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Yield To Color
Creative Growth x DON’T LOOK Projects May 9 - June 27, 2026 For our second collaboration with Creative Growth, we invite viewers to Yield To Color. This exhibition explores the tension between disciplined structure and vibrant, uninhibited expression through the works of Julian Ou and Rosa Giron. Read more -
Shadowplay
Alexandra Duprez & Gosia Machon June 6 - 28, 2026 MPM Gallery is pleased to present Shadowplay, a two-person exhibition featuring the works of Alexandra Duprez and Gosia Machon. Curated by MEPAINTSME and hosted by DON'T LOOK Annex (Los Angeles), the exhibition opens to the public on Saturday, June 6, with an opening reception from 5 - 8 PM.
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A Wilderness of Mirrors
Conor Dowdle March 7 - April 18, 2026 DON’T LOOK Projects is pleased to announce A Wilderness of Mirrors, an exhibition of new paintings by Conor Dowdle. Marking the artist’s first solo presentation with the gallery, the exhibition features a body of work that navigates the porous boundary between direct observation and the atmospheric distortions of memory. Read more -
Synnecrosis
Ophelia Arc January 10 - February 28, 2026 DON'T LOOK Projects is pleased to present Ophelia Arc's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, "Synnecrosis." Arc's work operates within the charged territory where maternal bonds and psychic survival intersect, exploring the spider as both symbol and inheritance. Read more -
Ahí viene el Coco / Here Comes the Boogeyman
Libertad Alcántara November 20 - December 27, 2025 DON’T LOOK Projects is pleased to present Ahí viene el Coco—an exhibition that invokes the metaphorical boogeyman, to critically examine the systemic violence of contemporary global polarization and the resulting monocultural, beige aesthetic of manufactured consensus. The exhibition asserts that the current retreat from inclusivity to apartheid is a psychological defense mechanism against the visible failure of prevailing economic models, which has led to the shattering of the meritocratic illusion. Read more -
Thank You Universe, May I Delight You
Tess Jenkins September 27 - November 8, 2025 Through a joyfully excessive and texturally rich practice, Jenkins presents paintings that are the remnants of an intuitive and improvised process. Her work explores the profound and discrepant experience of living as souls condensed into temporary human forms. Read more -
Flotsam and Jetsam
Diana Taylor July 19 - August 30, 2025 At a moment when all images are flowing into an AI algorithm, the canons of painting, photography, and film are converging into an undifferentiated field of digital “slop”. Diana Taylor’s practice makes legible the imminent threat of cultural blindness by splicing together different forms of visual grammar into a state of alluring aporia. Read more -
Freeway: Creative Growth Artists in L.A.
Group Exhibition May 30 - July 10, 2025 DON’T LOOK Projects is proud to announce “Freeway: Creative Growth Artists in LA”, a collaborative exhibition with Creative Growth Art Center, the pioneering Oakland-based nonprofit that has championed artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities for over 50 years. This exhibition spotlights the work of six Creative Growth artists: Juan Aguilera, Joseph Alef, Maureen Clay, Ying Ge Zhou, Cedric Johnson, and Peter Salsman. Read more -
By the Company They Keep
Chenhung Chen March 15 - May 3, 2025 Don’t Look Projects is pleased to present By the Company They Keep, a solo exhibition by Chenhung Chen (Taiwan, 1961), whose intricate practice weaves together industrial and organic materials to channel a metaphysics of the contemporary moment. Working with discarded electrical wires, conduits, and cables—materials charged with both function and symbolism—Chen repurposes technological detritus into fluid, sprawling installations and reliefs, interrogating the intersections of energy, human connectivity, and cultural knowledge.
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Permission to Bloom
Group Exhibition January 18 - February 22, 2025 DON’T LOOK Projects is pleased to announce its inaugural group exhibition, Permission to Bloom, featuring the work of four international artists working across various media. Read more
