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.
Past Exhibitions
![Installation view of Sarah Welch installation](https://contemporarysa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_9289.jpg)
Installation view. Sarah Welch, Giveth and Taketh, 2020.
Giveth and Taketh
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INFUSION
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Publishing Against the Grain
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Candace Hicks
Secret Passage
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Novel Ideas at Blue Star Contemporary. Photo credit: Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray
Novel Ideas
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Arturo Herrera, Set #1 Flüsse und Seen, 2012, Silkscreen and mixed media on paper, 26,8 x 20,2 x 1,2 cm, 3 of 12
2020 Spring Exhibitions Preview
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Zeandra Menjares, In Bloom, 2019.
CUT OUT
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Johanna Cerda Elizondo Te Amo, Mi Vida, 2020. Oil on canvas. (Above, detail) Leonardo Arteaga Toledo, An Apple, 2020. Ceramic. (Below, detail)
Intuitive Exploration
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Novel Ideas Art Book Fair
![Installation detail. Tsuyoshi Anzai, Healthy Machines, 2019. Photo credit Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray](https://contemporarysa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_9126-e1573144805648.jpg)
Installation detail. Tsuyoshi Anzai, Healthy Machines, 2019. Photo credit Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray
Healthy Machines
![Installation view. Formal Proof, 2019. Photo credit Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray](https://contemporarysa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_9078-e1573144990107.jpg)
Installation view. Formal Proof, 2019. Photo credit Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray
Formal Proof
![Installation view. Margaret Craig, Sea Islands, 2019. Photo credit Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray](https://contemporarysa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_9048-e1573144629161.jpg)
Installation view. Margaret Craig, Sea Islands, 2019. Photo credit Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray
Sea Islands
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Laeree performing during Teardowns performance on October 4, 2019. Photo credit Francisco Cortes.
Teardowns
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Makayla Morris, Parker, 2019. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of Blue Star Contemporary.
UNCHARTED
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R. Eric McMaster, Pendulum, 2014. Digital video, 5 minute 12 seconds looped. Image courtesy of the artist.
Effort Economy at TXST
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NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program Exhibition
NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program Exhibition
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Amada Miller, Hollow moon rings like a bell, 2019. Handblown glass and meteorites. Image courtesy of the artist.
Fünf
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IMPRESSION
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Still from She century, 2015, Julie Favreau courtesy of artist and Division Gallery Montreal
Effort Economy
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Ghostly Demarcations
![](https://contemporarysa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Tomorrow-will-be-sunshine-e1548878894388.jpg)
Revision
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A Conversation
![](https://contemporarysa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Jesse-Amado-e1538767178583.jpg)
Gesamtkunstwerk
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