Exhibitions | LAUNCH GALLERY

Current

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

Past

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
Gallery hours: Thursday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm Read more

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
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

Floral Interiors
Ana Rodriguez 14 Oct - 4 Nov 2017 Through a medley of organic and inorganic forms, Rodriguez explores a balance of extravagant colors, sinuous shapes and syrupy textures. At first glance, Rodriguez’s inspiration is firmly rooted in the decorative arts with patterns of wreaths, flower vases, floral pattern motifs, interior wallpaper, cakelike shapes, and bows. Upon closer inspection,... Read more

The Reality of Nature
A Group Exhibition curated by Kristine Schomaker 9 - 29 Sep 2017 Read more

On All Eve - Figuring The Volume Of A Utopian Cylinder
Positional Projects 4 Aug 2017 Suggested by attendees at ON ALL Day, celebrating the last May Day at Llano del Rio, ON ALL Eve offered a desert evening walk with Karyl Newman, sharing history about the state of the socialist colony in August of 1917, as the residents decided the fate of their Utopia. Local... Read more

Velocity
Philippa Blair, Jenny Hager, Tim Hussey, Christopher Mercier, Bryan Ricci, Ana Rodriguez & Nano Rubio 1 - 16 Jul 2017 Read more

TROIKA
Tarfest Fundraiser 16 Jun 2017 Read more

Point of View
Katrin Assmann, Ryan Molenkamp, Sandy Rodriguez & Edward Walton Wilcox 27 May - 16 Jun 2017 Launch LA is proud to present Point of View, a group exhibition featuring Katrin Assmann, Ryan Molenkamp, Sandy Rodriguez, and Edward Walton Wilcox. Point of View examines the perennial genre of landscape as each artist presents a contemporary interpretation to both urban and natural settings. Sandy Rodriguez’s paintings are quintessentially... Read more

Qualia
Christine Weir 20 May - 17 Jun 2017 Launch LA is proud to announce its upcoming exhibition with local artist Christine Weir. Qualiais a survey of Weir’s latest body of work that explores the emotional complexities of contemporary life. In this series, she meticulously and earnestly chronicles the internal response to chaos brought upon us through outside circumstances.... Read more

Western Pictures
Eric Nash 15 Apr - 13 May 2017 Read more

Sweet Sticky Things
Lili Bernard, Zeal Harris & Loren Holland 8 Apr - 6 May 2017 In this current climate of escalating women’s marches and violence against Black people, three artists come together to present views of society through the lens of Black womanhood. Launch LA is proud to present Sweet Sticky Things, a historic three-woman exhibition featuring artists Zeal Harris, Lili Bernard, and Loren Holland.... Read more

LA Pastoral / Tree Stories
Cherie Benner Davis & Greg Rose 4 Mar - 1 Apr 2017 Launch LA proudly presents two solo exhibitions from artists Cherie Benner Davis and Greg Rose. At first glance, the two shows are paradoxical, a parallel of urban and natural landscapes. Whether inspired by the built metropolis of freeway connections or the woodlands of the San Gabriel Mountains, Davis and Rose... Read more

Short Days Dark Nights
Kim Kimbro, Michael A. Rosenfeld, Theodore Svenningsen, and William Wray 18 Feb - 18 Mar 2017 Launch LA is proud to continue its Chinatown exhibition programming with, Short Days Dark Nights, featuring the work of Kim Kimbro, Michael Rosenfeld, Theodore Svenningsen and William Wray. Focusing on a variety of figurative subject matter ranging from animals, trains, dirigibles and urban-scapes, a sense of ominous mystery pervades all... Read more

Where The Light Gets In / Jigsaw
Sarajo Frieden & Carol Sears 14 Jan - 25 Feb 2017 Sarajo Frieden – where the light gets in Carol Sears – Jigsaw January 14 – February 25, 2017 OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, January 14, 6-9pm Launch LA is excited to announce its upcoming solo exhibitions by Los Angeles-based artists Sarajo Frieden and Carol Sears. where the light gets in showcases Frieden’s... Read more

Love In All The Right Places / Build
Leigh Salgado & Ching Ching Chen 12 Nov - 3 Dec 2016 Launch LA is proud to present two solo shows by artists Ching Ching Cheng and Leigh Salgado, both of whom investigate the nuances of femininity, gender stereotypes and reflections on lived experience. Los Angeles based artist Leigh Salgado combines figurate and abstract imagery of abstracted flowers, petals and textiles with... Read more

Abominable Gift Baskets / Fast & Hard
Ana Rodriguez & Nano Rubio 8 Oct - 4 Nov 2016 (Los Angeles) – Launch LA is proud to present a two-person show of new work by Ana Rodriguez and Nano Rubio. Opening Saturday, October 8th, the show combines abstract works from two artists who work magic with paint, color, and composition. Ana Rodriguez brings a selection of untitled paintings grouped... Read more

Within Design or Sketch: The Story of the Room
Organized by Rough Play 10 Sep - 1 Oct 2016 In rebellion against the function of art to serve a moral and social purpose in the Victorian period, the Aesthetic movement of late 19th century Britain championed the importance of art divorced from any ulterior motive than its visual beauty. An expression coined by artist James Abbot McNeill Whistler,... Read more

Sacred Landscape II
Hung Viet Nguyen 30 Jul - 27 Aug 2016 Launch La is proud to present Sacred Landscape II, the latest exhibition from Hung Viet Nguyen featuring two new series of paintings. SACRED LANDSCAPE II Series (2015-present) Continued from the 2014-201 series SACRED LANDSCAPE, this new body of work searches further to discover new forms, colors and spaces. Each painting... Read more

Visages II
Bradford Salamon 25 Jun - 23 Jul 2016 Launch LA is proud to present the latest solo exhibition from Bradford J. Salamon, Visages II. A continuation of Salamon’s captivating portraits, Visages II showcases rich layering of paint combined with an intimately innate sense of the subject’s individuality. Maintaining a reverence for the past, influences range from Manet to... Read more

Beyond Shadows - Drip Scripts
Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins 21 May - 18 Jun 2016 Despite their disparate styles, a reverence for graffiti aesthetics, punk rock sensibilities, and formal painting practice all unify Simkins’ new works. His surfaces are meticulously layered and treated to achieve a weathered patina of old paint and tags, sometimes layered for years. This laborious process coopts the aesthetics of the... Read more

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