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‍Freeform and Razor-Sharp - Ramekon O'Arwisters

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In this exhibition, we have selected key sculptures from O'Arwisters’ studio that span several years of his formal experimentations and place them in conversation with his additional practice of black-and-white photography. As an extension of his conceptual process, these self-portraits employ a transference of materials from O’Arwisters’ sculptures to create a sharp and intimate dialogue with his own body.

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On view:

‍April 5, 2023-June 11, 2023

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Holding Space - Nimah Gobir

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Holding Space unveils a suite of small- and large-scale figurative paintings that uplift home, homemaking and belonging in the context of immigrant narratives. Through depictions of family members and loved ones in everyday situations, Holding Space humanizes the Black experience and pays homage to Black families. Embroidery, pattern, and textile motifs convey the layered expressive textures inherent to family homes. This exhibition is a meditation on how homes are places that hold secrets, histories, and vestiges of loved ones.

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On view:

‍June 14, 2023-August 20, 2023

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Salimatu Amabebe - SON

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In SON, Salimatu Amabebe opens the door to reconsider the relationship between home, memory, and metamorphosis. The deep red interior, reminiscent of blood, invites reflection son the domestic space as one of close kinship ties, yet subject to dynamic change. The pewter casts in the space draw from the artist’s personal archive to preserve but also to probe the inherited lessons from his father including masculinity & movement. We observe how the inexactness of repetition acts as a productive improvisation of self-creation. Such gaps demonstrate how the memories we hold in our bodies enable performative acts of transfiguration & imagination.‍

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SON is Amabebe’s first solo museum exhibition.

Co-curated by Salimatu Amabebe & Key Jo Lee, Chief of Curatorial Affairs & PublicPrograms at MoAD.

Text by Luke Williams, Emerging Artists Program Fellow.

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On view:

September 27, 2023 - December 10, 2023

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Lishan AZ: Eugene’s Cove

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Lishan AZ is a multi-disciplinary artist working in immersive installation, interactive media, photography and film. She explores themes of home, intimacy, and interiority. Her work revives lost narratives in order to contextualize contemporary issues and discover/recover possibilities for our present condition.

Lishan holds an MFA in interactive media and games from the University of Southern California. Her game Tracking Ida was awarded Best Gameplay at Games for Change and the Impact Award at the International Festival of Independent Games (Indiecade). Her work has been exhibited at Antenna Gallery in New Orleans, Smithsonian American Art Museum in DC, Indiecade in Los Angeles, LA Weekly's Artopia, Tokyo University of the Arts' Art Museum, the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, and Games for Change in NYC. Lishan was the inaugural Game Designer in Residence at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She is currently an assistant professor of cinema and digital media at the University of California, Davis.

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On view:

‍December 13, 2023-March 3, 2024

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Learn more: 2023-2024 MoAD EAP Cohort