Other Edens
Rebecca Braziel, Dylan Conner, Hallie Gluk, Erin Stafford, Patrick Turk, & Rachelle Vasquez

Other Edens features works referencing patterns in the natural world and those imposed through human interference. These works juxtapose cycles of growth and decay, in a reflection on the evolving cycle of life. The exhibition includes works by Rebecca Braziel, Dylan Conner, Hallie Gluk, Erin Stafford, Patrick Turk, and Rachelle Vasquez.

Rebecca Braziel- Bush, 2017, 3’ x 3’ x 2’, Wire, felt, and cotton, Courtesy of the artist .JPG

Rebecca Braziel was born in Savannah, GA. She received a BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. Since graduating, she has gained experience as an artist assistant, workshop instructor, middle school art teacher, and co-op member. She has stayed involved with SCAD by returning to the fibers department as a guest critic and senior mentor. Braziel moved to Houston in 2013 and has since shown her work at the Galveston Art Center; Mountain View College, Dallas; Hunter Gather Project, Houston; and The Tank Project Space at Sawyer Yards, Houston. She recently completely a six-month artist residency at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. In 2017, she received an Individual Artist Grant from the City of Houston and the Houston Arts Alliance for The Creeping Vine Project.
www.rebeccabraziel.com

Dylan Conner is an artist from Houston, TX. He received his BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, studied art history at the University of Houston Downtown, and is currently working towards his MFA at the University of Houston. He has worked with the artists of “Itchy Acres” in Houston, Tim Glover and Ed Wilson, over the past decade to hone his craft. He was instrumental in the creation of a number of large-scale public works, including Wilson’s Soaring in the Clouds at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Conner recently completed the fabrication of his first major public commission entitled Firefly Field, which will be permanently installed as the gateway to Houston’s second oldest park, Woodland Park. Conner currently works in Houston among a tightly knit community of artists in a studio space called El Rincón Social.
dconnersculpture.com

Hallie Gluk received her BA in Art History from Tufts University and her BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She is currently based in Houston and works as the Education Assistant for the Houston Center for Photography. Her work was recently featured in the exhibition Relief at Flatlands Gallery.
www.halliegluk.com

Erin Stafford - Fleur de Mal_Les Mauvais Oeuf (1).jpg

Erin Stafford received her BFA from the University of North Texas, Denton, and MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Erin Stafford's aesthetic tendencies are reflected in her studio practice as a result of her upbringing in Dallas, TX where she found upper-middle class expectations full of irony and contradiction. This sense of cultural refinement, which included various forms of ritual and tradition, shaped her aesthetic along with her art education, inspiring her to challenge established social conventions. Following graduation from UTSA, she returned to Dallas where she continued her studio practice along with teaching and curatorial endeavors at Red Arrow Contemporary. Her work was recently featured in the 2017 Texas Biennial, as well as in solo exhibitions at Art League Houston, The Carillon Gallery in Ft. Worth and the Caetani Cultural Centre in Vernon, British Columbia. She is represented by Kirk Hooper Fine Art in Dallas.
erinlouisestafford.com

Patrick Turk was born in Galveston, TX and lives and works in Houston. His assemblages have been exhibited throughout Houston in galleries including Mystic Lyon, Art Storm, Lawndale Art Center, and Rudolph Blume Fine Art/Art Scan Gallery, as well as galleries in Dallas, Galveston and Los Angeles, CA. In 2013, he was a resident artist in Lawndale Art Center’s Artist Studio Program. His works have been published in Mung Being Magazine and include commissions for the 2009 Houston Art Car Parade Poster, as well as the Philokalia album cover by Golden Cities. Turk is one of 60 artists included in the book, The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists (Texas A&M Press), authored by Robert Craig Bunch, released in 2016. He was also featured in the concurrent exhibition, The Art of Found Objects, held at Lone Star College – Kingwood in November 2016. Turk is represented by Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas.
www.patrickturk.net

Rachelle Vasquez is a Houston-native and art educator, who received her BA in Art Education with a minor in Art History from the University of Houston. She participated in artist residencies at DiverseWorks and the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Her work has been included in exhibitions throughout Houston, including solo exhibitions at Lawndale Art Center and Box 13 ArtSpace. Vasquez was an original member of Knitta, a group of artists known for starting the “knit graffiti” movement in Houston, TX in 2005. Her work has been reviewed in the Houston Press, Arts Houston magazine and Glasstire. In 2016, she received and Individual Artist Grant from the City of Houston and the Houston Arts Alliance.
www.rachellevasquez.com