"These jewel-like paintings intuitively fuse different aesthetic traditions, folk art and old master, with natural grace and an uncanny quality that may be a species of magic." —American Arts Quarterly
I am very excited to announce my participation in a co-curated show by the Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome and London with Gallery Sumire in Tokyo. The show “Silk Road ~ The Roots ~ Our Culture” will be held at the Art Glorieux Gallery of Tokyo, Japan from June 9 thru June 15, 2022.
Dorothy Circus Gallery is proud to present a co-curated event with Gallery Sumire at “Art Glorieux Gallery of Tokyo, inaugurating on the 9th of June 2022 entitled “Silk Road ~ The Roots – Our Culture”.
On this occasion, Dorothy Circus Gallery is proud to present a group exhibition featuring nine European and five Asian artists (Alessia Iannetti, Arturo Garcia De Las Heras, Levalet, Clementine De Chabaneix, Fatima Ronquillo, MILLO, Paolo Pedroni, Silvia Idili, Sana Yoshida, Takahiro Hirabayashi, Amahi Mori, Miho Hirano and Junna Maruyama). Inspired by the historical Silk Road, the group exhibition intends to retrace the path dating back to the Roman Empire as the peak for cultural exchange. Interestingly, we metaphorically walk through this path across art and mutual research each day. Thus, the symbol of the Silk Road becomes the path for celebration for friendship and mutual empowerment in the art and culture market.
The presentation for this co-curated exhibition is an important opportunity for DCG to underline the profound esteem and admiration for Asian society and emphasise the closeness between our values once again. Furthermore, the exhibition aims to bring an intense dialogue between the representatives of the contemporary Asian movement and the European approach of the artist presented.
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again I shall not live in vain.
~ Emily Dickinson
I painted two winter scenes for Meyer Gallery in Park City, Utah. I love the calm and quiet hush of a landscape blanketed by snow. “Child with Winter Robin” was inspired by walking in the hills and trails of Santa Fe, where the sound of birds can be heard, almost as if spring is not long in coming. “Beloved with Amaryllis and Golden Arrow” is a reprise of a 2015 painting of the Amaryllis myth. This time the subject is the boy beloved by Amaryllis.
My prints created in collaboration with Blackrock Editions are on exhibit at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art in Santa Fe from February 25 thru May 28, 2022. Thank you to the Santa Fe New Mexican’s Michael Abatemarco for featuring “The Watchers” on the Pasatiempo Magazine’s Exhibitionism page.
BLACK ROCK EDITIONS: A PRINT SHOWCASE February 25–May 28, 2022 OPENING RECEPTION Friday, February 25, 5–7pm BLACK ROCK EDITION WALKTHROUGH & DEMO Saturday, April 2, 12-1pm
(February 2022) Black Rock Editions is a two-year-old Santa Fe print house, but its roots stretch back fifty years and across the nation. Zane Bennett Contemporary Art is proud to announce a special print showcase celebrating Black Rock’s founding, with a nod to the 50-year legacy of its forebear, Landfall Press. Works on paper from Black Rock’s roster of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women artists commingle with historic Landfall prints by legendary artists such as Christo and James Drake. Special programs throughout the show, held at the gallery and at Black Rock’s remarkable headquarters, highlight the nascent print house’s intersectional vision for the future of printmaking. An opening reception with Black Rock Director Christina Ziegler Campbell and Master Printer Steven Campbell is on Friday, February 25, 5–7pm.
“Chris and Steve were deeply engaged in the curatorial process for the show, which enriched the storytelling in so many ways.” says Gallery Director Jordan Eddy. “We’re recreating the experience of entering Black Rock’s workshop, opening their flat files, and marveling at their plates and prints.” Though they established Black Rock in January 2020 just before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the Campbells started with a solid foundation. They’re both veteran employees of Landfall Press, a 50-year-old print shop that was founded by Jack Lemon in Chicago and moved to Santa Fe in 2004. When Lemon generously gifted Landfall’s space and equipment to the Campbells, they shifted their focus to include up-and-coming artists from communities that have often been ignored by other print houses and the larger contemporary art establishment.
The exhibition features artwork by Jordan Craig (Cheyenne), Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo), Cara Romero (Chemehuevi), Dan Namingha (Hopi), and Mexican-born artist Sergio Sánchez Santamaría. Works by seasoned printmakers Peregrine Honig and Jeanette Pasin Sloan appear beside editions by self-taught artists Fatima Ronquillo and Timothy Cummings. Also on view from the gallery’s archives are works on paper from Landfall by internationally renowned artists Judy Chicago, Christo, Lesley Dill, James Drake, Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh, and Jiha Moon. Moon is one of the only artists who has worked with both Landfall and Black Rock, pointing to a torch handoff in the cross-cultural explorations of the Korean-born, Georgia-based artist. “Ultimately, the exhibition examines the community of printmakers who were—and are—central to elevating and evolving the printmaking medium as a dynamic means of investigation, expression and community engagement,” Eddy says.
For these two latest paintings, I took inspiration from William Morris, the great textile designer, artist, craftsman and poet of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. Throughout his work he sought to marry art with nature. In “Strawberry Thief” Morris depicted the little bird thrushes that stole fruit from his garden at his home, Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire. In my painting, the figure is clothed in a jacket reminiscent of William Morris’ design only this time the thrushes are live companions or conspirators with their strawberry loot. For “Sweetbriar and Bluebirds” I gleaned from two William Morris wallpaper patterns “Trellis” and “Sweetbriar” where once again, where the sweetbriar roses and birds surround the figure of Flora heralding springtime.
I am very pleased to announce my participation in the Group Exhibition MILK at the Dorothy Circus Gallery in London on 27-29 January and then in Rome on 17-19 February. The “Mother and Child” theme is one that I have painted throughout the years having been much inspired by Renaissance Madonnas. The theme for me has evolved, oftentimes referencing the mythology of Venus and Cupid. Love is the connecting thread.
The 2022 exhibition program of Dorothy Circus Gallery entitled “The Angel Year” draws upon the meaning of the number 22. The Angel Year, considered the Messenger of Light, is a visual and artistic instrument inspiring strength and determination. It inaugurates with the exclusive presentation of Group Exhibition MILK, an extension of the past exhibition “Mother and Child” that took place in April of 2019 at Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome and London. The Reprise of Mother&Child, MILK, explores one of the most celebrated themes in the history of art and by artists of all times: Maternity. This event will be presented with the name of MILK, symbolising nourishment, unconditional love, and care for children in all their declinations.
For inquiries please contact info@dorothycircusgallery.uk
FATIMA RONQUILLO 
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