The Riverside Galleries at Garrison Art Center in Garrison, New York, announces a Group Exhibition curated by Petra Nimtz, August 12 – September 3, 2017, with a public reception for the artists on Saturday, August 12, 5-7pm.

Curator Petra Nimtz presents 6 internationally and nationally known female artists representing a cross section of contemporary abstract art. The artists include: Diane Dwyer, Meg Lipke, Fran O’Neill, Christina Tenaglia, Julie Torres and Sabine Tress.

Sabine Tress, Echantillon Deus — Sabine Tress, *Echantillon Deus*

Each artist has developed her own individual, yet related style of working. Color, gestural mark making and bold shapes are combined by each artist across different mediums, materials and tools.

Fran O'Neill, Moving Beneath — Fran O'Neill, *Moving Beneath*

The exhibition includes painting, drawing and sculpture that incorporate shape, form, color and line—the visual language of true abstraction.

Christina Tenaglia, Untitled — Christina Tenaglia, *Untitled*

Julie Torres, Untitled — Julie Torres, *Untitled*

Diane Dwyer, A Handful of Earth. — Diane Dwyer, *A Handful of Earth.*

Meg Lipke, Speed Spirit — Meg Lipke, *Speed Spirit*

Petra Nimtz is a painter and curator living and working in Woodstock, New York. Her work has been exhibited extensively in North America and Europe and can be found in several collections in the United States, Canada and Germany. Nimtz studied at the Art Students League in New York.

The Other Side of Things: Women in Abstraction
August 12 – September 3, 2017
Public reception for the artist: Sunday, August 12, 5-7pm