Panoramic shot of Gallery 1 during our exhibition, “Drapetomania.“ Waller Gallery is a multidisciplinary art gallery focusing on art created by people of color. Conceived in 2017, by curator and scholar Joy Davis, Waller Gallery has a vision to support artists in Baltimore and beyond through collecting, exhibitions, programming, and collaborative projects. The gallery considers all forms of art including design, social practice, craft, and digital art. We are passionate about engaging with artists at any stage of their practice. Notwithstanding the current political assault on artists. We will continue the tradition of black owned businesses in Baltimore. To help the art collecting community at large we offer dynamic art advisory services. Inquire through our email. Waller Gallery sits on Piscataway Land and has a mission to amplifying indigenous art, voices, and craft. One way to support is to visit the Piscataway Land Trust. 
Atomic Banana — Atomic Banana: Emotion and Heirospliffics October 20th- December 1st, 2018 Opening Saturday, October 20th, 2018 6-9PM EVENTS October 20th: 6PM- 9PM Opening featuring an artist tour by Gerry Mak October 27th: 3-5PM Make Studio Panel November 2018: 3-5PM Artist Talk December 1st: 7-10PM Atomic Banana Closing Cocktails and artist talk The exhibition “Atomic Banana: Emotion and Heirospliffics” (October 20th- December 1st, 2018) is the artist Gerry Mak’s exploration of symbols, the emotion of art practice, and the age of information overload. During the course of his life, Mak remembers watching the Challenger explosion, Tiananmen Square, the LA riots, and countless other global spectacles live on TV. The curator, Joy Davis, and artist want to the audience to understand how a human’s visual lexicon connects us with one another. He uses realism and abstraction in his work to conjure the symbols of industry, fame, emotion, and chaos at varying scales Destroy series, 2018, Gerry Mak. Artist Bio Gerry Mak b. 1979 is a visual artist based in Westchester County, NY. His work is largely influenced by media spectacle, propaganda art, and advertisement. He has painted his entire life. A product of the psychedelic whirlwind of Internet Age pop culture, Mak draws from propaganda, advertisements, street art, and folk art to explore themes of identity in the Chinese diaspora as well as politicized trauma in contemporary America. 
Catch Release Activate — Catch>Release>Activate Bobby Rush’s Untitled poster series. Black and brown artists are often compelled to use their identity as a tool to articulate their ideas to the public. At Waller Gallery, we believe that this practice can often pigeon hole the artist, their medium, and their trajectory. Catch, Release, Activate is an exhibition that highlights the artists’ work both in the moment and in dialogue. The internal dialogue and conversation the artist has with their vision is the theme of Catch, Release, Activate in the contemporary art space. Jamie Grace Alexander’s work is directly investigating the self as it pertains to the artist’s activism and curatorial work. In some ways, playful, Alexander’s works throughout the exhibition represent multiple levels of experience. Walter Cruz has worked with inspirational jackets for several years and makes them for friends. Cruz investigates how we see one another and ourselves through dress, and invites the public to actively engage with his work. Bobbi Rush’s work in the show is a visual interpretation of her poetry. Her books “Words (Feeling...Feelings)” and “Pussy” will be available for sale and act as an opportunity for the audience to be introduced to Rush as an artist, as well as a poet and musician. Proxy’s Future Prosperity. 
CONTEXTUAL EXPOSURE — CONTEXTUAL EXPOSURE January 29 – March 5, 2021 Opening Reception: January 29 6-9pm Gallery Hours: Friday-Saturday 1-6pm / by appointment Waller Gallery is excited to reopen their doors to the community in January for its first exhibition of the year, “Contextual Exposure.” The exhibition features national multimedia artist Ada Pinkston, Baltimore based multimedia artist Rebecca Marimutu, and Philadelphia-based fashion designer Noel Puello. Each artist, through their work, incorporates different levels of repurposing and vulnerability in the context of their art practices and personal experiences. The artists visualize their stories and craft yet each artist has, and continues, to provide context to how they expose the elements and materials of their work. All the artists in “Contextual Exposure” unveil a process, a feeling, and identities with varied perspectives and messages. 
