When A Happy Ending was conceived, neither the artists nor I had seen
Francois Truffaut's La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door).

Nearly thirty years ago in Paris La Femme d'à côté had its debut.
At that time, Francois Truffaut was 49 years old and this was his 25th film.
Fanny Ardant plays Mathilde, the woman next door.

She was 31 when the film was released.
She and Francois Truffaut were in love.
They would make another film, Vivement Dimanche!, together.

It is 2011. A Happy Ending features 37 artists.
D. Beasley, Curator



Catalog forthcoming

Lisa Iglesias, As If Your Hands Could Have Held It, Still, animation, sound recording, video








Judy McWillie, Dolorosa, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 45 inches











Emma Spertus, Tennis Eyes, digital photos, collage









Erin McIntosh, The Past Is Present, ink on paper, 12 x15 inches










Phil Jasen, When I Die, Nothing of Our Love Will Ever Have Existed, drawing (coffee, ink, graphite, color pencil, gum arabic, 15 x 22.5 inches










Layet Johnson, A Fair Formation, pencil and pen on paper, 8 x 8 inches










Andy Burkitt, Creaky Bed, intaglio with chine colle, 8.75 x 8.5 inches










Jieun Kim, Untitled, graphite and ink on Korean paper, 47.5 x 18.5 inches










Janie Askew, Jarin, graphite on paper, 8 x 15 inches











Kimberly Convery, Shadow Magnet, pen and ink on paper, 5 x 6 inches











Patrick Triggs, It's Not My Name You Say In Your Sleep











Stephanie McKee, Watching, oil on paper, 4 x 7 inches










Adrian Cox, Untitled, acrylic and ink drawing on digital collage, 8 x 7 inches











Angela Dittmar, A Forever Objet Of My Affection, text on paper, 1.25 x 3.75 inches







Anthony Wislar, Three Dreams After Watching La Femme d'à côté, ink on paper
cut up, scanned and reassembled digitally, 11 x 17 cinches









Magnolia Laurie, But Still. This Was An Unexpected Break, oil on panel, 18 x 18 inches










Tobiah Cole, Untitled, mixed media, 22 x 30 inches










Bartholomew Lynch, Toy Fight, graphite on paper, 8 x 10 inches











Andy Giannakakis, Living Room Drawing, charcoal on rag paper, 24 x 32 inches










E. Thurston Belmer, The Door In The Ceiling, oil on canvas, 26 x 38 inches










Jessi Wohl, In And Of Each Other, collage, 4 x 6 inches











Rob Sparrow Jones, Double Blind, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches











Anonymous, Untitled, mechanical pen on paper, 56 x42.5 inches










Katie Knoeringer, Proximity, cut paper and acrylic on paper, 24 x 18 inches











James Greer, Por Tomas, pen and ink on paper, 8 x 10 inches











Kim Deakins, The Fall, ink on paper, 22 x 30 inches










Teddy Johnson, In Case You Need Me Take My Number, oil on canvas, 24.5 x 24.5 inches











Annie Ewaskio, Untitled, ink and graphite on paper, 9 x 11 inches










Lauren Gallaspy, Délimitée, ink and graphite on vellum, 9 x 10 inches










Mark Callahan, R.S.V.P., digital animation, dimensions variable










Brian Hitselberger, Untitled, graphite and colored pencil on found paper, 7 x 9 inches










Lauren Boilini, One Way Out, oil and charcoal on canvas, 51 x 84 inches










Jennifer Hartley, Tangled, oil on paper, 17 x 25 inches










Christine Sajecki, E´vitable, conte pencil on cotton paper, 8.5 x 11 inches











Anthony Cudahy, Blind, ink on paper, 8 x 10 inches











Scott Lawrence, Untitled, dimensions (as diptych) 10 x 16 inches















Kathryn Refi, MATHILDE and BERNARD, acrylic on paper, 21 x 17 inches










Artists' bios can be found on Happy Ending Bios page