Eric Dean Gallery 2025- 2026
Fine Arts Center | Wabash College | Monday - Friday 9-5pm and Sat. 2-6 | Free and open to the public
OPENING FALL 2025
MAJOR
New Works by Ryan Lane ’85 and Mark Brosmer ’85
Exhibit Dates: September 12 – November 14
Gallery Opening Reception: Friday, September 12, 4-6 pm
Mark Brosmer, Sunset Grid
Ryan Lane, The here and hereafter, momentarily aligned, 2025
Exhibition Statement
Mark Brosmer ’85 and Ryan Lane ’85 are among the first students to graduate from Wabash with a Major in Art—a major they helped establish through a petition supported by Professor Emeritus Greg Huebner. Over the past forty years, both artists have cultivated distinct approaches to painting. In this two-person exhibition, fittingly titled MAJOR, their work explores the complexity of the everyday, the unseen, and the sublime.
Mark Brosmer is a contemporary realist painter with a surrealist edge. His unique vision, subject matter, and technical prowess with a brush is unmistakable, with a signature style that is always evolving. The LA Times covering his show at the Brand Library said it was “big, bold, and surreal in an orderly way.”
Favoring very common items such as apples, marbles, clouds, and bubble wrap as subject matter, Brosmer turns the ordinary on its head, making them anything but common. Turning his clouds into trompe l’oeil peel off Post-it notes or encasing that apple in a box made of clouds, you know immediately that this man has a great sense of humor and a vivid imagination. He believes it stems from a certain college assignment given by Professor Greg Huebner that required him to sketch an object that was out of place or context to the environment it was resting in. Looking back, he surmises that Huebner and that assignment led him down the surreal path, boosted into overdrive upon one day seeing the artwork of René Magritte in art history class. That moment had a profound impact on his direction as an artist and still influences his work to this day.
Ryan Lane is a professional furnituremaker and painter. He has exhibited his furniture and paintings as a solo artist and in group shows in galleries across the country. His Wabash Art connections run deep, having participated in Alumni shows and Lane has exhibited several times with Professor Emeritus Greg Huebner and his classmate Mark Brosmer. In addition to his painting, he continues to be heavily involved in the woodworking industry working as a representative for Indiana Architectural Plywood, one of the preeminent custom veneer houses in the country.
In this exhibition Brosmer and Lane invite you into a world where reality is not so easily defined. Their paintings challenge us to see what is normally overlooked, to question what is placed before us, and to embrace the playfulness and depth that lie hidden within the simplest of things.
Works from the Collection of Dan Krafft '85
Twelve historic paintings by Indiana Artists including TC Steele, JO Adams, Curry Bohm, EK Williams, Adolph Schulz, Will Vawter, LO Griffith.
Exhibit Dates: September 12 – November 14
Gallery Opening Reception: Friday, September 12, 4-6 pm
Zeitgeist 2025 Student Art Show
Reception, Thursday December 11 @noon
Zeitgeist, an exhibition showcasing the creative work of all students enrolled in studio art classes during the fall semester. This exhibit captures the ideas, emotions, and expressions that define the current moment, presented through a variety of media and artistic approaches. Celebrate the voices of our emerging artists and the energy of their generation.
OPENING SPRING 2026
RESTORING HOPE, RESTORING TRUST ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SOLO EXHIBITION
ASIKO DI ÌRÁNTÍ: Moments become Memories
NEW WORKS BY OLANIYI R. AKINDIYA AKIRASH
Gallery Reception with Artist: Friday, January 23 4-6pm
Lunchtime Artist Lecture: TBD
AKIRASH, Aworan Portrait #3
Artist Biography
Olaniyi was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He earned his first BSC Degree in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Nigeria (1991), Going on to study fine and Applied Art at Institute of Textile Technology Arts & Design Lagos (1995), He now lives and work in Pflugerville, Texas.
Olaniyi is a recipient of Commissioned “La Aula – Classroom” sculpture for 亚洲通stside Education & Training Center, San Antonio Tx 2025, “Palabras – Words” sculpture for City of Desoto, “Knowledge is power” sculpture for City of Pflugerville Tx 2023, “AR- Rashid” sculpture for Travis County Plaza of Civil & Family court Austin 2022, ArtPrize installation artist honorary mentioned Grand Rapids MI, Contemporary Black art award, Grand Rapids MI 2021, TEMPO 21 City of Austin 2021, Red bull Arts, CERF+ 2020, Foundation for contemporary arts emergency grants 2021, 2020 & 2019, The Otis & Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant Award From DMA 2019, E 51st Art in public space 2019, CORE Funding 2018, the Innovative Artist Award from (MAAA / NEA) 2017, Pollock Krasner Foundation 2016/17 & 2011, Santo Foundation grant 2015, and Commonwealth Connection Award UK 2011.
Olaniyi was part of Texas Biennale 2024, 12th Edition of Dar’art Biennale 2016, Dakar – Senegal, East Biennale (EASTAFAB), Dar Sallam – Tanzania.
Olaniyi has been awarded the prestigious residency in The McColl Center. NC, The McKinney International art & design Residency at Indiana University, Virginia center for the creative Arts. VA, Cold hollow sculpture park. VT, 2023, The Pro Helvetica & TADA Residency Switzerland 2022, Facebook AIR in Austin, Crosstown Art 2018 & 19, Residency at ISCP NY 2016/17, Oklahoma State University Museum of Art 2015, UT in Austin 2015, Santa Fe Art Institute 2015, Hot box Austin TX 2014,Centraltrak Dallas 2013, Triangle Art Association NY 2012, Vytlacil of Art Students League NY, Vermont studio Center 2011, Art at the Heart Award 2016 & 17 Australia, Sacatar Instituto Brazil 2015, Kiosko Gallery Bolivia 2014, John Muafangejo Art Center Namibia 2013, Nafasi Art Space Tanzania 2012, Tupelo / Bag Factory South Africa 2012, Nirox Projects Space South Africa 2012, Thami Mnyele Foundation The Netherlands 2010.
Artist Portrait
2025 Senior ART Exhibition
April 26 – May 17 (Commencement)
Opening Reception, Saturday April 26, 4 – 5:30pm
This exhibition is a critical final rite of passage for the talented artists who have dedicated their academic focus to the visual arts.
Gregory J. Huebner Gallery
The Gregory J. Huebner Gallery is in the Randolph H. Deer Art Wing in the Fine Arts Center. The Huebner Gallery features a rotating exhibition of works from the Wabash permanent collection and is open during building hours.
Questions about field trips/group visits and inquiries can be sent to stradera@wabash.edu