New Talent: Six Rising Painters in Landscape & Abstraction
September 1, 2026 – December 19, 2026
New Talent: Six Rising Painters Exploring Landscape & Abstraction
September 1 – December 19, 2026
Artist Reception & Happy Hour: Friday, September 18th, 5:30 – 8:00pm
Bridgette Mayer Gallery is pleased to present New Talent: Six Rising Painters Exploring Landscape & Abstraction brings together six emerging artists from Philadelphia and across the United States whose work reimagines contemporary painting through abstraction, landscape, color, and process. Featuring paintings by Kirby Fredendall, Michele Kishita, Erin McIntosh, Ellen Soffer, Angela Warren, and Mary Zeran, the exhibition highlights a dynamic range of visual languages while revealing a shared interest in perception, memory, emotion, and material experimentation.
Working across oil, acrylic, collage, and fluid media, these artists push beyond traditional approaches to landscape and abstraction, creating immersive works that invite contemplation and emotional connection. Through layered surfaces, intuitive mark-making, luminous color palettes, and explorations of movement and space, New Talent introduces six compelling voices shaping the future of contemporary painting.
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Artists
Rebecca Rutstein
Rebecca Rutstein is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice bridges art and science. For over twenty years she has created painting, sculpture, interactive installation and public art inspired by the natural world. Her environmentally-focused work sheds light on places and processes hidden from view to foster deeper connection in the face of our climate crisis. As…