Michelle Segre:
Der Wolley Eulb 07

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River Valley Arts Collective is pleased to present an exhibition by Michelle Segre in Al Held’s former drawing studio. Titled Der Wolley Eulb 07, the installation includes seven new works completed specifically for this space.

Segre incorporates yarn, felted wool, ceramics, metal and found natural materials to create sculptures that stretch out to meet the surrounding architecture. Although decidedly hand crafted, they appear to represent scientific structures from the cellular to the cosmic while also evoking the spiritual and ceremonial. They have an energy of vibrating color and linear motion that courses through each fiber and radiates to the furthest points of connection - like giant spider webs capturing and bonding the mystery and majesty of the world around us to the realm of the unseen and supernatural.

Michelle Segre has had solo exhibitions at venues such as the lumber room in Portland, Oregon; University Art Museum, University at Albany, SUNY; as well as nine solo shows with Derek Eller Gallery in NY. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the deCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA; the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, KS; Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT; and MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, NY. She has been honored with grants and fellowships, including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, the American Academy for the Arts and Letters Award, a NYFA grant, a Tiffany Foundation grant, a Colene Brown Art Prize, and a residency at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Umbria, Italy. Public collections include the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Tang Museum in Saratoga Springs; and the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, WI. Segre is a graduate of the Cooper Union School of Art. She lives and works in New York City and Mount Washington, MA.

Michelle Segre: Der Wolley Eulb 07 is organized by Alyson Baker in collaboration with the Al Held Foundation.

Over the past five years, River Valley Arts Collective has partnered with the Al Held Foundation on a series of outdoor installations on the foundation's grounds as well as exhibitions presented in Al Held’s former drawing studio and, more recently, performances staged in Held’s painting studio.

RVAC is grateful for generous support from: Agnes Gund, Mara Held and Daniel Belasco / The Al Held Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, ASD Fund of the Essex County Community Foundation, Mark diSuvero / Athena Foundation, Cabbage Hill Farm Foundation, The Coby Foundation, Mark Dion, Kristen Dodge, Stef Halmos / Foreland, Andrew Howarth, John B. Koegel, Esq., The Linda and David Zackin Charitable Gift Fund, The New York Foundation for the Arts, The O’Grady Foundation, Robin Panovka, Martin Puryear / Puryear Family Fund, Clay Rockefeller, Rydingsvard Greengard Foundation, Richard Salomon Family Foundation, The Schwimmer Family Charitable Fund, Kiki Smith, Hart Perry / Southwood Wood Products, Janice Stanton and Ronald L. Windisch, Jean-Marc Superville Sovak, The Swimming Hole Foundation, Lenore G. Tawney Foundation, Helen Toomer / Stoneleaf Retreat, Luke Ives Pontifell / The Thornwillow Institute, and SJ Weiler Fund.