Ocean Bodies, A Solo Exhibit by Kimberly Callas

Name: Ocean Bodies, A Solo Exhibit by Kimberly Callas
Start: 2025-02-06T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-06T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1804, United States

Schedule

Thu Feb 06 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1804, United States | West Long Branch, NJ

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Exhibition: Ocean Bodies
Location: Ice House Gallery at Monmouth University
Opening Reception: February 6, 2025, 5:30–7:30 PM
Exhibition Dates: February 6, 2025 – March 23, 2025
Monmouth University’s Ice House Gallery presents Ocean Bodies, a powerful solo exhibition by multimedia artist Kimberly Callas. Ocean Bodies offers an immersive exploration of humanity’s interconnectedness with the ocean, drawing on symbols, archetypes, and ecological narratives to invite contemplation and action.
Through sculptures, large-scale drawings, and mixed-media works, Callas examines the “crisis of meaning” at the heart of the climate crisis and advocates for a shift in consciousness toward an “ecological self.” This concept, central to her work, reflects humanity’s integral role within nature rather than apart from it. In Ocean Bodies, she uses water-based materials, such as dyed fabrics, India ink, and water-soluble graphite, to invoke the sea’s physical presence while exploring the symbolic depth of whales, the horizon, and the ocean itself as metaphors for the psyche and cosmos.
Among the featured works is a series of 10-foot mixed-media drawings inspired by historical nautical charts, which pair psychological journeys with the migration of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Complementing these works are colorful life-size figurative sculptures and reliefs, 3D-printed using bio-filament, that further explore themes of renewal and interconnection. Through these works, Callas poses urgent questions about the loss of meaning, wisdom, and biodiversity in the Anthropocene.
For more information, please visit: https://www.monmouth.edu/mca/event/ocean-bodies-a-solo-exhibit-by-eco-artist-kimberly-callas/2025-02-06/3/