Personal Records assembles a group of artistic check-ins, eclectic stories told by the routes we traverse. Featuring work by: Brian Dulaney, Drake Konow, Gerardo Cisneros, Justin Leal, Tim McCool, Kevin Muñoz, Marissa Dunagan, Phillip Niemeyer, and Preetal Shah..
Presented as a part of a trio of connected shows titled Runners Art Club by and for runner/artists. Three at Northern-Southern, Goodluckhavefun, and in the spaces between.
A native of Dallas Texas, Gerardo Cisneros is a building artist influenced by the intersection of architecture, design, and visual art. Summer trips in Mexico visiting his uncle’s working studio exposed him to architectonic forms and green landscapes of working paper models; that initial seed created the foundation for an interest in the built environment. Using watercolor, drawing, and painting, his work functions as a diary notebook, documenting where he has been, what he is doing, and where he is going. The use of analog mediums also serve as the appropriate antidote to an increasingly digital world.
Brian Dulaney is a printmaker and painter currently living and working in Austin, Texas. He earned a BFA in studio art from The Cooper Union and an MFA in studio art from Hunter College in New York City.
Brian’s work often explores the intersection of humor and tragedy to both the delight and discomfort of his audience. His work is inspired by comics, art history and all of the things he sees while running around Austin.
To create the stencils for his screen prints, Brian collages, paints, draws and stamps directly onto the screen. This method invites playful experimentation and a measure of unpredictability.
Marissa Dunagan is a painter based in Austin, TX. She recieved her BFA from the University of Texas in 2020. Dunagan's work explores contact sports and their influence on her life and practice. In her paintings, she isolates specific moments of action and displays them in detail, examining themes of physicality, contact, and constructing a sense of self. She has been featured in group exhibition From Afar at the Visual Arts Center and more recently organized First Veil, an independent group show.
Timothy McCool is an Austin, Texas-based artist and educator. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, McCool received his Master’s of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University located in Boston, MA.
McCool has exhibited his work at locations such as the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Montserrat College of Art, Carroll & Sons Gallery, and Room 68. He has been the artist in residence at the Boston Center for the Arts, the Studios Program at MASS MoCA, and at the Arteles Creative Center in Finland.
Phillip Niemeyer (b. San Antonio, 1973) is an organizer and graphic designer. He owns Northern-Southern gallery and is one of the organizers of the Artist Run Club. He has been drawing the shoes for the club's flyers since 2022. His design work has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, and is in the permanent collection of the MoMA.
Preetal Shah is an Austin, TX based artist whose work is influenced by his training in architecture. He holds a Masters in Urban Design and Architecture from Columbia University, a Masters in Science of Architecture from the University of Houston, and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Houston. His latest compositions bridge the boundaries between typography and three-dimensional spatiality, while exploring the deconstruction of letterforms and symbols. His work has been exhibited in Austin, TX, Houston, TX, and New York, NY.