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

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.
Loominous
