STUDIO PROGRAMMING

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY | closed July 16-31

OPENING SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2025 from 3 - 6 pm

open studios inside western avenue courtyard, 1028 n. western avenue, los angeles 90029

special guest: david mather: percussion/tapestry installation in the courtyard 4-6 pm

Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson

Cutting Through Space: Works on Paper (2003–2004)

exhibition dates: june 21 - august 15, 2025

In these large-scale drawings from 2003–2004, Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson begins articulating a foundational concept in his practice: the act of cutting through space. Here, paper is not merely a support, but the skin of space itself—a living surface to be defined through gesture. Influenced by a Chinese aesthetic philosophy that views paper as an undefined field awaiting definition, Sigurbjörnsson engages the act of mark-making as a metaphysical encounter.

This approach aligns with the notion of the mind brush—a meditative act where the artist attempts to encapsulate a state of being in a single, deliberate motion. Working with ink, charcoal, and water, Sigurbjörnsson welcomed material interference, allowing the media to interact organically. These early works reveal a delicate tension between control and unpredictability, and mark the emergence of a visual philosophy that continues to inform his artistic language.

victoria chapman

echoes of hellissandur - PHOTOGRAPHS (2025)

exhibition dates: june 21 - august 15, 2025

Following a contemplative retreat in Hellissandur, Iceland, Victoria Chapman spent time in close dialogue with artist Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson, tracing the elemental landscape that shapes his work. Guided by Sigurbjörnsson, Chapman was brought to various sites of historical and mythic significance—places where time folds into terrain, and memory lingers in stone, moss, and wind. What emerged from this journey is a series of emotional photographs: not documentary in nature, but intuitive responses to place. These images speak not only to the visible landscape but to the vibrations of what remains unseen—evidence of lives lived, energies exchanged, and the quiet persistence of history within nature’s breath.