The 2022 Year in Review
Victoria Chapman, 1995, Scroll series , ink, pigment, pastel and charcoal on paper, 12 x 40 inches
IN CLOSING OF 2022
I am reminded by our strength, uncertainty, and vulnerability. As we move into 2023, I am sharing our annual report of what we accomplished this past year.
Victoria Chapman, Founder | Curator
El Nido by VC Projects
THE 2022 YEAR IN REVIEW
EXHIBITIONS curated by VC Projects at El Nido
Francesco and Linda Zambolin: Echi, solo exhibition December 3, 2022 - January 20, 2022 Sixteen pigment prints from the “Echi” series, by Biella-based Italian artists
Shane Guffogg: “Blue” November 15 - December 2022 - Three large oil paintings related to transcendental consciousness (visual symphonic poems)
Yuri Boyko: “Open to Interpretation”, solo exhibition, October 27 - November 12, 2022
Seven pigment prints from “Desideratum” and “Salve” series. Curatorial statement inspired by Susan Sontag’s 1966 text, “Against Interpretation”
“The Past as Future is Present - Conversations Through Time” In collaboration with Vramyan Interiors, Shane Guffogg and VC Projects, Art Exhibition with two rooms, September 9 - October 13th, 2022
A collaborative art installation of contemporary artwork by Shane Guffogg, amongst 17th - 20th Century Antiquities and objects, courtesy of Vramyan Interiors. Piano performance during opening night by Anthony Cardella, featuring compositions by John Cage, Timo Andres, John Adams, and more.
“Translations of Being Through Sight and Sound”, Shane Guffogg, Artist, Shooka Afshar, Soprano, Anthony Cardella, Piano, Stevie Kincheloe, Art Exhibition, Opera Performance, and Movement. April 23 - 10 June 2022
Solo exhibition of paintings by Shane Guffogg, selected arias sung by Shooka Afshar, accompanied by pianist Anthony Cardella. Movement interpretation by Stevie Kincheloe. Artist talk with Shane Guffogg and Shooka Afshar discussing the relationship with color and sound. Recorded podcasts with each artist.
Slow Art Day, Denys Kushnarov, and Yuri Boyko: “War and Peace” (Ukrainian Voices), April 2 - 14, 2022
A two-person exhibition featuring, film, photography, and a message from Ukraine. Filmmaker and Ukrainian TV host, Denys Kushnarov resides in war stricken Kyiv, while Yuri Boyko, Ukrainian-American artist lives in Los Angeles. While neither of these two Ukrainian-born artists have ever met, they share a commonality of peace, in the face of war. This exhibition is on display at El Nido art space.
Natasha Rudenko: “Be/Longing” - solo exhibition, February 19 - March 24, 2022 Solo exhibition by Los Angeles based Natasha Rudenko displaying medium scale conceptual photography. On view at El Nido art space. East Hollywood.
Opening reception included three excerpts from the Women / Immigration / Fight or Flight opera performed by soprano composer Shooka Afshar.
SOUND INSTALLATION
Site specific sound installation by KARNEJ, and part of “The Past as Future is Present - Conversations Through Time” In collaboration with Vramyan Interiors, Shane Guffogg and VC Projects, October 13th, 2022
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC
Who Would I Be? Sonic/poetic performance by Stevie Kincheloe and Steven David McKeller- December 2022
Music Concert by Anthony Cardella, Pianist - November 2022- Music program consisted of Franz Liszt, Mark Dancigers, Philip Glass, Nikolai Kapustin
Music Concert focus on Minimalism by Anthony Cardella, Pianist - April 2022 Music program consisted of John Cage, Timo Andres, Philip Glass, Mark Dancigers
Women / Immigration / Fight or Flight opera excerpts performed by soprano/composer Shooka Afshar February 2022
FEATURED MUSIC PLAYLIST
Aya Metwalli, Sound-Art Composer - December 2022
Tracks: Saturnus, 100 Leyl, Lugere, Matkhafsh Menni
PORTFOLIO REVIEWER
Upcoming: “LACP Exposure Weekend” February 1 - 5, 2023. This will be my third year as an online portfolio reviewer for Los Angeles Center of Photography
LACP “Exposure Weekend” Jan 27 - 30th, 2022
Victoria Chapman (VC Projects and El Nido art space) are part of the line-up for 2022 LACP portfolio review amongst many other art professionals.
FEATURED CURATOR
“Small Talks” The Hide Artist Retreat, Cotswolds, England, September 22, 2022
20-minute talk followed by an audience participation Q & A. Presented on Zoom with online guests to speak about the relationship between curator and artist specifically VC Projects and International artist Shane Guffogg.
PUBLISHED ARTICLE
“Exploring the Creative Process with Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg” Part 2 - Art Confidential Magazine, Summer, 2022
“Exploring the Creative Process with Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg” Part 1 - Art Confidential Magazine, Winter, 2022
LITERARY ESSAYS WRITTEN WITH SHANE GUFFOGG
Shane Guffogg: Part 4, The Life of the Artist and the Creative Process - “Transcending”
Shane Guffogg: Part 3, The Life of the Artist and the Creative Process
Shane Guffogg: Part 2, The Life of the Artist and the Creative Process
Shane Guffogg: The Life of the Artist and the Creative Process
PODCASTS
Interview with Stevie Kincheloe and Steven Dayvid McKeller: Entity/Identity: An Intimate Collaboration
Interview with Aya Metwalli: Egyptian Sound Composer – A Talk About Microphones and Mirrors”
Interview with Shane Guffogg: “Blue” A talk about the exhibition and transcendence
A Talk with Shane Guffogg about the exhibition: “The Past as Future is Present-Conversations Through Time”
Interview with Stevie Kincheloe “Channeling Truth Through Movement”
Interview with Anthony Cardella, Concert Pianist “A Talk About Inspiriation”
Interview with Producer and Director Felix Werner “The New Independent Film and Hieronyvision”
Interview with Shane Guffogg, Artist “Translations of Being Through Sight and Sound”
Interview with Shooka Afshar The Quatum Soprano, “Translations of Being Through Sight and Sound”
Interview with Shooka Afshar, Quantum Soprano and Composer, About the Opera “Women/Immigration Fight or Flight”
Interview with Natasha Rudenko – A Talk About the Solo Exhibition- Be/longing
OTHER PROJECTS
Art Connections in Italy, Villa Cernagilaro, “Fluxus Art and More”
During the July 2022, VC Projects spent three days and nights submersed inside Villa Cernagilaro’s History of a Possible Utopia, spending time with curator and founder Carlotta Cernagilaro’s childhood home now museum. View VC’s photo diary and the expanded history that exists within this 17th century villa that is now a mecca for Fluxus. See “Art Connections in Italy” https://www.vcprojects.art/connections-in-italy-