March 6 – April 10, 2026

Grief Work

A group exhibition curated by Molly Heller and Material.

Featuring works by Jenny Abramson, Andrew Alba, Kirsten Beitler, Sumedha Bhattacharyya, Jenny Chernansky, Steven Chodoriwsky, Esperanza Cortes, Pablo Cruz-Ayala, Rafi Ruffino Darrow, Stefanie Dykes, David Enriquez, Lares Feliciano, Susan Flores, Kathleen Granados, Andy Hayes, Bryan Hutchison, Zak Jensen, Barry Jones, Kara Komarntisky, Ava Kostia, Beth Krensky, Aya Krisht, Kelly Lawler, Kristina Lenzi, Stephanie Liapis, Caroline Liu, LeGrande Lolo, Elías Magdalena, Trinh Mai, Daniel Maldonado, Vincent Mattina, Kym McDaniel, Cameron McLeod, Christina McPhee, Marissa Mooney, Nuha Moretz, Christy Nelson, Irene Nelson, Zoe Nicole Nielsen, Lis Pardoe, Anna Pottier, Chaz Prymek, Holly Rios, Vanessa Romo, Wren Ross, Alejandra Saunders, Victoria Schiodtz, Andrew Rease Shaw, John Sproul, Hannah Vaughn, Peter Wiarda, Tyler Wilson, and Christopher Woodward.

Jenny Abramson, The Bells, Mixed Media (photography in music box enclosure), 8.5 x 8.5 x 1.75 inches, 2025, $500

Andrew Alba, Weighted, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 x 2 inches, 2026, $2400

Kirsten Beitler, Flood Damage, oil on panel, 18 x 36 x 1 inches, 2015, $1500

Jenny Chernansky, Depression, mixed media inkjet photo transfer on wood panel, hair, 2024, $3500

Esperanza Cortes, Eagle Feather, Mixed media collage on paper, acrylic, ink on handmade paper, 14 x 17 inches, 2023, $3600

Pablo Cruz-Ayala, Mothers Warmth, Thermochromic Pigment, Acrylic, on Glass Pane, 24 x 36 x 2 inches, 2026, $500

Stefanie Dykes, FirstRain_Petricho_2, Origami paper canoes, 2016-2018, NFS

David Enriquez, Oscura Soledad II/ La Luz que Agoniza, Acrylic on canvas, 2025, $2500

Lares Feliciano, Mourning Dew, Hand cut collage blown up, printed on and framed in aluminum 12.4 x 17.3 inches, 2022, $375

Susan Flores, I Regret Saying No To The Mirror, Mixed Media (clay, wire, acrylic paint, paper mache, beads, chain), 16.5 x 10.5 inches, 2026, $650

Kathleen Granados, Leftovers (114), Found spoon, found dishtowels, modeling paste, 1.5 x 7 inches, 2024, $325

Kathleen Granados, Leftovers (101), Found spoon, found dishtowels, modeling paste, 1.5 x 7.25 inches, 2022, $325

Kathleen Granados, Leftovers (115), Found spoon, found dishtowels, modeling paste, 1.5 x 7 inches, 2024, $325

Andy Hayes, Rock-headed lady, Rock from Namche Bazaar, Nepal, cast bronze, painted metal plate, 2019

Bryan Hutchison, Salt, dbellium (Myrrh), Salt, metal, paper, 11.5 x 14 x 2 inches, 2026, $1800

Zak Jensen, We're..., Vinyl, metal grommets, 110 x 18 inches, 2025, NFS

Kara Komarntisky, Mine, Performance, 2026, NFS

Beth Krensky, Float Away, video, 2m 58s, 2018, $1500

Aya Krisht, hand/disintegration, Reduction linocut (8.5 x 5.5" each print), 24 x 18 inches, 2023, $225

Kelly Lawler, Ascension, Water color & thread, 3.5 x 18 feet, 2025, $5555

Kristina Lenzi, Fatalities, Performance, 10 minutes, 2026 (performance on April 3)

Caroline Liu, The Dead Cannot Return to Life, Graphite Pencil on Paper, 9 x 12 inches, 2026, $1650

LeGrande Lolo, Pray for Flowers (image of performance), Digital photograph, 3 x 4 inches, 2025, NFS

Elías Magdalena, los ultimo pasos de mi abuelo, Acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24 inches, 2025, NFS

Daniel Maldonado, in darkness there is light, Video, 13:00, 2025, NFS

Cameron McLeod, Grief Measured in Time, archival pigment prints on textile, 31.5 x 41.5 x 3.5 inches, 2026, $1500

