Of the Grid: Systems + Structures in Contemporary Art Exhibition
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
12:00 PM-6:00 PM
Open October 14 – December 15, 2025.
Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery is excited to announce its
Fall 2025 Exhibition - Of the Grid: Systems + Structures in Contemporary Art – an exhibition featuring thirty six artists working in, around and outside of the box.
Incorporating photography, video, drawing, weaving, sculpture, embroidery, printmaking, painting, book arts, and interactive installation, the artists in the exhibition use the constraint of the grid as an integral part of their tactile practice – whether serving as a formal framework for experimentation, an indexical device to interrogate historical narratives, an organizational tool for intertextual mapping, or a conceptual means to flatten and expand space. This ambitious group show centers Philadelphia artists in dialogue with international contemporaries and historical context; the sprawling exhibition design will activate the floors, walls and windows of Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery’s 3700 square feet of space.
Site specific work includes an ikea-hacked fountain of captialist critique by Jacob C Hammes, an optical color window installation by Anne Schaefer, a spatially puzzling inter-wall work by James Johnson, a suspended quilt of climate-based data visualization by Jody Graff, and a layered display of upcycled handwoven rugs by the mother and daughter duo, Hannah and Joyce Wallace. Curated by Mark Stockton and Cindy Stockton Moore.
It features artwork by: Jaime Alvarez, Bergman & Salinas, Ruth Scott Blackson, Lindsay Buchman, Rae Burns, Micah Danges, Jeremy Drummond, Edgar Endress, Amze Emmons, Dan Fischer, Allison Frick, Jody Graff, Jacob C. Hammes, Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib, Sean Irwin, Duwenavue Santé Johnson, Jim Johnson, Gabriel Martinez, Hayato Matsushita, Kara Ja'Nice Mshinda, Erin Murray, Eadweard Muybridge, Sharilyn Neidhardt, Violet Oakley, Makeba “Keebs” Rainey, Anne Schaefer, Chuck Schmidt, Mary Smull, Chad States, Sarah Steinwachs, Brent Wahl, Hannah and Joyce Wallace, Andrea Walls, Jeff Williams, and Lauren Whearty.
Contact Information
Mark Stockton
gallery@drexel.edu