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Anthony Van Rooy Select Works 1994-2020 at 818 Studios in Tremont

Photographer Barbara Merritt opened 818 Studios in 2018 in the historic Tremont neighborhood as a photography studio, with an additional desire to showcase the work of local and national artists. Perched above the iconic Fahrenheit restaurant, 818 Studio’s early shows included three featured artists: Barbara Merritt, multi‐media artist Rebecca Yody, and painter Anthony Van Rooy. Van Rooy is back with a newly-curated […]

“ColorForms” Sizzles at 818 Studios

Author: Brittany M. Hudak

When I heard that Rebekah Wilhelm was pairing up with John Saile for a show ostensibly about “color” at 818 Studios, I will admit, I was surprised. Wilhelm is an artist whose career I have followed for years, and whose work I very much admire (and own), but color is not a quality I associate with her practice. Her […]

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Temptation and Texture: Van Rooy and Yody at 818 Studios

Author: Barbara Merritt

Anthony Van Rooy’s work spans decades and the ongoing installation at 818 Studios showcases work created between 2003 and 2019. The exhibit is ever-changing as we continue to document and display his massive repertoire. His figurative abstract work at 818 Studios is part of a huge body of work not seen by the public in ten years, and in many […]

Dreamscapes Galore: Ingenuity Fest 2019

Author: Brittany M. Hudak

“Ingenuity, born as Cleveland’s Festival of Art and Technology, has certainly been through some bleak times.” . . . That’s how CAN’s Michael Gill began a review of the re-energized Festival one year ago. And here we are a year later, with another wildly successful festival under their belts (judging by the amount of people I saw posting photos on […]

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