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Aurora, New York— The Wells College String Room Gallery is excited to announce the opening of 'To The Waters and the Wild,' a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Rita Leduc.  The show will be on display from March 19 to April 24, 2015, and the public is cordially invited to join the artist for a free opening reception on Thursday, March 19 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Much of the work comprising 'To The Waters and the Wild' was created during Leduc's frequent visits to the Wells College campus during the fall of 2014. She will finalize this work during a culminating residency on campus, made possible in part by funding from the College's Scholar-in-Residence program.  In a process she describes as 'integrated painting,' Leduc works on-site to create gestural brushstrokes on translucent substrates, producing a visual collaboration between paint, landscape and vantage point.  She then records this encounter through photography and video. The resulting hybrid images cite the tradition of plein air landscape painting, while underscoring the contingent confluence of space and perception in the moment of encountering the natural world. While an audience familiar with the Wells College landscape will inevitably seek to identify familiar sites in this work, Leduc's photographic depiction of painted gestures and slick reflections invites viewers to identify both with her process and her exploration of new environments.

Leduc's work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in venues in New York City and surrounding areas, most recently by Project 59 in Brooklyn, and in a two-person, multi-media exhibition entitled 'I Like You Better Now' in Buffalo, N.Y. Leduc earned her master's from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and bachelor's from the University of Pennsylvania. Leduc currently serves as project manager for No Longer Empty, an organization dedicated to developing community-oriented exhibition programing in New York City.

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