Past Exhibitions – 516 ARTS

Past Exhibitions

2025

New Tableau: Experiments in Photography

2024

Funny Bones (small), ink on panel, 24” X 16” 2023

Done and Undone: New Works by Larry Bob Phillips

New Worlds: New Mexico Women to Watch 2024

GEOHAPTICS: Sensing Climate

2023

Sam Kirk Cholo/a, 2020, mixed media on wood disc, 29 x 29 inches

Karma Henry Toiyabi-kahinu (Towards the mountains) 2022, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 30 inches

Southwest Contemporary’s 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2023

A Radiant Revolution III, II, and I, 2018, 9ft X 5ft each, Stephanie J. Woods

Artists as Knowledge Carriers

2022

Stages of Tectonic Blackness: Blackdom, Nikesha Breeze, Miles Tokuknow and Lazarus Nance Letcher (Live Performance Nov. 2021) Photo by Noël Hutton. Stages of Tectonic Blackness: Blackdom by Nikesha Breeze is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by 516 ARTS, New Mexico State University/University Art Museum, and NPN. The Creation & Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information: npnweb.org

Art Meets History: Many Worlds Are Born

Laurie O’Brien

Art Meets History: Technologies of the Spirit

Minerva Cuevas (Mexico City, Mexico) Migration is Natural 2019, digital image, size variable

MIGRATORY with Minerva Cuevas

Makaye Lewis (Tohono O’odham) (Ak Chin, Arizona) Another Night at Home 2019, linocut, 24 x 36 inches

When the Dogs Stop Barking

Selfie by Nathaniel Paolinelli Tetsuro

Nathaniel Tetsuro Paolinelli: Downtown

2021

Steven Yazzie, ^^^^ (BWBY - Black White Blue Yellow), 2017, still from 4-channel video, 13:21, dimensions variable

Counter Mapping

Photograph documenting the eruption of the volcano Mount Pelée in Martinique, 1902, photo courtesy of The Caribbean Photo Archive

Dust Specks on the Sea: Contemporary Sculpture from the French Caribbean & Haiti

Afton Love, Center Stone (detail), graphite and beeswax on vellum, 34 x 28 inches

Afton Love: Perfect Union

Neal Ambrose-Smith, If I have to listen to the news one more time (detail), 2019, oil, acrylic and collage, 36 x36 inches

Neal Ambrose-Smith: The (Tense) Present

2020

Amy Lockheart, The Collagist (2009) in collaboration with Marc Bell (left); La Jetee by Chris Marker

Collage in Motion & Cut Up or Shut Up!

Museum from Home

Tania Candiani, studio for Cromática, 2015

Tania Candiani: Cromática

2019

Suzi Davidoff, Simplified World/Aplomada Falcon and Grasses, 2017, charcoal, gesso, map, 50 x 68 x 3 inches

Species in Peril Along the Rio Grande

Paula Wilson, Remodeled, 2007, relief woodcut, offset lithography and silkscreen with collaged elements and hand coloring, produced and editioned at Columbia University’s Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies, New York, NY 19 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches

Paula Wilson: Entangled

Mira Burack, Moon (mother), 2015, broom snakeweed plants, twine, paint, 84 x 5 x 84 inches

Mira Burack: Sleeping between the Sun and the Moon

Kim Arthun, Gotta Be, 1994, mixed media, 60 x 60 inches

In Our Own Backyard

Erika Harrsch, Foreign Development Assistance (German Specimen)

Currency: What do you value?

2018

Patrick McGrath Muñiz, Alba’s Dream, oil and gold leaf on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, collection of Toni-Leslie James

Puerto Rico: Defying Darkness

Karla Knight, Red Spaceship (UR OM UM OX UH), 2018, colored pencil and graphite on paper, 50 x 90 inches

21st Century Cyphers

Rael San Fratello Architecture Studio, Burrito Wall, 2013, composite model, 4 x 4 inches, collection of Studio San Fratello

The US-Mexico Border: Place, Imagination, and Possibility

2017

Karl Hofmann, Some Areas of Interest, 2017, watercolor, gouache, ink on paper, 22.5 x 30 inches

Karl Hofmann: In the Balance

Daisy Patton, The Gardener, 2017, oil on archival paper mounted to panel, 80 x 102 inches

