Second Floor Gallery

April 11 - June 27, 2026

 

Exhibit Statement:

 

There is a rock on the exterior ledge of my window. This rock is not simply a pile of material reducible to its smallest parts. It remains this rock as it trades atoms with its surroundings and undergoes changes in appearance. It is this rock whether I choose to look at it or cast it into a river. An object is a presence predominantly filled with something absent. An essential keystone always fails to appear. Something remains hidden or withdrawn from us. What refuses to surface might be considered an object’s inwardness.

 

Legibility is the degree of ease with which experiences, signs, and symbols convey meaning based on their appearance. The capacity for something to communicate hinges on its visibility, though a visible object is not necessarily a legible one. Access is mistaken for comprehension. The image exceeds its presentation. I give extended attention to materials and situations concealed by their commonness and acute specificity. Plastic bags against the curb are like this, or when the wind blows and one leaf on a branch flickers faster than the others. The particular and the minor become uncanny under sustained attention. They occupy a field of experience that is barely there, fragile, and resistant to translation beyond the scale of fixed vision. In both looking and making, I search for ways to describe this ambiguous space.

 

My days are centered upon observation, description, collection, and contraction. I notice something somewhere. I gather materials from that location. I try to describe the encounter through written passages and diagrams. The object starts here, as text. Making becomes a way to witness the translation of experience from language into something wordless. The resulting object is a document of loss. 

 

Worlds are assembled from partial appearances and substitutions. I am constantly wondering about the boundaries of things. The activity and space of painting is an arrow that points elsewhere, but somehow always encircles itself. 

West Gallery

January - December 30, 2027

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Curators Statement:

"Know thyself." The ancient words carved at Delphi remain one of humanity’s most enduring calls. Not a search for distant lands or treasures, but a voyage inward, into the labyrinth of consciousness. This exhibition, drawn from the museum’s collection, brings together works that reflect the timeless human quest for identity, authenticity, and purpose. It is a journey as old as humanity itself, told through myths and oral traditions, carried forward in poems and music, painted in symbols and abstractions, and reimagined across generations.

 

Art has always served as a threshold to self-understanding. It does not strike with certainty but invites reflection. Line, shape, color, rhythm, harmony, and contrast, the very elements and principles of art, become metaphors for the human condition: a line tracing the path of life, light and shadow mirroring the psyche’s dualities, harmony and dissonance echoing our inner struggles and resolutions. The processes of creation; layering, erasure, juxtaposition, repetition; enact the very work of becoming, revealing the unfinished nature of identity itself.

 

To know oneself is to wrestle with shadow and light, with the masks we present and the truths we conceal. Philosophers and psychologists remind us that the self is not fixed, but relational, formed in dialogue with others, with nature, and with the cosmos. Yet in the digital age, this pursuit of self-knowledge is increasingly shadowed by the algorithmic mirror. Digital systems   amplify our unacknowledged shadows, inflating fear, envy, and outrage, while curating fragile personae hungry for validation. What emerges is an “algorithmic self,” curated but hollow, driven by data yet disconnected from authenticity.

 

The objects gathered here resist such algorithmic reductions. They reclaim art as a vessel of  wisdom, insisting on the power of direct encounter with material, image, and form. In their presence, we are asked to pause, to reflect, and to listen to remember that wisdom begins not with endless consumption but with stillness, attention, and creativity. Out of silence and longing comes the declaration: “I am here”. This is not only a statement of existence but of connection, a reminder that to know oneself is to locate our being within a larger whole of humanity, nature, and the visible and invisible universe.

 

To know thyself is not a solitary act. It is a call to growth, humility, and integration, weaving together the intellectual, emotional, moral, and spiritual dimensions of being. It is an affirmation of authenticity and a return to love, hope, and truth. This exhibition invites you into that labyrinth, into a place of mirrors and shadows, of questions and revelations to confront the most enduring question of all time: Who are you? And perhaps, in the quiet between image and reflection, to find the courage to answer; “I am here.”

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East Gallery

February 7 - April 18, 2026

 

Artist Statement:

For the past 15 years, my creative journey has been deeply rooted in the tranquil beauty of my pond in rural Minnesota, situated on 20 acres of enchanting landscape—12 acres of lush woods and an 8-acre pond. This serene environment has served as my studio, where I paint en plein air, celebrating the light and color that dance across the water and foliage.

 

In 2019, I embarked on a transformative journey to France, where I had the privilege of studying Monet's masterpieces and exploring his exquisite gardens in Giverny. This experience ignited a spark of inspiration that has profoundly influenced my work. After two years of reflection, the vivid scenes I encountered in France have begun to materialize on my canvas.

 

My paintings intertwine the motifs that inspired so much of Monet's most celebrated work, capturing the spirit of nature in vibrant color and light. Each piece is a dynamic composition, reflecting my unique interpretation of the gardens that Monet so lovingly crafted. Through my art, I invite viewers to immerse themselves in this extraordinary interplay of light and color, allowing the beauty of nature to resonate within them just as it has within me.