Hobby House – where art meets self-indulgence, subversion meets humor, and creativity meets absurdity. With ceramics, sterling silver, a little photography and a lot of gemstones Hobby House presents objects that are meticulously crafted for no good reason other than looking fabulous. Hobby House contemplates the places and practices of art making with humor, irony, and a little wit.
What Did We Use To Say? Trying to remember things from the past from distorted and fragmented memories. Is that really how it happened? With intention, the mind has the ability to erase just as easily as it does create. The mind decides what stays and what gets purged for the new. Are you in control? Or is the subconscious doing as it pleases? In this work, I explore deconstruction, recomposition, and sampling, and their impact on memory and perception.
Justin Myers, a Tampa Native, is a member of music projects Justin Depth, Alien House, and Diamond Man. He also is the co-founder of Tampa-based record label, Image Research Records.
Justin studied printmaking at HCC in Ybor City and began experimenting with sculpture and installation-based works during his time there. Myers finds inspiration from discarded imagery, random thought, and spontaneous actions. Over the last 10 years, Myers has participated in numerous exhibitions at Tempus Projects, including the T-shirt shows, Mix Tape Show, Return to Sender, and an offsite window installation as part of a partnership with Downtown Tampa and more. In 2020, Myers partnered with his brother, Jeremy Myers on a virtual exhibit with Tempus Projects titled, “One Day of Perfect”. Justin has been involved with Tempus Projects since his music project Alien House made its debut performance in November of 2011.
Drift, an independent curators space presented by Tempus Projects, is pleased to announce the opening of ‘Look Who Decided to Stop By’ a collaborative body of work that plays with the constant paradoxes between symbolism and function of objects in the home. Kaylin Price and Erin Titus exaggerate the design of objects to effectively connect elements, patterns, and materials to the emotional content the object has to the individual. Collected and design elements found in home decoration are a vehicle to question if objects contain inherent qualities or if their meanings are acquired by constant repetition through familiarity and convention.
Andrés Ramírez
Ten Days in Bodrum explores a seaside town on the Aegean coast of Turkey. A place steeped in nearly four millennia of history, Bodrum was the home of the Dorian Greeks, the Persians, the empire of Alexander the Great, the crusading Knights of Saint John, and the Ottoman Turks. In the 21st century, Bodrum serves as one of the main vacation hubs for city dwelling Turks in the summer, as it has shifted from a port hub for maritime empires to the crown jewel of the Turkish Riviera. Ten Days in Bodrum takes you through the side streets and solitude of a town that has boomed throughout the last 100 years of the Turkish Republic.
Drift, an independent curators space presented by Tempus Projects, is pleased to announce the opening of Cemented Horizon at the Bottom of the Sea, recent works from Beatriz Chachamovits, curated by Lilian Beltran on August 17th from 6 pm - 9 pm with a special members cocktail hour from 5 pm - 6 pm. The exhibition will run through September 14th and is located at 1624 e 7th Ave on the 2nd floor of Kress Contemporary.
THROW THEM BONES ON THE GROUND :: a group exhibition exploring themes of identity and perseverance in light of the current political climate of local and state politics. The exhibition fortifies Tempus Projects' identity as a safe space for all artists and art professionals, dedicated to amplifying the voices of artists from an inclusive range of backgrounds and life experiences. Catalina Cheng | Chantel Foretich | Kalup Linzy | John Murdock
VOLTA:: PRECIOUS MAGNET :: Tempus Projects presents: Precious Magnet, an exhibition in Tempus VOLTA that explores and celebrates the underground publishing phenomenon of zines and their visual and cultural impact. The exhibition showcases a collection of zines by local and national artists in conjunction with the work of Ryan Slauson, the current Tempus Projects’ Resident Artist. Featuring works by: Madeline Baker, Mitzi Gordon, Tyler Jopek, Shae Krispinsky, Marta Murray, Justin Bryan Nelson, Anthony Record, Gary Schmitt, Finn Schult, and Ryann Slauson.
