Adoption → Evolution exhibition opens

By Danna Bertel and Kayla McGee •

The Adoption → Evolution exhibition will open on Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. featuring artwork by Kolos Schumy, assistant professor for the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts.

The Faculty Art Exhibit: “Adoption → Evolution” will be open to the public from Nov. 30 to Jan. 19 in Gallery 217 in the Don Taft University Center. The opening reception will provide food for guests and open to the public free of charge.

“The art I make, I always love to show to the people around me or in my environment, I wanted it to fit their needs. I love to entertain and I love to express my ideas to the people around me. So first I adopt and then I evolve. That’s the idea behind the concept,” Schumy said.

The exhibition will include digital art including digital paintings, animations and 3D sculptures. The digital art will be showcased in print and there will be TV screens and iPads to showcase digital projections.

“I’m happy to have the print version because it’s interesting to see your art enlarged,” Schumy said. “It’s going be a nice presentation of my progress, my adoption and evolution throughout the last four to five years.”

Kandy Lopez, associate professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts, said in her eight years at NSU, this is the first time a solo faculty exhibition will use TV screens and projectors at the same time.

“It’s exciting because he has a really open concept when it comes to the medium and what he wants to express. So being able to not just have flat things on walls, but 3D things and digital things is exciting,” Lopez said.

A lot of the art exhibited was created during the pandemic. His inspirations came from watching movies and reading history. He then started making art using public figures.

“I’m kind of putting together with my own reality and I pick characters from recent time periods and real people and I’m making art with them. I’m kind of learning and meeting new people through my art like politicians, musicians and actors,” Schumy said.

The exhibition artwork holds a message Schumy would like to share with all who attend.

“Be open-minded, make friends and build up your own reality. Make your own truth, study, adopt, learn, and evolve and make art representing you,” Schumy said.

The Faculty Art Exhibit: “Adoption → Evolution” will hold an opening reception on Nov. 30 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Gallery 217 in the Don Taft University Center.

For more information:

Contact Kandy Lopez, associate professor of art and design in the Department of Communication, Media, and Arts at klopez1@nova.edu.