Exhibitions | LAUNCH GALLERY

Current

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

Past

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
LAUNCH Gallery - 170 S. La Brea Ave., LA 90036 Read more

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

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

Eyes Forward / Creating our Narratives
Fresno State College in collaboration with LAUNCH and CAAM: 1 - 18 Mar 2018 Read more

Solitary Shadows / Their Home & Fenomenal
Holly Elander & Christine Rasmussen 3 Feb - 3 Mar 2018 Christine Rasmussen's FENOMENAL series is about femininity as a force of nature—fearless, unfettered and unapologetic. Vibrant and dynamic disembodied garments hover and flow through austere urban landscapes where walls and fences constrain while windows and doors hint at opportunity. The spirited cloth shapes transcend all. The dreamlike quality of the... Read more

LA Art Show
April Bey, CHUKES, June Edmonds, Loren Holland, Duane Paul, Miles Regis, Ana Rodriguez, Nano Rubio, Holly Tempo & Tim Washington 10 - 14 Jan 2018 April Bey, Chukes, June Edmonds, Loren Holland, Duane Paul, Miles Regis, Ana Rodriguez, Nano Rubio, Holly Tempo, and Tim Washington. Despite their diverse backgrounds, interests, and life experiences, all these artists have share an urgency to be heard when addressing contemporary issues of race, class, and gender while expressing disenchantment... Read more

Virtual Memory / Crossed Sections
Axel Wilhite & Susan Feldman 9 Dec 2017 - 6 Jan 2018 Axel Wilhite contrasts environment and observation with a reliance on modern technology in his new series of paintings. Rendering meticulously small-scale paintings on top of discarded random-access memory (RAM) chips, Wilhite emphasizes the divide between the real and virtual in today’s technology driven society. The title of the show, Virtual... Read more

Seismic Shift: Confronting Catastrophe
An Open Call Group Exhibition 11 Nov - 2 Dec 2017 Catastrophes force us to confront how we live and to reflect upon our past and our future. The artists of Seismic Shift: Confronting Catastrophe respond to cataclysmic shifts due to natural or economic disasters, political policy, immigration, gentrification, and other occurrences by exploring how we process, critique, analyze or adapt... Read more

Tribe
Nano Rubio 11 Nov - 2 Dec 2017 LAUNCH is proud to present Tribe, an exhibition of new works by Nano Rubio. Within this new series of paintings, Rubio utilizes the power and detachment of abstraction to re-examine figural forms as fractured states within different environments, ultimately raising questions about humanity’s present state and future. As representations of... Read more

Exhibitions & Events of 2017
Featuring Sarajo Frieden, Greg Rose, Eric Nash & more 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2017 NANO RUBIO: TRIBE November 11, 2017 - December 2, 2017 ANA RODRIGUEZ - FLORAL INTERIORS October 14, 2017 - November 4, 2017 TARFEST 2017 September 16, 2017 THE REALITY OF NATURE - KRISTINE SHOMAKER September 9, 2017 - September 29, 2017 ON ALL EVE - FIGURING THE VOLUME OF A... Read more

Exhibitions & Events of 2016
Featuring Leigh Salgado, Hung Viet Nguyen, Bradford J. Salamon & more 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2016 JONATHAN APGAR, TIFFANY LIVINGSTON, ALISA OCHOA, VICTOR REYES: OUT OF BODY - CURATED BY REMA GHULOUM December 10, 2016 - January 7, 2017 CHINATOWN POP-UP December 3, 2016 - January 7, 2017 LEIGH SALGADO: LOVE IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES CHING CHING CHENG: BUILD November 12, 2016 - December 2016... Read more

Exhibitions & Events of 2015
Featuring Nano Rubio, Cole James, Marion Lane & more 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2015 HOLLIS COOPER: SUPERMODERN December 12, 2015 - January 9, 2016 DIG AFTER PARTY December 12, 2015 MARION LANE: NEW WORK November 14, 2015 - December 5, 2015 SUZAN WOODRUFF IN COLLABORATION WITH NATHAN CURRIER: LOOMING ATMOSPHERES October 10, 2015 - November 7, 2015 TARFEST 2015 September 26, 2015 COLE JAMES... Read more

Exhibitions & Events of 2014
Featuring Eric Zammitt, William Wray, Jeff Koegel & more 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2014 HUNG VIET NGUYEN - SACRED LANDSCAPE December 13, 2014 - January 17, 2015 TANJA RECTOR - TRAVELS / NORTH WEST November 8, 2014 - December 6, 2014 KIRK PEDERSEN - AMBIGUITY October 4, 2014 - November 1, 2014 JENNIFER FAIST & ERIC ZAMMITT - BEYOND THE SURFACE September 6, 2014... Read more

Exhibitions & Events of 2013
Featuring Gina Stepaniuk, Bryan Ricci, Alexandra Dillon & more 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2013 DOUG EDGE: LET ME EXPLAIN November 9, 2013 - December 14, 2013 BRYAN RICCI: TERRA INCOGNITA October 5, 2013 - November 2, 2013 TARFEST MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL September 21, 2013 MARION LANE: ADVENTURES IN SUNTAN ALLEY September 7, 2013 - September 28, 2013 LA BREA MURAL PAINTING EVENT August... Read more

Exhibitions & Events of 2012
Featuring Todd Carpenter, Antonio Pelayo, Marion Lane & more 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2012 MARION LANE: LIVING IN THE PINK AND GREEN November 17, 2012 - December 15, 2012 THOMAS DANG: BOMBS AWAY FLUERETTE WEST: COMPRESSION VIEW October 20, 2012 - November 9, 2012 TARFEST 10th ANNIVERSARY ART EXHIBITION September 20, 2012 - October 6, 2012 TODD CARPENTER: GREY September 8, 2012 - October... Read more

Exhibitions & Events of 2011
Featuring Melora Walters, Todd Carpenter, Solid Stripes Group Show & more 1 Jan - 1 Dec 2011 TODD CARPENTER: SPECIFICALLY AMBIGUOUS November 5, 2011 - December 17, 2011 BOOM @ ART PLATFORM LA October 1, 2011 - October 3, 2011 TARFEST MUSIC FESTIVAL September 25, 2011 TARFEST JURIED ART EXHIBITION September 16, 2011 - September 29, 2011 HEROES & VILLIANS September 1, 2011 - September 15, 2011... Read more

Exhibitions & Events of 2010
Featuring Lola Del Fresno, Meeson Pae Yang, Todd Carpenter & more 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2010 LAUNCH PROJECTS November 19, 2010 - January 15, 2011 TODD CARPENTER: SCAPED October 16, 2010 - December 20, 2010 TARFEST - SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATION September 30, 2010 - October 8, 2010 TARFEST JURIED ART EXHIBITION September 1, 2010 - October 8, 2010 LOLA DEL FRESNO: IN AND OUT OF THE... Read more

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