February 8 - 28, 2025
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​Queer Ecologies ​​
Work by Lily Erb, Eve Gordon, Naomi Hamlin-Navias, Kate Humphrey, Linye Jiang, Justin Korver, David Nasca, SK Reed, Exer Thurston, and Kellen Wright.
Curated by Lily Erb and SK Reed
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Documentation by Amy Shelton
Queer Ecologies from left to right: Long Hair, 2024, Exer Thurston, 5 x 4 x 6 in, Hot cast glass, polyester ribbon; Crossing, Reaching, 2024, Naomi Hamlin-Navias, 40 x110 in, Agar based bioplastic, indigo dye, eggshells, tea leaves, chlorophyll, cotton; Peek, 2024, Exer Thurston, 13 x 4 x 3 in, Hot cast glass, wool; Hide/See, 2024, Justin Korver, Each 15” x 24”, Archival pigment print on paper; Verrucomicrobium spinosum, 2025, Lily Erb, Specimen one- 14 x 15 x 33 in, Specimen two- 15 x 17 x 27 in, Specimen three- 12 x 19 x 29 in, Velour, thread, fiber fill; Cucumber from Fruit Portraits: Sweet, Juicy and Rebellious, 2022-2023, Linye Jiang, 36”x14”x1/4”, Archival Inkjet Print, Fluorescent Acrylic Sheet, Resin, Mix Material; Banana from Fruit Portraits: Sweet, Juicy and Rebellious, 2022-2023, Linye Jiang, 36”x24”x1/4”, Archival Inkjet Print, Fluorescent Acrylic Sheet, Resin, Mix Material; Blackberry from Fruit Portraits: Sweet, Juicy and Rebellious, 2022-2023, Linye Jiang, 30”x24”x1/4”, Archival Inkjet Print, Fluorescent Acrylic Sheet, Resin, Mix Material; (38.8094579, -90.5383727) (39.158423, -94.760208), 2025, Kellen Wright & SK Reed, Dimensions variable, Pinch pot by David Lieffring, Clay harvested by SK, local Kansas City clay, charcoal made by Kellen from invasive honeysuckle and cucumber vine; boys to all but a learned few (after T. Fleischmann) (iteration 2), 2024, Kellen Wright, 43.5” (H) x 72” (W) x 12” (D), cyanotype on a bedsheet, digital collage printed on PSV, my father’s fishing lures, grommets, fishing line
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Queer Ecologies from left to right: Hide/See, 2024, Justin Korver, Each 15” x 24”, Archival pigment print on paper; Verrucomicrobium spinosum, 2025, Lily Erb, Specimen one- 14 x 15 x 33 in, Specimen two- 15 x 17 x 27 in, Specimen three- 12 x 19 x 29 in, Velour, thread, fiber fill; Cucumber from Fruit Portraits: Sweet, Juicy and Rebellious, 2022-2023, Linye Jiang, 36”x14”x1/4”, Archival Inkjet Print, Fluorescent Acrylic Sheet, Resin, Mix Material; Banana from Fruit Portraits: Sweet, Juicy and Rebellious, 2022-2023, Linye Jiang, 36”x24”x1/4”, Archival Inkjet Print, Fluorescent Acrylic Sheet, Resin, Mix Material; Blackberry from Fruit Portraits: Sweet, Juicy and Rebellious, 2022-2023, Linye Jiang, 30”x24”x1/4”, Archival Inkjet Print, Fluorescent Acrylic Sheet, Resin, Mix Material; (38.8094579, -90.5383727) (39.158423, -94.760208), 2025, Kellen Wright & SK Reed, Dimensions variable, Pinch pot by David Lieffring, Clay harvested by SK, local Kansas City clay, charcoal made by Kellen from invasive honeysuckle and cucumber vine; boys to all but a learned few (after T. Fleischmann) (iteration 2), 2024, Kellen Wright, 43.5” (H) x 72” (W) x 12” (D), cyanotype on a bedsheet, digital collage printed on PSV, my father’s fishing lures, grommets, fishing line
