HEDGE Gallery

Last month we had the pleasure of working with for the third year in a row to create awards for their Women of Note honorees!

Artist was brought on board, and designed 13 print media collage pieces that conveyed the message “Rise, Inspire, Lead” which she beautifully tied into upbeat, colorful awards. One print was framed for Crain’s Cleveland Business collection as well.

This project is always an honor to work on, and we would love the opportunity to take on new award projects with other local businesses. Local art is a gift that keeps on giving!

This July, we are ecstatic to open Conjuring Images, featuring recent paintings and pastel drawings by represented artist Nikki Woods!

Woods states, “I use color, gesture and form to communicate a sense of directness and urgency and see painting as a practice of divination or mediumship, outside of time, …like reading a crystal ball—an image emerges from the canvas.”

Mark Your Calendars!

Preview Reception | Wednesday July 17, 5:00-7:00pm
Opening Reception | Friday July 19, 5:00-8:00pm

Image: Woods, The Unicorn, oil on canvas, 42” x 30”, 2024 (available, contact gallery director for details)

Only two days left to view the group show, Spatial Harmony, featuring three incredible Ohio based artists Justin Brennan, Aaron Troyer  and ceramicist  Kero Johannes at the Gallery!

We’re open today from 11a-5p and Saturday from 12p-4p. We hope you can make it out to view the exhibition!

And stay tuned for more information about our next exhibition, a solo show featuring Nikki Woods, that opens on July 19th!

If you haven’t had a chance to view Spatial Harmony featuring three incredible Ohio based artists Justin Brennan, Aaron Troyer and ceramicist Kero Johannes  then this is your last week to make it over to HEDGE and view the exhibition!

We are open normal hours this week: Wednesday-Thursday 11a-6p, Friday 11a-5p, Saturday 12-4p.

This show has kicked off our summer season with an incredible boost of energy, and we hope you’ll stop by this week to take it all in! 

Image 1: Detail of Aaron Troyer, Shinin’ Like a Wicked God, acrylic and ink on canvas, 24” x 18”, 2024

Image 2: Kero Johannes, Flower Pattern Platter, handbuilt brown stoneware, underglaze and cone 6 glaze, 2024

Image 3: Detail of Justin Brennan, Mountains of the Moon, oil and spray paint on canvas, 24” x 30”, 2024

We’re open late tonight for 78th Street Studios THIRD FRIDAY Art Walk!

It might be hot outside, but we promise we’re keeping it cool and colorful in HEDGE. We hope you can join us!

Image 1: Justin Brennan, Baby’s Hot Rod, oil on canvas, 30” x 30” 2023

Image 2: Aaron Troyer, Adrift in the Simulation, acrylic and ink on canvas, 30” x 40” 2024

Image 3: Kero Johannes, Trinket Shelf, handbuilt brown stoneware, underglaze and cone 6 glaze

These are the last two weeks to view Spatial Harmony featuring three incredible Ohio based artists:  painters  Justin Brennan and Aaron Troyer and ceramicist Kero Johannes. 

We are open normal hours this week:
Wednesday-Thursday 11a-6p, Friday 11a-5p, Saturday 12-4p, and OPEN LATE THIS FRIDAY, June 21, 5:00- 8:00pm for  Third Friday Art Walk!

Hope you can join us!

Spatial Harmony continues at the Gallery!

Kero Johannes states, “My desire is for the work to be held and shared, taken on a trip to the grocery store or comfort in a time of need; living with you through the thrilling and mundane.”

Spatial Harmony is on view through June 29th!Spatial Harmony is on view through June 29th!

Image 1: Kero Johannes, Tulip Candle Holder Series, handbuilt brown stoneware, underglaze and cone 6 glaze (Reach out to gallery for availability)

Image 2: Kero Johannes, Juice Cup [yellow + teal], handbuilt brown stoneware, underglaze and cone 6 glaze (Available)

Kero Johannes, Tumbler [white + blue], handbuilt brown stoneware, underglaze and cone 6 glaze (SOLD)

Have you been considering adding new artwork to your home or office interior? Are your walls ready for a change, and more importantly do you want to support local artists and makers? If so, our current exhibit,  Spatial Harmony, might be right up your alley! 

Our team would be thrilled to assist in helping you find the perfect piece of art for your interior. Stop by to view this dynamic exhibit, on view until June 29th! 

HEDGE is open: Wednesday-Thursday 11a-6p, Friday 11a-5p and Saturday 12p-4p, and always by appointment.  

