On Saturday, November 13th, at 7pm, Leon will premiere Tya Alisa Anthony’s much anticipated exhibition “Muscle Memory.” Since her debut exhibition “Skins” at Leon in early 2017, Anthony has become a central figure within the Denver art community, as an artist, a curator, and an educator. She is a Redline Residency Artist Alumna, has had her worked featured in MCA – Denver’s Octopus Initiative, has been acquired by The Denver Art Museum for their permanent collection, and curated “From This Day Forward” at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in spring of 2021. Recently she was awarded a sizable grant from The Sharon Prize, to assist her with the preparation of her upcoming exhibition at Leon.

The artist will be inviting people to make appointments to have tea and a one on one conversation within the gallery installation on Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Reserve your spot below.

Chromatic Cogitations: Rhythm Reboot

November 12, 2021 - January 23, 2022

RedLine's Annual Resident Artist Exhibition

Curated by Rosie Gordon-Wallace

Chromatic Cogitations: Rhythm Reboot brings together thirty artistic voices that employ a variety of colors, images, and artistic strategies to reset the rhythm of their individual practices. Viewed collectively, their work responds to shifting political and societal pressures while referencing art historical positions from the 1970s through today that mobilized postcolonial movements, the recognition of outsider art, and formed expressions of radical social emancipation. Their content includes passionate responses to climate change, ecosystem loss, blackness and masculinity, heritage, legacy, hierarchy, and the emergence of gender stories that have hitherto been silenced and rendered invisible. - Rosie Gordon-Wallace, Curator

Participating Resident Artists: Vince Alfonso, Taiko Chandler, Ben Coleman, Victor Escobedo, Sam Grabowska, Rochelle Johnson, Max Maddox, Victor Machado, Cherish Marquez, Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, Adri Norris, Edgar L. Page, Sarah Darlene Palmeri, Laura Ann Samuelson.

Participating Alumni: Tya Alisa Anthony, Chris Bagley, Sarah Bowling, Colby Deal, Trey Duvall, Lares Feliciano, Anthony Garcia Sr., Juntae TeeJay Hwang, Marsha Mack, Tony Ortega, Eileen Roscina, Kate Speer, Michael Sperandeo in collaboration with Ryan Buxton, Kenzie Sitterud, Regan Rosburg.

“THIS EXHIBITION FOCUSES ON HOW OUR PRESENT TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES HAS BECOME A CRISIS OF CONTENTION DIVIDING OUR COUNTRY. THE FAMILIAR HAS BECOME UNFAMILIAR. HATE DOMINATES LIFE AS WE ARE INUNDATED WITH MEDIA REPORTS THAT BRING THIS INTO CONSCIOUSNESS ON A DAILY BASIS. THE ARTNAUTS SEEK TO CREATE IMAGES THAT COUNTER THE PRESENT ZEITGEIST IN HOPES OF HEALING OUR SOCIETY WITH ALTERNATIVE VISIONS.” DR. GEORGE RIVERA

Main gallery - ‘How to Hold a Cry,’ a solo show featuring new work by Katherine Simóne Reynolds.

Upstairs viewing room - ‘While Performing in the Corner of the World’ featuring Tya Anthony, Jasmine Abena Colgan, Noa Fodrie, and Rochelle Johnson, guest curated by Reynolds.