February 8 - 28, 2025
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
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
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
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;
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;
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
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”