March 4 – 29, 2025
Gallery I
Hollis HIldebrand-Mills
Lilies and Angels
March 4 – 29, 2025
Reception: Thu, March 6, 6-8 pm
Michael, 2025, 72 x 48″, Acrylic oil collage on canvas.
Ceres Gallery is pleased to present Hollis HIldebrand-Mills’ painting exhibition, LILIES AND ANGELS.
Ceres was founded in 1983 as a feminist gallery with its mission to address the inequality of women in the fine arts. Hildebrand-Mills has observed that men in general are treated as authorities, while women, especially older woman, are treated as if they cannot be relied upon to report the facts. The older man is regarded as someone who is going to deliver “the truth” – what really happened, so you could almost say that ageism does not apply to the male gender.
This exhibition is about a feminist approach to ageism, a relatively new subject that needs to be addressed. While Hildebrand-Mills does not generally like to spell out what she intends when she exhibits a body of work, in this case it is hard not to talk about ageism and its effects on the older woman.
This group of seven explosive paintings reflect the beauty that, historically, women have been known to paint, flowers in particular. Women have been assigned flowers and landscapes as permissible for centuries. Hildebrand-Mills has always approached painting organically, the way the best abstract painting is executed. But her work, both in form and content, is volatile and dynamic, contradicting the placid, peaceful work that has been done by women in the past.
The figurative larger piece in this exhibition depicts the ephemeral along with the crime scene tape, showing the viewer what is another, albeit unfair, more preferred male point of view. This painting is the first in a series she is currently working on.
The internal structure of Hildebrand-Mills’ work has always been derived from Renaissance paintings. Some symbolism derives from that era as well. The lilies and angels are subjects available to all.
Hollis Hildebrand-Mills has exhibited in the United States and abroad, but mainly in New York City. She was advised to exhibit in New York by award winning art critic, Jerry Cullum, (Atlanta Journal Constitution, Art in America, Art Papers) who, having seen her work early in her career, thought her work to be more suited for New York. She lives in Atlanta, with a forest as the rear backdrop to her garden.
Gallery II
Regina Araujo Corritore
Works on Paper
March 4 – 29, 2025
Reception: Thu, March 6, 6-8 pm
nvierno, watercolor and mixed media, 26 x 38″
Ceres Gallery presents Regina Araujo Corritore’s WORKS ON PAPER.
This exhibition of watercolors and monoprints highlights and examines the past decades of Corritore’s artwork. During the process of looking back on her early art making, she found many connections and was able to gather her thoughts. Examining the threads that lead from one decade to the next in her diverse body of work, she was surprised by the unique direction each artwork pointed to. Brightly colored landscapes reference the natural world filled with birds and animals and is inspired by the natural beauty of New York City’s shoreline. Each piece also illustrates the way we integrate nature into our culture and being.
Born and raised in New York City, Regina Corritore has a strong passion for making and viewing art. Early in life, she learned about art not only from museums, but also from the raw, primitive, folk qualities of art in a city washed in the colors of different cultures. While living and working in New York’s Soho, she became interested in experimental, radical art as well as feminist art. Since then, she has been involved in multicultural art organizations, such as Vistas Latinas and Coast to Coast: Women Artist of Color, Dia de los Muertos: Marigold Parade Collective and she has also been curating and organizing exhibitions.
Upcoming:
April 1 – 26, 2025
Libbet Loughnan
Move Me
Yu Rong
The Paradox of Things