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Yumiko Glover's Evanescent Echoes
Opening Reception, Saturday, November 16th 5-8pm 16 Nov - 14 Dec 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present two solo exhibitions exploring the beauty, complexity and fragility of our natural world. Hiroko Yoshimoto and Yumiko Glover use their observational tools and personal perspectives to document nature’s current challenges while celebrating its vitality. In her new painting series Evanescent Echoes, Yumiko Glover explores... Read more -
Hiroko Yoshimoto's Of Infinite Variety
Opening Reception, Saturday, November 16th, 5-8pm 16 Nov - 14 Dec 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present two solo exhibitions exploring the beauty, complexity and fragility of our natural world. Hiroko Yoshimoto and Yumiko Glover use their observational tools and personal perspectives to document nature’s current challenges while celebrating its vitality. Influenced over the past 10 years by important ecology writers... Read more
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Leigh Salgado's Pissed N' Blissed
Closing Reception W/ Artist Q&A, Saturday, Nov 9th, 3-5pm 19 Oct - 9 Nov 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present the fifth solo exhibition by Los Angeles based artist Leigh Salgado. In her current series, Pissed ‘N Blissed, Leigh continues her intricate, meditative process of cutting, painting and collaging paper to create objects of depth and beauty. Salgado continues to investigate ideas of the... Read more -
Curt LeMieux & Marley Van Peebles' That Which Animates
Opening Reception Saturday, September. 14th, 5-8pm 14 Sep - 5 Oct 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present That Which Animates, an exhibition of figurative drawings and paintings from visual artists Curt LeMieux and Marley Van Peebles. The art depicts anthropomorphic and celestial entities as well as people, animals, and insects. LeMieux and Van Peebles push and pull figuration in unexpected directions.... Read more -
Nurit Avesar's Scratching the Surface
Opening Reception August 3rd, 5-9pm 3 - 24 Aug 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present three solo shows of Los Angeles based artists, Nurit Avesar, Nancy Ivanhoe and Antonio Kim. These artists were selected from a group of 28 artists juried into Contemplating Boundaries, an open-call juried exhibition, by TeaYoun Kim-Kassor (Otis College) and Mika Cho (Cal State... Read more -
Nancy Ivanhoe's Light's Embrace
Opening Reception August 3rd, 5-9pm 3 - 24 Aug 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present three solo shows of Los Angeles based artists, Nurit Avesar, Nancy Ivanhoe and Antonio Kim. These artists were selected from a group of 28 artists juried into Contemplating Boundaries, an open-call juried exhibition, by TeaYoun Kim-Kassor (Otis College) and Mika Cho (Cal State... Read more -
Antonio Kim's Re-envision
Opening Reception August 3rd, 5-9pm 3 - 24 Aug 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present three solo shows of Los Angeles based artists, Nurit Avesar, Nancy Ivanhoe and Antonio Kim. These artists were selected from a group of 28 artists juried into Contemplating Boundaries, an open-call juried exhibition, by TeaYoun Kim-Kassor (Otis College) and Mika Cho (Cal State... Read more -
Chiho Harazaki's Ingrained
Closing Reception Saturday, June, 20th 3-5pm 29 Jun - 20 Jul 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present two solo shows of Los Angeles based artist, Chiho Harazaki, an immigrant from Japan, who brings a wealth of creativity and life experience to their unique art-making perspective. Chiho Harazaki continues to evolve artistically by tapping into her traditional Japanese upbringing through the creation... Read more -
Kaoru Mansour's Adore
Closing Reception Saturday, June, 20th 3-5pm 29 Jun - 20 Jul 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present Los Angeles based artist, Kaoru Mansour, an immigrant from Japan, who brings a wealth of creativity and life experience to their unique art-making perspective. In her new series, Adore, Kaoru Mansour continues her ambitious artistic journey creating hybrids of figurative and abstract painting styles... Read more -
Clarisse Abelarde's Virtual Visions
Closing Reception & Artist Walk Through June 22nd, 3-5pm 1 - 22 Jun 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present Los Angeles based artist, alumni of the Cal State Long Beach undergraduate painting program, and their deeply personal new paintings inspired by memories of the past while simultaneously using the work to contemplate contemporary society and their place in it. Filipina immigrant Clarisse Abelarde... Read more -
