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Painting with an intense red background with a figure in the center in a brown coat with white collar trim. Their head is wrapped in a tan scarf.
February 15 - June 8, 2025

Selfhood

Selfhood presents identity portraits that focus on voices that have historically been threatened, silenced, and hidden. We all have something to say about our identity, and this exhibition offers space for five artists to share their histories and have their voices heard.

What is “selfhood”?  It is the quality that constitutes one’s individuality, our essential being, the part of us that makes us unique. We spend a lot of our lives developing a sense of self and figuring out who we are and what we stand for. That is inward-facing work, but when we look beyond ourselves, do we have a voice and a space to freely express who we are? Too often, that space is not there, stories are hidden, voices are silenced. Our sense of self is personal, but it is also connected to history. Who we are today is a product of what and who have come before, and knowing ourselves means getting to know, understanding, and telling our histories.

Gallery: Litowitz and Hallway Galleries
Dates: February 15 - June 8, 2025
Participating artists: Alice Dillon, Scott Foster, Kathryn Geismar, Lisa Tang Liu, and Keith Morris Washington
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Woven photograph of a woman with long black hair and red lips.
Lisa Tang Liu, Analog Girl in a Digital World, Mixed media, cyanotype print and inkjet print
Painting with an intense red background with a figure in the center in a brown coat with white collar trim. Their head is wrapped in a tan scarf.
Kathryn Geismar, Babushka, Oil on canvas
Photograph of stretched linen with a sew jean jacket with buttons in black thread.
Alice Dillon, Pin-Up , 2024, Thread on muslin
Photograph of an Indigenous woman in traditional clothing on an intense black background. She is holding a deerskin cloth with writing across it.
Scott Foster, Lauren Sun Turtle, Photograph
Painting with a flat appearance on a background of green with rows of yellow and green flowers. In the center is a man in an open blue shirt holding his hands near his chest, looking to the right.
Keith Morris Washington, The Metempsychosis of Keith Morris Washington as Ami Callius Spoke My Name, Redux , 2019, Oil on linen
Painting on a flat grey background of two figures, a woman to the left and a man to the right. They are holding a long photograph of three figures, of a man to the left and two children to his front and right.
Keith Morris Washington, The Secret Life of Mister Vacuum Lungz , 2018, Oil on linen
Photograph of a organic edged wooden platter with a feather and three wooden bowls. In the bowls are three kinds of seeds, beans, squash, and corn.
Scott Foster, Three Sisters, Photograph
Photograph of an Indigenous man in traditional clothing on an intense black background.
Scott Foster, Charlie Eagle Tail, Photograph
Blue photograph of a woman facing left and looking upwards with an imposed American flag on the background
Lisa Tang Liu, Facing a New Era, Cyanotype print on watercolor paper
A drawing of a figure in a tank top, skirt, and heels, with their hands on their hips and head cocked to the left. Behind is a collage of browns and greys.
Kathryn Geismar, Perpetual Possibility , 2025, Graphite, paint, and grommets on Duralar
Drawing of overlapping figures, both wearing glasses, one looking upwards and the other facing right looking out at the audience
Kathryn Geismar, Motherlove , 2022, Graphite and grommets on Duralar
Drawing of overlapping figures, one facing left and looking out at the audience, and the other facing right looking to the right.
Kathryn Geismar, Lost and Found , 2021, Graphite and grommets on Duralar
Photograph of stretched linen with three hoodies in a row sewn in black thread.
Alice Dillon, Placemakers , 2025, Thread on muslin
Photograph of a stretched canvas with sewn carabiners, one on top and one on the bottom, both with keys attached.
Alice Dillon, Carabiner Portrait , 2022, Thread on muslin
Woven photograph of a woman with long black hair and red lips.
Lisa Tang Liu
Analog Girl in a Digital World , Mixed media, cyanotype print and inkjet print
Painting with an intense red background with a figure in the center in a brown coat with white collar trim. Their head is wrapped in a tan scarf.
Kathryn Geismar
Babushka , Oil on canvas
Photograph of stretched linen with a sew jean jacket with buttons in black thread.
Alice Dillon
Pin-Up , 2024, Thread on muslin
Photograph of an Indigenous woman in traditional clothing on an intense black background. She is holding a deerskin cloth with writing across it.
Scott Foster
Lauren Sun Turtle , Photograph
Painting with a flat appearance on a background of green with rows of yellow and green flowers. In the center is a man in an open blue shirt holding his hands near his chest, looking to the right.
Keith Morris Washington
The Metempsychosis of Keith Morris Washington as Ami Callius Spoke My Name, Redux , 2019, Oil on linen
Painting on a flat grey background of two figures, a woman to the left and a man to the right. They are holding a long photograph of three figures, of a man to the left and two children to his front and right.
Keith Morris Washington
The Secret Life of Mister Vacuum Lungz , 2018, Oil on linen
Photograph of a organic edged wooden platter with a feather and three wooden bowls. In the bowls are three kinds of seeds, beans, squash, and corn.
Scott Foster
Three Sisters , Photograph
Photograph of an Indigenous man in traditional clothing on an intense black background.
Scott Foster
Charlie Eagle Tail , Photograph
Blue photograph of a woman facing left and looking upwards with an imposed American flag on the background
Lisa Tang Liu
Facing a New Era , Cyanotype print on watercolor paper
A drawing of a figure in a tank top, skirt, and heels, with their hands on their hips and head cocked to the left. Behind is a collage of browns and greys.
Kathryn Geismar
Perpetual Possibility , 2025, Graphite, paint, and grommets on Duralar
Drawing of overlapping figures, both wearing glasses, one looking upwards and the other facing right looking out at the audience
Kathryn Geismar
Motherlove , 2022, Graphite and grommets on Duralar
Drawing of overlapping figures, one facing left and looking out at the audience, and the other facing right looking to the right.
Kathryn Geismar
Lost and Found , 2021, Graphite and grommets on Duralar
Photograph of stretched linen with three hoodies in a row sewn in black thread.
Alice Dillon
Placemakers , 2025, Thread on muslin
Photograph of a stretched canvas with sewn carabiners, one on top and one on the bottom, both with keys attached.
Alice Dillon
Carabiner Portrait , 2022, Thread on muslin
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