Opening Saturday, June 14th, 3pm - 6pm
BLOOM
Featuring works by:
Taylor Robenalt and Zoe Hawk
Join us for our Summer exhibition, BLOOM, featuring ceramics by Taylor Robenalt and paintings by Zoe Hawk!
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 3pm - 6pm.
This exhibition will be on view through August 2nd, 2025.
Taylor Robenalt
Taylor Robenalt attended Southern Methodist University for her BFA in bronze casting and stone carving. She then discovered her love for ceramics and decided to study at the University of South Florida to receive a post baccalaureate. Then she received a graduate assistantship at the University of Georgia where Mrs. Robenalt accomplished her MFA in ceramics in May 2011. She was employed by State College of Florida, Auburn University and Columbus State University as an adjunct ceramic professor. Mrs. Robenalt was a long-term artist resident at Odyssey Clayworks. She is also the co-founder of a sculpture collective called Ceramic Sculpture Culture. She has participated in many national ceramic shows, such as “Un-wedged”, “Vision in Clay” “History In The Making”, recently winning an honorable mention award at “De La Naturalaza”, in Columbus Ohio. Taylor also has received many scholarships including tuition waivers to Monte Verde, Costa Rica, Cortona, Italy, Tokoname, Japan, Watershed, Maine and Penland, North Carolina.
Zoe Hawk's work deals with the complex experience of girlhood, exploring adolescent anxiety, feminine identity, and belonging.
Zoe was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her work has been included in publications such as New American Paintings, ArtMaze Mag, Plastik Magazine, and JOIA Magazine. Exhibitions include From Pangs To Pangolins, curated by Trenton Doyle Hancock (Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles); SPRING/BREAK Art Show and FREIZE LA exhibits curated by Michael Slenske (Los Angeles); Oasis, a duo exhibition with Michele Poirier Mozzone (Tambaran2, New York); and solo exhibition Dreaming As The Summers Die (Glass Rice, San Franciso). Special collaborative projects include pieces for ZARA's Women In Art clothing collection, released worldwide in 2019, the Day Dreamers Tarot Deck, created for TRUE/FALSE international film festival 2020, and fabric print designs for the Fall/Winter 2022 collection by Paul & Joe, Paris. Zoe holds a BFA in studio art from Missouri State University, and an MFA in painting from the University of Iowa. She is currently based in Columbia, Missouri.
Zoe Hawk
Featured Artist of the Month
Sharon Sheinbart
I have always been captivated by dogs. They are amazing animals, bringing us comfort, joy, peace, help, safety and companionship. They make the world a better place. The unparalleled connection between human and canine is inspirational— in my art and my life.
As a child I wasn’t allowed a dog, so my pet turtle became my dog. We went everywhere together; turtle memories were my initial inspiration for sculpting.
In working with clay, my goal is to capture the emotions and expressions conveyed through their faces; their hopeful, comforting and sometimes pleading eyes. The enormous variety of dog breeds provides an endless supply of inspiration. I truly enjoy sculpting them, as well as bringing happiness to those who enjoy seeing them.
Sharon received a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art. She has exhibited in juried local and regional shows. Her love of animals and nature lead the way in all of her work.
About River Gallery
River Gallery is dedicated to supporting the revival and continuance of Cleveland area arts and artists. The owner, Ara Hamamjian, has established connections with the art professors and alumni of area schools such as the Cleveland Institute of Art, Baldwin Wallace University, and Kent State University. The gallery shows everything from contemporary to traditional style paintings, works in metals, blown glass, ceramics, photography, and jewelry fabrications.
