28 April – 27 May 2012
Opening reception: Saturday, 28 April 2012, 7 – 10 pm

510 W. Franklin Street Baltimore, MD 21201 

sophiajacob proudly announces inaugural, a presentation of new artworks by Ariel Dill, Leah Mackin, and Zach Storm. This exhibition brings together artists from three vibrant artisticcommunities that are unique but hardly autonomous. Pairing a studied art-historical grounding with an insistence on materiality, each artist offers an individualized approach to studio practice while revealing a rich matrix of influence.

Ariel Dill received an MFA from Hunter College in 2006 and lives and works in Brooklyn. She has exhibited her work extensively throughout New York; recent group exhibitions include Grasping for Relics, at ZieherSmith, NY, Painting Club at Exit Art, NY, and Itinerant Ones, curated by Jules de Balincourt, at Storefront, Brooklyn. Ariel’s solo exhibition will be on view at SOUTHFIRST, Brooklyn, from April 27th until May 27th.

Leah Mackin earned her BFA in Printmaking and Book Arts from the University of the Arts in 2007. Since then, her prints, drawings and books have been exhibited in galleries throughout Philadelphia including The Print Center and My House Gallery. Leah lives and works in Philadelphiawhere she is a member artist at Space 1026.

Zach Storm lives and works in Baltimore. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries across the US, Europe and Japan, most recently in group exhibitions at Westergsfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, and in Alptraum, a show traveling to five countries organized by Transformer Gallery, Washington, D.C. Zach receives his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art this spring.

Area 405
Friday, March 30
7 PM

A regional student exhibition juried by Sarah Tanguy
The show features 32 artists from a hundred mile radius of Baltimore. We received over 100 applications from a dozen different Colleges and Universities and Ms Tanguy selected these artists working in a variety of media. 

Laura Borys Goucher College
Michele Colburn American University
Eleanor Barba Corcoran
Breton James Harder MICA
Nicholas Broujos MICA
Cici Cole-McInturff George Mason University
Katy Dombrausky Towson University
Kyle Dunn MICA
Nicholas Edwards Towson University
Sean Fitzpatrick MICA
Michael Farley UMBC
Rachel Forte MICA
Emily Francisco American University
Adam Hager American University
Sarah Harrington Goucher College
Katie Heater UMBC
Hanna Kim MICA
Andrew Lubas MICA
Ian McDermott UMD College Park
Ian Mize Towson University
Jessica Murray UMD College Park
Adam Nelson UMD College Park
Jessica Oros McDaniel College
Dan Perkins American University
Samantha Roppelt UMD College Park
Lyla Shlon MICA
Allegra Stiles Towson University
Rachel TImmins Towson University
Vincent Valerio Towson University
Danielle Wood MICA
Dominique Zeltzman UMBC
Sylvia Zhao MICA

EXHIBITION DATES: March 28th - April 15th, 2012
Artist opening reception Friday, March 30th, 7-10pm
Panel Discussion Sunday April 15th, 2012 1-3pm

Sarah Tanguy is an independent curator and critic
based in Washington DC. She is also a curator for Art
in Embassies, U.S. Department of State.Her essays
have been widely published in Sculpture Magazine,
American Craft, Metalsmith, The Washington Times,
New Art Examiner, and Readers Digest.


This event is in conjunction with Station North Arts and Entertainment’s Final Fridays events and the City Arts Building Open Studios from 5-8pm.