SCENES AND FACES THAT GIVE US PAUSE…
Bill Pappas
(American, b. 1945)
October 12 - December 6
ONLINE ONLY
This online exhibition is in cooperation with with the Art Committee of Kendal at Oberlin and Robert Taylor, curator of the Kendal Gallery.
** Due to COVID-19, Kendal at Oberlin Galleries are not currently open to the public for in-person viewing.**
“The “Scenes and Faces that give us pause…” are daily occurrences if we just take the time to be aware. Travel to different places seems to enhance our sensibilities, but we need look no further than our own surroundings for wonder and inspiration! The large scenic photographs in the exhibit were mostly done in and around the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, while the portraits include some newer and some older images.”
— Bill Pappas
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BILL PAPPAS
Artist Statement :
The “Scenes and Faces that give us pause…” are daily occurrences if we just take the time to be aware. Travel to different places seems to enhance our sensibilities, but we need look no further than our own surroundings for wonder and inspiration! The large scenic photographs in the exhibit were mostly done in and around the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, while the portraits include some newer and some older images.
Biography:
After studying philosophy in the seminary, Bill Pappas graduated from John Carroll University with a B.S. in Chemistry. A love of photography led to a 37-year career as a commercial advertising photographer heading his own studio in downtown Cleveland. His fine art work features studies of people from a visually enhanced perspective, as well as scenic vignettes from a wide variety of domestic and international locations.
Bill’s images have been exhibited in the Cleveland Museum of Art May Show, The New York Art Director’s One Show, the International Graphis Press publication “Photographis,” Spaces Gallery, the Gates Mills juried shows, The Cleveland Society of Communicating Arts, The Butler Institute of American Art, The Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado, and the Telfair Museum in Savannah, Georgia. Bill is a member of the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, the Valley Art Center, the Cleveland Print Room, and Friends of Photography at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Bill’s work is represented in many private and permanent collections, including the Cuyahoga County Administration Building, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the Lake County Administration Building, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Cleveland Clinic.