Southern Exposure is proud to present MONOLITH,  a group exhibition curated by SoEx Curatorial Councilmember and artist Ricki Dwyer. The five artists in this show work across a spectrum of genres while accessing the autobiographical as raw matter. Working within a world which flattens and exploits personal narrative, these artists individually acknowledge the complexities of their lived experience, invest rich material practices in self-determination, and collectively construct a moment of bold relief.

Liz Roberts presents a short documentary on the lived experience of opioid addiction which combats the redemption narrative of sobriety. Leena Joshi’s vinyl sign is installed as an aggressive act of poetic reclamation of their own desirability. Jess Robbins exhibits the emotional navigation of searching for parental support through their sculptural installation of makeshift shoes titled Stand-Ins and accompanying performance Are You My Mother?. Charmaine Bee’s textile and medicinal herb installation sits within their Portal Series and the ongoing practice of connecting spiritually to ancestral lineage. Edgar Fabián Frías has installed a previously exhibited billboard project which had been vandalized as a hate crime. Within the context of this show they will ritualize the healing and release of this violence through a performance ceremony.