanna Johnson

We formally invite you to Northern Illinois University's Undergraduate and Graduate Visual Art student's exhibition show.

Saturday, April 15, 2023 / 6PM - 9PM 

Sunday, April 16, 2023 /3PM-6PM 

For her Senior Capstone project, Ayanna Johnson has developed an exhibition that will focus on how young developing artists interact with 'perfection'. This is something many of us face in one form or more in our lifetime. The artists included in this exhibition have their own interpretation of how they interact with this idea based on their own life experiences.

Biography

Ayanna is a Senior studying Business Administration and art student at Northern Illinois University. She is curating an art exhibition as her Senior Capstone Honors Project. She plans to continue her education in the Arts to earn her master's in fine arts with a focus in Painting, and to own an art gallery one day. The theme of this show and questions surrounding it, is something she has struggled with for as long as she can remember. As a Black Woman pursuing a career in a white-dominated field, this need to strive towards achieving perfection often seems even that much more strenuous. Her goal for this project is for those entering the gallery to not only reflect on where many ‘perfectionist’ ideas come from but also why this is so common among creatives.

Artists included in the show:

Laura Nienhueser

Maeve Wallace

Kurt Tomerlin

Raevenne Zackery

Natalia Zaragoza

Jadakess Neal

Rudy Galindo

Tempest Jones

Anna Gosci

Myel Simmons

Images attached: mixed media painting by Raevenne Zackery