Pallavi Singh and Jing (Ellen) Xu
Curated by Daniel Greenberg and Eleanor Kipping
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 15, 6–8PM
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and the Skowhegan Alumni Alliance are excited to announce CONFERENCE CALL: a series of five 2-person exhibitions featuring the work of Skowhegan alumni that will run from May through November 2022.
Established in 1946, Skowhegan is an intensive summer residency program for artists which takes place annually in Madison, Maine. The exhibition series will take place at Skowhegan's New York space in Chelsea, and will open on September 5, 2022 with the fourth exhibition featuring the work of Pallavi Singh (A '15) and Jing (Ellen) Xu (A '16) organized by Alliance members and alumni, Danny Greenberg (A '18) and Eleanor Kipping (A '18).
About Pallavi Singh
Pallavi Singh (b. 1988) completed her Master’s in Fine Art (Painting) from College of Art, Delhi in 2011. Singh’s work focuses on social constructs and challenges to gender stereotypes, an exploration of sexuality, personal care and grooming behaviours, and corporate spectacles. Singh has been the recipient of several awards including the Vermont Studio Center Artist Opportunity Fellowship, USA (2019), the Inlaks Scholarship at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, USA (2015) and the 10 th Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong (2013-14), and most recently, being shortlisted for the TAF Emerging Artist Award South Asia, London (2021). Pallavi Singh lives and works in New Delhi, India and is represented by Art Heritage (New Delhi, India).
About Jing (Ellen) Xu
Jing (Ellen) Xu is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Inner Mongolia, China and currently based in Queens, NY. She received a B.A. in Sculpture from Xiamen University, China and an MFA from the University of Washington in Seattle. Xu has participated in residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Wassaic Residency, Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts and Vermont Studio Center. She has received a BRIC Media Arts Fellowship and the Artist Fellowship from Hamiltonian Gallery.
CONFERENCE CALL | Exhibition Series 2022 aims to place work by artists from different Skowhegan cohorts in conversation with each other, and with the labor of operating a residency. It will feature the works of Skowhegan alumni: Pío Galbis (A '82, '21) and Buster Graybill (A '07); Gwendolyn Kerber (A '79) and Rocío Olivares (A '18); Baxter Koziol (A '17) and Molly Springfield (A '06); Pallavi Singh (A '15) and Jing (Ellen) Xu (A '16); Hetty Baiz (A '69) and Jordan Seaberry (A '15).
Each pairing is curated by one or two members of the Alumni Alliance: Jesus Benavente (A '12), Rebecca Shippee (A '18) and Annette Cyr (A '76, '21), Michael Scoggins (A '03), Danny Greenberg (A '18) and Eleanor Kipping (A '18), and Paige Laino (Alumni & Archives Coordinator). Additional information about upcoming exhibitions in this series is forthcoming.
The Skowhegan Alumni Alliance is a group of alumni who generate off-campus programming for the international alumni community.