‘Guilty Pleasures’
A Duet Exhibition by Amy Nelder and Stephanie Serpick
“Guilty Pleasures”
On view Friday April 12th - Sunday May 12th, 2024
Tambaran 2 Gallery is proud to present ‘Guilty Pleasures’, a duo show featuring work from Amy Nelder and Stephanie Serpick. ‘Guilty Pleasures’ highlights the contentment of giving into yourself and allowing yourself to indulge in the simpler things in life; a stiff drink after a long day at work, a sweet treat before bed, or a lazy Sunday free to do nothing but lay in the comfort of your own bed, the choice is yours.
About Amy Nelder
Born in 1971 in San Francisco, painter Amy Nelder calls her work “Pop Trompe L’oeil.” Employing high realism infused with pop au courant imagery, she celebrates otherwise unsung domestic moments or conveys a message of dramatic, sometimes contemporary socio-political, import – but with a sense of lightness and often facetious. She paints beautiful imagery, but there is always a story to her painting. She seeks to convey the subtle but meaningful layers of simple human interaction, to impart appreciation of the joys, and ironies, of our lives. Nelder’s more recent still lifes have expanded into global commentary, including her Covid19Art, Bunnies and Guns, and Build-Your-Own Eden series on psychic autonomy.
About Stephanie Serpick
Stephanie Serpick is a painter whose work explores themes of isolation, grief, and healing. Her work has been shown in various exhibitions in the U.S. and internationally, and she is a fellow at several residencies, most notably at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, The Saltonstall Foundation, The Florence Trust Studios in London, and the Vermont Studio Center, where she was awarded a full fellowship and stipend to attend. Most recently, she attended Cuttyhunk Island Artist Residency in Cuttyhunk, MA in 2022. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at the Buckham Gallery in Flint, MI, and Sweet Briar College, in 2023 and 2022, respectively, and a two-person exhibition at The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute at the Museum of Art at Pratt in Utica NY.
