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What can we learn from philosophical studies and aesthetic explorations of the singular? According to both eastern and western tradition, the singular is not given, but rather, something that must be realized and achieved. In the context of contemporary art, the singular can be understood as the realization of one’s own unique voice. It necessitates breaking away from what has already been done and the refusal to conform to the established tradition. The artists in Sui Generis: Debates About the Singular, rise to this challenge and respond in varied, interdisciplinary ways. 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Just over a year ago, March of 2021, I was asked to take on my current role as SoLA Contemporary’s Executive Director. Given the uncertainty of the world and the evolving state of our organization, I saw this as an opportunity to reimagine SoLA and strengthen our relationship to our community. Our Board members, the SoLA team, community members, and artists entrusted me with this monumental task. The weight of the responsibility was not lost on me. I took it on with gratitude and in humble service. This period of transition has pushed us to explore outside of our comfort zones. It has been a personal exercise of faith, as well as working together to overcome obstacles and achieve goals. The first quarter of this year has taught me important personal and professional lessons about how to build not only a commercial art space, but a communal site for safety, discovery, and healing. I believe that our collective vision for SoLA’s future can and will be realized. 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CA (August 22, 2021) – SoLA Contemporary is pleased to announce the opening of its biennial juried show, FRESH 2021, independently curated by Los Angeles-based writer, curator, and educator, Anuradha Vikram. In keeping with tradition, FRESH encourages artists to consider how they can make an impact in their communities, by reflecting on current ideas and trends in contemporary art. In the wake of a year defined by a global pandemic and social justice reckoning, the mission of FRESH is more poignant and pressing than ever before. FRESH 2021, is a retrospective collection of art that engages with the challenges, tragedies, and triumphs that humanity has experienced in this past year. Participating Artist: Astrid Francis, Beth Levy, Carmel Katumba, Christen Austin, Diqing Xu, Flora Kao, Jane Orr, Jo Ann Block, John Sollom, Kathleen Greco, Lauren Haze, Leah Knecht, Lejin Fan, Lorraine Bubar, M. Robert Markovich, Mara Zaslove, Maxwell Kazuo, Mia Johnson, Michael Allyn Roy, Michael Ryder, Michele Castagnetti, Molly Champlin, Nandi Jordan, Nicolaalee, Nicole Rademacher, Rhiannon Isabella Valenti, Richard Gayler, Sarah Stone, Shane Foley, Silvia Wagensberg, Stephen Anderson, Steven Baboun, Vivian Wenhuey Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfc24ad4c21706e73a730b/1632079785130-S3U15A4XFPBC0ZT7V34G/IMG_1309.jpg ARCHIVE - Make it stand out Curated By: Josh Cabello LOS ANGELES, CA (May 27, 2021) – As a contemporary art space whose mission speaks to the empowerment of diverse perspectives, SoLA Contemporary is proud to present LIKE WATER, a group exhibition that depicts and deconstructs mainstream conventions of gender. Coinciding with Pride Month, the annual celebration in honor of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and its role as a catalyst in the modern gay rights movement, Like Water features the work of a dozen individuals who explore identity and combat queer oppression through their art. Participating Artist: Abraham Eliseo Medellin, Bradley Lock, Clifford Prince King, Felony Dodger, Gigie Hall, Ilaria de Plano. 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This multidisciplinary show features the work of six emerging artists who, for the past eight months, have engaged in a collaborative creative practice. Under the guidance of photographer and educator Adrian White, these artists honed their craft by articulating their artistic ethos and offering critique of one other’s work. The result is a show that is grounded in integrity, yet replete with intrigue. The various artworks, which include paintings, photographs, videos, and mixed-media, engage in a dialogue of their own. Remembering Together reads like a conversation between individual artists and their unique mediums, inspirations, and aesthetics. It addresses themes of spirituality, sexuality, ancestry, motherhood, beauty, and empowerment in ways that feel intimate and meditative. The purpose of Creative Exchange is twofold: to support the careers of emerging artists and, in doing so, enrich the Historic South Central, South Los Angeles community. As part of SoLA’s ongoing partnership with Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen, specially-curated artwork from the Remembering Together collection will be displayed at Hilltop’s Slauson Avenue location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfc24ad4c21706e73a730b/51c0fb7f-1e42-46e0-843a-8473961b4c55/IMG_5893.jpg ARCHIVE - Make it stand out Curated by: Khang Bao Nguyen Artists: Alaïa Parhizi, Alexandra Wiesenfeld, Cheyann Washington, Connie Trevino, Daniel Gerwin, Helen Chung, Isabel Beavers, Jacinto Astiazarán, Khang Bao, Lester Monzon, Maura Bendett, Rebecca Niederlander, Regina Herod, Valerie Wilcox, Zeynep Abes That which exceeds all determination, classification, and enumeration seems to resist meaningful discourse or to require yet to be established ways of thinking and communication. The singular is not the first of