Cross Pollination

Jennifer Gunlock, Urban Interface, mixed media collage and drawing on 18 sheets Stonehenge paper, 132 x 180 inches

Fires of Change

Donna J. Wan, Dumbarton Bridge #4, 2014, inkjet pigment print, 32 x 40 inches

Landscapes of Life & Death

Sandra Monterossa, Expoliada, threads dyed yellow, wooden paddles

Decolonizing Nature

Nestor Siré, still from Three In One Flags, 2016

Experiments in Cinema v12.3: The Cubano Edition

Earl McBride, Losing My Religion (detail), 2015, oil, acrylic, spray paint and graphite 48 x 48 inches

We are in mysterious contact with the powers besieging us, ready to call forth a miracle

Karsten Creightney, Outskirts, 2016, mixed media on canvas, 66 x 78 inches

Karsten Creightney: Paper Visions

2016

Timothy Cummings, The Musicians, 2016, two-color lithograph with hand-coloring 20 x 15 inches, edition of 30, Collaborating printer, Valpuri Remling

Timothy Cummings: The Concert

DECADE: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of 516 ARTS

Starn Brothers: Absorption of Light

Wendy Redstar, Peelatchiwaaxpáash/Medicine Crow (Raven): Aappiiwaaxaaxiish/Shining Shell, 2014 Sewn tapestry, digitally printed cotton 180 1/5 x 36 inches

As We See It: Contemporary Native Photographers

Kameelah Janan Rasheed, No Instructions for Assembly (installation detail)

At Home in the World

2015

Scott Greene, La Bajada Bluff, oil on canvas, 2013, 50 x 50 inches

Scott Greene: Bewilderness

Beau Carey, Fata Morgana, 2013, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

Beau Carey: Rise

Magda Biernat, Adrift 3, Antarctica & Adrift 4, Barrow, AK, digital prints, 20 x 20 inches

Mary Iverson, Shipbreaking, Yosemite Valley, 2013, oil on canvas, 48 x 96 inches

Sarah Moore, Self Portrait in the Midst of a Bad Week, 2012, archival inkjet print, 18 x 24 inches

Fraction of a Second

Luanne Redeye, Untitled (Cornplanter), 2014, serigraph (Handcut and Handpainted Stencils), 18 x 13 inches

Studio Sale in the Gallery

Jeff Krueger, One With Lemon 2, 2015, ceramic on poplar shelf, 14 x 13 x 12 inches

From the Ground Up: Design Here + Now

2014

William Freeney, Black Flag Tour Van, 2014, wood, LED lights 30 x 14 x 12 inches

You are the Doorway

Floyd D. Tunson, Remix Series (Matisse), 2009, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 84 inches

Floyd D. Tunson: SON OF POP

Cantoni & Crescenti, Speak | Fala, 2014

Digital Latin America

Luanne Redeye, Untitled (Cornplanter), 2014, serigraph (Handcut and Handpainted Stencils), 18 x 13 inches

Studio Sale in the Gallery

Larry Bob Phillips & CNM art students, Signs of the Times, 2014, mural on Century 14 Theater Building, Albuquerque

Heart of the City

2013

Adrian Esparza, Superstructure: Vitrina de las Colonias (installation view), 2013, mixed media, 18 x 16 feet

Art at the Border: 21st Century Responses

Debra Yepa-Pappan, Live Long and Prosper (Spock Was a Half-Breed), 2008

Emily Arthur, Water Moccasin (with Shot)

Air, Land, Seed

Gregory Euclide, Mineral, 2013, sumi ink on porcelain coated steel, 39 x 51 inches

Flatlanders & Surface Dwellers

Michael P. Berman, untitled plate from his book GILA: Radical Visions, The Enduring Silence

GILA: Michael Berman

2012

Neil Mendoza, Escape, 2012

ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness

Photo by Friends of the Orphan Signs

Time Pieces: Friends of the Orphan Signs

Suzi Davidoff and Rachelle Thiewes, TIMMERKÄR 8.19, 2012, photograph on aluminum

Time Pieces: Common Language

Alisa Dworsky, Soledad, 2012, rip-stop nylon, birch dowels, grommets, ribbon, steel, 25’ x 30’ x 8’

Time Pieces: Wendover Landing

Rebekah Potter, Piecing it Back Together, 2011, hand dyed and reclaimed fabric, hand stitching, twine, polyfill

