PORTRAITS OF A MODEST MAN
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Portraits of a Modest Man: A Celebration of Twenty Years of Adam J. Kurtz was a month-long exhibition in The Mezzanine Gallery in the UMBC Commons student union building that featured sixteen works that spanned multiple media (photography, illustration, etc) and were united by their subject matter... me.
Portraits was meant as a tongue-in-cheek experiment, and also an opportunity to push the limits of what exactly I could get away with as an undergraduate student. Ultimately, the project was met with generally positive reactions, and was a success both for me and for the participating artists.
Participating Artists: Alison Grissinger, Amanda Bennett, Andy Hsu, Brittany Wight, Christina Danaher, Danny Brito, Emily Jenkins, Jenna Ullrich, Kristin Tata, Laura Gardiner, Lauren Alford, Maxwell Hathaway, Paul-William deSilva, Tazuko Sugajima, and Willie Archer.
2008

Exhibition Display

Adam J. Kurtz: "If I Were Adam"

Adam J. Kurtz: Adam Mask

Alison Grissinger: ink on paper

Amanda Bennett: ink on paper

Andy Hsu: digital photographs

Brittany Wight: paint on canvas

Christina Danaher: scanned and inverted film negatives

Danny Brito: pencil, mixed media

Emily Jenkins: digital composition

Jenna Ullrich: collage on wood

Kristin Tata: blind contour drawings

Laura Gardiner: tapestry

Lauren Alford: digital composition

Maxwell Hathaway: digital illustration

Tazuko Sugajima: layered thread on board

Paul-William deSilva: digital illustration

Willie Archer: "stalker" digital photos

Exhibition display: Photo by Winona Caesar

Gallery installation

Gallery installation

Gallery installation

Gallery installation

October 14th, 2008: "The Retriever Weekly" article