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2020 Exhibitions

GUERRILLA GIRLS

Feb 7, 2020 – Oct 10, 2020

The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of activist artists. They use facts, humor and outrageous visuals to expose bias and corruption in politics, art, film, and pop culture. They…

From Before to Now: A 35 x 35 Show

Jul 15, 2020 – Sep 12, 2020

Every three-and-a half years the editors of 15 Bytes: Artists of Utah organize a juried exhibition of 35 Utah artists under the age of 35 at the Art Barn—an art space run…

Devin Harclerode: Boundaries

Mar 20, 2020 – Aug 22, 2020

The curtains or veils in Devin Harclerode’s Boundaries function both as (translucent) barriers and as a passageway. The first is a bead curtain—made from fingernails, herbs, shells, hair, and woven…

Please Touch The Art

Jul 18, 2020 – Jul 18, 2020

Please Touch the Art is an exhibition, curated by the_openroom, which showcases the work of national and international artists who use various processes, materials, and media to explore the ideas…

Adrian Stimson: Buffalo Boy

Jan 24, 2020 – Jul 11, 2020

The Pan-American Highway was initially conceived of in 1923 as a way to connect countries of the Americas. Spanning from northern Alaska to the southern tip of South America, the…

Utah Collects: Contemporary Collecting Practices

Feb 7, 2020 – May 9, 2020

Starting in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, the museum organized a series of exhibitions that focused on Utah-based collections and collectors. The 1959 iteration was called Collectors’ Choice: Art…

Ya’el Pedroza: Humanocene

Feb 7, 2020 – Mar 21, 2020

“We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection…

Trishelle Jeffery: Best Breasts in the West

Jan 24, 2020 – Mar 21, 2020

Being a woman and living in the body that comes with it can be a fraught experience. In Best Breasts in the West, Trishelle Jeffery navigates her experiences with her…

Abstraction is just a word, but I use it.

Jun 28, 2019 – Jan 25, 2020

Languages evolve from gestures and sounds to a system of words, phrases, and in some cases, letters or hieroglyphics. Today, there are roughly 6,500 languages spoken around the world. Language…

Kelsey Harrison: Never an hour for thought

Nov 1, 2019 – Jan 25, 2020

Tackling the tension between burn-out and trite solutions, Kelsey Harrison’s Never an hour for thought pushes back against professional expectations to perform by creating a space that is open for conversation rather…

Doctorow Prize Winner: Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez

Sep 20, 2019 – Jan 18, 2020

The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) and the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation are pleased to announce that artist Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez, who is based between Lincoln, Nebraska and…

Justin Watson: a farewell to images

Nov 1, 2019 – Jan 18, 2020

a farewell to images is the concluding chapter in a trilogy of works written and produced by Justin Watson (including nolandisland, 2016 and |human|, 2017) utilizing digital media as an apparatus to investigate…

Rachel Henriksen: knew/new

Nov 1, 2019 – Jan 18, 2020

Firmly planted in the multicultural approach, aesthetics, and ideas of the 1970’s Pattern and Decoration Movement, Henriksen’s work builds visual narratives that grow from an engagement with patterns from a…

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