LONG REVIEWS

Searching For The Soul
Julia Monte Julia Monte

Searching For The Soul

Clusters: a fitting word for feelings and observances mustered at For The Soul, an exhibition at Common Ground Gallery, presented by Geheim Gallery in Bellingham, WA and Lion and Lamb Art: both projects steered by Jackson O’Rourke, the latter in collaboration with Rachel Lambert. First I have to address the elephant in the room, or rather the excavated-looking, rusty, full-size auto body frame, with a neon-adorned interior, sprouting wild flowers and moss, in the center of said room.

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Scenes From Home
Julia Monte Julia Monte

Scenes From Home

Fragmentation and Familiarity in Hometeam Gallery's Two-Part Exhibition.

Originally published for Public Display Art, on May 17, 2025.

Homescapes and Homebodies are the names of a two-part exhibition curated by Julia Anderson at Hometeam Gallery, featuring work by artists currently in the Actualize AiR residency.

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Are we there yet?
Julia Monte Julia Monte

Are we there yet?

On Vacation in Homescapes at HOMETEAM Gallery, curated by Julia Anderson, featuring works from residents of Actualize Artist In Residence at 500 Pike: Alissa Dymally Williams, C.M. Ruiz, Gabriel Bello Diaz (Gabo), Nadia Ahmed, Noel Kat, McKinley Smith (TERRAMOTO), Pilar Gordillo, Shannon Hobbs, Sanoe Stevenson-Egeland. All image credits to Stefan Gonzales.

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