Verrucomicrobium spinosum, 2025, Lily Erb, Specimen one- 14 x 15 x 33 in, Specimen two- 15 x 17 x 27 in, Specimen three- 12 x 19 x 29 in, Velour, thread, fiber fill; Cucumber from Fruit Portraits: Sweet, Juicy and Rebellious, 2022-2023, Linye Jiang, 36”x14”x1/4”, Archival Inkjet Print, Fluorescent Acrylic Sheet, Resin, Mix Material; Banana from Fruit Portraits: Sweet, Juicy and Rebellious, 2022-2023, Linye Jiang, 36”x24”x1/4”, Archival Inkjet Print, Fluorescent Acrylic Sheet, Resin, Mix Material; Blackberry from Fruit Portraits: Sweet, Juicy and Rebellious, 2022-2023, Linye Jiang, 30”x24”x1/4”, Archival Inkjet Print, Fluorescent Acrylic Sheet, Resin, Mix Material
Queer Ecologies from left to right: Long Hair, 2024, Exer Thurston, 5 x 4 x 6 in, Hot cast glass, polyester ribbon; Crossing, Reaching, 2024, Naomi Hamlin-Navias, 40 x110 in, Agar based bioplastic, indigo dye, eggshells, tea leaves, chlorophyll, cotton; Peek, 2024, Exer Thurston, 13 x 4 x 3 in, Hot cast glass, wool; Hide/See, 2024, Justin Korver, Each 15” x 24”, Archival pigment print on paper; Verrucomicrobium spinosum, 2025, Lily Erb, Specimen one- 14 x 15 x 33 in, Specimen two- 15 x 17 x 27 in, Specimen three- 12 x 19 x 29 in, Velour, thread, fiber fill; Cucumber from Fruit Portraits: Sweet, Juicy and Rebellious, 2022-2023, Linye Jiang, 36”x14”x1/4”, Archival Inkjet Print, Fluorescent Acrylic Sheet, Resin, Mix Material; Banana from Fruit Portraits: Sweet, Juicy and Rebellious, 2022-2023, Linye Jiang, 36”x24”x1/4”, Archival Inkjet Print, Fluorescent Acrylic Sheet, Resin, Mix Material; Blackberry from Fruit Portraits: Sweet, Juicy and Rebellious, 2022-2023, Linye Jiang, 30”x24”x1/4”, Archival Inkjet Print, Fluorescent Acrylic Sheet, Resin, Mix Material; (38.8094579, -90.5383727) (39.158423, -94.760208), 2025, Kellen Wright & SK Reed, Dimensions variable, Pinch pot by David Lieffring, Clay harvested by SK, local Kansas City clay, charcoal made by Kellen from invasive honeysuckle and cucumber vine; boys to all but a learned few (after T. Fleischmann) (iteration 2), 2024, Kellen Wright, 43.5” (H) x 72” (W) x 12” (D), cyanotype on a bedsheet, digital collage printed on PSV, my father’s fishing lures, grommets, fishing line
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(38.8094579, -90.5383727) (39.158423, -94.760208), 2025, Kellen Wright & SK Reed, Dimensions variable, Pinch pot by David Lieffring, Clay harvested by SK, local Kansas City clay, charcoal made by Kellen from invasive honeysuckle and cucumber vine; boys to all but a learned few (after T. Fleischmann) (iteration 2), 2024, Kellen Wright, 43.5” (H) x 72” (W) x 12” (D), cyanotype on a bedsheet, digital collage printed on PSV, my father’s fishing lures, grommets, fishing line
Peek, 2024, Exer Thurston, 13 x 4 x 3 in, Hot cast glass, wool
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Queer Ecologies from left to right: Red, 2024, Exer Thurston, 7 x 5 x 6 in, Hot cast glass, polyester ribbon, tape; The Line Which Tows Both Worlds, 2023, Kate Humphrey, 29 in x 36 in, Double cloth hand woven on the TC-2 with hand-dyed indigo; flight of the Green Striped Grasshopper & the loss of Tallgrass nutrients, 2024, SK Reed, 14 x 11 x 5 in, Wood Fired Ceramic, Missouri Clay, Foraged Kansas City Clay Painted on Wall; for the beatles and bees (Grey Headed Coneflower), 2024, SK Reed, 15 x 13 x 3 in, Wood Fired Ceramic using Missouri Clay, Foraged Kansas City Clay Painted on Wall; Peek, 2024, Exer Thurston, 13 x 4 x 3 in, Hot cast glass, wool, Long Hair, 2024, Exer Thurston, 5 x 4 x 6 in, Hot cast glass, polyester ribbon; Crossing, Reaching, 2024, Naomi Hamlin-Navias, 40 x110 in, Agar based bioplastic, indigo dye, eggshells, tea leaves, chlorophyll, cotton; Hide/See, 2024, Justin Korver, Each 15” x 24”, Archival pigment print on paper; Verrucomicrobium spinosum, 2025, Lily Erb, Specimen one- 14 x 15 x 33 in, Specimen two- 15 x 17 x 27 in, Specimen three- 12 x 19 x 29 in, Velour, thread, fiber fill;
