Gallery

An Exertion: Performance by Elan Schwartz

Noon – 1:30 PM

Saturday, June 13th at noon

Elan Schwartz uses repetitive physical actions and ritual to explore and process anger—an emotion that can feel difficult to hold or express in response to the “The Body Isn’t a Battery That Discharges Upon Death” exhibition.

This work reflects a personal process while also extending an invitation for others to reflect on their own emotional experiences.

By making this effort public, the piece encourages us to consider ideas of “appropriateness,” who has access to private space for emotional processing, and how we practice both self-care and collective care.

This event is free and open to the public.

Curated by Sean J Patrick Carney

Presented by The Annex Gallery

Programming supported by 12 Paws Pickle Ball Club.

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Elan Schwartz (he/they) is an interdisciplinary artist from Cincinnati, OH. They explore the active practice of individualized love in an everyday, sustainable manner. Through interactive installations, embroidery, and photography, he exposes his innermost thoughts and emotions and he delivers his vulnerabilities in the hopes that the ones sharing in the work meet them with their own.

Schwartz holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a certificate in Pre-Art Therapy from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. They have had the honor to work at/with organizations and institutions including Wave Pool, Indigo Hippo, The Well, The Carnegie, as well as in multiple artists’ studios. Elan has exhibited at galleries, organizations, and institutions locally and internationally including The Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati), Matca (Vietnam), Hildebrandt Artist Collective (Cleveland), Dream Clinic Project Space (Columbus), and BasketShop Gallery (Cincinnati). Elan was a recipient of an Artist Opportunities grant from the Ohio Arts Council (2024), was an Illuminate Artist Fellow (2024), and has attended residencies at The Peter Bullough Foundation (2024) and the Contemporary Arts Center (2025). They are currently an MFA Candidate at Cranbrook Academy of Art.