By Jimmy Keller
(Image above from H. Boone exhibit at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center)

Welcome to Hive Highlights; a weekly exhibits roundup from The Buffalo Hive. This showcase is meant to point you to gallery openings, ongoing exhibits, closings, artist talks and happenings in the visual arts community of Western New York for the week/end ahead. These lists are not designed to be comprehensive, instead providing a keyhole into the creative hum of our region. 

1. REBODY,  on view at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
   OPENING and Artist Talk, Thursday, March 20 @ 7 p.m.
   341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14202

Artist H. Boone explores gender-nonconforming identity in their graduate thesis exhibition. The subjects, contorted and morphed figure-like sculptures, combine Boone’s interests of sci-fi and body horror with 3D printing technology. Contemporary art is defined by not only accompanying the process with present tool and medium advancements, but current issues and ideologies as well. That is exactly what this artist proves to be accomplishing in their work, making this solo show a must see for contemporary art lovers. 

H. Boone has exhibited in New York, London, Chicago, Hermosa Beach and Buffalo. They are currently an MFA candidate and Schomburg Fellow at the University at Buffalo. This show runs through April 11.

Learn More: https://www.hallwalls.org/visual/6615.html

2. 29th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Traditional Works Installation, on view at the WNY Artists Group Gallery
   ONGOING through Friday, April 4.
   One Linwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14209

Experience traditional forms of artwork from oil to acrylic in this ongoing juried installation. The juror is Lin Xia Jiang, art professor and coordinator of the Painting and Drawing Program in the Art and Design Department at SUNY Buffalo State. 

Learn More: https://www.wnyag.com/

3. Sustained Echoes: Unearthing Our Shared Roots, on view at CEPA Gallery
   Last Days to View, Open through Saturday, March 25.
   617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203

This group exhibition wires together the differences and commonalities between the artists and their contemporary views on a post-modern, technology driven world. Multimedia artists Jamie Hager, Dana Hunt-Locklear, Ashley Manigo, James Pardue and Daphne Pugliese bring their roots together through the created installation of a domestic living room space featuring CVR TV’s and interactive videos. This is a diverse yet commutative take on society’s thoughts of today’s and yesterday’s technologies and a misalignment with those in power. 

Learn More: https://www.cepagallery.org/exhibit-event/sustained-echoes-a-dms-graduate-student-exhibition-opens-03-07-25/