The Gray Area is a project space located adjacent to Hawthorn Contemporary. Created in 2023, it's dedicated to showcasing emerging artists creating experimental works and exhibitions.
The programming at The Gray Area is diverse and adaptable, hosting student collectives of artists and curators who have a well-defined project vision and seek a platform to showcase their work.
In Communion we asked artists to investigate the physicality of the human experience. How do you translate sensation into an object in space? These works interrogate the birth of personhood, emotional wounds, and the manifestation of ego as proof of humanity. They depict the imperfect elements of life that cannot be recreated. The emotional tangibility of intimacy, compassion and the messiness of social friction coming together to answer the question of what makes us uniquely human.
Featuring artists: Alaina Coleman, Eileen Hanson-Adams, Jordan Bauer, Jess Leaf, Kayden Beseler, Madison Boeder, Siren Harris, Rachel Foster, and Richard Johnson
Curated by Alex Death and Jaidyn Brink
Opening Reception Sat. August 22nd 5-8 PM
Closing Reception Sat. September 19th 6-9 PM