Hildebrando Bellizzio, Neil Bender, Ryan Berg, Joe Griffith, Gigi Lage, Jenn Ryann Miller, Justin Myers, Justin Nelson, Ashley Niven, Kym O’Donnell, Duke Riley, Anthony Record, Emiliano Settecasi, Ryann Slauson, Brian Taylor, Kay Three, Matthew Drennan Wicks
DRIFT:: SOLITARY DIALOGUES: Reflections of the Self is an exhibition that showcases the artwork of two artists who examine the human condition. While they each have their unique style, their works intertwine, revealing emotions, transformative stories, and paths to self-realization. Featuring work by Jim Wysolmierski and Tim Reid. Curated by Jabe Jones.
Tampa, FL – Tempus Projects presents Demolition: Peng Zhou, curated by Ariel Baron-Robbins, at Drift, an independent curators space. Peng Zhou’s art is deeply rooted in the philosophical concepts of relativity, changes, and harmony found in both Chinese and Western art history.
Tampa, FL – Tempus Projects presents Exposure Garden, a solo exhibition by Gigi Lage at Tempus Volta. Lage uses generative AI as a tool to construct still frames from the artist’s own text input. Lage examines how AI processes its learning patterns from existing data and how its output defines the image, its deranged textures, and the story found within the frame.
Tampa, FL – Tempus Projects presents Pork Rinds & Cotton Candy, a group exhibition including work by Carlos Arturo, Gilbert Demeza, Kendra Frorup, Hercules Horowitz, Michael Massaro, Barbara Stubbs, and Carmargo Vilardy in Main Gallery B.
Tampa, FL – Tempus Projects presents BASE REMOVED, a solo exhibition by Libbi Ponce in Main Gallery A. Ponce's work allows an approach to questions about how proper a sculptural body can be. Her works are the product of a series of practices, from the work ethic in digital spaces to mythology and archaeological revisionism as a lexicon for the creation of symbols.
Tampa, FL – Tempus Projects presents GEORGE’S LOVELY VARIETY: Subscriptive Objects and Correspondence from George Ferrandi at Tempus Volta. George’s Lovely Variety is a monthly subscription of art in the mail. The approach for 2023 invents secular rituals for connection—to each other, to the future, to our deeper selves. This year’s GLV offerings take the form of home kits for rituals we didn't realize were essential—some playful, some profound.
Tampa, FL – Tempus Projects presents Music School: The Art of Songwriting featuring Matt Burke and moderated by Ray Roa. Matt Burke is the lead singer of the alternative rock/Americana band, Have Gun Will Travel. Burke's songwriting draws on Western themes of life and death, honor, and morality throughout the band's narrative songs.
Tampa, FL – Tempus Projects presents UNFOLD, curated by Yi Chin Hsieh and including the work of Cristobal Alday, Amanda Linares, and Jose Luis Garcia, at Drift, an independent curators space. UNFOLD is a curatorial project that aspires to present artworks influenced by literature, especially poetry, as well as explore the possibility of using creative art writing as exhibition text.
Tampa, FL – Tempus Projects presents Regulated Industries in Drift, an independent curators space. Regulated Industries is curated by RJ Junger and includes the work of Pia Bakala and Fred Vorder-Bruegge. Recent works by Vorder-Bruegge and Bakala explore a kind of ecological ruin, with Bakala contextualizing Trans Bodies as native to the environmental world enduring societal regulation and Vorder-Bruegge scavenging decommissioned industrial sites for objects and remains that weave themselves into a narrative of decay and transient identity.
Tampa, FL – Tempus Projects presents Gone to the Dogs, a solo exhibition by Will Douglas at Tempus Volta. In Gone to the Dogs, Douglas uses an interdisciplinary approach to comment on a false construction of realities, engaging the end of greyhound racing in Florida as a metaphor for losing and seeking paradise.