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Visions from Within: Resilience

May 16, 2026-ongoing

A garden surrounds a recreation of a prison cell by artist Timothy James Young

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Jackie Sumell and Tim Young: Solitary Garden

Nov. 5, 2019 – Ongoing

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Freedom to Grow

Jun 5 – ongoing

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Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still

October 2, 2026- March 7, 2027

Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS, features new and recent installations, videos, and…

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Photo of Botanica installation by Victor Quiñonez.

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Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá

October 2, 2026 – March 7, 2027

Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez’s sculptural installation Elevar La Cultura (2025) is constructed from stacked plastic coolers, adorned with mixed media elements and gold mirrored acrylic. The sculpture stands approximately 20 feet tall and 18 feet wide and deep, roughly the size of a small shipping container turned upright.

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Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez: Elevar La Cultura

October 2026 – March 2027

Black and white drawing of butterflies flying past a wall. One of the butterflies is decorated with a pair of purple eyes.

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Visions from Within: Women of Resilience

November 7th-Ongoing

A delicate architectural drawing of a sphere and ladder on black paper.

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Sofia Karim: An Architecture of Disappearance

April-August 2027

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Past Exhibitions

Exhibition space with white walls and various works within the space

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Seeing through Stone

April 12, 2024-January 5, 2025

The eighty-one artists and collectives in Seeing Through Stone, including currently and formerly incarcerated artists as well as those without…

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Close up of pink brick wall with bullet holes

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Al Haq Forensic Architecture Investigation Unit: They Are Shooting at Our Shadows

January 12, 2024- March 2, 2024

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Maria Gaspar: Compositions

September 26, 2023 – March 2, 2024

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Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas: The Blessings of the Mystery

May 5 – August 13, 2023

Person looking at at black and white photograph

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Barring Freedom

Oct. 23, 2020 – Jun. 1, 2021

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“Paso Seguro”: Demanding Safe Passage For All

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Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

Visions from Within: Resilience

Jackie Sumell and Tim Young: Solitary Garden

Freedom to Grow

Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá

Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez: Elevar La Cultura

Visions from Within: Women of Resilience

Sofia Karim: An Architecture of Disappearance

Past Exhibitions

Al Haq Forensic Architecture Investigation Unit: They Are Shooting at Our Shadows

Maria Gaspar: Compositions

Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas: The Blessings of the Mystery

Barring Freedom

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