Art Basel Miami 2024
December 5 - 8, 2024
Billy Al Bengston, Diedrick Brackens, Dianna Molzan, a'driane nieves, Sarah Rosalena, Yu Kobayashi
Various Small Fires makes its debut in the Galleries sector at Art Basel Miami Beach, Booth B26. The presentation emphasizes abstraction as a worldwide artistic practice while challenging Eurocentric... Read more
Frieze Seoul 2024
September 4 - 7, 2024
Alex Foxton, A'Driane Nieves, Che Lovelace, Sara Anstis, Yu Kobayashi, Glen Wilson
These artists make works that expand our understanding of history, emotion, identity, and place. Their works highlight VSF's commitment to an inclusive and expansive group within global contemporary a... Read more
Dallas Invitational 2024
April 4 - 6, 2024
Sophia Anthony, Will Gabaldón, Che Lovelace, Joshua Nathanson, Jessica Palermo
Various Small Fires presents works by Sophia Anthony, Will Gabaldón, Che Lovelace, Joshua Nathanson, and Jessica Palermo at the Dallas Invitational 2024.... Read more
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024
March 28 - 30, 2024
A'Driane Nieves, Antonius-Tín Bui, Alex Foxton, Dew Kim, Diedrick Brackens, Dianna Molzan, Jessie Homer French, Lezley Saar, Mark Yang, Wendy Park
The booth unified ten artists presenting new works across multiple mediums including painting, textiles, paper, metal, and silicone. The curatorial theme emphasized appeals to the body combined with a... Read more
Frieze Los Angeles 2024
February 29 - March 3, 2024
Brandon Ballengée, Jessie Homer French, The Harrison Studio, John Miller, Sean Raspet
Including works by The Harrison Studio, Jessie Homer French, Brandon Ballengée, Sean Raspet, and John Miller, VSF's presentation at Frieze LA 2024 simultaneously addresses pervasive climate nihilism a... Read more
Frieze London 2023
October 11 - 15, 2023
Alex Foxton, A'Driane Nieves, Mark Yang
Various Small Fires presents works by Alex Foxton, A'Driane Nieves, and Mark Yang at Frieze London 2023. Foxton, based in Paris, holds an MA from Central Saint Martins. Nieves exhibits across major ar... Read more
Dallas Art Fair 2023
April 20 - 23, 2023
Sara Anstis, Alex Becerra, Alex Foxton, Jessie Homer French, Mie Olise Kjærgaard, Che Lovelace, Caitlin Lonegan, Mark Yang
Various Small Fires presents eight contemporary artists at the Dallas Art Fair 2023, Booth B1. Notable highlights include Jessie Homer French's inclusion in the 59th Venice Biennale (2022) and work in... Read more
Independent 2023
May 11 - 14, 2023
Wendy Park
Korean-American painter Wendy Park showcases work exploring Korean-American stories and socio-economic nuances from her childhood, depicting personal Asian-American nostalgia and family experiences ti... Read more
Frieze Los Angeles OVR 2023
February 16 - 19, 2023
Sara Anstis, Madeline Donahue, Alex Foxton, Alexander Harrison, Michael Hilsman, Che Lovelace, Mie Olise Kjærgaard, Alvin Ong, Wendy Park, John Ripenhoff, Lumin Wakoa
Various Small Fires presents works by eleven artists at Frieze Los Angeles OVR 2023.... Read more
Frieze Los Angeles 2023
February 16 - 19, 2023
Diedrick Brackens, Dyani White Hawk
Various Small Fires presents works by Diedrick Brackens and Dyani White Hawk at Frieze Los Angeles 2023, Booth B7. Brackens received his MFA in textiles from California College of the Arts and has wor... Read more
Art SG 2023
January 12 - 15, 2023
Gina Beavers, Alex Foxton, Che Lovelace, Mark Yang
Various Small Fires presents works by Gina Beavers, Alex Foxton, Che Lovelace, and Mark Yang at Art SG 2023.... Read more
Frieze Seoul 2022
September 2 - 5, 2022
Math Bass, Gina Beavers, Alex Becerra, Ashley Bickerton, Diedrick Brackens, Alex Foxton, Will Gabaldón, Nikki S. Lee, Lily Wong, Mark Yang
Various Small Fires presents works by ten artists at the inaugural Frieze Seoul 2022.... Read more
Dallas Art Fair 2022
April 21 - 24, 2022
Alex Becerra, Kohshin Finley, Will Gabaldón, Jessie Homer French, Sean Landers, Lezley Saar, Kyungmi Shin, Mark Yang
Various Small Fires presents works by eight artists at the Dallas Art Fair 2022.... Read more
Frieze Los Angeles 2022
February 17 - 20, 2022
Sara Anstis, Alex Becerra, Math Bass, Billy Al Bengston, Ashley Bickerton, Kohshin Finley, Jessie Homer French, Will Gabaldón, Alexander Harrison, Christian Quin Newell, Wendy Park, Calida Rawles, Anna Sew Hoy, Glen Wilson
Various Small Fires presents works by fourteen artists at Frieze Los Angeles 2022.... Read more
Art Basel Miami Beach 2021
December 2 - 4, 2021
Jessie Homer French, Diedrick Brackens
