Past
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Photosynthesis
The Exhibition Featuring Alisa Ochoa and Huang Zhen 7 Sep - 26 Oct 2024 Photosynthesis in plants is one of the most basic and vital biological processes on Earth. Through this process, plants absorb sunlight and convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and organic matter, maintaining the balance of the ecosystem and the continuation of life. Huang Zhen's paintings depict the magical and... Read more -
Porous Constructions
A Collaborative Group Exhibition with CAAN x Unveil Gallery 22 Jun - 6 Jul 2024 In collaboration with non-profit organization CAAN, Unveil Gallery is delighted to announce its upcoming group exhibition titled “Porous Constructions,” curated by Moham (Zhang) Wang. This exhibition features artworks across various mediums, including painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and video.
In physics, a porous medium is one that contains pores or voids, making the material a unique reagent to undergo special mechanisms. If we tentatively extend the concept of “medium” to “media,” one ought to ponder what it means for media to be porous— it is a media of everything that bridges the microscopic and the macroscopic by nature.
Porous Constructions is a curatorial project that uses curation as its primary methodology to explore the implications of “porosity,” especially in visual art and curatorial practice. Specifically, through manifold engagement with materials and media, artists transform their space and life into porous constructions, thus enabling new fundamental ways of understanding art and humanity. The network they create is stable and independent, yet open to channeling emotions and ideas. Therefore, our exhibition mirrors the porosity of contemporary life through that of material, body, and media. This provocative metaphor and symbol aim to facilitate cross-cultural connections and deepen ideational exchanges in an open and inclusive field.
The exhibition will run from June 22nd to July 6th, with an opening reception scheduled for June 22nd. Please join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, June 22nd, 2024, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. The exhibition will be on view through July 6th, 2024. Read more -
Pillar to Post
The Solo Exhibition Featuring Catherine Menard 20 Apr - 8 Jun 2024 Irvine, CA - Unveil Gallery is thrilled to announce the debut solo exhibition of artist Catherine Menard, titled Pillar to Post. Building upon her established sculptural, performative, and experiential practices, Menard presents a compelling body of work that pushes boundaries and invites viewers to engage in profound exploration. The exhibition will run from April 20th to May 25th, with an opening reception scheduled for April 20th.
Catherine Menard is a Los Angeles based artist working across a range of media including video, performance, installation, painting, and sculpture. She often unites these elements to create site- specific and immersive environments that may amount to “total works.” Menard trained classically as a ballet dancer for over ten years, graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy as a Theatre Performance major (2005) and received both her Bachelor of Science in Spatial Experience Design (2014) and Master of Fine Art (2023) from ArtCenter College of Design.
In considering the concept for the exhibition, the phrase "from pillar to post" resonated deeply with Menard, a phrase which means being moved from one distressing circumstance to another without purpose or improvement. Originating from medieval torture practices, this phrase first found its place in literature in an epic poem titled "The Assemble of Goddes," attributed to an anonymous woman author. Hoping to find unique inspiration from the poem, the artist found instead that the classical presentation of this council of gods and goddesses was simply a ploy to ultimately reinforce oppressive concepts like fear, guilt, and repentance.
Rather than finding hope or relief, the artist encountered our most infamous oppressor and the enduring symbol of the pillory. Turning then to philosopher Julia Kristeva's teachings on the catharsis of artmaking as an escape from existential and literal horrors, the artist aims to create a multisensory environment for the exhibition. Through performance, sound composition, and found-object sculpture, Menard recontextualizes and interrogates meanings, defiantly engaging with punitive symbols in an act of self-reflection and historical contemplation.
A Reception for Pillar to Post will be held on Saturday, Apr 20th, 2024, 5:00 – 8:00 PM. The exhibition will be on view through May 25th, 2024.
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Wonderland
The Solo Exhibition Featuring Xue Fei 17 Feb - 6 Apr 2024 On view through April 6th, Wonderland opens with work by Xue Fei, an artist based in Shanghai, China whose work a Shanghai based artist whose work reveals the essence of the human subconscious depicted through storytelling and emotion. Within her paintings, Xue Fei masterfully weaves a narrative that intertwines memory,... Read more
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Reverie Retrouvée
The Exhibition featuring four Los-Angeles based artists united in depicting their concept of memory, imagination, and history 9 Dec 2023 - 26 Jan 2024 On view at Unveil Gallery from December 9th through January 26th, Reverie Retrouvée opens with work by Dai Yuhua, Lou Yezi, Xu Shuai, and Zhang Jing, four Los-Angeles based artists united in their depictions of memory, imagnation, and history. The four featured artists in this exhibition draw inspiration from disgarded... Read more -
Displacement and Belonging
The inaugural exhibition featuring four female artists with diaspora backgrounds 23 Sep - 9 Nov 2023 Co-founders Lorraine Han and Dan Yang are pleased to announce the launch of Unveil Gallery and the opening of Displacement and Belonging, their inaugural exhibition at 200 Technology Drive, Suite F, Irvine, CA 92618, on September 23, 2023. On view through November 9, Displacement and Belonging opens with work by... Read more