Christina McPhee, Coffle of Dog (After "Sometimes There Are Even Scars," by Joan Naviyuk Kane), Ink, watercolor, and graphite on hot press 140 lb paper, 22 x 30 inches, 2025, $3000

Marissa Mooney, 3, Archival Pigment Print, 22 x 27.5 inches, 2026, $6000

Nuha Moretz, The- land- endures-abstract-artist-nuha-moretz, mixed media acrylic on canvas 2025, $3500

Christy Nelson, Repair, Salvaged 110 year old quilt section and zipper in encaustic, 15 x 12 x 2 inches, 2026

Irene Nelson, Embodied #7, watercolor on paper, 11 x 14 inches, 2023, $1500

Zoe Nicole Nielsen, Stillborn Lamb with Straw and Yellow Meconium, Oil on canvas, 2024, NFS

Lis Pardoe, Matter of Being, oil on aluminum panel, 14.5 x 19 inches, 2024, $3200

Anna Pottier, La Tchusine Chu Nous [The Kitchen at Our House], Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 x 0.75 inches, 2024, $1600

Holly Rios, what does absence feel like?, Screenprint, 2023, $350

Vanessa Romo, Meditatons On Grief, Ceramic, Iron, Muslin, Coffee, 5 x 96 x 12 inches, 2026, NFS

Wren Ross, Coat 1, Mixed media on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, 2026, $1500

Victoria Schiodtz, STILL XI, Dry petals, embroidery, 2023, NFS

Andrew Rease Shaw, Wedge x1-xB Bx no B not EB, digitally glitched photograph, 6 x 8 inches, 2024, $250

John Sproul, ugh, powdered graphite on paper, 2019, $400

Hannah Vaughn, The Husk No. 2 [in section], cotton and linen pulp, wheat, ink, 9 x 22 x 0.5 inches, 2022, $240

Peter Wiarda, dysthymia landscapes, Giclée prints of scanned & digitally altered film photography, 20.5 x 34.5 x 1.5 inches, 2025, $650

Tyler Wilson, Tears Glow Blue On Black, 35mm, 2026, $666

Christopher Woodward, Within Decomposition, inkjet print on paper, 18 x 20 x 1 inches, 2022, $750

Performance Works

Steven Chodoriwsky, Three ways onto the payroll, three ways toward the sea, 2026

Kara Komarntisky, Mine, Performance, 2026

Trinh Mai, Let me be old and tired, spoken word, 2025

Alejandra Saunders, Mariposa/Butterfly, poem, 2025

Film, Video, and Sound Works

Sumedha Bhattacharyya, Biroho, 2026

Rafi Ruffino Darrow, ill/egible, 9m 43s, 2026

Barry Jones, for neda, 2012

Ava Kostia, ST MOAN, 2025

Beth Krensky, Float Away, 2m 58s, 2018

Stephanie Liapis, I Am Still Waiting, 5m, 2022

Daniel Maldonado, in darkness there is light, 13m, 2025

Vincent Mattina, Furnace Creek, 7m 4s, 2020

Kym McDaniel, fracture summer, 2026

Chaz Prymek, Halfless, 2026

Chaz Prymek, You Shouldn't Have To Worry Like This, 2026

Chaz Prymek, Once It's All On The Ground, 2026

Information

March 6 • 5:30–8pm
Opening & Live Program
March 20 • 5–8pm
5–6PM • Grief Circle (signup required)
6–8PM • Gallery Stroll
April 3 • TBD
An Evening of Performance & Film
V. PROJECT STUDIO
826 South 500 West, Suite 2
April 10 • 6:30–9:30pm
Closing Reception
8PM • Shadow Play (Performance)
8:30–9:30PM • Grief Rave
Material Gallery is pleased to present Grief Work, a multidisciplinary project exploring grief as layered, communal, and transformative. Rather than viewing grief as singular or linear, Grief Work recognizes it as something that unfolds across time, cultures, bodies, and artistic practices.
The 53 artists in the exhibition working across a multitude of mediums including 2/3D art, performance, video, sound, and poetry, engage grief in its many forms—personal, collective, ancestral, societal, and ecological—approaching it not only as loss, but also as process, ritual, memory, resistance, care, and transformation. How do we hold space for pain? How can art witness and metabolize sorrow?
Emerging at a moment of cultural urgency, Grief Work offers space for reflection, connection, and shared meaning—centering grief not as something to resolve, but to honor.
Co-curated by Molly Heller, Colour Maisch, and Jorge Rojas.