A survey exhibition featuring thirteen artists whose work made a positive impression on the curators over the past year, reflecting current directions in Southern California's contemporary art practices.
Chelsea Culprit makes paintings and ceramic sculpture; recent work was developed in Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Punto Pajaros. For Asherah Grove she collaborated with Ceramica Suro on the Diosa Domestica Holy Hags series, building bodies from domestic vessels.
Michael John Kelly (b. 1975, Provo, Utah) is a Los Angeles-based painter whose practice combines traditional painting with digital collage to investigate abstraction, perception, and materiality. Blending physical and virtual processes, his work reflects influences from science fiction, art history, and contemporary visual culture. He received his MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has exhibited internationally, including in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Basel, London, Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Istanbul.
