Rituals
CHICAGO, IL—The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is pleased to announce the opening of
Rituals on December 4th, 2021 featuring works by artists Brenton Good, Mandy
Cano-Villalobos, and Marissa Voytenko who have come together for their first joint exhibition.
The present age has been defined by shirking customs, breaking traditions, and celebrating the
informal. Yet it is through formal, practiced and ceremonial-like actions that contemporary artists
Good, Cano-Villalobos, and Voytenko have found their expression. Though their work is varied
in medium and approach, the three artists regard ritual as an integral part of their work. Hailing
from Amish country in western Pennsylvania, Good’s hard-edged, checkerboard woodcut prints
draw heavily from traditional quilt patterns. Meticulously planned and executed, his prints
display multiple layers of historical color combinations. Cano-Villalobos honors her personal
history, and our broader human history, through the collection of mementos assembled into
shrine-like sculptures. Looking at these assemblages one can spot objects that connect the viewer
with their own memories. With waxy encaustic paint, Voytenko creates images that are lyrically
structured through the use of repeated shapes and lines.
Artist Biographies:
Brenton Good is a painter, printmaker and professor of art at Messiah University in
Grantham, Pennsylvania. His work is in collections throughout the United States as well as the
UAE and Turkey.
Mandy Cano-Villalobos is an interdisciplinary artist based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She’s
exhibited throughout the United States as well as in Berlin, Germany and Puerto Montt, Chile.
She received her Master of Fine Art from The George Washington University in D.C.
Marissa Voytenko is an encaustic painter based in the Chicago suburbs. She’s represented by
several galleries throughout the United States and her work has been on the covers of the
American Psychologist and Comment magazine.