“Prototype #1″ is a 2008 ink-jet print by Robert Sulkin. (Collection of the artist)

Christa Bowden and Robert Sulkin, winners of 2009-10 Fellowship Awards from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, use construction to convey meaning in their photographs.

An exhibition of their work, “The Constructed Image,” is on view beginning today at the Pauley Center at VMFA. The show will continue through June 6.

Bowden, who is from Lexington, uses images of roots, nests and vines that are broken up and combined with encaustic as metaphors for a sense of home, place and security.

Calling to mind aspects of culture and technology, Sulkin’s photographs amass found objects that suggest odd vehicular contraptions. Sulkin is from Roanoke.

The exhibition includes 7 works by Bowden and 12 works by Sulkin.

Pauley Center exhibitions are free and open to the public. The hours for the exhibition are Monday through Friday 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

– The information above was provided by Suzanne Hall at VMFA