Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design is pleased to present, “I Wish I Was a Telephone”, a two-person exhibition featuring Los Angeles-based artists Nora Jane Slade and Marisa Takal, on view from July 15 to August 19, 2017 in the Bolsky Gallery, with a public opening reception on Saturday, July 15, from 4 to 6pm.
Nora Jane Slade (b. 1986, Santa Cruz, CA) received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 2009. She has had solo exhibitions at Artist Curated Projects and the Eckhaus Latta rEtail Store, both in Los Angeles, CA. She has participated in group exhibitions at venues including: Chins Push in Los Angeles, CA; Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in New York, NY; and the MOMA PS1 Printshop in Queens, NY. Her clothing project, Waggy Tee, can be found in the Iko Iko store residency at the Hammer Museum and online. This summer, Slade will be a resident at Conduit in Portland, OR.
Marisa Takal (b. 1991, Montclair, NJ) received her BFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 2013. Recent solo exhibitions were held at Nigh Gallery and SADE, both in Los Angeles, CA, and the artist has her second solo exhibition at Night Gallery opening later this year. She has participated in group exhibitions at venues such as: Alter Space in San Francisco, CA; Jeffrey Stark in New York, NY; M+B in Los Angeles, CA; and Interstate Projects in Brooklyn, NY. In 2016, she was the recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Award and the Stanley Hollander Award.
“I Wish I Was a Telephone” is curated by Paulina Samborska, Curatorial Programming Coordinator at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design.
