THE ART OF BECOMING, CURRENTS AND CATALYSTS AND UNDERCURRENTS OF STRENGTH. A GROUP SHOW CURATED BY DANA DEMBERS

Exhibition Dates: November 25 – December 5
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657

Opening Reception
Friday, November 27
5 PM – 7 PM

Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Artist Statement:
"The Art of Becoming" is a curated group exhibition that explores the profound and varied expressions of inner strength and resilience following trauma and recovery. Bringing together a diverse group of artists working in painting, sculpture and mixed media the show features individuals who have each navigated personal or collective trauma and channeled their experiences into creative expression. Thought trauma leaves it's mark, it does not define us; this exhibition showcases art created during, as a product of, and in the aftermath of pain, serving as a testament to the powerful, often quiet, act of survival and transformation.

Artist Bio:
Dana Demers is a New Hampshire born Artist living and working on Cape Cod for nearly two decades.

During his undergraduate studies Demers studied painting and art nistory, Talling in love with the ola master style of translucen lowing layers. Originally trained as a water colour artist, Demer found it difficult to break into the modern wet on wet and opaque style of oil painting that still trends. Determined, Demers started exploring oil formulations of paint including hand making lake pigments and other natural dyes mixed with various oils and

loday, Demers still uses this technique to create shear transparent hand crafted oil paint, allowing his subject matter to radiate and glow. Ingredients such as crushed Lapis Lazuli ano Micronized Pearl often are used to create his now well recognized colour palette. In his early career Demers achieved notoriety with representation at well famed galleries like Mixea Greens and Prince on Prince.

Although Demers is best known for his figure work both in shotography and all paint, lanascapes like sand dunes anc sodles of water often play a role in nis repertoire

Demers has a bachelors of Science in Art History, a bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting and a Masters in Curatorial Studies and Museum Management,