The booth presents visions centered on water through textile works and paintings, Booth N7. Brackens explores personal and historical connections to Lake Mexia using woven tapestries with symbolic fig... Read more
Korea International Art Fair 2021
October 14 - 17, 2021
Mark Yang
Mark Yang (b. 1994, Seoul, South Korea) received a BFA from Art Center College of Design and an MFA from Columbia University. Yang presented solo exhibitions at And Milk at Various Small Fires, Los An... Read more
Frieze London 2021
October 13 - 17, 2021
Glen Wilson
Glen Wilson is a multi-disciplinary artist and photographer who lives and works in Los Angeles. Merging photography, sculpture, weaving, and assemblage, Wilson's practice addresses the shifting dynami... Read more
Independent 2021
September 9 - 12, 2021
Che Lovelace
The presentation explores how Indo and Afro-Caribbean dances encode ancestral identity and serve as survival mechanisms. Lovelace's four-panel paintings examine figures and motions reshaping cultural... Read more
Felix Los Angeles 2021
July 29 - August 1, 2021
Anna Sew Hoy, Billy Al Bengston, Jessie Homer French, Joshua Nathanson, Judith Linhares, Mark Yang
Various Small Fires presents works by six contemporary artists at Felix Los Angeles 2021.... Read more
Art Busan 2020
November 5 - 8, 2020
Billy Al Bengston, Ashley Bickerton, Diedrick Brackens, Jessie Homer French, Joshua Nathanson, Sojourner Truth Parsons, Amy Yao, Pentti Monkkonen
Various Small Fires presents works by eight artists at Art Busan 2020.... Read more
Art Basel OVR:2020
September 23 - 26, 2020
Diedrick Brackens, Jessie Homer French, Judith Linhares, Anna Sew Hoy, Calida Rawles, Glen Wilson
The exhibition presented six California artists whose works engage with creative visualization and utopian ideals. These artists give physical shape to their ideals while subconsciously reflecting the... Read more
Independent 2020
March 6 - 8, 2020
Jessie Homer French
A longtime contemporary of the historic Ferus Gallery artists of Los Angeles and a resident of California for the past four decades, Jessie Homer French (b. 1940) has painted distinctly intimate relat... Read more
Frieze Los Angeles 2020
February 14 - 16, 2020
Calida Rawles
Reflecting on topographical matters which shape and hold black life, Rawles merges realism with poetic abstraction through immersive paintings using acrylic on canvas. The exhibition explores water as... Read more
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair 2019
November 7 - 10, 2019
Joshua Nathanson
Various Small Fires is pleased to present a solo presentation by Los Angeles-based artist, Joshua Nathanson for Art021's Detour section. The presentation features paintings exploring themes of isolati... Read more
Frieze New York 2019
May 1 - 5, 2019
Diedrick Brackens
The presentation showcases Brackens' woven tapestries exploring the intersection of American identity and sociopolitical tensions. This body of work investigates the overlooked history of the Black Co... Read more
Frieze London 2018
October 3 - 7, 2018
Robin F. Williams, Julie Curtiss, Amy Yao
The exhibition, titled Mane, explores how three female artists challenge traditional perspectives on femininity through hair as both artistic subject and medium. Works examine patriarchal attitudes to... Read more
Frieze New York 2018
May 3 - 6, 2018
Billy Al Bengston
A pioneer of the 1960s California Finish Fetish and Light and Space movements, Bengston's exhibition showcases his moon paintings series alongside handwoven Oaxacan rugs. The works span primarily 1983... Read more
Art Basel Hong Kong 2018
March 29 - 31, 2018
Jessie Homer French
The gallery presented a solo exhibition at Discoveries Booth 1C39. French, described as a regional narrative painter, creates compositions inspired by pastoral landscapes and rural American subject ma... Read more
Frieze London 2017
October 5 - 8, 2017
The Harrisons
Survival Piece V Part II: Lemon Orchard Fragment, a variation of the historic 1972 installation presenting an interactive, self-regulating installation of citrus trees and photosynthetic lights, propo... Read more
Frieze New York 2017
May 5 - 7, 2017
Jessie Homer French, The Harrisons, Mernet Larsen, Liz Magic Laser, Andrea Longacre-White, Joshua Nathanson, B. Thom Stevenson, Amy Yao
A curated booth of works by American artists spanning several generations that employ sardonic humor to wrestle with the cognitive dissonance of the United States' seemingly perpetual state of war. Bo... Read more
Art Basel Hong Kong 2017
March 23 - 25, 2017
