Exhibitions at Indigo Arts

Frantz Zephirin: Art and Resilience

May 13, 2010 to June 19, 2010

Frantz Zephirin is one of the leading contemporary painters working in Haiti today. A self-taught artist born in Cap Haitien in 1968, Zephirin has variously been described as a visionary, a surrealist, a visual satirist and an “historic animalist”. His work has been featured in museums and galleries around the world. Indigo Arts Gallery, in association with Frank Giannetta of Giannetta Gallery, is honored to host Frantz Zephirin: Art and Resilience, Zephirin’s first U.S.

African Vessels

March 11, 2010 to May 8, 2010

Traditional Ceramic Vessels from Africa. Works from Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, and South Africa, by Bamana, Bozo, Lobi, Nupe and Zulu artists.

African Vessels is an independent exhibition in support of NCECA 2010, the 44th National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts conference, coordinated by the Clay Studio.

Grabados de Oaxaca: Graphic Works from Oaxaca, Mexico

March 11, 2010 to May 8, 2011

The distinguished history of printmaking in Mexico is best represented today in the vibrant art center of Oaxaca. Grabados de Oaxaca includes works by Fernando Andriacci, Enrique Flores, Abelardo Lopez, Eddie Martinez, Leovigildo Martinez, Felipe Morales, Rodolfo Morales, Fernando Olivera, Shinzaburo Takeda, Crispin Valladares & others. An Independent project of Philagrafika 2010

New Works from Haiti and Around the World

October 8, 2009 to February 28, 2010

Artwork just brought back from Haiti, as well as a large selection of art and crafts from Mexico, Peru, Cuba, South Africa, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and many other countries.

Haiti's artists continue to amaze with their vision and creativity, in many media - paintings, papier maché sculpture and masks, beaded and sequinned flags and mixed media sculpture made from an astounding variety of found materials.

Mascaras: A World of Masks

September 8, 2009 to February 28, 2010

Fall is a season of transition and transformation. In the spirit of Halloween and Los Dias de los Muertos, the Days of the Dead, Indigo Arts presents a collection of masks from Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific. The exhibit includes dance, festival and ritual masks from many countries, including Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, New Guinea and Nigeria.

Visiones 2: New Art from Cuba

March 12, 2009 to April 25, 2009

Paintings and prints by Javier Gonzalez Gallosa, Joel Jover, Alejandro Lazo, Alicia Leal, Reina Ledon, Mederox (José Mederos Sigler), Manuel Mendive, José Garcia Montebravo, Abel Perez Mainegra, Luis Rodriguez Arias, Jorge Sanfiel, Roberto Torres Lameda, Elio Vilva,Wayacon and others.

International Art Show

February 1, 2009 to February 28, 2009

Paintings, prints, sculpture and folk art from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Haiti, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, South Africa, Swaziland and other countries.

Drapo Vodou: Haitian Vodou Flags

October 29, 2008 to November 29, 2008

Works by the Finest Sequin Artists in Haiti

Ignacio Fletes Cruz: Nicaraguan Primitivista Painter (2007)

February 2, 2007 to March 31, 2007

Philadelphia, PA - Noted Nicaraguan Primitivista artist, José Ignacio Fletes Cruz returns to Philadelphia for his second solo show at Indigo Arts Gallery in Old City. Fletes Cruz will be on hand for a reception at Indigo Arts Gallery on First Friday, February 2nd, from 5 to 9:30pm. He will also be at the gallery on saturday afternoon, February 3rd (2-6pm), to demonstrate and discuss his work.

Prints from Oaxaca: Masters of the Mexican Tradition

October 6, 2006 to December 30, 2006

Indigo Arts’ show of prints from Oaxaca is selected from the summer’s exhibition of prints and paintings, De la Tierra de los Sueños / From the Land of Dreams. Dating from 1986 to the present, the Oaxacan prints bring the story of Mexican printmaking up to the present.. While the landscape, customs, mythology and political struggles they depict are specific to Oaxaca of the last two decades, the work carries on the great Mexican print-making tradition that runs from Guadalupe Posada through Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros and Tamayo.