“In Due Time”
Leap Year Solo Exhibition By Ato Riberio
Opening Reception on February 26, 2022 from 6-10 PM
ATLANTA, February 1, 2022 /MINTatl.org/ — From February 26, through April 9, 2022, MINT will present Ato Ribeiro’s Leap Year solo exhibition, In Due Time.
Artist Statement: By employing familiar practices - collecting, joining, and refining natural and repurposed materials - In Due Time provides educational opportunities to seek new points of reference while preserving layers of African cultural heritage and varying ethnic perspectives. Ribeiro’s research mines and honors a variety of shared and neglected histories to visually speak to a contemporary sense of cultural hybridity.
Through the use of discarded materials, the query of this work is in part a look into torturous separation - of peoples, of fact from accounts - and rectification through remembrance. What, to some, should be avoided or deemed ahistorical, for others, presents the most befitting opportunity for healing, rebuilding, and the fostering of optimistic growth. Ribeiro’s practice is the result of a process aiming to preserve invaluable communities and explore alternative methods of making a home.
Artist Bio: Ato Ribeiro is a multidisciplinary artist working in a variety of media including sculptural installation, drawing and printmaking. He was the 2017 Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Emerging Artist Award recipient, Artist in Resident at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany, and received fellowships at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, The Studios at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA and the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Madison, ME. His work has been exhibited at Lisa Sette Gallery (Phoenix, AZ), Nubuke Foundation (Accra, Ghana), Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, MI), the N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art (Detroit, MI), the Rozsa Center (Houghton, MI), and Anastasia Tinari Projects (Chicago, IL) among others
Congratulations Ato!
What is Leap Year? Leap Year is MINT’s residency program that provides a comprehensive and robust system of support for emerging artists in the Atlanta-Metro area. Leap Year is inclusive of both community and network development along with opportunities for quiet reflection and introspection on personal and career growth. Leap Year is a one-year program that includes a free studio at MINT for the year, a mentor, a two-week residency at Hambidge, and the creation of the work for the solo exhibit at MINT. Each Leap Year Artist receives a $1,750 stipend per W.A.G.E. (Working Artists in a Greater Economy).
RSVP Encouraged, Mask required.