dispersivearchive — Dispersive Archives Dispersive Archives Black culture is dispersed throughout the modern world and is consistently co-opted, often without an inclination or reference to its origins. In recent history there has been global pressure for former western colonial states to return artifacts and other material culture to museums and communities throughout the African continent. The exhibition Dispersive Archives features the work of artist Lawrence Burney, scholar Joy Davis, and archivist Jessica Douglas. All three people work with archives in multiple visual and audible mediums to express intangible artifacts of their past. BIOGRAPHIES Lawrence Burney is born and raised in Baltimore, MD. He is currently a writer in New York City, where he serves as a Senior Editor at leading music publication, The FADER. He created the media platform, True Laurels, in 2011. True Laurels is dedicated to highlighting Baltimore's most captivating music, visual arts, and the surrounding culture that informs both—all of which is done through a variety of mediums. True Laurels’ print component is a biannual publication which started in 2013 and features artists from the Baltimore and DMV region through diaries, interviews, profiles, and photo essays. In August of 2018, True Laurels launched a weekly show on Red Bull Radio which intertwines music from Baltimore and The DMV with music being made throughout the African diaspora in an attempt to present the narratives of these artists as different branches of the same tree, all trying to affirm their identities through sound. Joy Davis is a scholar and curator. She is also the director of Waller Gallery and the co-producer of Unravel Podcast. She joined Unravel Podcast in 2016 and opened Waller Gallery in April of 2018. She writes about subject matter that is underdeveloped in academia and with the public. Her work transcends many fields of study which includes: fashion, history, art, media, and performance among people of color through history. Her current research focuses on fashion and race analysis in Spanish colonial paintings. She splits her time in the Baltimore/DMV area and New York City. She has spoken at Johns Hopkins University, LIM College, the Costume Society of America, and more. With Waller Gallery and Unravel Podcast she works to break down the institutions and disseminate information to the community. Jessica Douglas is an archivist, writer and historian from Baltimore, Maryland. She is a founding member of the Advisory Board for the Preserve the Baltimore Uprising 2015 Digital Archives Project, a user-submitted digital archives for media related to the Uprising. She has written about (real-time) participatory archiving as a form of activism and engagement. She has lectured about archival “self-preservation,” the act of archiving and preserving one’s own experiences. She focuses her research on digital archives, participatory archives, and promoting diversity, inclusivity, equity, transparency and accessibility in archives, museums and libraries. Although she has photographed her surroundings for years, she took an interest in local history, the remains of historic moments, and our personal connections to Baltimore’s past, present, and future. Lawrence Burney by Chromasoul, 2019. Events During the Exhibition February 2nd 5-7PM: Waller Panels: Being Black in the Archives (live streamed) February 16th 5-7 PM: Artist Talk with Lawrence Burney (live streamed) March 2nd 6-9 PM: Exhibition closing event with DJ Trillnatured 
Drapetomania — Exhibitions Drapetomania: The Strong Urge to Escape April 13th-May 26th Waller Gallery is pleased to present its first show and Nia Hampton’s first solo exhibition. The exhibition is an expansive documentation of the artist’s photography within Afro-Latino communities. Drapetomania was once a medical diagnosis used to explain why enslaved Africans ran away from the plantation. This was a racist and fabricated diagnosis of the human imperative to flee servitude. In her first solo exhibition, Nia Hampton shows the results of her own bout of “drapetomania” after graduating college and moving to Brazil. She captured the following on her journey through South America: environmental racism, African spiritual practices, femicide, black Brazilian feminism, haircut culture, and Love. We have all the links from the Femicide/Brave section of the exhibiton here. Nia Hampton is a writer, filmmaker, photographer, teacher, and producer born and raised in Baltimore. Her videography and production has been featured in Al Jazeera America and film festivals in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Johannesburg. Her written work has been featured in Vice, VillageVoice.com, City Paper, Dazed Digital, AFROPUNK, True Laurels, Genius.com, Paste Magazine, Griots Republic and Hysteria Zine. Hampton will be giving an artist talk free of charge on April 28th. These events will act as a more in-depth conversation about her work and share her knowledge with a wide ranging audience. APPLY NOW! DEADLINE IS APRIL 20TH! APPLY NOW! DEADLINE IS APRIL 20TH! 
