NEWS:

going to smash - new work

Church of the Cross, 201 9th Ave N, Hopkins, MN 55343

Exhibition Reception - Thursday, Sept 30, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.*
Artist Interview - 7:30 p.m.

*Registration required. Limited spots.
Masks highly recommended

Exhibition runs Sept 12 - Nov 15

Drop-In Hours:
Tuesdays & Thursdays // 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Wednesdays & Fridays // 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

“The man who fashions a visionary ideal of [Christian] community demands that it be realized by God, by others, and by himself. ...He acts as if he is the creator of the Christian community, as if his dream binds men together. ...When his ideal picture is destroyed, he sees the community going to smash.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

WORK STATEMENT

This body of work uses deconstructed/reconstructed churches as metaphors to contemplate our present challenges. The suffering induced by the pandemic, growing distrust of science and societal institutions, challenging questions of race and justice, tribal loyalties that sometimes obscure truth, a distressed and changing climate—all of these and more are signs of the systemic societal deconstruction that is also infiltrating the Christian church. As many Christian communities seem to be “going to smash” (Bonhoeffer), all people of faith are called to rediscover the foundation of truth and rethink their purpose: loving and serving others in an uneasy world.

Art a Whirl Online 2020

Friday - Sunday, May 15-17

Contact me directly if you see any work at Art a Whirl Online or on my website (most updated) that you are interested in! I’m happy to send you details regarding purchase. Thank you for your support!

2019 MN State Fair award

I was honored to have a painting in the MN State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition again this year and to receive the North Hennepin Community College Award of Excellence in memory of Lance Kiland.

Concert in Florida

My brother, Phil Biedenbender, and I gave a concert at Open Bible Lutheran Church in the Villages, FL on January 20, 2019. I regularly talk about how I’m a singer as well as a visual artist, but lately I haven’t sung much without my earbuds in at the studio or outside of Magnum Chorum, the Twin Cities’ choir I am a member of. The program included original compositions by Phil, as well as some Broadway classics and old standards. Watch it below!