Anthony Cervino: Anti-Plastic
September 5 – October 11
Anthony Cervino uses parts that make up toy model kits, in concert with plastic resin and paint, to construct low-relief sculptures on canvas. Situated somewhere between wall sculptures and paintings, these chromatically reductive works are suggestive of architecture, disaster scenes and abstract landscapes. Cervino’s work comments on mass production and consumption and addresses more formal concerns such as the divide between two- and three-dimensional media.

Nicole Lenzi: Stop and Go
October 17 – November 15
With Eastern philosophy as her guide, Nicole Lenzi will create an improvisational installation on the gallery floor using two- and three-dimensional materials in response to the space to broaden the boundaries of how to see, experience and define drawing. Using common materials such as tape, molding, tiles, line and light, Lenzi creates performance-based drawing installations where a state of flux informs the work.

Elena Volkova: Airscapes
November 21 – December 20
Elena Volkova’s artistic curiosity lies in the existential line between something and nothing and its manifestation in everyday reality. Volkova’s delicate and ephemeral airscapes are photographed from the windows of airplanes and explore the idea of inside versus outside. These barely perceptible images investigate how much visual information is needed to perceive the essence of the subject against the background of nothingness.

Cory Oberndorfer: Flavor of the Month
January 9 – February 13
Cory Oberndorfer’s paintings combine the visual language of graphic design with the subculture of flat track roller derby. Oberndorfer elevates roller derby players to iconic status with bright colors and simplified, stripped-down forms. While having the look of mass production and silkscreen, these paintings are actually meticulously hand-painted.

DCist Exposed
February 19 – March 7
DCist, a popular local blog, presents an annual juried photography show, DCist Exposed, designed to encourage the work of professional and amateur photographers. The exhibition showcases new talent as the artists reveal the city through the eyes of the people who live and work in the DC area. The show is community-based and works are affordably priced to develop the next generation of arts patrons.

Kate McGraw & Ann Tarantino: Workbook
March 19 – April 17
Kate McGraw and Ann Tarantino collaborate on planned and improvised drawings created directly on the walls of the gallery. The artists draw using their own signature styles while also responding and referring to one another’s mark-making. The artists film the process and the resulting video will become a part of the art, rather than just documentation of the process.

Trevor Young: Non-Places
April 25 – June 6
Trevor Young returns to Flashpoint with Non-Places, curated by Annie Adjchavanich. Young’s exhibition will feature paintings of non-places, spaces devoid of meaning or emotion such as airports and hotels. The artist will transform the gallery space into a non-place so that the viewer can immerse his or herself in these spaces while also experiencing them through the paintings.

Ami Martin Wilber: Gestation
June 11 – July 18
Gestation will feature a series of ovoid, alabaster sculptures created over the course of 40 weeks, the average period of time for human gestation. In an obsessive daily routine to create the sculptures, Ami Martin Wilber continues in the vein of her past work with the use of multiples and repetition for her second solo exhibition at Flashpoint. The work, as conceptual as it is performative, serves as an abstract visual diary of the artistic process.

M3: MCs, Mics and Metaphors curated by Tewodross Melchishua
July 23 – August 29
M3: MCs, Mics & Metaphors (M3) explores the creative power of the lyricism and poetry of hip-hop music through visual imagery. The exhibition gathers a group of emerging artists from around the country, each responding to the theme of the MC (Emcee, or Master of Ceremonies) or simply a favorite hip-hop verse or song. These visual artists are working in a variety of media, including photography, mixed media, painting, fashion, design, installation, video and animation.