danielgiordano
davana robedee
kathy ruttenberg

Catskill Art Space (CAS) is pleased to present a three-person exhibition featuring Daniel Giordano, Davana Robedee, and Kathy Ruttenberg, on view from March 7 through April 25, 2026. The exhibition opens on Saturday, March 7, with an artists’ talk from 3–4 p.m. and a reception from 4–5 p.m. Bringing together three distinct yet resonant practices, the exhibition explores transformation—of materials, perception, and our connection to the natural world. Each artist examines how human and natural systems intersect, inviting viewers to reflect on the relationships between bodies, objects, and the environment.

Daniel Giordano creates work that ranges from intimate assembled objects to large-scale constructions. Drawing materials from his local ecosystem, he combines organic matter with carved wood, raku-fired ceramic, and cast aluminum components produced en masse. These forms are treated with substances that reference the body—lipstick, hosiery, marzipan, and urinal cake—materials that evoke personal and cultural memory. Giordano preserves these charged surfaces through layers of resin and sealant, immortalizing fleeting associations in sculptural form.

Davana Robedee centers her practice on experiences of visual aura, lucid dreams, and hallucinations, questioning the nature of consciousness and perception. Working with indigo she grows in her own dye garden, Robedee uses meditative stitch-resist shibori as a drawing tool. Her process is indirect and intuitive, she guides and coaxes her marks, allowing images to slowly emerge. The resulting works function as metaphors for the liminal space between thought and matter, dream and waking life.

Kathy Ruttenberg is widely recognized for her ceramic sculptures depicting a “wonder world in which species merge and figures serve as landscapes.” Her multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, painting, and animation. Oscillating between intimate works and monumental installations, Ruttenberg employs ceramic, bronze, and light to explore ecofeminism, animal liberation, sexuality, and emotional vulnerability. Her symbolic language portrays inner landscapes where fantasy becomes a vehicle for exploring human relationships and the natural world.

On Saturday, April 25 at 3 p.m., the exhibition culminates in an Art and Ecology Symposium featuring the participating artists in conversation. The symposium will be facilitated by artist and writer Hovey Brock and will expand upon the ecological frameworks, material strategies, and philosophical inquiries presented throughout the exhibition.

About the Artists

Daniel Giordano (b. 1988, Poughkeepsie, NY) is based in Newburgh, NY. He earned his MFA from the University of Delaware in 2016. He participated in the Millay Arts Core Residency Program in 2024, the AIM Fellowship at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in 2021, and the EmergeNYC Fellowship in 2015. Recent solo exhibitions include the Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY (2024); JDJ, New York, NY (2023); and MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA (2023). Recent group shows include High Noon, New York, NY (2024); Grimm, New York, NY (2024); and The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Bronx, NY (2024).

Davana Robedee is an artist, curator, and educator. She creates large-scale indigo drawings and fiber art installations using pigment sourced from her own dye garden. She cultivates community arts practices as the Director of the Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego and through her work with Quilting by the Lake. Robedee was part of the American Craft Emerging Artist Cohort 2024 and is a NYSCA 2025 Artist Awardee. She served as the 2024 Fiber Arts Resident, jointly hosted by Catskill Art Space and Gael Roots Community Farm.

Kathy Ruttenberg (b. 1957, Chicago, IL) is a multidisciplinary artist working in sculpture, painting, and animation. Emerging from New York's early 1980s East Village art scene, her allegorical paintings contributed to the vitality of new figurative expressionism. Over the last four decades, her work has gradually shifted from painting toward sculpture. Oscillating between intimate and monumental scales, she uses ceramic, bronze, and light to explore themes of ecofeminism, animal liberation, and sexuality. Ruttenberg lives and works in upstate New York.