Opening Reception: KEVORK CHOLAKIAN

Cholakian’s work serves as an exploration of realism across various mediums, with a specific focus on ceramics. Utilizing a combination of slip casting and hand-building techniques, Cholakian translates everyday objects into hyper-realistic ceramic sculptures. He uses ceramic decals, resin, and hand-painted glazes in each piece to give the object more detail. While Cholakian is not the first artist to work with three-dimensional trompe-l’oeil, his sculptures are individual in the way each scene is grounded in the impermanence of daily life. He focuses on capturing fleeting instances where someone has left these items behind, leaving a trace of themselves as well. “The intent is to provoke curiosity and a closer look at the seemingly mundane.”