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

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

Actions for the Earth Reference Library

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

Travel Distance curated by Amber Zora

The Veterans Book Project

BSC MOSAIC Student Artists with Spring 2022 Visiting Artist Juan Carlos Escobedo
Found Closet

Andreas Till: De Ami

The Other Side

Fake Plastic Forest

Alex Rubio, Mike Casey, 2021.
Mike Casey

NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program Round 2

Installation view of Justin Korver, Buck, 2022. Photo courtesy of Blue Star Contemporary.
Justin Korver: Buck

Megan Harrison : From Your Brow Rise Leaf and Lyre

Jimmy James Canales: The Line Layer

Sofia Pina Cervantes, Plastic Tree, 2021.