(Not) At Home

Featuring the work of Katie Garth, Lois Harada, Tom Jones, Sean Morrissey and Henry Payer

Curated by Lilah Anderson

Sept 10- Oct 18, 2026

While the five artists included in the exhibition have distinct practices and perspectives, they all offer ways of seeing home in its fragile, complicated and evolving forms. Their works offer powerful visual experiences that open the door for thoughtful contemplation into what it means to have a home, have a home taken away or the pervasive need to create and build structures of shelter and security often at odds with the natural world or each other. The parentheses in the title of the show are meant to evoke the multiplicity in how we understand place and specifically the complex relationships of the domestic space and its counterpart, the wilds of nature. Incorporating elements of humor, subtle juxtaposition and nuanced color the five artists are all able to create dialogue about how people interact with the land and how feelings of home and placemaking can be seen in the context of dislocation and displacement. The need for home seems to be a fundamental part of the human condition, and these works explore that space.

See programs offered in conjunction with the exhibition here.

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