Curator and artist Chris Wiley with exhibition artists Ellen Carey, Josh Tonsfeldt and Ryan Foerster, will give a tour of Part Picture, exploring alternative processes in lens- based practices.

Ellen Carey is an internationally recognized photo-based artist and uses a large-format Polaroid 20×24 camera to create her well-known Pulls and site-specific installations. Considered a pioneer in the cameraless photogram and lens-based Polaroid photographic and contemporary art field, Carey is also an independent scholar, writing under her practice Pictus & Writ in the tradition of artist-on-artist. Carey lives and works in Connecticut.

Ryan Foerster embraces chance and the transformative effects of time, weather, and other organic processes in the making of his abstract photographs, typically placing light-sensitive paper on the ground outdoors for extended periods of time or covering the paper with dirt, leaves or food scraps. His multidisciplinary exhibitions often include a combination of sculptures, films/videos, and handmade ‘zines. Foerster lives and works in New York. He received an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Chris Wiley is an artist and writer. He has made photographs that depict vernacular architecture, particularly in the Los Angeles area. His latest series, titled Dingbats, emphasizes the physical qualities of the images by framing them in discordant materials like industrial carpeting, stucco, and vinyl flooring. Wiley draws connections between image and object while maintaining the seemingly arbitrary nature of the conflations.