Exhibition archive

  • The Playground Project

    March 29–April 10, 2021

    The Playground Project is the first-ever solo show by artist Christina Tedesco. The Playground Project is a special two-week exhibition that presents an ongoing body of work depicting human forms in playground settings and is influenced by the artist’s experience of living with the physical disability cerebral palsy.

    The Playground Project
  • STORYLINES

    February 18–March 20, 2021

    STORYLINES presents the work of twenty-nine artists who explore overlooked narratives through their work in photography, painting, drawing, mixed media, monotype, collage, and sculpture. STORYLINES is juried by James Everett Stanley, an artist and an Assistant Professor of Painting at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. The featured artists in STORYLINES explore the theme by presenting viewers with…

    STORYLINES
  • The Carpet Grew Like a Garden

    January 14–February 13, 2021

    In The Carpet Grew Like a Garden, Jannesari’s large-scale paintings illuminate the life the artist left behind in Iran. Through the lens of personal experiences, Jannesari explores the censorship of Iranian women by an overarching patriarchy and invites a dialog to reconsider assumptions about women whose lives have been circumscribed by Islamic culture.

    The Carpet Grew Like a Garden
  • The Eye’s Mind

    October 22–November 21, 2020

    The Eye’s Mind is the first-ever solo exhibition by Drew Pate. This show is part of Gallery 263’s Exhibition Proposal Series, a program in which exhibitions are selected by a competitive jurying process. In The Eye’s Mind, the artist invites the viewer to consider the phrase “to see with the mind’s eye.” Does the metaphysical…

    The Eye’s Mind
  • 9th Annual Members’ Exhibition

    September 17–October 17, 2020

    After a long break due to COVID-19, the gallery reopens on Thursday, September 17, with our 9th Annual Members’ Exhibition. As we celebrate nine years of our Artist Membership Program, we would like to recognize the talented artists we have had the honor of representing. Gallery 263 is grateful for this opportunity to provide exposure and support…

    9th Annual Members’ Exhibition
  • EMERGE 2020

    June 11–July 31, 2020

    EMERGE 2020: Graduating Fine Art Students of New England, a regional juried exhibition, features the work of twenty artists who are graduating or expected to graduate from a New England-based fine arts program during this unprecedented time. Celebrating artistic innovation and thoughtful production, this exhibition features a range of media, including video, sound, painting, sculpture,…

    EMERGE 2020
  • WILD

    February 20–March 14, 2020

    WILD features the work of twenty-eight artists who explore human existence with nature in a time of planetary change. This national group exhibition is juried by Jane Winchell, the director of Peabody Essex Museum’s Dotty Brown Art & Nature Center.

    WILD
  • Spaces Within Space

    January 9–February 8, 2020

    In Spaces Within Space, the artist draws upon time spent living in numerous places—including a childhood in Ethiopia, an experience studying abroad in Spain, and, most recently, a move to the United States—to layer space and search for commonalities between forms in both her large-scale figure paintings and intimate landscape paintings.

    Spaces Within Space
  • 2nd Annual Student Artist Members’ Exhibition

    December 19, 2018–January 5, 2019

    The 2nd Annual Student Artist Members’ Exhibition highlights the work of Gallery 263 student members.

    2nd Annual Student Artist Members’ Exhibition
  • 3rd Annual Student Artist Members’ Exhibition

    December 12, 2019–January 4, 2020

    This showcase highlights emerging artists working in a variety of media including painting, drawing, video, sculpture, and installation.

    3rd Annual Student Artist Members’ Exhibition
  • Sensation, Feeling: Texture

    November 7–December 7, 2019

    In Sensation, Feeling: Texture, the theme of texture is revealed through painting, drawing, embroidery, photography, sculpture, tapestry, monotype, and mixed media.

    Sensation, Feeling: Texture
  • All Work and No Play

    October 3–November 2, 2019

    As more artists pursue higher education degrees, the burden of student loan debt finds more of them working full-time jobs while maintaining a studio practice on the side. Lennon knows this first hand: she works full time as an Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions and is a practicing artist. In this solo show, the artist…

    All Work and No Play
  • 8th Annual Members’ Exhibition

    August 29–September 29, 2019

    As we celebrate eight years of our Artist Membership Program, we would like to recognize the talented artists we have had the honor of representing.

    8th Annual Members’ Exhibition
  • Reinvented: Drawn to Art

    June 19 – July 6, 2019

    Reinvented: Drawn to Art features the work of ten artists who pursued their passion for the arts after working in other fields.

    Reinvented: Drawn to Art
  • Light vs. Dark

    May 2–June 1, 2019

    Through paintings, embroidery, photographs, sculptures, monotype, and video, the artists explore the themes of light and dark visually or in the content of the work itself.

    Light vs. Dark