Ibis Art Gallery

06/13/2024

Last chance to see this wonderful group of artists together in this final Ibis exhibition. Closes this Saturday.

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06/27/2023

IBIS new gallery space: 440 Julia Street, New Orleans.

Celebrate the opening this Friday with the inaugurating Exhibition Reception: Vitus Shell "Gold Standard" , a solo exhibition of mixed-media paintings by Vitus Shell.

06/21/2023

Vitus Shell's solo exhibition GOLD STANDARD opens soon!

WHEN: June 30 - August 19
Artist Reception: Friday, June 30, 5:30-9:00

WHERE: 440 Julia Street, NOLA

Vitus Shell has an impressive solo and group exhibition record, recent notables include Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage (traveling exhibition), Museum of Fine Art, Houston. Unthinkable Imagination: A Creative Response to the Juvenile Justice Crisis, Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. and Bout it Bout it: The Political Power of Just Being, (traveling exhibition) Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC. In addition, Shell has received numerous grants and residencies, including Crosstown Arts, Anderson Ranch, Bemis Center for the Contemporary Arts, Mass MoCA, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, Skowhegan School of Art, Tougaloo Art Colony, and Camille Hanks-Cosby Scholarship, and was named Louisianan Artist of the Year by Louisiana Life magazine for 2021.

03/03/2023

Two Receptions for tomorrow’s Art Walk, Saturday 5-9pm: "YR1 REMIX," a group exhibition in our Front Gallery and "Kathy Stecko, Collective Memory" in our Middle Gallery.

Hope to see you this Saturday at our 705 Camp street location!

Image 1: "YR1 REMIX" Group Exhibition (left to right), Sarah Navasse, Chris Hyndman, Jason DeMarte, Scherezade Garcia, Louis Marinaro and Austin Uzor

Image 2: "Kathy Stecko: Collective Memory" (left to right), "Piper, " "Lark," and "Remnant," 2022, Glazed Porcelain

03/01/2023

We are proud to announce
“YR 1 REMIX,” showcasing IBIS’ first- year soloists, Jason DeMarte, Chris Hydman, Scherezade Garcia, Louis Marinaro, Sarah Navasse and Austin Uzor. These artists represent a broad and international perspective, and although all are currently based in the States, their native lands include France, Canada, Dominican Republic, United States, and Nigeria. The artworks in this exhibition display a variety of cultural influences, forms, and subjects that are unified by IBIS’ intent to display works that are both exquisitely crafted and impactful. The exhibition runs March 1st through April 29th with a reception on Saturday, March 4th from 5pm to 9 pm during the Arts District of New Orleans’ Art Walk.

02/22/2023

Last days to see these rich textures in “An Outside Chance” which runs through this Saturday, February 25th.

In order of appearance:
Image 1. Lilian Garcia-Roig
Image 2. Ann Marie Auricchio
Image 3. Keith Crowley
Image 4. Mark Messersmith

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02/15/2023

Must see in person this rich and impasto paint handling by Lilian Garcia-Roig, one of many landscape inspired paintings currently on view in our exhibition “An Outside Chance” Garcia-Roig has a formidable professional record, exhibiting around the world in museums and galleries as well as a recipient of numerous prestigious awards. Most recently, she was named a Guggenheim fellow, as well as in 2017 was a Joan Mitchell artist-in-residence. Garcia-Roig is the current Chair of FSU’s Art Department and is based in Tallahassee.

Image: “Charred Gateway,” Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in

02/15/2023

02/13/2023

Swipe to see the two versions, masked and unmasked sculpture by Kathy Stecko. Part of her solo exhibition, “Collective Memory” currently on view in our Middle Gallery

Images: “Piper,” 2021, Glazed Porcelain, 19 x 5 x 4 in

02/10/2023

PLEASE NOTE REVISED HOURS. Feel free to contact prior to visiting.

02/08/2023

Congratulations Katrina Andry and Mark Messersmith on having their work in the Ogden Museum’s exhibition “Knowing Who We Are” and being part of their permanent collection.

Both artists are affiliated with IBIS - swipe to see examples of works we carry.

Image 1: Katrina Andry, “None Worthier than Thou in the Eyes of a Broken Man,” 2019, Color reduction woodcut on paper

Image 2: Mark Messersmith, “Victim of Silence,” 2011, Oil on canvas with mixed media.

Image 3: Katrina Andry,
“Addicted to Creamy Crack and Passing the Brown Wooden Test Spoon,” 2016, (2/3)
Color Reduction Woodcut, 59 x 43 in

Image 4: Mark Messersmith, “Hours of the Day, Acrylic and glitter on carved wood

02/05/2023

CONGRATULATIONS SCHEREZADE GARCIA cited by Bronx Museum Curator, Eileen Jeng Lynch,as one of the artists she predicts to take “center stage” in a 2023 , especially those navigating history and memory.

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-7-leading-curators-predict-defining-art-trends-2023