NEWS  RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Date:  April 3, 2023

For more information:                

Didi Dunphy, Lyndon House Arts Center

Didi.dunphy@accgov.com

(706) 613-3623 x. 7603

Cathy Padgett, ACCGov Leisure Services

Cathy.padgett@accgov.com

(706) 613-3625

Lyndon House Arts Center

Ato Ribeiro

October 10, 2023 – January 13, 2024

Opening Reception Tuesday, October 10, 6-8 pm

Artist Talk December 14, 6 pm

The Lyndon House Arts Center is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by artist Ato Ribeiro opening on October 10, 2023 and on view through January 3, 2024. The opening artist reception is Tuesday, October 10 from 6 – 8 pm.

Ato Ribeiro works in a variety of media: sculpture, installation, drawing and printmaking. Born in Philadelphia in 1989, he spent his childhood and adolescence in Accra, Ghana. The articulation of his West African heritage and his African American identity is central to his art. This is evident in his wooden assemblages that reference both Ghanian strip-woven kente cloth and Black quilting traditions of the American South. 

“My wooden kente and quilt works, mixed media installations and prints provide educational opportunities to seek out new points of reference, while preserving layers of African cultural heritage and varying ethnic perspectives.” – Ato Ribeiro

Ribeiro received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2017 and his BA from Morehouse College in 2012. He has been awarded a number of prestigious residencies and awards, including the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, MASS MoCa Residency (2021), the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2018), the Küenstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin through the 2017 Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Emerging Artist Award, the Santa Fe Art Institute (2017) and the Ox-Bow LeRoy Neiman Foundation Fellowship, Saugatuck (2017).

All exhibitions are free of charge and open to the public.  Exhibitions are on view during regular gallery hours Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Children must be accompanied by an adult.

For more information, please call 706 613 3623, or visit www.accgov.com/exhibits.  Lyndon House Arts Center, located at 211 Hoyt Street, is a facility of the Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department. 

For more information, please call 706 613 3623, or visit www.accgov.com/exhibits;