Ana Rodriguez's Inherited Interiors
Closing Reception & Artist Walk Through June 22nd, 3-5pm 1 - 22 Jun 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present Los Angeles based artist, Ana Rodriguez, alumni of the Cal State Long Beach undergraduate painting program, and their deeply personal new paintings inspired by memories of the past while simultaneously using the work to contemplate contemporary society and their place in it. In her... Read more -
Postcards From The Ledge / No Place
Susan Logoreci & Michelle Robinson: Closing Reception Saturday, May 25th, 4pm 4 - 25 May 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present Los Angeles based artists Susan Logoreci and Michelle Robinson as they examine place and our ever-evolving relationship with our city and the dwellings we inhabit here. Susan Logoreci has been making complex drawings of Los Angeles for over 20 years. Her drawings depict the... Read more -
Divergent Synthesis
An Open Call Juried Exhibition Presented by LAUNCH and The Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles 2 - 31 May 2024 The Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles (KCCLA), in partnership with LAUNCH LA, proudly presents an open call exhibition, Divergent Synthesis, which will open with a reception at the Korean Cultural Center Art Gallery (located at 5505 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May... Read more -
RE: PURPOSE
A Public Facing Art Instllation at the Beverly Connection, Los Angeles Featuring : Chenhung Chen, Jynx Prado and Stephanie Sherwood 18 Apr - 24 May 2024 LAUNCH LA with the generous support of the Beverly Connection and through an Artist Project Grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs presents RE: PURPOSE. This public art presentation transforms a vacant retail space into a laboratory of creativity holding a mirror to our city and... Read more -
Echoes of Now / Surroundings
Lynne McDaniel & Emily Wallerstein | Closing Reception April 27th With Artist Walk Through at 4pm 6 - 27 Apr 2024 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present two new landscape painting exhibitions. Echoes of Now features new mono-chromatic and color oil paintings on paper and canvas by mid-career, Los Angeles artist Lynne McDaniel. This series documents her recent ‘artist in residence’ experiences in Vashon Island, WA, New Berlin, NY and Lake... Read more -
Donna Gough's YOU ARE: every thing, always, every where, now
Opening Reception Saturday, March 9th 3-6pm 9 - 30 Mar 2024 LAUNCH LA is proud to present Australian born, Los Angeles based artist Donna Gough in her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. The exhibition features a new painting series YOU ARE that began during a 3-month residency program at the Institut für Alles Mögliche in Berlin, 2023. With this series... Read more -
Chenhung Chen & Snežana Saraswati Petrović's bLAh, bLAh, bLAh
Artist Led Exhibition Walk-Through March 2nd, 4pm 10 Feb - 2 Mar 2024 LAUNCH Gallery presents bLAh, bLAh, bLAh featuring Chenhung Chen and Snežana Saraswati Petrović and their immersive multimedia installation examining environmental and social issues prevalent today through their drawings, sculptures, and photographs. The title reflects the inner and outer chatter experienced while bridging the artists' insights and perception with the current... Read more -
Flora Kao's BEYOND
Closing Reception Saturday, February 3rd 2-4pm Artist Walk Through 3pm 13 Jan - 3 Feb 2024 LAUNCH Gallery proudly presents BEYOND, a new immersive installation by Flora Kao exploring the mesmerizing beauty of Taiwanese lotus offerings. In Taiwan’s Buddhist tradition, grieving family members fold 108 origami lotus each week for seven weeks. Each week, 108 handmade blossoms are ceremonially burned until the lotus covered-body is cremated on the forty ninth day. The ritual burning of origami lotus serves as a portal for the dead to the afterlife and for the mourning to solace. Read more -
Expressions
A Group Exhibition presented by LAUNCH LA & LA Contemporary Gallery, Opening Reception: Friday December 8th 6-10pm 8 - 17 Dec 2023 LAUNCH LA presents the eighth edition of our Guest Curator series with a group exhibition of artists from the US and abroad presented by James Arriaga and Ian Hickey and their LA Contemporary Gallery.
