A Labyrinth of Linkages (Part I)

Charlotte Vander Borght

Jody Joyner

Steph Gonzalez-Turner

Nicolas Shake

Blair Thurman

Galerie Timonier is pleased to present the opening of the first part of its summer group exhibition: A Labyrinth of Linkages featuring works by Charlotte vander Borght, Steph Gonzalez-Turner, Jody Joyner, Nicolas Shake and Blair Thurman.

Nicolas Shake (b. 1981, Northridge, CA) lives and works between Los Angeles and Pearblossom, CA. He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008, and his MFA from Claremont Graduate University in 2011. Shake was an artist-in-residence at the Chinati Foundation in 2019. Recent solo exhibitions include: Megan Mulrooney, Los Angeles; Galerie Timonier/Dylan Brant Fine Art, New York City/Los Angeles; Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels; Rogers Office, Los Angeles; and Brant/Timonier, Palm Beach, FL. Recent group exhibitions include: 2019 Temple (curated by Grant Edward Tyler), Los Angeles; The Hole, Los Angeles; Galería Mascota, CDMX. Shake will be included in a forthcoming exhibition commemorating 60 years of Art & Language at Château de Montsoreau - Museum of Contemporary Art curated by Lara Pan.

Charlotte vander Borght (b. 1988, BE) lives and works in Brussels. She earned her MFA at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de la Cambre in Brussels in 2013. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include: Galería Mascot, CDMX; Galerie Timonier, New York City; Baronian Gallery, Brussels, BE; New Space, Liège, BE; Two-person show with Loup Sarion - A.D New York City; Two-person show with Felix Kindermann, Deborah Bowmann, Brussels, BE; ProjectRoom Wiels, Brussels, BE. Recent group exhibitions include: Sybil, curated by Laurence Dujardyn, Brussels, BE; Fondation CAB, Brussels, BE; Management Gallery, NYC, USA; International Objects, New York, USA; Sculpture Garden Geneva Biennale, CH curated by Devrim Bayar; Galería Mascota, CDMX; Biennale Saint Paul de Vence, France, FR; Clearing, New York City.

Steph Gonzalez-Turner (b. 1984) lives and works in New York. Gonzalez-Turner has earned a MFA in Painting from Yale University in 2017 and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include: Two-person show with Peter Halley, ‘T’ Space Gallery; Skibum MacArthur, Los Angeles. Recent group exhibitions include: Pace, New York City (curated by Arlene Shechet); Europa, New York City; ArtLot, Brooklyn. She has been the recipient of several awards and artist residencies, including Yale University's Helen Watson Winternitz Painting Prize and Blended Reality: Applied Research Project, in partnership with Hewlett-Packard.

Blair Thurman (b. 1961, New Orleans, LA) lives and works in New York. He received his B.F.A. from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada, and his M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Recent solo museum surveys include FRAC Normandie Caen, France (2022); Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma (2015); Le Magasin-Centre National d'Art Contemporain, France (2014). Recent solo exhibitions include: Xippas, Geneva, CH; The Journal, New York City; Gagosian, New York City/Milan, IT/Geneva, CH; Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, FR; Galería Mascota, CDMX. Recent group exhibitions include: MAMCO, Geneva, CH; Pazo Fine Art, Kensington, MD; Xippas, Geneva, CH/Paris, FR; artgenève/sur-mesure, curated by Nicolas Tremblay, Geneva, CH; Kanal Pompidou, curated by John M. Armleder, Brussels, BE; Evergreene Studios, Malibu, CA. Thurman's work was included in the 46th Biennale di Venezia in 1995.

Jody Joyner (b.) lives and works between California and Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. from Colorado College in 2010 and her M.F.A. from Yale University in 2016. Recent solo exhibitions include: Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA; List Gallery, Swarthmore, PA. Recent group exhibitions include: Great Park Gallery, Irvine, CA; as-is la, Los Angeles, CA; Franconia Sculpture Park, Minneapolis, MN; Vox Populi, Philadelphia. She is the recipient of multiple grants, awards, and residencies including SOMA Summer (CDMX), Mountain School (Los Angeles, CA), the Al Held Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome, and the Josef Albers Traveling Fellowship.