ERIN FOSTEL

Time of Day, Place in Life

ON VIEW: APRIL 21 - MAY 28, 2022

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 6:00-8:00 PM

ARTIST CONVERSATION: SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2:00-3:00 PM

C. Grimaldis Gallery is pleased to present Time ofDay, Place in Life, a solo exhibition by Baltimore-based artist Erin Fostel. Showcasing two bodies work in charcoal drawing, this debut exhibition connects presence to absence. From cluttered, private interiors to vast, blank walls, Fostel captures the variability of light and the amity of our familiar surroundings.

Akin to the theme of time and place, the artist’s Bedroom Series depicts the inside of women’s bedrooms. Devoid of the figure, these drawings ask the viewer to imagine those not shown and ruminate on the correlations to their own personal environments. This ongoing series acknowledges the resiliency of the female spirit and the spontaneity of life. The delicacy and labor with which these exclusive interiors are drawn celebrates the owner in a way that is free of the objectification that awaits her in the outside world.

Erin Fostel (b. 1981, Baltimore, MD) received her BFA in Drawing from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2004. Recent solo exhibitions include Interloc (Rockland, ME), Tuttle Gallery (Owings Mills, MD), City Hall North Gallery (Baltimore, MD), Katz Gallery at the Friends School (Baltimore, MD), Marketview Arts at York College (York, PA), Rosenberg Gallery at Goucher College (Towson, MD), and Terrault Contemporary (Baltimore, MD), among others. Notable group exhibition locations include the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Virginia Beach, VA), Academy Art Museum (Easton, MD), Maus Contemporary (Birmingham, AL), and the Carroll Museum (Baltimore, MD). Fostel’s work is included in the the collections of the Maryland Center for History and Culture and the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. She received a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in 2019 and a Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Price in 2018.