Exhibitions & Events
The Contemporary hosts over 12 onsite and offsite dynamic exhibitions every year which include emerging, mid-career, and established artists working in a variety of media to provide a full range of the depth and scope of contemporary art.
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions
Actions for the Earth Reference Library
Lhola Amira, IRMANDADE: The Shape of Water in Pindorama, 2018-2020, HD video, single channel sound, film still. Image courtesy of SMAC Gallery, copyright Lhola Amira.
Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology
Adam Schreiber, Untitled 2, 2023, Silver gelatin print. Courtesy of the artist.
Adam Schreiber: Stadtwald
The Direct Path, 2023, Paper sculpture, 18” x 18” x 3”
Michael Velliquette: The Direct Path
Brittany Ham, Tunnel and Breach oil on paper 5 3/4 in x 7 in, 2023
Brittany Ham: Unmooring
People’s Homes: Emily Fitzgerald and Molly Sherman
Zeke Pena, River History is an excerpt from River Stories (2019), an on going project illustrating oral histories about the River that sustains the present-day Paso Del Norte region.
In Passing: Fronteño Epics Across Time, Juan de Dios Mora and Zeke Peña
Dog (Germany)19, 2022, gouache and sumi ink on oriental paper, 9 ½ x13x ½
The Dog Show: Time Traveler Umeyama’s Drawings from the 21st Century, Hiromi Stringer
Contemporary at Blue Star installation view. JooYoung Choi, "Like a Bolt Out of the Blue, Faith Steps In and Sees You Through," 2019. Courtesy of the artist and Inman Gallery, Houston. Photo credit: Francisco Cortes
JooYoung Choi: Songs of Resilience from the Tapestry of Faith
Fake Plastic Forest at Texas State University
Brianna Berlanga, Mixed Media and Plantas, 2022.
With Urgency: Yesterday, Tomorrow and Today
Cathy Cunningham-Little in her studio. Photo by Woody Lawson and VANTAS Productions.
Red Dot Show
Fake Plastic Forest
The Other Side
The Veterans Book Project
Andreas Till: De Ami
Travel Distance curated by Amber Zora
BSC MOSAIC Student Artists with Spring 2022 Visiting Artist Juan Carlos Escobedo
Found Closet
Alex Rubio, Mike Casey, 2021.
Mike Casey
NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program Round 2
Jimmy James Canales: The Line Layer
Megan Harrison : From Your Brow Rise Leaf and Lyre
Installation view of Justin Korver, Buck, 2022. Photo courtesy of Blue Star Contemporary.
Justin Korver: Buck
