‘Reveal-Reveal’ curated by Allied Special Projects x after / time gallery
Date: Saturday, June 6, 2026 - Saturday, June 20, 2026
Opening: Saturday, June 6, 2:30 - 5:30 pm
Location: Shatto Gallery - 3130 Wilshire Blvd #104, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Reveal-Reveal is a provocative new exhibition that challenges the status quo of contemporary art, exploring what emerges when dominant aesthetic structures begin to recede. Moving beyond the "exhaustion" of current artistic modes, the show features a diverse group of artists across painting, sculpture, and mixed media who utilize acts of excavation and resistance to renegotiate the conditions of image-making. By prioritizing attentiveness over spectacle, the works peel back material and psychological layers to confront the tensions between concealment and disclosure. Ultimately, Reveal–Reveal positions art as a vital space for complexity and vulnerability, inviting viewers to move past inherited narratives to discover new possibilities for human experience and perception.
Curated by Mary Lai of Allied Special Projects in collaboration with Todd Molinari, Maria Jean and Catherine Ulrich from after/time gallery, they present a two-part exhibition from LA to Portland. Part I will be hosted at Shatto Gallery in their 4000SF Koreatown gallery followed by Part II at after/time gallery in the center of downtown Portland, Oregon.
This group show will include artists from both LA, Portland, and beyond. This must-see exhibition is divided into multiple chapters with 15 participating artists. The artists range from seasoned artists like Jaime Scholnick who have exhibited at the Tokyo National Museum, PS1/MoMA, Crenshaw/Expo station, with her upcoming public artwork at the Harbor/UCLA Inpatient Building - to Paul James who is best known as an actor for his roles on ABC Family, Greek and The Architect, that will debut his artworks for his inaugural exhibition with collages he started creating since the pandemic.
Cindy Craig will have a solo chapter where she reveals ‘Unraveled’ - an installation that reconstructs a 1950s domestic interior to explore memory, trauma, and the hidden psychological tensions beneath the idealized American home. Through personal and collective histories, the work examines women’s mental health, grief, and the cultural systems that have historically silenced or dismissed female suffering. This topic of female suffering sparked another story from Seoul, Korea which is expressed through artworks made by Sunhee Chung about her late mother. Brought to light by her daughter Mary Lai who creates a textured artwork that lifts the rug of what has been hidden for decades. Lai is the founder of Allied Special Projects and through this curation she hopes the artists can share their personal stories, lived experiences, and meaningful artworks - because Art is Therapy.
The blues becomes a mood with striking cyanotypes. Todd Molinari uses his experimental photography printed on a lightweight ethereal fabric to create an alternative cyanotype world. His curiosity for art-making parallels his inquisitiveness for community-building as one of the founding members of after/time collective & gallery. Raphaël Faon, an artist based in France reveals his newest ‘House on Fire’ series. He approaches this sensitive topic of the LA fires with empathy, great respect, and hopes the artworks can be a way that exorcizes these traumatic events. Katharine T. Jacobs juxtaposes her cyanotypes with her astounding sculptures that embrace the collective consciousness of the human condition regarding trauma, chronic illness, and medical intervention.
Textile artworks and materiality are discovered throughout the exhibition. The first chapter of the exhibition starts with ‘Senses’ where Marinés Adrianza explores the intersection of memory, nature, and transformation through fiber sculptures that feel both biological and imagined. Adrian Culverson, an artist and professor shows her dynamic textile artworks defining the infinite space that exists between two defined spaces. Amy Smith delves into paper pulp eco-sculptures that are created from upcycled materials to explore themes of life, death, connection to nature, systems, control, and the search for balance.
We end with the last chapter ‘Integration’ where the present meets the blurred lines of the future. Exploring new media, Maria Jean uses photography and digital media on hot press paper in sultry magenta tones, these pink color fields touch between flesh and machine. Chris Horner extracts digital artworks to physical form that involve intentionally introducing chance and unpredictability. Laura Fritz mentions many compare her work to science fiction, but she considers it science reality, inviting questions about the borders between nature, science, sociology, and superstition. Her work ‘Specimen A038’ was exhibited at the Portland Museum and will now exhibit at Shatto Gallery. An adjacent light based artwork is ‘Seigaiha (Sky Upon Sea)' by Justin Lui where you can observe the layers of images through overlapping shells embedded with LEDs. This glowing artwork will have viewers leaving the exhibition feeling enlightened.
Ultimately, Reveal-Reveal invites viewers to experience this exhibition that digs under the surface to what an artwork can uncover.
Participating Artists: Adrian Culverson • Amy Smith • Chris Horner• Cindy Craig • Jaime Scholnick • Justin Lui • Katharine T. Jacobs • Laura Fritz • Maria Jean • Marinés Adrianza • Mary Lai • Paul James • Raphaël Faon • Sunhee Chung • Todd Molinari
For inquiries about Reveal-Reveal (LA) - Contact: mary@alliedspecialprojects.com
