Night Shades
Corri-Lynn Tetz and Urara Tsuchiya
12.26 is thrilled to
present Night Shades, a two-person exhibition featuring paintings by
Corri-Lynn Tetz and ceramic sculptures by Urara Tsuchiya.
Tetz’s and Tsuchiya’s works encapsulate the duality of sweetness and provocation, both masterfully navigating themes of eroticism, corporeality, and transgression. Tetz's canvases are intimate tableaus, where the interplay of light and shadow, pattern, and lush texture formulates a personal narrative. Employing friends as models, the paintings evoke a closeness that is both tender and revealing. Tsuchiya's ceramic sculptures evoke a palpable sense of yearning and closeness. These ceramic underwear works allude to pieces of clothing scattered around the room, relics of past lovers, dirty laundry being exposed to a roommate or exploration of one’s sexuality.
Both mediums—paint and clay—are deftly used to craft poetic vignettes that resonate with the viewer. They not only capture fleeting snapshots of the self but also chronicle the deep and private connections shared between friends, lovers, and the cherished relationship between artist and chosen material.
Corri-Lynn Tetz (b. 1977, Calgary, Alberta) studied at Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta; received a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, British Columbia; and received her MFA from Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. Recent solo exhibitions include Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles (2023); Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY (2023); Art Lover, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (2022). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at 12.26, Dallas, TX; Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY; Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal, Quebec; and Big Pictures, Los Angeles, CA among others. Tetz has received project support from the Conseil des Art et des Lettres du Quebec, The Canada Council for the Arts, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, and in 2016 was awarded the Brucebo Residency Fellowship. Tetz lives and works in Montreal.
Urara Tsuchiya (b. 1979, Japan) lives and works between Glasgow and London. Her practice explores the boundaries of taboos, for example referencing the juxtaposition of animal/human or adult/baby to strange and humorous effect. The artist works across ceramics, sculpture, costume, as well as expanding into performance, video and live events in which her material objects work as props for an alternate environment. Recent solo exhibitions include: Galerie Lefebre & Fils, Paris (2021): PAOS, Guadalajara (2021); Gallery Golsa, Oslo (2020) and Ada Project, Rome (2020).
Tetz’s and Tsuchiya’s works encapsulate the duality of sweetness and provocation, both masterfully navigating themes of eroticism, corporeality, and transgression. Tetz's canvases are intimate tableaus, where the interplay of light and shadow, pattern, and lush texture formulates a personal narrative. Employing friends as models, the paintings evoke a closeness that is both tender and revealing. Tsuchiya's ceramic sculptures evoke a palpable sense of yearning and closeness. These ceramic underwear works allude to pieces of clothing scattered around the room, relics of past lovers, dirty laundry being exposed to a roommate or exploration of one’s sexuality.
Both mediums—paint and clay—are deftly used to craft poetic vignettes that resonate with the viewer. They not only capture fleeting snapshots of the self but also chronicle the deep and private connections shared between friends, lovers, and the cherished relationship between artist and chosen material.
Corri-Lynn Tetz (b. 1977, Calgary, Alberta) studied at Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta; received a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, British Columbia; and received her MFA from Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. Recent solo exhibitions include Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles (2023); Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY (2023); Art Lover, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (2022). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at 12.26, Dallas, TX; Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY; Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal, Quebec; and Big Pictures, Los Angeles, CA among others. Tetz has received project support from the Conseil des Art et des Lettres du Quebec, The Canada Council for the Arts, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, and in 2016 was awarded the Brucebo Residency Fellowship. Tetz lives and works in Montreal.
Urara Tsuchiya (b. 1979, Japan) lives and works between Glasgow and London. Her practice explores the boundaries of taboos, for example referencing the juxtaposition of animal/human or adult/baby to strange and humorous effect. The artist works across ceramics, sculpture, costume, as well as expanding into performance, video and live events in which her material objects work as props for an alternate environment. Recent solo exhibitions include: Galerie Lefebre & Fils, Paris (2021): PAOS, Guadalajara (2021); Gallery Golsa, Oslo (2020) and Ada Project, Rome (2020).