Frank Gallery Frank in Focus
Artist Reception: October 19, 2024

Meet the artists for the 2024 edition of Frank in Focus: Ashlie Johnson Coggins, Peter Filene, Dan Gotlieb, Barbara Tyroler

Ashlie Johnson Coggins is an artist, who enjoys thinking and learning about human centered design, storytelling, environmentalism, art, culture, and the ways people create identity and connection in the digital world. 

Peter Filene taught U.S. history at the University of North Carolina. Nows lives and teaches at Carol Woods Retirement Community, volunteering for Meals on Wheels, member of FRANK Gallery and recently published two books.

Dan Gotlieb’s photo-generated work that investigates the subjective boundaries between environmental disruptions and human dislocation. “Having spent forty years creating cultural spaces and environments for art in the public realm, I now focus my creative life on personal perspectives that convey a subjective, often “blurry” aesthetic to depict nature and the human condition void of edges or boundaries. Visual ambiguity and mystery are core to my picture-making, as are a deep interest in physical and environmental sciences, and material process of picture making.”

Photograph: Barbara Tyroler

Barbara Tyroler has a lifelong love of creating portraiture for constructing memories, rendering the figure as art abstraction within the landscape. Her current work addresses the concept of home, serving local organizations that serve the elderly, children, and families.