Emerging Nashville Photography / An Upstairs Studio Show

Nashville is home to a large group of budding artists, many of whom work within the photographic medium. Opening October 21, The Arts Company will be presenting five of these photographers in a group show entitled “Emerging Nashville Photography.”  Hollis Bennett, Virgil Fox, Adair Freeman, John Nikolai, and Heidi Ross are exploring a variety of styles and subject matter—from domestic landscapes to personal narratives.  

Five Nashville Photographers

This group exhibit reflects The Arts Company interest in presenting new photographic art to the public, especially those photographers who are Nashville-based, whether new or long-term residents.  The five artists selected for this exhibit share new 21^st century aesthetic and subject matter sensibilities, in addition to testing new techniques in shooting and printing images. 

 The five photographers are: Hollis Bennett, John Nikolai, Virgil Fox, Adair Freeman, and Heidi Ross.  Recently relocated to Nashville, Hollis Bennett seeks out seemingly abandoned places and spaces to photograph along his travels.  John Nikolai presents his black and white images from his “Bird” series, an esoteric and romantic glimpse of his experiences in Ireland.  A New Orleans native, Virgil Fox’s fine art photography reflects his interest in celebrations mixing religious and secular traditions.  Adair Freeman, also new to Nashville, is interested in the dichotomy of the sublime and the grotesque and expresses this fascination through her portraits of house flies.  In her Domestic Landscape series, Heidi Ross explores the ordinary yet intimate relationships of every day objects in interior spaces.