David Hevel’s works provide a humorous but poignant critique of
American consumerism and fascination with celebrity culture. Working in
mixed media, he creates installations combining items familiar in
everyday American life, such as arrangements of fake flowers, with
statues of wild animals. These ridiculous conglomerations emphasize the
absurdity of human attempts to domesticate nature and use it to
perpetuate a consumer culture. Hevel sites television and pop culture,
which he was exposed to from a young age growing up in rural
mid-America, as a central influence on his work. Hevel received an MFA
from California College of Arts and Crafts in 2002 and his works have
been displayed in numerous solo and group exhibitions all over the
country.
The work of Misako Inaoka explores the boundary between the natural and
the artificial and the distortion of the familiar. Her miniature
sculptures of hybrid animals offer a commentary on the issues of
vanishing species and the mutation of nature. The works often include
animation and sound elements which further blur the line between what
is alive and created by nature and what is created by the artist’s
hand. Inaoka was born in Japan but moved to the United States and
received a BFA from RISD and an MFA from Mills college. Her works have
been shown in exhibitions both in the United States and abroad.
Michael Hall is an Oakland based artist and a current MFA candidate at
Millis College in Oakland. He received his BFA from California College
of the Arts and has shown in museums and galleries in California and
Arizona. His delicate drawings of human hands holding small birds
suggest the complexity of the relationship between man and nature. The
title of his drawing, I Hold You Tight To Keep You Safe, refers to
man’s need to protect nature without stifling it.
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