LA Contemporary Gallery is proud to present Expressions, a group exhibition featuring young and emerging artists from around the globe. This singular world expo-style showcase will bring together developing masters from Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, the UK, and the US, in a celebration of technique and the shared pursuit of excellence. Read more -
Abel Alejandre's The Chicano Moon Landing of 1968
Artist Talk & Closing Reception Saturday, December 2nd 4pm 28 Oct - 2 Dec 2023 LAUNCH Gallery proudly presents The Chicano Moon Landing of 1968, featuring new paintings by celebrated Mexican-American artist Abel Alejandre. In this new series, Abel delves into themes such as conventional masculinity, valor, patriarchy, the connection to one's surroundings, and the capacity to gaze ahead with purpose and assurance. Born in Mexico and raised in Southern California, Abel draws upon his immigrant experience as he reflects on a bygone era and an uncharted timeline. Art making serves as a vehicle and medium for him, allowing exploration of his past while interpreting the dynamics of contemporary American society and his role within it. Read more -
A Separate Reality
Andrea Nakhla, Gia Rush, Closing Reception Sunday October 15th 1-8pm 10 Sep - 15 Oct 2023 Luna Anaïs Gallery, in partnership with Launch LA, proudly presents A Separate Reality, on view from September 10th through October 22nd at Launch LA in Hancock Park. Co-curated by Gregory Rourke of Mystery Projects, this exhibition brings together the visionary talents of artists Andrea Nakhla and Gia Rush, whose recent body of work invites audiences to experience an intricate interplay between perception and simulation.
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Synthesis
Chiho Harazaki, Kaoru Mansour 29 Jul - 26 Aug 2023 'Synthesis' features the mixed media creations of Japanese American artists Chiho Harazaki and Kaoru Mansour, whose works profoundly use multiple mediums to combine clever storytelling and alluring imagery providing a look into both their personal histories and rich imaginations. Read more -
Contemplating Boundaries
An Open Call Group Exhibition Presented by LAUNCH LA and The Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles 27 Jul - 18 Aug 2023 'Contemplating Boundaries' brings together artists from across Southern California whose practices contemplate and reflect barriers, labels and limits- whatever their origin or purpose. These artists and their works- define our times, providing an authentic lens to view contemporary culture. Read more -
Intersections / Disruptions
Jennifer Gunlock, Patti Oleon, Paul Paiement & Greg Rose 24 Jun - 22 Jul 2023 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present a summer group show organized by Greg Rose. Intersections / Disruptions is an exhibition that explores the intersection between architecture and the natural landscape, and the ways in which they can disrupt and complement each other. The four artists included in this show use... Read more -
A Change of Scenery / New Landscapes
Holly Elander, Todd Carpenter & Shawn Waco 20 May - 17 Jun 2023 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present two exciting exhibitions featuring unique perspectives on contemporary landscape presented by local artists Todd Carpenter, Holly Elander and Shawn Waco. Holly Elander explores new locations that offer solitude and inspiration in their quiet calm for her solo exhibition, A Change of Scenery . This... Read more -
