Martina Loncar, "It all came down with a crash"

Martina Loncar: Entangled

Name: Martina Loncar: Entangled
Start: 2024-11-15T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-19T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Concourse Gallery (Floor 2)

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Through large-scale drawings and collages, I explore how trees and humans are connected to their environments through deep-rooted networks of care.

I am fascinated by trees due to their tendency to live in communities and their ability to support one another through their root systems. As humans, we live similarly entangled lives, marked by our own unique histories of survival, connection, and care.

In this exhibition, I investigate how our relationships with others – both in loss and love – shape who we are and who we become. Though often subtle, many of these works are autobiographical, with trees acting as symbolic figures for myself, my family, and other individuals. The tree carvings, blossoming flowers, and fresh foliage represent a season of growth in my life.

I invite you to view the interdependency of the trees as a model for how we can better support one another through cycles of challenge and change.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Martina Loncar is a mixed-media artist whose work explores how trees and humans are connected to their environments. Specifically, she uses the quiet interdependency of root systems as a model for how humans can better care for one another and their communities. She views nature as a nuturing and humbling force from which humans can learn valuable lessons.

Loncar’s expansive practice includes sculpture, paper-cutting, drawing, collage, video, and installation. She also writes and exhibits poetry alongside her work.

She has had multiple group and solo shows, including exhibitions at the Katzen Arts Center, DC Arts Center, Anacostia Arts Center, Sitar Arts Center, and Clifford Gallery in Upstate New York. Her work is included in the American University’s Watkins Collection and has been reviewed in “The Washington Post.”

Born in Toronto, Canada, Loncar currently lives and works in Washington, D.C. She earned her B.A. at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York and her M.F.A. in studio art at the American University in Washington, D.C.

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Start: November 15, 2024
End: January 19

Venue

Concourse Gallery (Floor 2)

155 Gibbs Street
Rockville, MD 20850 United States Google Map