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Plus Gallery commences the fall season by welcoming renowned artist Kate Petley back to the spotlight with her third solo exhibition "One Big Dream" from September 9th through October 16th. The exhibition comes on the heels of a major year for Petley, following significant developments in her work that led to an expansive solo exhibition at Wyoming's Nicolaysen Art Museum in January, as well as inclusion in the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs curatorial endeavor "4 x 4: 4 artists, 4 curators" later in May. The attention Petley has received throughout her career at the institutional level is in perfect tandem with her focused and innovative studio practice. "One Big Dream" showcases an artist fully charged and at the top of her form, her recent relocation to the greater Denver area bringing bold, sophisticated results. Working in resin and mixed mediums for over a decade, Petley's abstract compositions are the result of isolated fragments unified into a dazzling, coherent whole. Referring to her collaged panels as "flat screens" that freeze the image, they are thoughtfully constructed using an intuitive process based on her personal experience of location. Her vocabulary has expanded greatly in the last year, producing results that exude mysterious, elegant textures and sensuous color-qualities that are largely indescribable without seeing the works firsthand. Relying upon an unforgiving, technically sophisticated process, every decision Petley makes is visible. The images appear to be coaxed into behaving as if they arranged themselves automatically without intervention. Elements of youthful street-art give the composition an edge, along with an array of subtle fragments that relate to semi-urban environments, demonstrating both the ordinariness and spectacular beauty of our world. Kate Petley received a B.F.A. cum laude (1976) from the University of Utah and her site-specific installations, public commissions, and exquisite studio works have received awards including an NEA Rockefeller Foundation Grant. Her work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions at such venues as Diverseworks, Houston, The Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, The Museum of the Southwest, The Martin Museum at Baylor University, The Museum of South Texas, as well as PlatteForum and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver. Her work is found in the collections of the City of Houston, the Federal Reserve Bank, UCLA Hospital Santa Monica, the Denver Children's Hospital, and numerous private collections throughout the US. Plus Gallery is pleased to be featuring our third solo exhibition with the artist and first in our critically acclaimed space at 2501 Larimer Street, launching a new season of high-caliber contemporary art. To see more images of Kate Petley's recent works, visit http://www.plusgallery.com/artist/petley To view a process video of Petley ’s mixed media panels, visit YouTube.com . Plus Gallery has enriched Denver's contemporary art scene since 2001, providing one of the leading, reputable platforms for prestigious artist representation and exhibitions of note in the region.

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