On View: February 16 – November 22, 2019 
Location: The Colony Palm Beach, 155 Hammon Avenue, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Opening Reception: February 16th, from 6pm to 8pm

Voltz Clarke Gallery presents, Lontano, featuring new paintings by Heather Chontos opening Saturday, February 16th. Chontos’ collection of paintings consists of mixed media works on canvas created during her Artist-in-Residency at Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy. As a painter, Chontos focuses her studio practice on the ambiguity and unique beauty of Abstract Expressionism. She creates artwork that explores compositions of invisible light, like a secret language only spoken through her various mediums, palettes and forms. Focusing on gestures and connecting color through relentless movement, Chontos’ resulting forms are interpretations of her surrounding environment, delicate details, vulnerable landscapes and moments of light. Through these works she inspires an intimate dialogue with the viewer and her emotional connection to impulsive mark making. She is driven by an intuition that guides each gesture and builds the complex
movement between the many layers on her canvas.

The Colony Palm Beach | Voltz Clarke Collaboration will be on view from November 30th, 2018 through June 2019 in the gallery at The Colony. Hotel guests, visitors, and locals alike are invited to explore a rotating selection at this iconic property steps from Worth Avenue and the Atlantic Ocean. Hours of operation for Voltz Clarke x The Colony are 10am to 6pm seven days a week, or by appointment via the Guest Services Department at The Colony.

For more information on Voltz Clarke please contact Sarah Tortorich at saraht@voltzclarke.com. For more information on The Colony Palm Beach please contact Elisabeth Munder at Elisabeth@Luxury-Ink.com

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 10 from 6–8 pm
Gallery Location: 141 East 62nd Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10065
Hours:  Monday – Friday, 10 am–6 pm, Saturday by appointment
Contact Info: saraht@voltzclarke.com, 212.933.0291, voltzclarke.com

Voltz Clarke Gallery is pleased to present Weightless, an exhibition of recent paintings by Heather Chontos. The gallery will host an opening reception with the artist in attendance on Thursday, May 10 from 6-8 pm.

Heather Chontos is constantly absorbing her surroundings in order to translate her interpretations on to canvas. Most recently, she has traveled extensively with he daughter, Zana. This new body of work tells the story of a mother who plays the part of artist, provider, and explorer.

Aesthetically, Chontos’ abstract paintings are strong and bold. The shapes and colors directly correlate with the exposure and relentless adaptation to various cultures that comes with traveling. Dark, full shapes are a representation of the luggage, the heaviness, and the weighted life that people live as a society. In contrast, the solid shapes lie against color and brightness that can be interpreted as the release of the baggage of life that only gives way when getting lost on unfamiliar ground.

Although the blue and white tiles of Porto, Portugal were a source of awe and inspiration for Chontos, she has returned to her home in Portland, Maine with Zana to find the beauty in having roots. The push and pull of the artist’s personal journey can be seen in her use of paint and composition. Her yearning for artistic escape versus her responsibility to her family move from internal to external through her abstract use of palette and brush. There is an intangible energy that electrifies the work that can only be explained through her story.

Heather Chontos was born in Tarrytown, New York and received her Bachelors in Art History from University College London in England. Chontos has shown her work nationally and internationally since early 2000. As a new addition to the Voltz Clarke Gallery roster, Weightless is the artist’s first exhibition with the gallery.