Visual Arts

The Fire Followers and other drawings by Jimmy Fike

Name: The Fire Followers and other drawings by Jimmy Fike
Location: 1023 Grand Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA

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About This Event

Please join us to view a unique collection of drawings created by Jimmy Fike. These small and highly detailed colorful drawings reference nature and bizarre fever-dream narratives. We also celebrate as Jimmy’s work will be featured in “Radical Futures,” the September issue of Southwest Contemporary magazine. The exhibition will be open for viewing on Third Friday September and First Friday October

#colored pencil#contemporary#drawing

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Abbey Messmer

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Abbey Messmer, originally from Dallas, Texas, received a B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from University of North Texas. She lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona, balancing time between local non-profit Scottsdale Arts and her studio art practice from La Melgosa on Grand Ave. in downtown Phoenix. Messmer's exhibited at Phoenix Art Museum, Mesa Arts Center, Herberger Theater Center, Shemer Art Center, Estrella Mountain Community College, Monorchid, and participated in a project called Art360 with the Arizona Science Center where her work was animated and projected on the dome of the Dorrance Planetarium. Messmer was a member of Phoenix art collective Eye Lounge from 2012-2015 and was a Contemporary Forum Arts Grant recipient in 2015. She was an Artlink Artist Council member from 2018-2024. Her work contemplates the fluid nature of perception and reflects the fragility of our physical and mental states.