***RESCHEDULED TO JULY 23 at 11am.***
Join us for a tour of Adrian Armstrong’s studio at Canopy and experience his works in progress as he prepares for his upcoming exhibition at Big Medium opening on October 15, 2022.
Spots are limited and available to Members at the $250 level and above. Big Medium Members, please RSVP below. All other visitors, we invite you to consider supporting the work of Big Medium by becoming a Member at bigmedium.org/membership before RSVPing.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Adrian Armstrong is a multidisciplinary artist from Omaha, NE now living and working out of Austin, TX. Armstrong received his BFA from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln in 2014. His work expands throughout different mediums such as music, painting, and printmaking, but his primary medium of choice is ballpoint pen.
Through portrait and figurative practices, Armstrong’s work explores black identity and how the black body is perceived in predominantly White American spaces. He aims to portray what it means to be an African American living in modern America. Often using himself as an “every man” symbol, Armstrong’s work touches on topics such as depression within the black community, systematic oppression, and identity erasure; but on the other side of the spectrum explores, nostalgia, growth, and success.
Adrian Armstrong, The LINE Residency, Big Medium, 2019
TOUCHED BY THE MORNING SUN, 22’’ x 30’’, ballpoint pen and acrylic on paper, 2020