FIRE | An immersive fine art installation by Rick Mallette

To help our first “official” season at PAR-HQ pick up a bit of steam, Rick Mallette is creating FIRE, an exhibition that promises to be one for the books. With this fully immersive fine art installation — taking place in our “Nook” gallery space — Rick will be expressing a full vision, which utilizes sculpture, painting, collage and motion.

In addition to Rick’s exhibition, we will also be celebrating Brett Schieszer’s shipping container installation — Era of Big Brains — on the night of June 17th.

We’re excited to be presenting two solo shows, simultaneously, so we look forward to sharing the celebration with you.

Complementary adult beverages and light bites will be provided. Entry to the exhibition(s) is FREE as well.

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Rick Mallette joins us from Cincinnati, OH. Since receiving his BFA from Western Michigan University and his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he’s demonstrated his talents through exhibitions at Contemporary Arts Center, The Weston, and The Carnegie (Covington, KY).

In contrast, he’s also exhibited with independent spaces such as Semantics, while working with non-profits and local businesses, highlighting Luminosity and OMS Photography as well known examples.

A chance meeting at our Light Strikes exhibition in 2015 began a conversation and a number of idea sessions, that eventually lead to the creation of FIRE. We’re both lucky and delighted to be hosting this site-specific installation.

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Brett Schieszer is a somewhat new Cincinnatian, recently relocating from the west coast. He received his BFA in printmaking from The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts and his MFA in printmaking from Arizona State University. Since landing in Cincinnati, Brett has taught at a few local Universities, including Northern Kentucky University and Art Academy of Cincinnati.

Brett has also displayed work with PAR-Projects in the past, most notable in our first ever shipping container gallery exhibition — The Prints.