Refugio en las Flores
Kiara Aileen Machado 26 Mar - 14 May 2023 Refugio en las Flores - Kiara Aileen Machado Presented by Luna Anaïs Gallery + LAUNCH LA , March 26, 2023 - May 14, 2023 Read more -
Spectral Analysis
Kate Carvellas, Dellis Frank, and Jynx Prado 4 - 18 Mar 2023 Spectral Analysis - Kate Carvellas, Dellis Frank, and Jynx Prado - Curated by Jason Jenn, March 4, 2023 - March 18, 2023 Read more -
Re•iterate
Raghubir Kintisch, Lorraine Heitzman & Monica Wyatt 21 Jan - 18 Feb 2023 Re·iterate - Raghubir Kintisch, Monica Wyatt and Lorraine Heitzman - Curated by Lorraine Heitzman, January 21, 2023 - February 28, 2023 Read more -
La Cienega & West Third
Neon Artworks by Donna Gough and David Otis Johnson 19 Dec 2022 - 28 Jan 2023 La Cienega & West Third - Neon Artworks by Donna Gough and David Otis Johnson, Dec 19, 2022 - Jan 28, 2023 Read more -
Loci of Enchantment
Deena Capparelli 19 Nov - 17 Dec 2022 Loci of Enchantment - New Works By Deena Capparelli, Nov. 19th - Dec. 17th 2022 Read more -
Concentrations
Todd Carpenter 19 Nov - 17 Dec 2022 Concentrations - New Works By Todd Carpenter, Nov. 19th - Dec. 17th 2022 Read more -
Paperwork from the Soul
Marthe Aponte, Lorraine Bubar, Bianca Levan & Leigh Salgado 15 Oct - 12 Nov 2022 Paperwork From The Soul - A Group Exhibition, Oct. 15th – Nov. 12th 2022 Read more -
Joy at the Center
Beanie Kaman, Stevie Love & Ana Rodriguez 17 Sep - 8 Oct 2022 Joy at the Center - Beanie Kaman, Stevie Love & Ana Rodriguez, Sep 17, 2022 - Oct 8, 2022 Read more -
GIL (path)
Kyong Boon Oh 27 Aug - 10 Sep 2022 Saturday, August 27th – September 10th 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 27th 5 – 8pm
LAUNCH Gallery
170 S. La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Biodiversity / Cross Pollination
Cj Jilek & Hiroko Yoshimoto 23 Jul - 20 Aug 2022 LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present two solo exhibitions celebrating the beauty and wonder of the natural world in two-dimensional and three-dimensional formats. Hiroko Yoshimoto finds inspiration from the ‘Father of Biodiversity’, E.O Wilson and Rachel Carson, considered among the finest nature writers of the twentieth century. In 2012, encouraged... Read more -
Juneteenth Community Celebration
Greenway Arts Alliance, Mid City West & LAUNCH LA 19 Jun 2022 From the creators of Tarfest, LAUNCH LA is pleased to present roller skating performances by former cast members of LA’s DiscOasis at the first annual Juneteenth Celebration organized by Greenway Arts Alliance and Mid City West Neighborhood Council. Starting from 10am on Sunday, June 19th, Melrose Trading Post will feature... Read more -
Surface Play
John Koller, Nano Rubio & Michael Freitas-Wood 18 Jun - 16 Jul 2022 Opening Reception: Saturday June 18th, 5 – 8pm
LAUNCH Gallery 170 S. La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Material Persuasions
Victoria May & Valerie Wilcox 14 May - 11 Jun 2022 Launch LA is pleased to present Material Persuasions featuring the seductively tactile work of Victoria May and Valerie Wilcox. May and Wilcox manipulate and combine humble and salvaged materials cast off from the continual stream of human consumption. Both artists share an interest in the stories behind the materials they... Read more -