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Queer Ecologies from left to right: Long Hair, 2024, Exer Thurston, 5 x 4 x 6 in, Hot cast glass, polyester ribbon; Crossing, Reaching, 2024, Naomi Hamlin-Navias, 40 x110 in, Agar based bioplastic, indigo dye, eggshells, tea leaves, chlorophyll, cotton; Hide/See, 2024, Justin Korver, Each 15” x 24”, Archival pigment print on paper;
Queer Ecologies from left to right: where sun, water, myself, & ash collapse, 2024, SK Reed, 19 x 17 x 3 in, Wood Fired Ceramic, Missouri Clay, Foraged Kansas City Clay Painted on Wall;Tullimonstrum gregarium (reconstruction), 2025, David Nasca, 56” x 10” x 16”, Leather; Tullimonstrum gregarium (holotype), 2025, David Nasca, 27” x 19” x 6”, Ceramic; ​Red, 2024, Exer Thurston, 7 x 5 x 6 in, Hot cast glass, polyester ribbon, tape; The Line Which Tows Both Worlds, 2023, Kate Humphrey, 29 in x 36 in, Double cloth hand woven on the TC-2 with hand-dyed indigo; flight of the Green Striped Grasshopper & the loss of Tallgrass nutrients, 2024, SK Reed, 14 x 11 x 5 in, Wood Fired Ceramic, Missouri Clay, Foraged Kansas City Clay Painted on Wall; for the beatles and bees (Grey Headed Coneflower), 2024, SK Reed, 15 x 13 x 3 in, Wood Fired Ceramic using Missouri Clay, Foraged Kansas City Clay Painted on Wall; Peek, 2024, Exer Thurston, 13 x 4 x 3 in, Hot cast glass, wool, Long Hair, 2024, Exer Thurston, 5 x 4 x 6 in, Hot cast glass, polyester ribbon;
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for the beatles and bees (Grey Headed Coneflower), 2024, SK Reed, 15 x 13 x 3 in, Wood Fired Ceramic using Missouri Clay, Foraged Kansas City Clay Painted on Wall
Queer Ecologies from left to right: where sun, water, myself, & ash collapse, 2024, SK Reed, 19 x 17 x 3 in, Wood Fired Ceramic, Missouri Clay, Foraged Kansas City Clay Painted on Wall;Tullimonstrum gregarium (reconstruction), 2025, David Nasca, 56” x 10” x 16”, Leather; Tullimonstrum gregarium (holotype), 2025, David Nasca, 27” x 19” x 6”, Ceramic; ​Red, 2024, Exer Thurston, 7 x 5 x 6 in, Hot cast glass, polyester ribbon, tape; The Line Which Tows Both Worlds, 2023, Kate Humphrey, 29 in x 36 in, Double cloth hand woven on the TC-2 with hand-dyed indigo
The Lyrics and Also the Words, 2024, Millicent Kennedy, Indigo and Buckthorn Dyed Cotton, Thread, Constructed Frame
Queer Ecologies from left to right: SSR and Male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in Winter, 2025, Eve Gordon, 11 x 14 in, Oil Pastel on Paper;​ Nature is Queer, Zine, 2024, Eve Gordon, 2.75 x 4.25 in, Printer Ink on Paper; Reshooting: Filled, 2023, Justin Korver, Pearled cotton and archival pigment print on paper, 21” x 27”; A Poem to My Last Self, 2022, Kate Humphrey, 27 in x 33 in, Handwoven on TC-2 with cotton and wool
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A Poem to My Last Self, 2022, Kate Humphrey, 27 in x 33 in, Handwoven on TC-2 with cotton and wool
Queer Ecologies from left to right: SSR and Male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in Winter, 2025, Eve Gordon, 11 x 14 in, Oil Pastel on Paper;​ Nature is Queer, Zine, 2024, Eve Gordon, 2.75 x 4.25 in, Printer Ink on Paper; Reshooting: Filled, 2023, Justin Korver, Pearled cotton and archival pigment print on paper, 21” x 27”