INTERIORITY features Hans Gindlesberger and Amber Lia-Kloppel in a two-person exhibition that explores whether the act of gazing—the fundamental process of seeing and describing—can serve as a meaningful method for looking inward. We will have an opening reception on Thursday 3/20 from 5 – 6:30 p.m. and will host artist talks in the Gallery by Lia-Kloppel on 3/27 at 5:30 p.m. and Gindlesberger on 4/3 also at 5:30 p.m. A catalog for this exhibition will be free and available to visitors in the days following the opening reception.
Amber Lia-Kloppel's ultra-realist figurative paintings depict candid moments of everyday life with a photographic immediacy. The informality of her compositions imply that her translations originate from the lens of a camera. This association with photography is important to her work insofar as her paintings appear voyeuristic, but her subjects don’t feel so much captured as they feel seen. Hans Gindlesberger's sculptural tin casts originate from the film chambers of various cameras, evoking an intimate connection to photography's sacred liminal space—the threshold between a world beyond the lens and the plane where an image is captured on unexposed film. Complementing his sculptural works, Gindlesberger offers a pair of rolling camera obscuras that invite visitors to interact with them as they navigate the exhibition.
Hans Gindlesberger’s work has been shown internationally in exhibitions, festivals, and screenings including Galleri Image (Denmark), Gallery 44 (Toronto), Miami University Art Museum (Oxford, OH), University of the Arts (Philadelphia), Mt. Rokko Int’l Photo Festival (Japan), the Voies Off Festival (France), DongGang Int’l Photo Festival (Korea), #PostFuture Athens Digital Arts Festival (Greece), Rust Belt Biennial (Wilkes-Barre), FILE Media Art (Brazil), and the Medium Festival of Photography (San Diego). He has been invited to lecture at venues including FIF_BH (Brazil), Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts (London), The University of Edinburgh (Scotland) and numerous institutions throughout the United States. Gindlesberger’s work has received support from the Mary L. Nohl Foundation, Light Work, and the New York Foundation for the Arts, among others. He received his MFA from the University at Buffalo in 2006 and has held teaching positions at Marshall University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Virginia Tech, in addition to being a 2022 Fulbright Scholar in residence at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, home of Korea’s pioneering photography program. Currently, he heads the Photography program and is chairperson of the Department of Art and Design in Binghamton University’s School of the Arts.
Amber Lia-Kloppel was born in Ithaca, New York and studied art as a young adult at the Community School of Music and Arts. She did her undergraduate study in Philadelphia at Moore College of Art and Design, receiving a BFA, and subsequently moved to New York City, where she received an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. She’s been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, the Constance Saltonstall Foundation Grant, and the Stobart Foundation Grant for her work. During graduate school, Amber was awarded a Prince of Wales/Forbes Foundation Travel Grant and Residency, and during undergraduate school, she was awarded the Emily Sartain Fellowship for European Travel. Lia-Kloppel’s paintings have been shown primarily in New York, Philadelphia, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, and are part of private collections including those of King Charles III, and Martin Short. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Palmer Museum of Art, and the CIGNA Museum and Art Collection. She lives in Ithaca, NY and teaches painting and drawing at Ithaca College.