a series, not an instance of a type and not a particular of something general. The problem has a long and complex history, but it also has relevance today when autonomy and particularity discourses abound. What can we learn from philosophical studies and aesthetic explorations of ways of expressing the singular? There are longstanding debates in philosophy that have focused on ontological, epistemological, ethical, and aesthetic issues in relation to the singular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfc24ad4c21706e73a730b/1632155168303-IN9H9H4U9QOT26QWPAND/2020+Protest+in+Place%2C+kristan+sakota%2C+director+LA+County+Arts+Commission+copy+2.jpeg ARCHIVE - Make it stand out The posters have been collected from a cross section of LA protesters and a few from those who were unable to attend the streets. They are distributed throughout the gallery, floating from above as visitors weave throughout the installation. We hope that the mask and social distancing, a new normal in these COVID-19 times, will create a somber and meditative mood for the limited number of visitors who move through. A subtle soundscape completes the immersive experience, with sounds from LA’s largest protest led by the founders of Black Lives Matter on June 7, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfc24ad4c21706e73a730b/1632078156862-D19B8ZI3A0NMVT87JU3B/IMG_9978.jpg ARCHIVE - Make it stand out Curated By: Lanise Howard LOS ANGELES, CA (June 15, 2021) – Using art as a tool for both abstraction and analysis, the artists in SoLA Contemporary’s upcoming show, Kindred Technology, explore the intricacies of life and identity as Black Americans. This group exhibition, curated by Lanise Howard, features the work of five individuals who seek to make sense of a shared, yet elusive ancestral past. Together, the Kindred Technology artists succeed in building an immersive world -- one where art and technology, history and narrative, spirituality and science converge in conversation with one another. Participating Artist: Alexandria Couch, Khari Turner, Kwame Gomez, Martin Etem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfc24ad4c21706e73a730b/1632082316660-9FVZHQ6KNLKPVM7G11RD/IMG_71821.jpg ARCHIVE - Make it stand out Curated By: Brianna Mims, Georgina Grkikian & Minh-Han Vu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfc24ad4c21706e73a730b/1632083239518-JF1OSA3ZBUYM3RXVU91J/2020+Art+and+Activism%2C+Patrick+Henry+Johnson+installation.jpeg ARCHIVE - Make it stand out Juried by: SoLA Contemporary’s Board and Advisory Council https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfc24ad4c21706e73a730b/1632078652665-9LRR281FF7VX6Y8E2RY4/Screen+Shot+2021-09-19+at+3.10.36+PM.png ARCHIVE - Make it stand out Curated By: Mark Steven Greenfield LOS ANGELES, CA (February 22, 2021) – SoLA Contemporary’s upcoming exhibition MASH is an architecturally inspired collection, curated by esteemed LA-based artist and curator Mark Steven Greenfield, that draws on design elements whose origins can be found in the Middle East — a region of the world often portrayed through a reductive or biased lens. MASH thoughtfully challenges mainstream stereotypes of the Middle East by portraying Arabesque architecture as a gateway to sacred spaces and spiritual experiences. 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Just over a year ago, March of 2021, I was asked to take on my current role as SoLA Contemporary’s Executive Director. Given the uncertainty of the world and the evolving state of our organization, I saw this as an opportunity to reimagine SoLA and strengthen our relationship to our community. Our Board members, the SoLA team, community members, and artists entrusted me with this monumental task. The weight of the responsibility was not lost on me. I took it on with gratitude and in humble service. This period of transition has pushed us to explore outside of our comfort zones. It has been a personal exercise of faith, as well as working together to overcome obstacles and achieve goals. The first quarter of this year has taught me important personal and professional lessons about how to build not only a commercial art space, but a communal site for safety, discovery, and healing. I believe that our collective vision for SoLA’s future can and will be realized. I am confident that I am walking in my purpose by doing this work. We opened the 2022 year with Sui Generis: Debates About the Singular, curated by Khang Bao Nguyen. A visual artist and student of comparative philosophy, Nguyen bridges these distinct traditions, and blends forms of mysticism, modern, and postmodern theory into his work. In Sui Generis: Debates About the Singular, Nguyen brought together 13 artists whose work examines philosophical inquiries about the “singular”. According to both eastern and western tradition, the singular is not given, but rather, something that must be realized and achieved. In the context of contemporary art, the singular can be understood as the realization of one’s own unique voice. It necessitates breaking away from what has already been done and the refusal to conform to the established tradition. This radical notion set the tone for our year. During the February and March months, we highlighted Black History and Women’s History. I was able to share my artistic voice and creative vision through On BLACK, which was my curatorial debut as SoLA’s Executive Director and Chief Curator. My impetus for the show was a desire to reimagine what the gallery is and who it serves. Zora Neal Hurston articulated my feelings about the traditional Western exhibition model when she wrote, "I feel most