Image 1: Detail from Aaron Troyer, “Manic Tulip on a Moonlit Ramp”, acrylic + ink on canvas, 22” x 18”, 2022

Image 2: Kero Johannes, Juice Cup (teal + yellow), handbuilt brown stoneware, underglaze and cone 6 glaze, 2024

Kero Johannes, Tumbler (teal + white), handbuilt brown stoneware, underglaze and cone 6 glaze, 2024

Image 3: Justin Brennan, “Ole Man Trouble”, oil on canvas, 36” x 36”, 2023

Justin Brennan states, “I switched jobs somewhat recently after working 19 years in my family’s catering food service business, and am now a caregiver at the Cleveland Clinic. The last three months have been about serving people in a different, more sympathetic way, and this career shift has changed my art making practice drastically. My paintings have taken a more empathetic and thoughtful approach versus the harder edge abstraction I was focused on. 

Some of the first paintings I created were non-representational and these were always very rewarding.  I am sensing the freedom of creating invented landscapes, and mixing brighter color palettes.”

You can view Justin Brennan’s newest work alongside, Columbus painter, .troyer.art , and Cleveland ceramicist, , in the three person exhibit, Spatial Harmony, on view through June 29th!

Image: Justin Brennan, “Comes a Time”, oil + spray paint on canvas, 12” x 12”, 2024

Get your fill of color this week and visit Spatial Harmony, featuring lively landscape paintings by Justin Brennan and Aaron Troyer and playful ceramic pieces by Kero Johannes that will guarantee a mental boost! 

HEDGE is open Wednesday-Thursday 11a-6p, Friday 11a-5p and Saturday 12p-4p, and always by appointment. 

We hope to see you this week!

Image 1: Kero Johannes, “Checkered Dry Serving Dish with 1 Spoon”, handbuilt brown stoneware, underglaze and cone 6 glaze, 2024

Image 2: Justin Brennan, “High Fidelity”, oil on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2023

Image 3: Aaron Troyer, “A Spectacular Spectacle”, acrylic + ink, 24” x 30”, 2023l

Spatial Harmony is on view and continues at HEDGE Gallery this week through June 29th!

Aaron Troyer states, “Flowers are often presented as symbols of natural beauty, or in many cases, as benign decorations meant to “tie the room together”. My work challenges this notion by placing an emotional weight onto the plants that center them as the protagonist in a fantastical conflict with both natural and unnatural forces. By pushing ourselves to assign human emotions to plants, we can better understand the devastating toll that we often unknowingly inflict into the natural world.”

Troyer’s paintings are currently on view alongside represented artist, Justin Brennan, and Cleveland ceramicist Kero Johannes. We hope you’ll stop by to view this dynamic three person exhibition!

Image 1: Aaron Troyer, “Reject the Premise”, acrylic + ink on canvas, 36”x24”, 2024

Image 2: Kero Johannes, “Oval Swirl Platter”, hand built brown stoneware, underglaze and cone 6 glaze, 2024

Image 3: Justin Brennan, “Cowboy Film”, oil + spray paint on canvas, 36” x 36”, 2024

We’re excited to showcase two new paintings from Douglas Max Utter!

is busy as ever in his home studio, creating contemporary landscapes and abstracted impressions of his everyday experiences.

Were featuring these two oil paintings in the Gallery this month sos top by to view them in person or reach out to the gallery director for pricing!

Image 1: “Observation near Mt. Washington”, oil on canvas, 25” x 22”, 2024

Image 2: “Bus Stop”, oil on canvas, 22” x 25”, 2024

Spatial Harmony is on view and continues at HEDGE Gallery this week, open Wednesday-Thursday 11a-6p, Friday 11a-5p and Saturday 12p-4p.

We hope you’ll stop by to view this dynamic three person exhibition featuring work by represented artist Justin Brennan, Cleveland ceramicist Kero Johannes and Columbus painter Aaron Troyer!

Spatial Harmony is on view until June 29th.

A special thanks to everyone who joined us last week for the Opening Reception of Spatial Harmony, featuring recent paintings by represented artist , Columbus painter .troyer.art and Cleveland ceramicist !

If you missed this vibrant three person exhibit last week, we hope that you’ll visit us this week. The Gallery is open the following hours:

Wednesday 11a-6p
Thursday 11a-6p
Friday 11a-5p
Saturday 2/25 - We’ll be closed for a private event!

Thank you to everyone who came to the Preview Reception of Spatial Harmony!

If you weren’t able to make it, then we hope you can join us for the Opening Reception which is this Friday, May 17, from 5-8 PM during THIRD FRIDAY Art Walk!

We are thrilled to open Spatial Harmony THIS WEEK, and hope you'll consider joining us for this exciting three person exhibition, featuring paintings by represented artist Justin Brennan, Columbus painter Aaron Troyer and Cleveland ceramicist Kero Johannes!

The exhibit opens with a Preview Reception this Wednesday May 15, 5:00-7:00pm and the Opening Reception this Friday May 17, 5:00-8:00pm.

