[re]living
New Work by Josh Zeis
Xcel Energy Gallery
Local veteran and artist, Josh Zeis, brings to you his latest series of mixed media sculpture comprised of etched and molded copper, stoneware, and steel. These pieces are a tribute to the landscape and materials that Zeis experienced during his time spent in combat operations in Iraq, yet they also reflect the anxiety of warfare – specifically the fear of IED’s.
A prominent artist and teacher, Zeis received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the George Washington University in Washington, DC, and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from NDSU. He has participated in residencies and workshops in various places throughout the US such as: Red Lodge Clay Center (Montana), Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts (Maine), and St. John’s Pottery Studio (Minnesota). Outside of his studio practice, he is a ceramics instructor at Plains Art Museum’s Katherine Kilbourne Burgum Center for Creativity, and a landscape designer and coordinator for Hebron Brick & Block. He engages veterans, their families, and the public in object oriented dialogue as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant initiative through NDSU titled “Project Unpack: Telling Stories, Creating Community.”
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Josh Zeis, Fives and Twenty-Fives, 2018 Clay, etched copper plates Courtesy of the artist -
Josh Zeis, Organic Mechanic, 2018 Clay, metal, enamel Courtesy of the artist
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Josh Zeis, Google Earth Warscapes, 2018 Intaglio Courtesy of the artist
Ongoing Exhibitions
No Time For Despair
To say that right now is the ideal time to make art that speaks directly to the people about social justice is an understatement. Because the very nature of art is to undertake or assume the role of a healer by shading light on the human condition.
View ExhibitionBee in Flight
Community artist and school art teacher MeLissa Kossick, who guides youth classes at the Museum on art, gardens, and pollinators, has created an enchanting mosaic design in the Creativity Pathway in the Serkland Gallery called Bee in Flight.
View ExhibitionS.P.A.C.E.
Kaleidoscope
The S.P.A.C.E. (Sculpture Pad Art Collaborative Experiment) project is a public art initiative undertaken collaboratively between Plains Art Museum, and the college art departments at North Dakota State University, Minnesota State University Moorhead, and Concordia College.
View ExhibitionThe North Dakota Mural
Drawing on his childhood memories of the Great Plains, he created a work that speaks to the wide open spaces, huge vistas, and ocean-like skies of the region.
View ExhibitionFragile Preservation
A Tallgrass Community
While the Tallgrass Prairie is a community made up of a great diversity of species, Fragile Preservation represents a selection of them.
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