Fashioned Forms In Turbulence — Fashioned Forms in Turbulence On Sale Here Announcing Waller Gallery’s first exhibition during the pandemic. Entitled Fashioned Forms In Turbulence the exhibition is a dialogue of our current and systemic circumstances through the lens of fashion. Starting July 10th, in our physical space, there will be a presentation of photography and sculptural art works that capture the experience of the black body pre-Covid-19 but during the epidemic of systemic racism and oppression. This exhibition explores the role of sculpture and photography at a time in which uplifting black experiences and struggles is a first step in action and liberation. Each artist works with fashioned forms in multiple ways through their art practice. Darius Johnson celebrates and documents the queer experience while also channeling a strong sense of self. Jacob Marley captures the cinematic quality of the femme form that conjures afro-futurism without pulling the viewer into scientific landscape. Sarah Stefana Smith uses the abstract form to conjure the black body with grace and nuance. Her work as a scholar and visual artist intertwine with subjects such as Critical Race Theory, Affect Studies, Aesthetics, Visual Culture, the African Diaspora. 
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mad rad soft: a group show — mad rad soft July 13th- August 31st, 2019 Opening Saturday, July 13th, 2019 5-9PM EVENTS July 13th 5PM- 9PM: Opening Reception with light refreshments July 19th: Artscape Station North Art Walk August 10th: Artist talk and presentation with Darius Johnson and Ana Teixeira August 24th: “Make Way for the Big Girls” poetry and musings night August 31st: Closing reception The exhibition "mad rad soft" is an opportunity for the community to celebrate femme-ness. Adding -ness to the end of a word is to define its quality or state of being. The artists on view express a state of femme-ness or femininity that will guide the viewer through language that may be new to them. The exhibition, curated by Joy Davis, features the works of Ada Pinkston, Ana Teixeira, Darius Johnson, Desmond Beach, Elana Casey, and Sienna Kwami. The artists on view will celebrate and honor the femme qualities of the human form and the human condition. Artwork on view illustrates different perspectives of the femme identity and forms as seen in nature, history, and their varied mediums. Mad rad soft is a a group exhibition about the many ways femme-ness can be radical. Often we are told that softness is a bad quality, or a quality that can only be harnessed by those identifying as women. This exhibition is the antithesis of that idea. Multiple mediums, including video, paintings, and sculpture, will mix and match to create a new narrative for viewers about the engaging potential of femme-ness. The Baltimore community will have opportunities to engage with the artists through programming and Waller Gallery’s first exhibition catalogue. Ana Teixeira Artist BioS Ada Pinkston (b. New York) is a multimedia artist, educator, and cultural organizer living and working in Washington DC, where she is a fellow at the Halcyon Arts Lab. Her art explores the intersection of imagined histories and sociopolitical realities on our bodies, using monoprint, performance, video, and collage. Inter-subjective exchanges are the primary substrate of her work. Over the years, her work has been featured at a variety of spaces, including The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Walters Art Museum, The Peale Museum, Transmodern Performance Festival, P.S.1, The New Museum, Light City Baltimore, and the streets of Berlin. She is a Baker Artist award semifinalist (2016); a recipient of an Andy Warhol Foundation Grit Fund Grant in Visual Arts, administered by The Contemporary (2017); and the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation’s Ruby’s Project Grant in Visual Arts in (2017). She is a co-founder of the LabBodies Performance Art Laboratory in Baltimore, Maryland. Asha Elana Casey (b. April 30, 1994) is a contemporary painter, mixed media artist, and arts educator. She began her artistic training at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC. Casey is a graduate of the Corcoran School of Art and Design at George Washington University and an Anderson’s Ranch residency recipient. She currently lives and works in DC. Darius Johnson is a genderqueer photographer from Baltimore MD. They recently graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Philosophy and are currently a medical student at Johns Hopkins. Johnson attempts to capture the diversity of queer/genderqueer people of color by photographing them in intimate settings. Most of their work reckons with stereotypes of Blackness and queerness along with the relationship between body and gender representation. Portraiture photography is a passion that Johnson developed recently to represent the Black and Brown queer body with a refreshing comfort that creates a space of mutual understanding and appreciation for any viewer, even those most unfamiliar with the community at hand. Desmond Beach is a Washington, DC based artist and educator. Desmond is an interdisciplinary artist born in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a project artist, meaning that his work takes its point of departure from specific problems or tragedies. He earned his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art's Rinehart School of Sculpture as well as his BFA from MICA. He has been a Visiting Lecturer/ Artist at institutions such as Coppin State University and Howard County Community College. Desmond has been a Summer Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA, Artist-in-Residence at the Women Housing Correlation in Baltimore, MD, Summer Fellow at Skidmore College, and Artist-in-Residence at Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring, MD. He was MICA’s 2004 Joan Mitchell MFA Award Nominee. Sienna Kwami is an artist living and working in Baltimore, Maryland. She is originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She has been alive for 20 years and was born to haitian and ghanaian parents. She attends school at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). At MICA, she majors in fiber, minors in humanistic studies, and concentrates in curatorial practice. Her practice ranges from fine art objects, sounds, essays, design, and cooking. Sienna Kwami is relational humanist. she is a womanist. She is a Cancer sun, Leo moon, and Taurus rising. 
