Gallery Hours:
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday: closed • Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: noon – 3 p.m.
Saturday: by appointment only
Contemporary Art Group
7th Annual Members' Show
Upper Gallery
Saturday, May 4 – Wednesday, May 29
Artists Reception: Sunday, May 5, 1 to 4 p.m.
with live music by Pam Purvis & Bob Ackerman
The Contemporary Art Group 7th Annual Members’ Show features work judged by Donna Gustafson, PhD., art historian and current Andrew W. Mellon Liaison for Academic Programs / Curator at Rutgers University. The Contemporary Art Group is an organization of active artists from Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union counties. Artwork exhibited in this show ranges from abstraction to representation, and includes works in various media.
For more information on the Contemporary Art Group, please visit www.contemporaryartgroup.org.
Form for Exhibitors
If you would like to exhibit at the Watchung Arts Center, please download and complete the Exhibitor Agreement.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Ludmila Kalivoda, VP Visual Arts, Watchung Arts Center, 908-753-7237, e-mail pruhonice@aol.com.
Alev Necile Dinc —
On the Wings of a Dreamer
Lower Gallery
Saturday, May 4 – Wednesday, May 29
Artists Reception: Sunday, May 5, 1 to 4 p.m.
By the Beach
Mrs. Alev Necile Dinc studied painting and fashion design at the Institute of Technology in Europe. After immigrating to the United States, she continued her education at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC studying textile design, and the Ridgewood Art Institute in New Jersey, studying advertising design.
She started working at an international design studio in Paterson, NJ, and since then has been working in New York’s textile industry for leading corporations and studios. Her contract designs have sold in Spain, Canada, England, and Hong Kong.
Besides being a fabric designer, Alev is a renowned surrealist painter. Her works of art have been described as transforming the viewer to a mystical world of beauty and fantasy, where everything has a fluid motion. Her creativity and craftsmanship combine to create dynamic compositions of amazing depth and expression, which are at once intriguing, and disarming. The artist extends an invitation to enter into her private dreamscape where ethereal creatures celebrate their existence in vibrant colors, derived from her Turkish background, and heartfelt vision.
She has displayed her work in many solo exhibits and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Europe and the United States, including The Paterson Museum in New Jersey, The Peace Museum in Detroit, The Musavi Arts Center in NYC, National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., The Nabisco Gallery in Fairlawn, NJ, Lambert Castle Museum in Paterson, NJ, The Innsbruck Austria, Turkish House in NYC, as well as the Hamilton House Museum in Clifton, NJ. Her works are also included in several corporate and privately owned collections. Her art has been reviewed in many publications and she has had multiple television appearances. Mrs. Alev’s poetry also reflects the same captivating spirit as her art.
Daisy Butterfly
“I have been painting since I was a child. I also draw and write poetry. I see myself as both a dreamer and a wonderer. Having been born in Turkey I have traveled through many different countries before settling in the USA. From each one of the countries I carry within me an album of unforgettable memories. My friends around me are a direct source of inspiration for my poetry and my art work. So is nature and music, both of which occupy a very important part in my mind. Many times I feel as if I am a composer of my own life, transferring thoughts and ideas onto a canvas or paper.
“I watch the course of my existence becoming engraved in brush strokes that delineate my story. Colorful and whimsical creatures inhabit my paintings. I see them as joyful creatures that live in a perfect world from all troubles of everyday life.
“Using bright and bold colors, it allows me to give voice to these creatures. I hope that my art work will be able to convey to the viewers the same feelings of vibrancy and positive energy that emerges from my soul.
— Alev Necile Dinc