Opening Reception

Friday, June 26

5:30-7:30 PM

Jasmine Parsia and Ty Williams are contemporary New England-based multidisciplinary artists whose work evokes forms of water.

On paper, in the medium of printmaking — monotype, paper weaving, and collage — Parsia’s art exists in a blue-colored world, signaling confidence and restraint. Themes in Jasmine’s work include language and coded meanings, revealing and concealing, transference and chance. Through the repetitive printmaking process of image reproduction, Jasmine translates visuals and symbols, embracing the variation and transformation that occurs in making and remaking. Her artistic influences include experimental and interdisciplinary Black Mountain College alumni Ruth Asawa and Anni Albers, as well as pop artist, designer and educator Sister Corita Kent.

Viewing Parsia’s work evokes gazing at a body of water. Lingering longer rewards a drop in cortisol as you observe visual repetition and rhyme, whether mirrored or distorted; akin to the reflection of light over lake ripples and sea swells.

Ty’s work centers the ocean, travel and surf culture. Ty spent his earliest years (until pre-teens) in the Virgin Islands, fascinated with the ocean and sketching on construction paper with his mother close at the beach. As a prolific illustrator and commercial artist for a roster of global brands, small businesses and like-minded individuals, Ty has honed a minimal and whimsical artistic style, evoking the art and culture that he admires and wishes to emulate in his own right – work he aptly describes as “approachable” art, from artists including Matisse, Keith Haring, and contemporary California-based artist Thomas Campbell, as well as utilitarian objects from ancient and indigenous cultures. 

Utterly approachable and appealing, Ty’s paintings are buoyant and alive, depicting coastal scenes with blocks of color and stylized figures toting fishes and weekend bags or toasting friends while dining al fresco.

Photo Credits: Daniel Cardon & Gabe Reuben