Open Doors/ Let The Dead In — Open Doors/ Let The dead in september 20th - november 8th, 2019 Opening Friday, september 20th, 2019 6-9PM EVENTS Opening Reception: September 20th 6-9PM “Watch Out For The Big Girls” Poetry event: October 5th 6-9PM Artist Panel with Jerrell Gibbs and Saida Agostini: November 2nd 2-5PM Closing Ceremonies and Artist Conversation November 8th Waller Gallery presents its last two exhibitions of 2019! We will present two exhibitions to the public running simultaneously: “Open Doors” and “Let The Dead In.” Open Doors is an exhibition that showcases the many ways an art practice can open figurative and literal doors for the artist and the viewer. Waller Gallery and a sample of artists from Make Studios are collaborating on the exhibition to share their work with a larger community while highlighting the importance of uplifting the art practices of artists with disabilities. Let The Dead In is a meditation on traditions of resistance, violence, and blackness. Artist and poet Saida Agostini uses photographs, projections, and audio to explore the mythology of black and brown bodies in Guyana. In Agostini's own words “we have reclaimed the fantastic to build our own language of survival.” The combination of “Open Doors” and “Let The Dead In” are winter break homework for those who do not explore these ideas on a regular basis. Children of all ages are encouraged to come, learn, and grow through the work on display. Saida Agostini 
PRESS — Afro Newspaper, August 2018 Baltimore’s Waller Gallery Focuses on Black and Brown Artists By Lisa Snowden-McCray Bmore Art, May 2018 Waller Gallery Offers A New Platform For Underrepresented Artists In Baltimore By Angela Carrol Baltimore Fishbowl, April 2018 Waller Gallery Opens This Week With Focus On Showcasing Marginalized Artists By RaHNE Alexander 
Reflections from the — Reflections From The Moon Below May 17th- June 29th Opening Reception: Friday, May 17th 2019, 6-9PM Waller Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition Reflections From The Moon Below, a first for Baltimore artist Markele Cullins. This exhibition is Markele Cullins’ first solo show which explores nature and family as sources of healing, reflection, and acknowledgement of pain. The exhibition showcases printed textiles, blue toned photography, video and painting collage. Reflections From The Moon Below references imagery from the past and present as tools for how memories and experiences pull, shift, and expand overtime. Cullins creates work that pulls from within by juxtaposing and altering these images with one another. Markele Cullins has contributed to the arts and music community through public speaking, curating, and djing in the city for over six years. Markele Cullins is an interdisciplinary visual artist and DJ born and based in Baltimore, MD. Cullins works in a variety of mediums ranging from photography, design, installation, and experimental video. Cullins went to UMBC for his bachelor’s degree. Throughout his conceptual and research-based practice, he explores themes of intimacy, memory recollection, and technology. As a performer and DJ he has performed at Motor House, Metro Gallery, Space Camp, and The Baltimore Museum of Art. Cullins spoken at Baltimore Pride, The Creative Time Summit, Terrault Gallery, and The 29th MAPACA Conference. 
