2022
Roger Bisbing, Preschool
Inaugural exhibition at miniMoca by Hudsin Valley artist Roger Bisbing. October 2022
MiniMoCA518
Inaugural exhibition at miniMoca by Hudsin Valley artist Roger Bisbing. October 2022
Featuring a collection of artist selected books at the free library with bookmarks designed by Collins.
Blue Ruin transports the viewer to a magical landscape inhabited by tiny deer, who peer at one another around the corners of a vividly painted architectural folly. Ruby Palmer is a Hudson Valley-based artist who reimagines the memory of a dream-like place or structure, and the scale of our longing for such places.
Through October 5, 2023
Reflecting on Nature seeks to offer the viewer an intimate replica of a peaceful and contemplative
moment outdoors, with the aim of fostering a deep and lasting connection to the natural environment.
How would we view and experience the world around us if we realized that we are not separate from
it? Our disconnection from nature has led to environmental problems like climate change and
deforestation. Perhaps seeing ourselves as a connected part of our ecosystem can help us
become better stewards of the environment. We are not only a part of nature, we are nature.
Oct. 2023 - March, 2024
Laura states, "As a kid, I loved family trips to the Museum of Natural History in NYC, where I was transported into another world while viewing its wildlife dioramas. The miniMOCA gallery echoes that memory, filling the viewer’s field of vision with critters in a painted landscape. When the sun goes down, the space is transformed by the use of phosphorescent pigments, allowing the bugs and stars to glow in the dark."
March 20 - June 1, 2024
Presenting as sweet on the surface, the ceramic figurines featured in my work are recognizableand strange; they are one thing and another simultaneously. They playfully act out theme sassociated with endless news cycles, politics gone wild, privilege, and identity. Using a library of commercial plaster molds, I create slip-cast positives that serve as my palette. Figurines are collaged from various subjects, including nativity scenes, flora, fauna, and vessels. The final forms are displayed in diorama-like narratives that illustrate the surreality of the human condition.
June 6 - August 31, 2024
In Sascha Mallon's Tower of Dream, humans, animals andhybrid creatures inhabit a fictional landscape, sheltering together in a stateof peaceful co-existence.
Learn more about the artist at saschamallon.art or onInstagram at @saschamallon
October 6 - December 31, 2024
When I was asked to createa work for miniMOCA on the Rail Trail, of course I thought of the naturalenvironment that the Rail Trail provides. I also thought of my dollhousegrowing up. I enjoyed controlling the interiors and creating stories inminiature. With this piece, I wanted to tell the story about all of us artistswho work a day job in the arts - me, a gallery manager at Opalka Gallery atSage College, in Albany, NY. This piece is about the struggles we havebalancing our artwork with the demands of life. The artwork also references thefragility of nature through photocollage and natural surfaces. The figure, aperson cleaning the gallery, sweeps the detritus of someone else’s artwork inhopes of creating their own.
