March, 2024 - June, 2024
Ceremony
Donyel Ivy-Royal
Marking a shift from abstraction to representational depiction, Donyel Ivy-Royal’s new paintings selected for Ceremony function as daily documentation, and spaces for (and of) reflection. They are visual accounts of the poetry within random, mundane, and overlooked moments - holding them as sacred
Ceremony is a reference to the personal process of creating, and a celebration of the rituals involved - from the act of painting to sharing one’s work with others. While keeping in mind ideas of voyeurism, memory and stillness, Ivy-Royal looks to bridge gaps between the personal and impersonal parts of life.
In companionship with Ceremony, Hide & Seek is excited for the release of “Yoke”, a publication of 68 new photographs by Donyel Ivy-Royal and Maya Imani Howard-Watts and produced by Container Corps.
For purchase and general inquiries, please email: ben@hideandseekgallery.com.
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From Donyel:
(transcribed: March 1st, 2024, around 3:30pm)
“ I would like to thank Hide & Seek Gallery, Ben, Maya, Gary at Container Corps, my family. All of my siblings, Serena, Lola, Donqualye, Jordan, Logan, Stevie-Jo,
My uncle Steve. My grandpa Phil. My grandma Donna.
Tedi.
Deb and Jeffrey.
My Mom, Angela Renee Ivy, The Queen.
Oh, and Dee.
Eva. Oji. Lukas. RAFE. In all caps. Julian. Dominique.
I would like to thank Güero, Meg, Al, Audrey, the City of Portland, Yam Yams, KWC.
I would like to thank, Kalbii, my dog,
I would like to thank all the lovely art stores that helped make this show possible.
I would like to thank that guy at JFK who saved my ticket.
I would like to thank divine feminine energy, the mother goddess. God. Buddha. Allah.
Agriculture. Tom Blood. Caspar Sonnet.
Put Carlos Bispa.
C.K. Subsequently, YU. Artistary. Franklin High. Benson. Mt. Tabor.
And Atkinson Elementary.
Shoutout Ms. Dulcich.
Will you put in Michael Hodges?
Mikey. Stevie P.
Just a couple more.
Cyrus, Noah, Jack, Piper, Severin, Aaron, Ryan, JP, Willow, Noah Trim, Amanda, Al, Lowell, Miles, Peter, Dalton, Anthony, Paul, Saumon, Cannon, Tommy, Jade.
The Portland Trailblazers.
And at the end:
End Settler Colonialism.”
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