The upstairs galleries will hold the 2017-2018 VCU Fountainhead Fellows’ exhibitions, presenting work by Ryan Lucero (Painting+Printmaking), Jeanne Medina (Craft+Material Studies), and Sara Stern (Sculpture+Extended Media).
Lucero balances delicacy and rawness in his repetitively patterned paintings, capturing a haunting beauty in his show Jumping from an Imaginary Explosion. In Ancestral Offerings, Medina weaves together materials from various cultures, presenting themes of decolonization and identity through monochromatic textiles works. Through video, performance, and installations, Stern overlaps digital and physical spaces in Foundation Vent, dissecting established social and political systems.