Alternative Greetings – Summer Ventis

Alternative Greetings reflects on the ways in which we have become connected and disconnected during the past two years. This show presents the collaborative projects “Alternative Greetings/Alternative Meetings” and “Heavier than Air” alongside new printed works. How can we successfully connect during and after the pandemic? How can we share the weight of our collective grief?

Artist Bio

Summer Ventis’s work uses the printed surface to address internal and external landscapes and their intersections; the imprints we leave on each other and our surroundings and the imprints that our surroundings leave on us. She received a BA in Art from Grinnell College and an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Colorado Boulder. Her work has appeared in national and international exhibitions, and is held by collections including those of the Denver Art Museum and Proyecto ’ace in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a member of the Colorado-based collectives Hyperlink and ARTNAUTS and of Sacramento-based Axis Gallery and is Assistant Professor of Printmaking at California State University Sacramento.