Joshua Nathanson
VSF is pleased to present for the 2017 Art Basel Hong Kong Positions sector a composed presentation of new paintings and sculptures by Los Angeles based artist Joshua Nathanson. Booth IC41.... Read more
The Armory Show 2017
March 2 - 5, 2017
Mernet Larsen
The gallery showcased Larsen's iconic works on paper at Booth P25, described as paintings on paper that serve as essential roadmaps to the artist's painting practice. These compositions feature meticu... Read more
Art Basel Miami Beach 2016
December 1 - 4, 2016
Amy Yao
The stand at Booth P13 contains both wall-based works and a floor installation centered around the artist's continued investigation into the aesthetics of industrial and domestic spaces and objects fr... Read more
Frieze London 2016
October 6 - 9, 2016
Liz Magic Laser
For Frieze 2016, Various Small Fires presents Primal Speech at Booth G15, an immersive mixed media installation produced for the fair by gallery artist Liz Magic Laser. Catharsis and manipulation merg... Read more
Dallas Art Fair 2016
April 14 - 17, 2016
Sean Shim-Boyle, Lena Daly, Mernet Larsen, Amir Nikravan, Amy Yao
Various Small Fires is pleased to present works by Sean Shim-Boyle, Lena Daly, Mernet Larsen, Amir Nikravan and Amy Yao.... Read more
Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2016
January 28 - 31, 2016
BRACE BRACE (Annika Kuhlmann & Christopher Kulendran Thomas), Lena Daly, Andrea Longacre-White, Samuel Kenswil, Joshua Nathanson, Amir Nikravan, Anna Sew Hoy, Amy Yao
Various Small Fires is pleased to present works by BRACE BRACE (Annika Kuhlmann & Christopher Kulendran Thomas), Lena Daly, Andrea Longacre-White, Samuel Kenswil, Joshua Nathanson, Amir Nikravan, Anna... Read more
EXPO Chicago 2015
September 17 - 20, 2015
Jim Drain, Mernet Larsen, Joshua Nathanson, Amir Nikravan, April Street, Amy Yao, Jeff Zilm
Various Small Fires presents works by seven artists at EXPO Chicago 2015, Booth 735.... Read more
Dallas Art Fair 2015
April 10 - 12, 2015
Mernet Larsen, Andrea Longacre-White, Joshua Nathanson, Amir Nikravan, April Street, Amy Yao
Various Small Fires presents works by six artists at the Dallas Art Fair 2015.... Read more
The Armory Show 2015
March 5 - 8, 2015
Amir Nikravan
Despite their impasto appearance, the compositions depicted in Nikravan's paintings are completely flat optical mirages. The works critique abstract painting's appeal while exploring the paradox of th... Read more
Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2015
January 29 - February 1, 2015
Mernet Larsen, Joshua Nathanson, Amir Nikravan, Kathleen Ryan, Amy Yao
Various Small Fires presents works by five artists at Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2015.... Read more
Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2014
January 30 - February 2, 2014
Sean Shim-Boyle
Various Small Fires presents Sean Shim-Boyle at Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2014, featuring works including Happy Cat (2014), a recontextualization of the Maneki-neko figurine.... Read more
Frieze London 2013
October 16 - 20, 2013
Andrea Longacre-White
The artist examines human-like failures of our industrially designed and mass-produced technological gadgets. Her Frieze Frame presentation combines photographic reproductions of damaged iPads with 3-... Read more
Dallas Art Fair 2013
April 12 - 14, 2013
Amir Nikravan, Anna Sew Hoy
Various Small Fires presented work by two Los Angeles-based artists. Sew Hoy created functional sculptural pieces that serve dual purposes as both artworks and utilitarian objects. Nikravan's airbrush... Read more
The Armory Show 2013
March 7 - 10, 2013
Liz Magic Laser
Various Small Fires presented a solo exhibition by performance artist Liz Magic Laser, who stages situations, dialogues, and monologues in the urban environment. The site-specific installation Artist'... Read more
Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2013
January 24 - 27, 2013
Lucie Fontaine, Anna Sew Hoy, John Houck, Liz Magic Laser, Diego Singh, Andrea Longacre-White, Fiona Connor, Amir Nikravan, Kerstin Brätsch, Debo Eilers
The exhibition presents Fil Rouge (red thread), uniting artworks from Various Small Fires and Anat Ebgi galleries. The concept draws from French and East Asian cultural meanings of the red thread, lin... Read more
NADA Miami Beach 2012
December 6 - 9, 2012
Liz Magic Laser, Anna Sew Hoy, Diego Singh
Various Small Fires presents works by Liz Magic Laser, Anna Sew Hoy, and Diego Singh at NADA Miami Beach 2012.... Read more