Strength In Practice — Strength In Practice Strength in theory is based on physicality or mental fortitude. Strength in practice is not so easily evaluated. Because of the vague nature of the word the artist is empowered to speak to the meaning in their own work. The exhibition “Strength In Practice”, June 1, 2018 –July 21, 2018, is a group art exhibition that will contribute to conversations about mental health, body image, immigration, performative gender, colonialism, and perception. The exhibition is not attempting to define a word, but unpack the world’s anxieties about a concept that could be equated with words like love and justice. PROGRAMMING June 23rd-July 21st June 23rd: 3PM- 6PM "Materiality and Infrastructure" Panel @Gallery CA June 28th: 6PM-8PM "Baltimore Girls" Screening @Waller Gallery July 7th: 3PM-6PM "Beyond Immigration" Panel @Waller Gallery July 14th: "Art Practice as Art Therapy" Panel@Waller Gallery July 20th: 1PM-7PM Gabriel Amadi-Emina screenings @Gallery CA July 21th: 1PM-7PM Gabriel Amadi-Emina screenings @Waller Gallery Promotional poster featuring photograph by Gabriel Amadi-Emina. Press Release “Strength in theory is based on physicality or mental fortitude. Strength in practice is not so easily evaluated.” - Curator Joy Davis The exhibition “Strength In Practice” (June 1, 2018 – July 21, 2018) will contribute to conversations about mental health, body image, gender, violence, peace, and perception. The exhibition is not attempting to define a word, but unpack the world’s anxieties about a concept that could be equated with words like love and justice. Strength In Practic is a collaboration between Baltimore’s Gallery CA and Waller Gallery. The opening reception is June 1st from –pm. Both galleries have focused on uplifting artists in the city, and this group show will highlight talent from different age groups and stages in their art practices. Our goal is to be a part of informing and forming communities around access to contemporary art, and to do so, CA and Waller will offer free and sliding scale programming throughout the length of the show. For all press inquiries, contact Joy Davis at 443-879-9731 or wallergallery@gmail.com Events are HERE! Check out our Facebook page for more information. "Always Watched" by Dominique Butler 
Taproot — Taproot Catherine Khammouane and Samiha Alam March 30th- May 4th, 2019 Exhibition Opening March 30th 6-9PM Artist Talk April 6th 5-7PM Gallery Hours 12-5PM, Thursday-Saturday Artists’ Catherine Khammouane and Samiha Alam work with concepts of colonialism and consumption as they relate to religion, ecology, and perception. TAPROOT synthesizes two polarizing experiences of being both brown and Asian in a country that historically neglects racial nuance. Suspended between their parents’ culture and US mainstream culture, the two artists embody distinct perspectives: one of assimilation and one of frequent migration between continents. The artists on view argue that what is manmade is natural. The artists see their work as a conduit of various natural systems such as UV radiation, projections, and insect life cycles. Khammouane and Alam discuss transplantation, consumption, and geographical boundedness. We are excited to host such a sculpture heavy show at the gallery. The exhibition was co curated by Joy Davis and Anthony Nguyen and will be open until May 4th. Bios Catherine Khamnouane is a second generation Asian American. Her work is very personal and charged by cultural issues. She explores how technology can be used to reframe human inequalities and build a more empathetic world. Challenging a society built upon imbalance, her machines and “performative objects” are a visualization of tender compassion despite futility. Samiha Alam is an Asian American artist who is working with digital methods, drawings, and installation. Like Catherine, her work is also very personal and is rooted in culture, technology, and theory. Samiha explores digital networks and uses symbolism to create pieces that connect broader ideas of race, gender, and communication into simpler terms. You can contact Samiha samiha.works@gmail.com and find her work at samihaalam.com. 
We Are Not Voiceless — We Are Not Voiceless August 3rd - October 5th Opening Friday, August 3rd, 2018 6-9PM EVENTS AUGUST 3RD: 6PM- 9PM Opening featuring an artist tour by Joaquin Esteban Jutt AUGUST 16TH: 6PM-9PM Listening Circle to Disrupt Rape Culture AUGUST 25TH: 3PM-6PM Artist Talk and Tour with artist Joaquin Esteban Jutt and director/curator Joy Davis SEPTEMBER 15TH: 3PM-6PM "Find Your Voice" Art and Activism Panel SEPTEMBER 29TH:3PM-6PM: ALL AGES zine making workshop with Joaquin Esteban Jutt OCTOBER 5TH:1PM-7PM CLOSING EVENT! Cocktails and Bites The exhibition “We Are Not Voiceless” is an art exhibition about the importance of speaking your mind and uplifting those that are not given opportunities to advocate for themselves. This will be the first east coast solo exhibition of Joaquin Esteban Jutt, a platform to utilize his art as advocacy for the voiceless. Several of Jutt’s artwork will take to task the challenges and themes of the black and brown American experience. Themes in the exhibition include: unemployment and overworking, figures of oppression such as the trope of the angry black woman, and figures of protest such as the Black Panthers. Artist Bio Coming Soon