Two Plus Two Equals Three February 18, 2023 - April 2, 2023
Katia Santibañez & James Siena Bonkbell Puller, 2022, reduction woodcut in 7 colors on Rives BFK paper, paper size 28 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches, image size: 22 1/2 x 18 inches, edition of 30
Katia Santibañez & James Siena Triplebarb Whirler, 2022, reduction woodcut in 6 colors on Rives BFK paper, paper size 28 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches, image size: 22 1/2 x 18 inches, edition of 30
Katia Santibañez & James Siena Jawbreaker Sixplay, 2018, reduction woodcut in 7 colors, paper size: 23 1/2 x 19 inches, image size: 16 x 12 inches, Edition of 25
Katia Santibañez & James Siena Fourhand Choker, 2018, reduction woodcut in 7 colors on Rives BFK paper, paper size: 23 1/2 x 19 inches, image size: 16 x 12 inches, Edition of 25
James Siena Sslylyss, 2019-20, silkscreen and handwash on Somerset, 40 x 30 inches
Katia Santibañez A SECRET PLACE, 2021, soft ground and hard ground etching, paper size: 23 x 26 inches, image size: 16 x 20 inches, edition of 20
Katia Santibañez Can you turn around? (3/20), 2021, etched copper plate printed in violet, paper size: 21 x 17.50 in, image size: 13.5 x 11 in
James Siena Shaded Connected Hooks, 2007, line etch with chine collé on Magnani Pescia paper, paper size: 23 x 18 inches, image size: 14 x 11 inches, edition of 42
James Siena Untitled Red Brown, 2000-07, etching with chine-collé Magnani Pescia paper, paper size: 15 x 11 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 42
Katia Santibañez An Endless Quartet I, 2022, etching and watercolor, paper size: 16 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches, image size: 10 3/4 x 12 inches, edition of 12
Katia Santibañez An Endless Quartet II, 2022, etching and watercolor, paper size: 16 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches, image size: 10 3/4 x 12 inches, edition of 12
Katia Santibañez An Endless Quartet V, 2022, etching and watercolor, paper size: 16 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches, image size: 10 3/4 x 12 inches, edition of 12
Katia Santibañez An Endless Quartet XI, 2022, etching and watercolor, paper size: 16 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches, image size: 10 3/4 x 12 inches, edition of 12
Katia Santibañez An Endless Quartet IV, 2022, etching and watercolor, paper size: 16 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches, image size: 10 3/4 x 12 inches, edition of 12
Katia Santibañez & Michael Ballou WHISKY, 2023, stoneware, underglaze, 11 x 6 x 4 in
Katia Santibañez & Michael Ballou VEEVEE, 2023, stoneware, underglaze, 11 x 5.5 x 4 inches,
James Siena Nine Prints (color), 1999-2000, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 28
James Siena 56787654 (color), 1999-2000, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 28
James Siena Proton Saga (color), 1999-2000, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 28
James Siena Constant Window (color), 1999-2000, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 28
James Siena Etching After Untitled Yellow-Black (color), 2001, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 28
James Siena Lattice (color), 1999-2000, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 28
James Siena Lighthouse (color), 2001, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 28
James Siena Ramparts (color), 2001, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 28
James Siena Base Three (color), 1999-2000, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 28
James Siena Nine Prints (black & white), 1999-2000, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 20
James Siena 56787654 (black & white), 1999-2000, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 20
James Siena Proton Saga (black & white), 1999-2000, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 20
James Siena Constant Window (black & white), 1999-2000, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 20
James Siena Etching After Untitled Yellow-Black (black & white), 2001, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 20
James Siena Lattice (black & white), 1999-2000, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 20
James Siena Lighthouse (black & white), 2001, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 20
James Siena Connected Hooks (black & white), 2001, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 20
James Siena Ramparts (black & white), 2001, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 20
James Siena Base Three (black & white), 1999-2000, engraving, paper size: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, image size: 6 x 4 inches, edition of 20
James Siena Untitled (prototype), 2021, lacquer pen and varnish on air dried clay, 13.5 x 9.5 x 5 inches
Katia Santibañez REYEOCDEYE, 2022, three plate print using spit bite and line etch Hahnemühle bright white paper 350 gsm, paper size: 16 x 20 inches, image size: 10 x 14 inches, edition of 18
Katia Santibañez Golden Paved Paradise, 2021, etching and Relief, 16 × 13 1/4 inches
Two Plus Two Equals Three is a joint exhibition for artists and partners Katia Santibañez and James Siena. The exhibition includes a range of Siena and Santibañez’s individual and collaborative work: featuring Santibañez’s hand-painted ceramic collaborations with Michael Ballou, and hand-colored collaborative etchings with printer Anthony Kirk; Siena’s hand-colored ceramic jug; the artists’ individual and collaborative etchings with Harlan & Weaver; and woodcut prints from the artists’ ongoing project with master printer Mae Shore, who writes, “Move by move these images were created, alternating between Katia’s and James’s hands. Each layer is recognizable to their particular style but comes together in the most harmonic way.”
Katia Santibañez’s work utilizes grid structures to examine the intricacies and minutiae of organic forms. Beginning with a grid, she approaches the canvas precisely and allows every inch to have its own expressive quality. Santibañez examines how objects of nature can be structured to magnify a canvas. Layers of sharp, kaleidoscopic patterns come together to create hypnotic, yet tranquil abstract canvases. There is a vibrancy reflected through the order. The mixture of a rigid formal base with swirling swaths of color leads viewers to contemplate each component as its own entity while simultaneously absorbing how they come together as a whole.
James Siena is a New York based artist whose complex, rule-based linear abstractions have situated him firmly within the trajectory of modern American art. His artwork is driven by self-imposed predetermined sets of rules, or “visual algorithms,” which find their end-result in intensely concentrated, vibrantly-colored, freehand geometric patterns. Siena works across a diverse range of media, including lithography, etching, woodcut, engraving, drawing, and painting.