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May 20–June 25, 2022

I Woke Up and Chose Violence

Caroline Garcia

I Woke Up and Chose Violence is a response to the murders and deaths of BIPOC people inflicted by the hegemonic systems.

May 4–June 15, 2021

Untitled (Incall)

Sophia Giovannitti

Untitled (Incall) interrogates the material overlap between the art and sex industries to address the ambivalent labor identity of cultural producers.

June 20–August 3, 2019

Slaysian Dynasty

E.T. Chong

Slaysian Dynasty is a media installation that will serve as a space of dialogue and performance exploring the intersection of Asian Queer and Trans.

September 7–October 26, 2018

Obscure Functions: Experiments in Decolonizing Melanin

Jes Fan

Obscure Functions: Experiments in Decolonizing Melanin will investigate the material agency of melanin, the natural pigment that determines skin color

October 28–December 11, 2010

The Brown Bear: Neither Particular, Nor General

A.K. Burns and Katherine Hubbard

Burns and Hubbard will adapt Recess into a working installation that will intentionally conflate the hair and art salon.