WESTBETH GALLERY: January 28- Karina Cavat

January 28 – February 12, 2012

SYMMETRY IN BEING casein on paper 22 x 85 inches

Karina Cavat’s first solo exhibition at the Westbeth Gallery opens Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Westbeth Artists Housing in Lower Manhattan. The exhibition “ Psalms from a Painter” is from a series of works on wood and paper painted over a four year period and is based on the artist’s nomadic spiritual search and ongoing response to the feeling of a new world. Many of the formats that are shown are in triptych and vertical compositions and explore harmonious arrangements dedicated to the macro and micro dimensions found in Nature and the cosmos.

Cavat has exhibited her work nationally, has received numerous awards including a Fulbright Scholarship to Italy and two Helena Rubinstein Awards in painting. She is currently as a working teaching artist for Creative Classrooms and Studio in a School in New York City.

A reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, January 28th from 6-9 pm in the Westbeth Gallery, the show continues through Sunday, February 12th.
Gallery hours Sat-Sun 12-6pm, Tues-Fri 2-6pm. Closed Monday.

WESTBETH GALLERY
Located one block south of West 12th Street between Washington and Bethune in the Far West Village, the gallery can be reached by subway to West 14th Street.

For further information: 212.989.0597; karinacavat.com