ALPHACHANNELING JAY MIRIAM JESSE EDWARDS 11 FEBRUARY ? 5 MARCH 2017 Opening reception Saturday 11 February 2-4pm at OLSEN Annexe, 74 Queen Street Woollahra Sydney This February, OLSEN Annexe will present New York Nowhere featuring artists Alphachanneling, Jay Miriam and Jesse Edwards, curated by Emerald Gruin. New York Nowhere bridges the artistic boundary between New York and Sydney in preparation for the upcoming 2017 opening of the OLSEN GRUIN gallery space in New York. These three New York artists explore the female form in altered and corresponding ways. ALPHACHANNELING Alphachanneling?s sensual compositions caused a stir in the artist?s first March 2016 solo exhibition at New York?s Jack Hanley Gallery. Referencing ancient, tantric, Taoist, Hindu and Buddhist tropes, Jerry Saltz exclaimed ?there?s an outsider-ish Henri Rousseau quality? Sigmar Polke?s easiness of line and simplicity.? Alphachanneling describes the work as ?a devotional prayer to the feminine principal.? JAY MIRIAM Erotic and graceful, Alphachanneling's lithe compositions contrast with Jay Miriam?s bold painterly strokes and ascetic and heavy female form. Her work draws the viewer into a secret inquiry of her world - abject limbs that are wide open, expressions that are carnal and raw. Miriam?s July 2016 solo exhibition at Half Gallery on Manhattan?s Upper East Side was widely successful for the young painter of twenty-six. JESSE EDWARDS Jesse Edwards is a downtown New York based fine art oil painter with Vito Schnabel Gallery. Edwards? juxtaposes his thuggish persona and illicit subject matter with the polished application of old master techniques such as underpainting and extensive glazing to bring forward his vision of the All American woman. Edwards? fascination with card playing and still life composition is superbly illustrated in his compositions of Queen of Hearts and pinup playing cards. From top: Alphachanneling, P U S S Y- Colour Version (2016), pencil on paper, 45.7 x 30.4cm. Jay Miriam, Waiting in Line for Ice Cream (2016), oil on linen, 137.1 x 101.6cm. Jesse Edwards, Cardhous with Nude (2015), oil on linen, 137.1 x 121.9cm. OLSEN GRUIN will open in early 2017, situated in the heart of SoHo at 211 Elizabeth Street, New York City, NY.