Still
Cole Case, Elmer Guevara, Janna Ireland, Ben Jackel, Dana Maiden, Kaoru Mansour, Anthony Miserendino, Juliana Rico & Emily Sudd 2 - 30 Apr 2022 SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND - APRIL 30TH 2022
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND 4 - 7PM
MASKS REQUIRED, COVID PROTOCOLS PRACTICED
LAUNCH GALLERY
170 S. LA BREA AVE. LOS ANGELES, CA 90036
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Figuratively
Inga Guzyte, Delany Jackson, Kaoru Mansour, Randi Matushevitz & Antonio Pelayo 5 - 26 Mar 2022 Figuratively - A Group Exhibition
March 5 – March 26, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday March 5th, 5 – 8pm
170 S. La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 899- 1363
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Color Creates the Light
Bryan Ricci 29 Jan - 26 Feb 2022 Color Creates the Light: Bryan Ricci
January 29th – February 26th, 2022
Opening Reception – Saturday, January 29th, 3 – 7p
Masks required, COVID protocols practiced
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Home Turf
Hagop Najarian 20 Nov - 31 Dec 2021 “Home Turf is a series of paintings that reunites my history of figuration with my previous series of abstract paintings. The intersection of these two genres culminates in the synthesis of color, sound, gesture and memory. “As an ongoing record of my visual DNA, these paintings ignite both the audible... Read more -
Crony On The Metro
Christian Spruell 20 Nov - 31 Dec 2021 “A pile of prospects exploring the evasive distinctions between the abstract and figurative form. “While the subject matter is of importance and holds a place of validity, it (the subject) becomes secondary to the marks that bring the subject to form thus giving priority to object. By no means does... Read more -
As The World Turns
Leigh Salgado 16 Oct - 13 Nov 2021 Salgado investigates ideas of the feminine as an act of female empowerment. These works communicate a wide array of emotions and ideas of gender, identity, culture and beauty. 'I began this series of work thinking about planets, circles, roundness, and the unending line. The planet we inhabit will continue to... Read more -
Configured Landscapes: Curated By Betty Ann Brown
Deena Capparelli, Patsy Cox, Bibi Davidson, Merion Estes, Mark Steven Greenfield, Gegam Kacherian, Hung Viet Nguyen, & Hiroko Yoshimoto 4 Sep - 2 Oct 2021 The landscape affects the human psyche--the soul, the body, and the innermost contemplations--like music. Every time you feel nature deeper, you resonate better with her--finding new elements of balance and freedom. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis Read more -
Launch LA in partnership with KCCLA Presents: Reflection
A Launch LA Open Call Group Exhibition Co-Juried by Sunook Park and Terrell Tilford 6 - 27 Aug 2021 Launch LA, in partnership with the Korean Cultural Center presents “Reflection”, an open call exhibition. The show opens Friday August 6 at the Korean Cultural Center, 5505 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles with an opening reception August 12th 6-8:30 PM. Read more -
Sometimes Soft, Sometimes Solid
Coffee Kang, Level Ground, Launch Gallery 31 Jul - 8 Aug 2021 Level Ground Residency Week
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Ikuze!
