12 - 9 p.m. PST
The University Art Gallery is happy to announce the new exhibition by Art Department faculty member Jessica Gomula-Kruzic entitled Complex Ecologies. The exhibition will be on display from March 20 -- April 29, 2025, and will consist of several video installations. Gallery hours are 12:00 noon -- 4:00 p.m. Monday -- Friday with a late close Thursday evenings at 9:00 p.m. Admission is free, and parking is available in Parking Lot #2.
Gomula-Kruzic describes her work:
"In my video works, the dynamic relationship between people, wildlife, and wilderness are explored. This relationship becomes embodied within the screen-film dancers as the universal, nonverbal, and social nature of their movement allows it to connect with the viewer on an emotional level. The complexity and scale of climate change can seem overwhelming; the poetry of dance reaches out to the viewer to invite connection and understanding on an intimate and personal level.
It is my hope that these works inspire empathy for biodiverse areas through poetic, powerful conveyance of complex environmentalist ideas. Ultimately, I seek to move viewers beyond the role of spectator to that of participants engaged as protagonists for multispecies justice."
As an educator, Jessica Gomula-Kruzic invites questions from others. As an artist, she asks the questions. Her visual style places viewers in the midst of her exploration of societal constraints and the implications of long-environmentalism. Core elements to Gomula-Kruzic’s style include a dynamic, shifting nature, one that feels responsive to its environment and is accompanied by a sometimes whimsical critique of modern American culture, social norms, and ways of being. Her work is colorful, corporeal, and constantly changing, much like the subjects she explores.