Moreman Gallery

710 W Main St level 2, Louisville, KY 40202

https://www.moremengallery.com/

MOREMEN GALLERY, a contemporary art gallery, located in downtown Louisville, was founded by art enthusiast and collector Susan Moremen. The gallery’s focus is a continually evolving selection of  contemporary art by emerging and mid-career artists. 

We showcase work that deserves more than a passing glance, work that is provocative yet approachable, timeless, pleases the eye and lives in harmony in its place.

Exhibitions

Heimir Björgúlfsson

Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, in 1975, Heimir Björgúlfsson lives and works in Los Angeles, California, USA.
He received his MFA from the Sandberg Institute in 2003; and his BFA from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 2001, both in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In 1998 he graduated from the Sonology program at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, The Netherlands. His work has been exhibited widely in Europe and the United States in solo and group
exhibitions. In 2012 he was nominated for the Carnegie Art Award in Stockholm, Sweden, and in 2006 he was nominated for De Volkskrant Visual Art Prize in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Ying Kit Chan, a Chinese-American artist, is currently Professor of Art at the University of Louisville, USA. For over three decades, Chan used his art projects to celebrate the beauty of nature, but also to critique the anthropogenic impact on the environment. He has presented his artwork in over 200 exhibitions in the United States, Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Germany, Korea, Japan, England, Hong Kong, Poland, Switzerland, Italy, Taiwan, and Portugal.

The phrase "Not In My Backyard" is a common expression which carries complex meanings. It implicates environmental injustices and identifies environmental concerns as social justice issues. Constructed with tree branches and discarded plastic bags, the materials embody the degradation of nature and harmful effects of pollution. The round shape may symbolize the garbage patch or the Runit Dome in the Pacific Ocean.