Callen McJunkin Gallery

Gary Mesa-Gaido received his M.F.A. from Ohio University in 1992. Over the last decade, he has exhibited his work in over seventy solo, small group, and large group international, national and regional juried exhibitions from New York City to San Francisco. His work has been supported through various grants and awards, including two Kentucky Arts Council grants. In addition, Mesa-Gaido's work is held in the permanent collections of individuals, as well as, organizations including the Pittsburgh Plate and Glass in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the Avampato Discovery Museum in Charleston, West Virginia. He is a tenured Associate Professor of Art at Morehead State University in Kentucky. His most recent work consists of a body of digital panoramic photography's taken throughout the United States and Europe. Each photograph is made up of an average of eighteen individual images, which have been digitally "stitched" together to create a singular image. These un-doctored multiple shots or views are taken from the exact same location; the views and places exist, however the viewer could never see the singular image as it exists in the photograph. In reality, the human eye is incapable of viewing these multiple perspectives simultaneously as one image. The seamless "stitching" leads the viewer to perceive the image to be "true", while distortions and the juxtaposition of improbable angles provide evidence that what the viewer sees may not be possible.