Fridays – Sundays, April 3 – 26 – noon to 5p.m. A public reception featuring the artist is Friday, April 3, from 5-8 p.m.
The gallery will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 5.
The exhibit, “Hold: The Space Between Us,” includes work created as the artist processed the loss of her mother and witnessing her husband’s response to war and turmoil in his Iranian homeland. “The details of the grief are worlds apart, the space we hold remains consistent.” Reimagined family photographs form the basis for some works.
Leah notes, “I utilize acrylic paint, heavy with water, as a primary metaphor for the erosion and persistence of time. These vertical descents act as a visceral clock, marking the slow, heavy leak of one day into the next. They represent the melt of a person under the weight of sorrow. It is a process like water where the flow of such powerful feelings find their own path.”
Leah Powell Hosseinabad attended the Nova Scotia School of Art & Design in Halifax, in the early 2000’s. In 2020, she graduated with her master’s from the College of St. Mary’s in occupational therapy.
Works are available for viewing and purchase Fridays-Sundays, 12–5 p.m. April 3-26 or by appointment via lpowellhoss@gmail.com
The exhibition is supported in part by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and donors to WallSpace for Artists and Audiences, a 501(c)3. More information at WallSpace-lnk.com , lpowellhoss@gmail.com and on Facebook and Instagram.
