We will be hosting an opening reception on Saturday, October 7 from 5-7 pm for artists Chip Barchilon & Annika Early

Chip Barchilon (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist who re-imagines agency within altered structures of power. Drawing from fairy tales, ecology, and mycology, Barchilon’s work responds to past and present stories of place and pushes against the structures of power embedded within these histories. Through sculpture and works on paper, they create atmospheres of eerie beauty that prompt both enchantment and inquiry. Barchilon is a graduate of the Master of Fine Arts program at Maine College of Art & Design and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Barnard College of Columbia University. They have been supported by the George Van Amson Fellowship and SPACE Gallery’s American Rescue Plan Grant.

Annika Earley (she/her) makes intimate drawings, paintings, and prints about transformation, in-between states, and the experience of being a woman. She often uses German folktales as reference points in her work. Earley holds an MFA from Maine College of Art and an M.Phil from College of the Atlantic.
She has been a resident at the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation in Rockland, ME, Hewnoaks Artist Colony in Lovell, ME, Monson Arts in Monson, ME, Pace House Residency in Stonington, ME, the Walkaway House in North Adams, MA and will be in residence at the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughan, Ireland in 2024.
Earley has been supported by the St. Botolph Foundation in Boston, MA, the New York Foundation for the Arts, The Albert K, Murray Fund, and SPACE Gallery’s American Rescue Plan Grant. Earley’s work is in the collections of the University of Southern Maine and the College of the Atlantic. Her work has been most recently exhibited at Zero Station in Portland, Maine.

matthew@rocklandsteelhouse.com