Kaoru Mansour 26 Jun - 24 Jul 2021 Kaoru Mansour presents IKUZE!, a Japanese slang term that translates to ‘Let’s go!’. Kaoru is ready to share this new series of paintings and drawings with enthusiasm and pride. Much of the inspiration for these works began with recycled canvases, panels and frames that were easily available in her storage... Read more -
Floral Ritual
Ana Rodriguez 26 Jun - 24 Jul 2021 Ana Rodriguez continues her exploration of color, pattern, historical reference and design aesthetic in Floral Ritual. Her direct inspiration comes from memories of her East Los Angeles upbringing complete with linoleum, wallpaper and bright colors of post-war Southern California. “There is a sense of nostalgia that tends to move away... Read more -
Nine Voices
Tayy' Blanson, Jonah Elijah, Delany Jackson, Curtis George, Cole James, Loren Holland, Lanise Howard, Stephen Lowe, Bryan Lee Tilford 5 - 26 Jun 2021 LAUNCH Gallery presents:
Nine Voices
Exhibition on view:
June 5th - June 26th, 2021
Thursday - Saturday
12pm - 6pm
LAUNCH Gallery
170 S. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Tiny Battles
Andrew K. Currey 8 May - 5 Jun 2021 Tiny Battles by Andrew K. Currey, explores our understanding of vulnerability, its display, concealment, and acceptance on a cultural level through intricate graphite drawings. This new series depicts small battle scenes and conflicts that illustrate an elaborate, theatrical dramatization of daily struggles and internal anxieties. The works themselves are made... Read more -
Within The Shadows
Stephanie Inagaki 8 May - 5 Jun 2021 For ages, folklore and mythology have been used to explore the human experience through the lens of the fantastical. Stephanie Inagaki’snew drawings presented in Within the Shadowsutilize characters and creatures from these stories as symbols of power and grace in times of love, crisis, loss, and transformation. Like many of... Read more -
A Journey Through Abstract Reciprocal Perspectives from the Terrestrial to the Architectonic Orbital
Ray Beldner & Mela M 20 Mar - 17 Apr 2021 Launch Gallery is proud to present an exhibition featuring new work by Mela M and Ray Beldner. With an affinity for scale, color, and texture, each artist makes uniquely colorful, phantasmagoric wood sculptures inspired by the art and architectural forms they see around them. Read more -
Logical Mutations
Elizabeth Folk & Colin Roberts 24 Oct - 21 Nov 2020 Launch Gallery is proud to present Logical Mutations, an exhibition featuring new work by Colin Roberts and Elizabeth Folk. Read more -
Have To Hold: Curated by Elizabeth Tinglof and Ashley Hagen
Vida Liu, Constance Mallinson, Kristen Morgin, Kimberly Morris, Ephraim Puusemp and George Stoll 5 Sep - 3 Oct 2020 Launch Gallery is proud to present Have to Hold, curated by Elizabeth Tinglof and Ashley Hagen.
Have to Hold is an exhibition where six contemporary artists reflect upon the rich yet charged history and psychology of collecting. Through the artists own use of objects and materials, they construct stories of experiences and conceptual perspectives, addressing both the past and future.
Participating artists include, Vida Liu, Constance Mallinson, Kristen Morgin, Kimberly Morris, Ephraim Puusemp and George Stoll. Read more -
no w here (not in anyplace, not anywhere)
Donna Gough 29 Aug 2020 Donna Gough's outdoor install at Launch LA Gallery, Los Angeles, California Read more -
Tarfest 2020 Presents: 'Transition'
A Group Exhibition Juried by Holly Jerger 22 Aug - 5 Sep 2020 Launch Gallery presents “Transition” in conjunction with Tarfest- our free multidisciplinary arts festival now in its 18th year. For 2020 and in response to Covid-19, Tarfest moves from Tar Pits Park to multiple venues over multiple days- allowing for safe gatherings with appropriate social distancing. Read more -
Connected Abstractly
Annie Compean, Duane Paul & Nano Rubio 18 Jul - 15 Aug 2020 Launch LA is proud to present Connected Abstractly, an exhibition featuring new work by Annie Compean, Duane Paul and Nano Rubio. Read more -
Launch Gallery & Art Share LA Presents: Garden
Featuring art by 13 artists from Los Angeles. 14 Jul - 4 Sep 2020 Garden is a virtual gallery experience presented by Art Share L.A. Featuring art by 13 artists from Los Angeles. Read more -
Eyes Forward: Creating our Narratives