If you decide to visit 78th Street Studios on Wednesday, you can also check out a new exhibit at Context Fine Art on the third floor, as well as a new group exhibit at Understory on RAMP Level (Ground Floor), and of course, the many amazing creative businesses who will be open on Friday for 78th Street Studios Third Friday Art Walk!

Image 1: Aaron Troyer, Wild Decadence, acrylic + ink on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2023 (available, click image for details)

Image 2: Justin Brennan, Pins and Needles, oil and spray paint on canvas, 24" x 30”, 2024 (available contact gallery for details)

Image 3: Kero Johannes, Oval Striped Platter, handbuilt brown stoneware, underglaze and cone 6 glaze, 2024 (available, contact gallery director for details)

Aaron Troyer, who currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, paints naturalistic scenes that skirt the line between familiar and fantastical. In addition, he works as an educator and occasionally records and performs music.

He states, “I am interested in exploring themes of desperation and confusion through a playful, and slightly humorous lens. By defying traditional perspectives and color schemes, while simultaneously embracing and distorting many well-worn landscape tropes, I can present a world that is free from the restrictions of objective scenery.”

Image: Aaron Troyer, In the Valley of Dreams there is Time to Wander, acrylic + ink on canvas, 30” x 40”, 2024 (available)

Cleveland ceramicist, Kero Johannes, be will featuring new work in the three person exhibit, Spatial Harmony, which opens this May!

Johannes states, “I live for bold colorful shapes and what I create mirrors those enthusiasms. I’m inspired by optical illusions and quilt patterns and wish to keep the audience’s eye constantly moving as they interact with what’s in front of them.”

Join us for the Preview Reception, on Wednesday May 15 from 5:00-7:00pm of for the Opening Reception, on Friday May 17 from 5:00-8:00pm.

Image: Kero Johannes, ceramic plate & mugs, 2024 (available, contact gallery director for details)

Justin Brennan has begun a new series of paintings with landscape themes, which he describes as having a “more empathetic approach to art making.”

Brennan continues to explore subject matter, materials and color palettes in this new series. We are so excited to exhibit his recent work in the group show, Spatial Harmony, which opens Friday, May 17th!

Image: Justin Brennan, All the Best, oil and spray paint on canvas, 24” x 24” 2024 (available, contact gallery director for details)

We are thrilled to open Spatial Harmony this May, featuring recent paintings by represented artist Justin Brennan with Columbus based painter Aaron Troyer and Cleveland based ceramicist Kero Johannes!

This three person show will kickstart new programming that includes group exhibitions, which will be an up and coming part of our regular scheduling in 2025 and 2026.

Mark Your Calendars, Spatial Harmony opens soon!

Preview Reception: Wednesday May 15, 5:00-7:00pm
Opening Reception: Friday May 17, 5:00-8:00pm

First Image: Aaron Troyer, Love Backed by Force, acrylic on canvas, 30” x 24” 2024 (available, contact gallery director for details)

Second Image: Kero Johannes, ceramic plate, 2024 (available, contact gallery director for details)

Third Image: Justin Brennan, Turnabout, oil and spray paint on canvas, 24” x 24” 2024 (available, contact gallery director for details)

Join us tonight from 6-8p for musical and dance performances of Mapping the Sensorial, Rebecca Cross’ solo exhibition!

Rebecca’s silk and steel cable installation, Rock Cloud, third iteration, will be part of two incredible choreographed dance pieces while musicians will be responding to the silk scores.

The following dancers and musicians will be responding to her work: 

Kora Radella and Ross Feller, dance and saxophone
Jackie Pitts, dance
Rachel Bernstein, cello
Tyler Smith, percussion
Fae Ordaz and Penina Biddle-Gottesman, voice

Did you know that the Breath Series and Rock Cloud Series in Rebecca Cross' exhibit, are created by casting dyed silk around found rocks?

Once the silk dries around the rock, the silk is cut loose but holds the unique ovular shape that is seen in the image above. Residual dye can also be seen on the rock in the second image that was left over from this process.

This is the last week to view these pieces in person, so we hope that you'll stop by. The Gallery is open this week:

Wednesday, 11a-6p
Thursday, 11a-6p
Friday, 12p-8p
Saturday, 12p-4p

Artwork: Rebecca Cross, Breath No. 13, dyed silk, steel cable and rock, 2024 | SOLD

Photography: Extraordinaire Photos

We'd like to congratulate Justin Brennan for being chosen as one of the artists featured in the Midwest edition of New American Paintings, issue 167!

Juror, Misa Jeffereies, Associate Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis, states, "I can't resist calling attention to the brilliant use of color that invites us into these transformative, otherwordly spaces. These artists, and those such as Justin Brennan, Celina Curry and Isabella McCormick, ponder the ways in which we relate to one another..".