colored when I'm thrown against a sharp white background." From this departure, we painted the gallery walls black and witnessed how this recontextualization gave new meaning to the work of black artists. The closing reception included an artist talk between myself, artists Shawanna Davis, Lauren Levi, and Joseph Brandon, and moderated by SoLA Board Member and Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen's Marketing Expert, Tara King. It was a conversation of power, representation, and discovery – if you missed it, be sure to check it out on our YouTube. I am so grateful to all the ON BLACK artists, two of whom had their gallery debut. Elevating artists at every stage of their careers remains key to my personal philosophy and SoLA’s mission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfc24ad4c21706e73a730b/2ccb564d-a3d5-4a19-a08b-347d8f31c0e1/IMG_5924.jpg Director Letter - Our third show of the season was Migrant Madonna, a mixed media group show curated by the mother-daughter collective MamaDotta (Joyce Dallal & Naima White). This exhibition brought together eight artists who engaged and transformed the Madonna to reflect current socio-economic issues. They also celebrated family histories and cultures while amplifying the voices and experiences of migrant women today. You can find the Migrant Madonna catalog on our website and learn more about the profound exhibition that brought Quarter One to a close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfc24ad4c21706e73a730b/2632e742-0172-43ab-a0f0-2915be501cac/IMG_6841.jpg Director Letter - Pondering migration and movement, this exhibition felt both timely and in alignment for SoLA, as we prepare to make significant changes in the coming months. I am pleased to announce that SoLA Contemporary will transition from a brick-and-mortar space on Slauson to a nomadic arts entity. This is an opportunity to reimagine the threshold of a gallery, and to expand our Art on Slauson initiative to further corners of Los Angeles and beyond. This shift in our model gives us the chance to think radically outside of the “whitebox,” to engage more intentionally with our collaborators. In this new capacity, SoLA will be more active through in-person and online programming, reaching new communities locally and internationally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfc24ad4c21706e73a730b/89eca70d-264b-42a0-9635-d7168c419b85/IMG_6089.jpg Director Letter - Of course, the success of SoLA's 2021-2022 season would not have been possible without the dedication of my fantastic team, SoLA’s partners, and our sponsors. I want to thank the community for embracing us and witnessing our remarkable development this past year. Together, we have tapped into and increased the energy that radiates from Slauson Ave. I am deeply grateful for the community members new and old, and those who have supported and participated in our programming. Thank you to Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen and our Board member, Tara King. Together, Tara and I envisioned Art On Slauson, now Art For The Climb, an initiative between SoLA Contemporary and Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen that places contemporary art throughout their three locations across Los Angele’s Slauson, Inglewood and Eagle Rock communities, with the goal of bringing visual artists to new audiences. Over the past few months, Long Beach-based painter, visual designer, and DJ THEZONKYGIRL, formally known as Carmel Katumba, was on view at Hilltop’s Slauson location. Learn more about ZONKYGIRL's practice in this interview from our virtual studio visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60cfc24ad4c21706e73a730b/e5252231-2a0e-4fe4-a4c1-5211c990f239/108.jpg Director Letter - To our collectors, thank you for an outstanding season of sales. We are thrilled to grow our collector base locally and internationally. I am particularly proud to have placed a piece by Chantel Walkes in a local South LA charter school, Crete Academy. We are also grateful for our ongoing partnership with Inner-City Education Foundation (ICEF), which honored SoLA with the ICEF Impact Award in February. This award is given in recognition of high-quality learning experiences and opportunities for artistic expression SoLA provided to teachers and students. Transformation not only describes this new era for SoLA, but it also articulates the power of art. Thank you to the artists who have chosen SoLA as a venue for their talents. Thank you for your time, trust, and dedication – for allowing us to embrace and promote your practices. Our artists are the visionaries, imagining new routes to future liberation, acting as griots and guides to curious eyes and minds. They provide transformative energy through their skill, creativity, and talent, inspiring us all. In closing, ownership pertains to more than just a fine art collection - SoLA can help build that, but we also hope to build discourse around ownership of our communities, gentrification, ethical art collecting, and sustainable business practices. I look forward to engaging in dialogue on these matters and welcome the community to join us for our upcoming showcase, At the Intersection, which celebrates freedom, identity, and pride. At the Intersection will be on display at Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen’s Slauson, Inglewood and Eagle Rock locations August-October 2022 and our upcoming solo exhibition with the talented Christen Austin later this fall. I'm excited for the remainder of the 2022 year and all the growth that is to come. 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