Now showing at 101 E. Archer:
SOUTH GALLERY
Unexpected Company
The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities is pleased to feature Musonium Grand Prize Award winner Andrea Kowch’s “Unexpected Company,” as well as works by Cherokee Nation artist Richard D. York, in the South Gallery from May 1st through June 27th.
Andrea Kowch is an internationally recognized American painter whose work in magical realism has earned her widespread acclaim across major museums, galleries, and global publications. A graduate of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, where she earned her BFA summa cum laude with High Honors, Kowch has built a distinguished career defined by evocative, narrative-driven paintings that bridge the real and the surreal.
Richard D. York, is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Richard currently lives in Sequoyah County within the Cherokee Nation reservation. He earned his BFA with a dual emphasis in painting and photography in 1996 from Boise State University. In 2014 Richard completed his MFA in Visual Studies at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) – a studio art degree with a primary emphasis on studio painting and a focus on Pedagogy and Theory. He works in a wide variety of media including oil, acrylic, watercolor, digital media, and he also crafts a variety of traditional Native items.
Read the full biographies for Andrea Kowch and Richard D. York here.
NORTH GALLERY
Finding Oklahoma
On display until June 27th
Finding Oklahoma features original photographs by Leonid Furmansky of our state’s strangest, most beautiful and often overlooked structures. Discover what makes Oklahoma’s built landscapes rich—and maybe even a bit surprising!
Leonid Furmansky is an architectural photographer based in Austin, Texas who explores the built environment and the ways architecture shapes how we live. His work spans commissioned projects and editorial assignments, combining clear visual storytelling with a strong sense of place. Furmansky was named one of ArchDaily’s Top 25 Emerging Photographers representing what is now often called the United States and was featured in AN Interior’s Future of Vision. He earned a degree in Photography from the Photography + Visual Media Program at ACC.
His photographs have appeared in The New York Times, Divisare, Houston Cite, Glasstire, The Architect’s Newspaper, AN Interior, Texas Architect, Dwell, Architectural Record, Dezeen, Apalmanac, East Side Magazine, Austin Home, PaperCity, Tribeza, and ArchDaily. Outside of commissioned work, Leonid enjoys documenting rural landscapes and densely populated cities, and can often be found riding BMX with friends.
Learn more about our past exhibitions below.