Spring is no slouch when it comes to art in New Mexico. Many exhibit openings show work will challenge, engage, and dazzle you. Contributor Natassja Santistevan takes us on a tour of some top tips for gallery hopping.
New Spring Exhibits at New Mexico Galleries
Santa Fe
Margaret Bourke-White
February 6-April 3, Monroe Gallery of Photography
This solo exhibition celebrates the iconic pioneer of women in photography, Margaret Bourke-White. As a world-famous 20th-century photojournalist, White was a woman of many firsts, known for capturing the globe with her compelling political and industrial images. This exhibition features a collection of her striking black and white photographs spanning the 1930s through the 1950s.
Lana Scholtz: Centrifuge
March 27-May 3, Opening reception: March 27, Smoke The Moon
Enter the mesmerizing world of local artist Lana Scholtz, where color and shapes merge to create otherworldly works of art. Working with oil paint on canvas, Scholtz’s paintings are layered with patterns and vibrant hues, creating vivid, abstract, optical structures. Using form, each piece seeks to embrace spectacle, wonder, and play with your perception.
Celebration of Clay: Clay Speaks of Home
March 5-April 8, Student exhibit May 14-July 29, Santa Fe Community College Visual Arts Gallery
The Santa Fe Community College Visual Arts Gallery and New Mexico Potters and Clay Artists celebrate a century-old tradition with this annual clay celebration. This year’s theme embraces the ancestral and spiritual power of clay vessels. Each vessel serves as a meditation on community, home, memory, and spirit.
Patrick Kikut
April 24-May 23, Opening reception April 24, Big Happy Gallery
Patrick Kikut’s work explores the development and decline of the American West. After exploring its vast landscape for 35 years, Kikut embraces multiple mediums to showcase the vulnerability of these landscapes. He bears witness not only to the land’s enduring beauty but also to its erasure as developments come and go, with each piece ultimately portraying a promise of existence and a message of resilience.
Taos
Ren Geertsen: Getting Into Shapes
January 17-April 18, Sliver 815 at Taos Lifestyle
Located inside a ‘sliver’ of the Taos Lifestyle store, Sliver 815 plays host to artist Ren Geertsen. Geertson engages your imagination with geometric abstract paper cuttings. Drawn from a 15-year body of work, these pieces balance play and order, juxtaposing monochrome surfaces with electric color and striking contrasts. Using materials ranging from magazines to envelopes, Geertsen’s energetic compositions are both dynamic and mesmerizing.
Albuquerque
Piece/Peace
March 6-March 28, Opening reception March 6, The Groove Art Space
The Groove celebrates Mosaic Month by bringing together interpretations of peace through a diverse collection of mosaic artwork. These pieces, in all shapes and sizes, highlight the unique beauty and compelling power of this art form. Working in collaboration with the CMA2 Mosaic Conference in Albuquerque, this promises to be a show you won’t want to miss.
Allyson Lupovich: Sticky Subject
April 11-May 2, Bingo Art Studios & Gallery
Al Lupovich is a Santa Fe–based artist who explores how memory can be stretched, warped, and defaced through experimental photography and installation. Using a range of collage techniques, she creates photographs that fracture and reassemble moments in time. Her work prompts viewers to break down and reconsider a single captured moment.
Story by Natassja Santistevan
Featured Photo, Individuality by Ren Geertsen
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