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diedrick brackens
tenderfeet September 21 - October 26, 2024 Dallas Various Small Fires proudly presents tenderfeet, a solo exhibition of new work by diedrick brackens that marks a homecoming for the Texan-born artist. Four new weavings are on display alongside wearable textile pieces, a new exploration in brackens’ practice. Altogether, the body of work bolsters the artist’s ongoing interest in... Read more -
Antonio Lechuga
Street Views July 27 - August 31, 2024 Dallas Various Small Fires is pleased to present Street Views, a solo presentation by Dallas-based artist Antonio Lechuga. In this recent body of work, Lechuga extends his use of cobijas, or Mexican fleece blankets, to sew compositions that reflect on ideas of community, care, and invisible labor. Lechuga’s interest in cobijas... Read more -
Antonius-Tín Bui
How we envy the river, its boneless I June 1 - July 13, 2024 Dallas VSF Texas is pleased to present How we envy the river, its boneless I, a solo exhibition of new works by Vietnamese-American artist, Antonius-Tín Bui. Inspired by poetry, Bui’s intricate hand-cut paper portraits employ beauty to create refuge and liberation for fellow members of marginalized communities. Born in the Bronx,... Read more -
Joshua Nathanson
Yeah, I Know What You Mean April 3 - May 25, 2024 Dallas It is the gallery’s distinct pleasure to present Yeah, I Know What You Mean, a solo presentation of new work by Joshua Nathanson. In the Los Angeles artist’s fourth exhibition with VSF, Nathanson portrays scenes of the everyday through a lens that bridges art history to contemporary modes of making.... Read more -
Reclamation
Ari Brielle | Zoë Buckman | Cynthia Mulcahy February 24 - March 30, 2024 Dallas Various Small Fires is proud to present Reclamation , a group exhibition featuring Ari Brielle (Dallas), Zoë Buckman (London/New York), and Cynthia Mulcahy (Dallas). Presented at VSF Texas, the exhibition is borne out of the ever-urgent conversations surrounding access to reproductive and gynecological care in the state and beyond. The... Read more -
Will Gabaldón
Winter will crave what is gone January 13 - February 17, 2024 Dallas Various Small Fires is elated to present Will Gabaldón’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. Winter will crave what is gone follows exhibitions in Los Angeles and Seoul and marks the artist’s first presentation in Texas. The exhibition features new paintings made in the fall of 2023 and continues the... Read more -
Alina Perez
The Turquoise Room November 4 - December 23, 2023 Dallas Various Small Fires proudly presents The Turquoise Room, an exhibition of new drawings by Alina Perez. This is the artist’s first presentation with the gallery and first time to exhibit in Texas. In this body of work, Perez depicts a series of dreamlike tableaux that delicately unfolds as an inquisition... Read more -
Che Lovelace
Nightscapes with Palms and Egrets September 9 - October 28, 2023 Dallas Various Small Fires proudly presents the Texas debut solo exhibition by Trinidad-based artist Che Lovelace. Nightscapes with Palms and Egrets poetically advances Lovelace’s practice that celebrates the artist’s homeland and hones in on the island’s lush flora and fauna. Utilizing a palette of rich colors and compositions with abstracted forms,... Read more -
Mark Yang
Spectral Echoes July 15 - September 2, 2023 Dallas Various Small Fires is pleased to present Mark Yang’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and the artist’s first presentation in Texas. In Spectral Echoes, the Seoul-born, New York-based artist expands on previous works while embracing a fresh approach to his exploration of the human form. Yang creates bold compositions... Read more -
Madeline Donahue
ART HOUSE June 3 - July 8, 2023 Dallas Various Small Fires presents a solo exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Brooklyn-based artist Madeline Donahue. ART HOUSE expands on the artist’s practice that centers on her experiences of pregnancy, birth, motherhood and owning a postpartum body. Donahue utilizes personal experience to portray the wide-ranging facets of... Read more -
Caitlin Lonegan
O Nobile Viridity April 21 - May 27, 2023 Dallas Various Small Fires is proud to present O Nobile Viridity by Los Angeles-based artist Caitlin Lonegan. Her first show with the gallery and on view in Dallas, the exhibition features all new paintings continuing the artist’s ongoing interrogation of the potential to communicate through abstract painting. The title of the... Read more -
Mie Olise Kjærgaard
Toward Infinity and Beyond February 25 - April 8, 2023 Dallas Various Small Fires is proud to present Copenhagen-based artist Mie Olise Kjærgaard in her first solo presentation with the gallery. Mie Olise Kjærgaard (b. 1974 in Denmark, lives and works in Copenhagen and New York) works in painting, sculptural objects and installation. Read more -
John Riepenhoff
Scene Painters' Almanac January 14 - February 18, 2023 Dallas Various Small Fires is pleased to introduce a new collection of paintings by Milwaukee-based artist John Riepenhoff. Scene Painters’ Almanac is Riepenhoff’s first solo exhibition in Texas and presents the culmination of recent painting sessions that began en plein air. Riepenhoff is the co-founder and director of The Green Gallery... Read more -
Sean Landers
Animal Portraits November 19, 2022 - January 7, 2023 Dallas Various Small Fires is proud to present an exhibition of new paintings by New York artist Sean Landers. On view in Dallas, Animal Portraits is the artist’s first solo presentation in Texas. Over the course of an illustrious career, Landers has made work that meditates on the artist’s existential struggles.... Read more -
Kohshin Finley
Eight Artworks October 8 - November 12, 2022 Dallas Various Small Fires proudly presents Eight Artworks by Los Angeles-based artist Kohshin Finley at its Texas gallery. The exhibition of recent paintings is the artist’s first solo presentation with the gallery and in the American South. Eight Artworks features portraits of significant people from the artist’s community, including... Read more -
Glen Wilson
Shelter in Place August 26 - October 1, 2022 Dallas Various Small Fires proudly presents Shelter In Place, a solo exhibition of new sculptural objects by Glen Wilson at the gallery’s Texas location. The exhibition expands on the themes, methods, and visual language that have been central to Wilson’s practice in recent years, manifesting contemplations of place and home. A... Read more -
Jessie Homer French
Roots June 30 - August 13, 2022 Dallas Various Small Fires is proud to present Roots by Jessie Homer French. The exhibition of new paintings is the regional narrative painter’s fourth solo exhibition with VSF and first at the gallery’s Texas location. Mostly executed during the pandemic, a series of six new paintings paying homage to the United... Read more -
Texan: Part II
Diedrick Brackens | Xavier Cha | Hayden Dunham | Baseera Khan | Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo) | Sarah Zapata May 28 - June 25, 2022 Dallas Various Small Fires proudly presents Part II of its inaugural exhibition at VSF Texas. Texan celebrates the rich contributions Texas-born artists offer to the contemporary art landscape and provides a homecoming for many of the exhibition's diasporic Texans. While claiming one’s Texan heritage can incite complicated feelings, the exhibition presents... Read more -
Texan: Part I
Will Boone | Rosson Crow | Aaron Curry | Jeff Elrod | Mark Flood | Daniel Rios Rodriguez | Ryan Trecartin | Jeff Zilm April 22 - May 21, 2022 Dallas Various Small Fires is proud to present its inaugural exhibition at VSF Texas, the gallery’s newest location situated in Downtown Dallas. Presented in two parts, Texan celebrates the rich contributions Texas-born artists have made to the landscape of contemporary art and offers a homecoming for many of the exhibition's 'diasporic'... Read more
