Exhibition Openings|Atlanta Contemporary

Celebrate the openings of the new exhibitions and project spaces.

Atlanta Contemporary is pleased to present She Is Here. With a roster of 20 multigenerational, multicultural and multidisciplinary female artists - She Is Here intentionally defies existing norms for art institutions where recognition and inclusion of women is underwhelming. She Is Here fosters women working with women, and women supporting women.

Opening concurrently is Gracie DeVito + Andy Giannakakis in Contemporary On-Site. Curated by Tif Sigfrids, Gracie DeVito + Andy Giannakakis is an exhibition comprised of two paintings, one by each of the aforementioned artists. The two share a sense of immersion, told in the intimacy of scale and fixation of touch. Through this, their work has a contemporary quality, emphasizing the painting’s existence as a matter of its making.

Saturday, August 22, 2020 | 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Sunday, August 23, 2020 | 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Parking is free in the lot at Bankhead & Means Street. You can access the lot via Bankhead Avenue and proceed past the parking attendant booth.

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Members are invited to a member preview of the show on August 21, 2020! Get exclusive access to the shows before the general public.

For your safety and ours, all guests and Members must have a timed ticket or reservation. A limited number of visitors will be admitted every hour.

Visitors will receive a confirmation email. Please arrive on time. If you arrive late you will be admitted only if capacity allows. Entry is not guaranteed to those who walk up.

Safety Guidelines

All Visitors are required to wear a mask. This requirement does not apply to children under the age of 2.

Visitors are expected to follow health guidelines on social distancing, maintaining at least 6 feet apart at all times. Atlanta Contemporary has designated maximum capacity for the galleries and project spaces as well as indicated traffic flow.

All staff and volunteers will be wearing masks, and hand sanitation is located throughout the galleries.

See our Visitor Guidelines for more information

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Kristen Cahill

Kristen V. Cahill is an independent art advisor and curator living in Atlanta. In 2019, she became the curator for The Lola, a women’s club, where she curates rotating exhibitions featuring female-identifying fine artists in the Southeast. As the principal of her design firm, she’s consulted on creative and strategy projects for corporate clients and curated art collections and designed interiors for residential clients throughout the US. Prior to creating her own firm, she worked with Peace Design and Tim Hobby Design on national, high-end residential projects. She also spent ten years in the fashion industry working with Calvin Klein, Barneys New York, Saks Fifth Avenue, KCD and up-and-coming designers. In 2012, she curated and produced the single U.S. showing of Lightscapes, an exhibition of fashion designer Dries Van Noten and photographer James Reeve’s collaboration. She also served on the board of Flux Projects from 2010-2015, where she spearheaded the 2015 Nick Cave original performance piece, Up Right Atlanta. Kristen is a Founding Partner board member of The Lola and a board member of the GA Committee for the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Daricia Mia DeMarr

Daricia Mia DeMarr is from Los Angeles, California. She launched her collegiate career at Clark Atlanta University but received a BA in Art History from Georgia State University and master’s degree in Visual Arts Administration from New York University. DeMarr served as assistant director at the NYU Kimmel Center Galleries, organizing and curating over 100 exhibitions in 6 years. She curated, ‘Respectfully Yours,’ at the Queens Museum, Bulova Center and was a member of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Art Program public art team. She founded Pi Arts Projects and is co-founder of Black Women in Visual Art. DeMarr is currently gallery manager at Peg Alston Fine Arts in NYC and serves as an independent curator, arts administrator and consultant.

Tif Sigfrids

Tif Sigfrids is a gallerist based in Athens, Georgia. She received her BFA from UCLA in 2005 and has organized numerous exhibitions, performances, and lectures at galleries, non-profit art spaces, and Universities. Her eponymous gallery opened in Los Angeles in 2013 and relocated to Athens in 2018. Exhibitions have been reviewed in Artforum, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, and numerous other publications.