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Artist’s Reception: “Overgrown,” Paintings by Damian Stamer

Name: Artist’s Reception: “Overgrown,” Paintings by Damian Stamer
Start: 2013-01-31T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2013-01-31T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Center for the Study of the American South @ the Love House & Hutchins Forum

January 31, 2013 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Overgrown, paintings by Damian Stamer. On view through the spring 2013 semester, Love House and Hutchins Forum. The exhibition opens January 10, 2013, followed by a reception with the artist on Thurs., January 31, 5:30 pm, Love House and Hutchins Forum.

Damian Stamer paints contemporary landscapes that explore the concepts of home and homeland. Growing up in rural North Carolina, he uses the pastoral imagery of his childhood to construct interpretations of memory, time, and space.

Stamer was born in Durham, North Carolina, in 1982. He has received numerous awards including a Fulbright grant and a Jacob K. Javits fellowship. He has studied internationally at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, and the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, Germany. Damian received his B.F.A. from Arizona State University (summa cum laude) and is currently pursuing his MFA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has exhibited extensively in the U.S. and abroad. Damian lives and works in Chapel Hill, NC, and Brooklyn, NY.