we are a co-op contemporary art space that revolves around our community, for our community.

INTRODUCING

REVOLVE CO-OP MEMBERS

Lex Turnbull (they/them), Exhibitions Coordinator

Lex Turnbull is a southerner who approaches art as a jack-of-all-trades. Since they work with concepts that range from how our body makes musical scores to reimagining public space; they rely on video, printmaking, sculpture and everything in between. To sum up their work, Lex uses art as a tool for exploring and exploiting various false notions of safety, with all of their comedy and tragedy. Lex is also the founder of Seether Bookstore, which sells used books, zines and other printed goods. All of the proceeds from sales go toward buying and sending books to incarcerated members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Lex held down Revolve as the Director from September 2021 - December 2022, and is now in charge of all things Art Exhibition.

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Liz Williams (she/they), Photographer + Film Nights

Through means of photography, digital mixed media, and graphic design, Liz seeks to collaborate with her community and create uplifting artwork and conversation reflective of the LGBTQ identity and the nuances of it. In doing so, they hope to create work that is a catalyst for empowerment and positive change. During her spare time she enjoys singing, dancing, and laughing with her wife Amanda, along with napping with her two cats.

Liz holds down the photographic evidence that Revolve does in fact exist, host exhibitions and have various events. They can be seen lurking with their camera, and are easily noted in a space by the sound of their laugh! Liz is also responsible for our monthly film screenings.

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Peter Speer (he/him), Revolve Sound Coordinator

“I moved to Asheville from Chicago in 2017 and have been floored by the art and music communities here since.  With Revolve Sound I hope to create a space to celebrate the incredible scene of artists in town.  I am a sound artist myself and became interested in sound by way of street photography.  My work is rooted in the observational presence inherent in that practice and aims to examine the ways we perceive the world around us.  My compositions tend to sound like crickets, rain storms and breezes, created with voltage.”

Peter handles to curating and booking of our Revolve Sound events that happen monthly, featuring local and local-ish musicians!

IG: @peter.speer

Erik Pedersen (he/him), Digital + Web Stuff

Erik Pedersen is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and coder. He's also the founder of Drum Machine Editions, an independent publishing house and printmaking studio in Asheville, where he produces limited editions artists’ books, prints, and cassette tapes with local and national artists. His work with Drum Machine Editions has brought him to a dozen art book fairs, including Bergen Art Book Fair (Norway), HYPERTEXT (UK), Vancouver Art Book Fair (Canada), NADA Miami (FL), Columbus Art Book Fair (OH), and Athens Art Book Fair (GA).

Erik is Revolve’s go-to for brainstorming web and design when it comes to Revolve, as well as a reliable art preparator!

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Liam Sawyer (he/they),

Resident Handyman

Liam has a strong interest in functional art and works in several mediums including printmaking, woodworking, carpentry, photography and ceramics and usually in some combination with each other. Working within a range of media and techniques, especially when unifying materials that are commonly seen as working in opposition to each other, has allowed them to challenge outside perspectives and explore their own identity through creative work. Liam is always looking to learn new skills and values leading and attending workshops and skillshares. He will be utilizing the Revolve project space to continue learning and developing work, while connecting with other creatives.

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A. Eithne Hamilton (they/them), Performance

A. Eithne Hamilton is an experimental multimedia artist using improvisational and choreographed movement, film and sound to create work that aims to obliterate boundaries between art and life. Their performance project, Pipsissewa Movement Project, builds collaborations with other artists and has shown work at the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, {RE}Happening, Black Mountain College Museum, the Bebe Theater, and around the US. They prefer an existence where art by and for everyone explodes out of every possible space and intervenes to generate a new reality. 

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