Ed. Varie is pleased to present Charlie Satterlee (LA) and Kristin Texeira (NY) in a two person exhibition with opening reception Thursday, October 19th, 6-9pm at the new Ed. Varie location 184 E. 7th Street, New York, NY.

With a short recess between a recent move from Houston to Los Angeles, Satterlee spent the summer months working on a new body of hand built ceramic work in his home town of Whitefish, Montana. Satterlee re-imagined architectural vents, better known as a practical feature of a building that provides access and ventilation to the crawl space under the first floor of pier and beam structures. In their original place, these foundation vents are most commonly made of cast concrete with various decorative perforated motifs or patterns. Normally behind these vents all one can see is the void of a crawl space underneath the structure. Satterlee’s sculptures incorporate fabric from re-purposed silk scarves that echo the possibility of an alternate situation of what could exist in the crawlspace void, whether it be mold, bacterial organisms, animals, moisture, objects, etc. The multiple levels of deconstruction of purpose, (architectural, structural) parallels Satterlee's investigation and undermining of ceramics and pottery as a functional form. Beyond the internal discussion of the work, this series allowed Satterlee the opportunity to continue to explore the relationship between painting and ceramics, focusing less on three dimensional form, and digging deeper into the properties of composition and color. 

Charlie Satterlee, b. 1988, Montana, currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Satterlee received his BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 2013. He is formerly an editor of the art and writing journal SETUP, published by Publication Studio Vancouver, and founding editor of a series of free pamphlets called the Bartleby Review. Satterlee’s work has been exhibited throughout British Columbia, with Ed. Varie in Los Angeles, and recent solo exhibitions at Art Palace and the Menil Bookstore; Houston, Texas. 

Kristin Texeira employs spacial and color abstraction to retell stories and preserve memories. Using both paper collage and oil paint applied with a palette knife, her abstractions retell the stories of her interactions with people and places. Texeira listens to people’s memories of a certain time and place, relives and preserves them with pleasing pops of color that radiate. Texeira’s paintings not only to remedy nostalgia, but also act as a mode of collecting data, a record of being present. Her imaginative blend of 'memory maps' span anywhere from Sao Paolo to Massachusetts to ferry viewers back in time, so they can encounter a moment again and again.

Kristin Texeira, b. 1988, Massachusetts, currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Texeira graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with honors in 2010 and has been awarded residencies in the U.S. and abroad. Texeira's work has been widely exhibited across the country and abroad, this will be Texeira's first exhibition with Ed. Varie.

Opening reception for Charlie Satterlee and Kristin Texeira will be held Thursday October 19th from 6-9pm at 
Ed. Varie, (in the Space Storefront), 184 E. 7th Street, New York, NY 10009. Exhibition runs through November 19, 2017.

Gallery hours are Saturday & Sunday 12-5pm and by appointment. For additional information please contact info@edvarie.com.