New Mexico Showcase

2011

Aaron Noble, Pawn Checks King, 2008, gouache on watercolor paper, 21 x 35 inches

Superheroes: Icons of Good, Evil & Everything in Between

Roberta Price

Across the Great Divide

Jay Nelson, Golden Gate 1, 2009, bicycle parts, luan plywood, hardwood, pvc pipe, fiberglass, resin, glass, silicon, canvan, foam fad, kitchen material, 5.5 x 4.5 x 7.5 feet, photo Jack Halloway

Worlds Outside This One

Pepón Osorio, Drowned in a Glass of Water, 2010, photo by Arthur Evans

Latino/a Visual Imaginary: Intersection of Word & Image

2010

Chaz Bojórquez, Los Locos de Cali 10 color serigraph, edition 24, collection of The National Hispanic Cultural Center

Street Text: Art from the Coasts & The Populist Phenomenon

Joyce Hulbert, Wilderness, 2006, ink on fabric, wood, 32 x 6 x 48 inches

Restoration: Creative Work by Textile Conservators & Restorers

Beili Liu, Lure / 惑 Series (2008-2013), Site-Responsive installations, thread, sewing needle, dimensions variable, (each coil 2-5” in diameter) photo by Frank Jang

Unraveling Tradition: Contemporary Artists Working with Fiber Media

Stephanie Metz, Milk Cow, 2005, felted wool, 9.5 x 5 x 15 inches

Artificial Selection

Joan Weissman, Bayahibe, hand-tufted wool rug

Form & Function

2009

Michael Berman, 94P.197 Grasslands, Peloncillo Mountains, Arizona, 2018, inkjet print

David Taylor, U.S./Mexico border near El Paso/Jurarez, 2007

Separating Species

Ted Laredo, room (installation view), 2009, phosphorescent acrylic, canvas, wood, aluminum, black lights and timer, 88 x 101 x 85.5 inches, photo: Ted Laredo

Equation: a balanced state?

Patrick Dougherty, 2009, installation at Bosque School

Steve Peters, The Very Rich Hours (2009). Recording session with poet Lisa Gill at the Ojito Wilderness

Lordy Rodriguez, 2006

Here & There: Seeing New Ground

Mark Steven Greenfield, Mammygraph I, 2001, chloroplast, ink, paper, 14 x 14 inches

West Southwest: ABQ-LA Exchange

Pola López, Inner Scream, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

Chicana Badgirls: Las Hociconas

2008

Gerrit Van Ness, Sunny Side Up, 2008

Speak Out: Art, Design & Politics

Lori Nix, Library, 2007, c-print, 30 x 40 inches

Cautionary Tales: A Visual Dystopia

Luke Dorman, Looking for a Place to Get Lost, 2008 Six-Color Lithograph, 14 1/2 × 19 1/2 in, Edition of 10

Snap Crackle Pow!

Maritta Tapanainen, Equilibrum, 2002, paper collage on board, 9.25 x 10.5 inches

Alchemy: Collage & Assemblage

Anthony Guntren, Oil Can Cradel, 2008, decaying car parts, oil can

2007

Scott Greene, Clear Channel, 2004, oil on canvas, 18 x 22 inches

R.A.i.R. Works 40

Mary Tsiongas, Vanish, 2007, wood frame, 26in HDTV LCD monitor, Mac mini, 20 x 30 inches

Isaac Julien, True North Series, 2004, unframed, cibachrome laminated on aluminum museum box, 39.37 x 39.37 inches, Courtesy of the Artist and Metro Pictures

Ghosts in the Machine

Patrick Nagatani, Yakushi Nyorai - The Healer, 2004, Light jet chromogenic print, masking tape, mixed media, archival enhancing medium 21"X31"X2”

Patrick Nagatani: Confessions of a Tapist

Chad Person, SAML, 2007, US Currency on Canvas, 13 in x 19 inches

Attention to Detail

Karl Hofmann, Untitled, 2006-2007, dimensions variable

Out of the Underground

Abby Robinson, from the series AutoWorks

Eye to I: Self Portraits by Women Artists

Alison Carey, Ruins of Selene, 2006, pigment ink print, 16 x 38 inches

Mapping Bodies: The Art & Artifice of Science

2006

Larry Bell, Cube #4, 2006, glass, 15 x 15 inches

GREEN Inaugural Exhibition