You can view Brennan's featured paintings on pages 35-38 and the rest of his work on our website! Brennan will also be showcasing new work in an upcoming exhibit, Spatial Harmony, that opens this May at the Gallery!

Featured Artwork:
1. Justin Brennan, "Let It Loose", oil paint and oil stick on canvas, 30"x32"

2. Justin Brennan, "How Do You Like Your Eggs?", oil paint and enamel on wood panel, 24"x20"

3. Justin Brennan, "Little Things", oil paint, enamel, spray paint on canvas, 40"x30" | SOLD

Studio & Artwork Photography: Extraordinaire Photos

Rebecca Cross' exhibit "Mapping the Sensorial" continues and is on view through 4/27!

The Gallery is open this week:
Wednesday 11a-6p
Thursday 11a-6p
Friday 11a-8p for 78th Street Studios THIRD FRIDAY Art Walk
Saturday 12p-4p

We hope that you'll take advantage of viewing this glorious exhibition in person!

HEDGE Gallery is thrilled to celebrate 15 years of business within 78th Street Studios!

Director and curator Hilary D. Gent continues her mission to elevate accessibility to the arts, and collaborate with surrounding communities and businesses in Ohio and beyond.

"There is nothing I want more than to elevate recognition for artists in Cleveland. Our art scene is a driving force behind our city’s development, and it's been a blessing to work alongside the accomplished artists of HEDGE Gallery, and place their work in private and public collections. I can only imagine what the next 15 years will bring!

Thank you to each and every person who has supported and encouraged us over the years. We wouldn't be here without you! It is an honor to work with such inspired artists, and we will continue to represent and exhibit their work with joy and purpose."

We hope you'll celebrate with us this Friday 4/19 as we continue Rebecca Cross's exquisite exhibition, on view until April 27!

Thank you Friends and Family!!

Mark your calendars for Upcoming Performances in the Gallery this Friday, April 12th from 6-8pm!

Performers:
Dana Jessen, bassoon
Rachel Bernstein, cello
Greg Saunier & Sophie Daws, percussion
Tyler Smith, percussion

This event is free, and open to the public, so we hope to see you there!

Image: Rebecca Cross, "Fault Lines", dyed silk, casein, graphite, pastel on wood panel, 30" x 30" x 6", 2024 | On view through April 27th.

Photography: Extraordinaire Photos

This Women’s History Month we’re thrilled to highlight the talented and inspiring female artists that we are honored to work with and exhibit!

Also, a special thank you to Hilary D. Gent, our Gallery Director, who makes this all possible and gives artists a platform to show their work!

1. Rebecca Cross
Artwork: Detail from “Rock Cloud, third iteration”, dyed silk & steel cable, 2024 | On view through April 27th

2. Katy Richards
Artwork: “Ruby Red Stains”, oil on canvas, 30”L x 1.5”W x 27.5”H, 2021 | (SOLD)

3. Jessica Pinsky
Artwork Left : “Blurred #10”, cotton warp & rayon welt woven on TC2 Jacquard Loom, 36.5”L x 37”W, 2022

Artwork Right: “Blurred #11”, cotton warp & rayon welt woven on TC2 Jacquard Loom, 42.5”L x 36.5”W, 2022

4. Liz Maugans
Artwork: “I Don’t Know What To Say”, print media collage, 42”L x 48”H, 2023

5. Hilary D. Gent
Artwork: “Erie Rhythms”, latex on canvas, 48”L x 1”W x 90” H, 2021 | (SOLD)

6. Sarah Curry
Artwork: “Natalia’s Daises”, gouache & flocking on wood panel, 26.5”L x 3”W x 32.5”H, 2020

7. Nikki Woods
Artwork: “Tropic Exotic”, oil & spray paint in canvas, 50”L x 1.5”W x 36”H, 2017

“This work feeds my hunger to collaborate with other artists, and to paint and draw, alongside my practice of tying, stitching and dyeing. Through this process, I have created experimental “scores”, and have asked musicians and dancers to perform them in the Gallery.” - Rebecca Cross

Mark your calendars for Upcoming Performances in the Gallery on Friday, April 12 and Friday, April 26!

April 12, 6:00-8:00 PM:
Dana Jessen, bassoon
Rachel Bernstein, cello
Greg Saunier and Sophie Daws, percussion
Tyler Smith, percussion

April 26, 6:00-8:00 PM:
Kora Radella and Ross Feller, dance and saxophone
Jackie Pitts, dance
Rachel Bernstein, cello
Tyler Smith, percussion
Far Ordaz and Penina Biddle-Gottesman, voice