April Bey, Michael Chukes, Loren Holland and Tim Washington 1 - 18 Mar 2020 “Eyes Forward: Creating our Narratives,” an art exhibition featuring four contemporary African American artists, will open as part of ArtHop at M Street Graduate Studios from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 1. The exhibition and will run through March 18. “Eyes Forward” artists include the sculptural work of Michael... Read more -
Abject of Desire
Ana Rodriguez 22 Feb - 6 Jun 2020 Challenging gender norms, Rodriguez explores themes of love, femininity, what it means to be vulnerable and how we ascribe desire in relationships through the symbolic objects. Read more -
stARTup fair 2020 Los Angeles
Launch Gallery's Featured Artists 14 - 16 Feb 2020 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON STARTUP ART FAIR LA VISIT:
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Contemporary Identities
Shula Singer Arbel, Carla Jay Harris and Christina Ramos 18 Jan - 8 Feb 2020 Launch LA is proud to present Contemporary Identities, featuring new work by Shula Singer Arbel, Carla Jay Harris and Christina Ramos. Each artist explores personal and universal identities through contemporary figurative work. Read more -
La Flora - A Group Show Inspired By The Flora Of Los Angeles
Sharon Barnes, Joann Belson, Andrea Bersaglieri, Todd Carpenter, Alexandra Chiou, Jeanne Dunn, Holly Elander, Megan Frances, Steve Fujimoto, Lynn McDaniel, Hung Viet Nguyen, Colin Roberts & Lindsey Warren 23 Nov - 14 Dec 2019 LA Flora was on view at Launch LA, located at 170 S La Brea Ave 90036, from November 23, 2019 through December 14, 2019 with an opening reception on November 23rd from 6pm - 9pm. Read more -
A Love Letter
Lynne McDaniel & Lindsey Warren 19 Oct - 16 Nov 2019 Using the language of landscape to explore current events, as well as the sometimes-surprising beauty of urban existence, Lynne McDaniel’s work deals with her anxiety over events in the news as well as the environmental and ecological changes caused by natural disasters, human intervention, and the passage of time .... Read more -
Beyond/Within
Joy Ray & Samuelle Richardson 7 - 28 Sep 2019 Both artists use textiles to create a contemporary narrative that is less feminist than it is radical craft. With paint and needle, the works in this show are familiar but unexpected, subversive in their relationship with textile arts. Samuelle Richardson’s sculptures portray lesser beings that confront larger adversaries. She emphasizes... Read more -
(Beyond) Redemption
Open Call Exhibition Juried By Aandrea Stang 10 - 24 Aug 2019 (Beyond) Redemption was juried by Aandrea Stang. Aandrea is the Gallery Director/Assistant Professor leading the CSU Dominguez Hills University Art Gallery. She has developed and launched contemporary art programs for a variety of audiences at major cultural organizations including Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, Occidental College, and The Museum of Contemporary... Read more -
Solitary Shadows + Fine Line
Holly Elander 20 Jul - 24 Aug 2019 In each series of paintings, Elander turns her attention toward the ordinary and searches the possibilities of locations and details previously unexplored. This is Elander’s first solo show with LAUNCH LA. Elander’s depictions of the silent corridors, streets and neighborhoods of Los Angeles contain an iridescence in “Solitary Shadows.” Vividly... Read more -
Veneer
Phung Hyunh & Chukes 15 Jun - 13 Jul 2019 Huynh and Chukes forge new spaces through their intersectional approaches to raising questions of identity and belonging. Disturbed by the prevalence of racism and the realities of being black in America, Chukes transforms his energy into thoughtful, almost futuristic clay busts, or “veneers.” Peaceful and sober, his figures absorb these... Read more -
Beauty And The Beast
Andrea Patrie & Jorg Dubin 11 May - 8 Jun 2019 Dubin and Patrie both demonstrate a reverence for formal figurative tradition, and seek to carve new spaces for conversations related to our current cultural vantage. While both artists’ works contain self-reference, Andrea Patrie exists within her process of creating, whereas Jorg Dubin relies on recognition of political references to confront... Read more -
Soliloquy
Leigh Salgado 6 Apr - 4 May 2019 Salgado’s current body of work continues to present her experiences and perceptions of “femininity”. The title of the show, Soliloquy, reflects the experience of merging personal experiences with public memory to present a series of unspoken reflections. In a career that spans three decades, Salgado’s labor-intensive process involves cutting paper... Read more -
Paradox California
Chelsea Dean & Osceola Refetoff 23 Feb - 23 Mar 2019 The two artists were paired for the show because of their mutual enthusiasm for the deserts of Southern California. Refetoff and Dean collaborated on the show’s title, which addresses the contradiction between the promise of paradise to be found in the “Golden State,” and the harsh realities of much of... Read more -
Scats & Stitches / Drawing Near
June Edmonds & A.M. Rousseau 12 Jan - 9 Feb 2019 June Edmonds, recipient of 2018 City of Los Angeles, ‘COLA’, Individual Artist Fellowship, presents vibrantly layered surfaces primarily inspired by meditative practices. This series of abstract compositions explore how color and repetition serve as conduits to spiritual contemplation and interpersonal connection. Color, space, rhythm and movement play a powerful role... Read more -
By Water, By Fire
Marie Thibault 19 Nov - 22 Dec 2018 Marie Thibeault: By Water, By Fire
November 10 – December 22, 2018
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Milieu
Erin Harmon & Devon Tsuno 6 - 27 Oct 2018 Erin Harmon’s work dwells in the twilight zone between painting and sculpture. Filled with longing for places that do not actually exist, contradictions flourish with invocations of both the animated and the arrested, the joyful and the staid, the high and the low. Material and processes become sites for fantasy... Read more -
SHe
Group Exhibition Curated By Elizabeth Tingloff 8 - 29 Sep 2018 The rendering of the female figure within a historical context opens dialogues of superiority, fragility, sexuality and society’s engagement with issues of gender. Implied standards of perfection are perpetuated by cultural pressures, and as such the female body as both object and subject reflects the shifting aspects of beauty throughout... Read more -
Chinatown Summer Nights
A Group Event 25 - 26 Aug 2018 Read more -
Intersection
An Open Call Group Exhibition 17 - 30 Aug 2018 LAUNCH LA, in partnership with The Korean Cultural Center is proud to present 'Intersection', an open call group exhibition at The Korean Cultural Center, 5505 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles from August 17 to August 30, 2018. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, August 17, 2018 from 6:30-9 PM. This... Read more -
Land-Scope
Katrina Assman, Hung Viet Nguyen & Elizabeth Saveri 30 Jun - 28 Aug 2018 Katrin Assmann's paintings of plants and greenery are inspired by the urban landscaping of typical Los Angeles front yards and gardens. Sometimes appearing like a wild jungle, sometimes groomed and grotesquely manicured, almost sculptural and architectural. With their stark contrast between the white of the canvas and the opulence of... Read more -
Of Unknown Value / Bittersweet Harmony
Holly Tempo & Loren Holland 19 May - 16 Jun 2018 Loren Holland’s new series of paintings and drawings entitled Bittersweet Harmony finds inspiration in mythology, gothic literature, music and the coded mysteries of the occult, juxtaposed with contemporary and pop culture. With an emphasis on the dramatic and a hint of the macabre, this series exudes the vivid imagery and... Read more -
Edge of Today
Todd Baxter, Brian Cooper, Daniel Dove & Siobhan McClure 14 Apr - 12 May 2018 Brian Cooper I love learning ideas about human behavior and the nature of reality. It’s a pleasure that feels surprisingly similar to what I get from art and music. They help me to, as the psychologist Paul Bloom says in his book How Pleasure Works, “make some type of contact... Read more -
Visceral Bandwidth & Intimate Corners / Intimate Sprawl
Alison Ragguette & Stanton Hunter 10 Mar - 7 Apr 2018 Both artists will feature two series that juxtapose themes within their work. Hunter explores the duality between the intimate scale of his wall sculptures in contrast to the sprawl of his installation, composed of individual pieces to create the arrangement as a whole. Ragguette’s first body of work uses hybridized... Read more
