Grand Opening

November 14-December 8, 2024
7471 Melrose Ave, #5
West Hollywood, CA

For “Grand Opening,” each artist received a set of primary acrylic colors, a brush, and a primed 4x4 inch canvas for free. They had roughly one month to make work with those materials, maybe less.

The show aimed to solve pressure, to relieve strain from the following couples: artist/market, artist/viewer, artist/curator, curator/viewer, artist/artist, and artist/art. Perhaps then, without pressure, we might better find a more untethered art.

“Grand Opening” was supported in part by an arts grant from the City of West Hollywood.

The exhibition was curated by Greg Jenkins and included work by Marcel Humberto Monroy & B. Anele, Joachim Castaneda, Siena Foster-Soltis, Jake Freilich, Luke Haeger, Dallas Havoc, Christine Yerie Lee, Nikki Ochoa, Joshua Stasik Prince, Liz Lee & Emma Pryde, Naomi Sam, Gabby Sones, Meat Stevens, Ethan Tate, Advik Beni & Nehal Vyas, and Jacob Wolff.

Installation Views

Individual Works
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**Luke Haeger**
*The Visible hand of the market*, 2024

**Nikki Ochoa**
*When I Was A Child I Spake As A Child*, 2024

**Ethan Tate**
*Untitled (Goal Visualization: Multi-National Art Business #2)*, 2024

**Marcel Humberto Monroy & B. Anele**
*She sprouted from the dirt mysterious, brooding & juicy… like a chalice running over with secrets… which she spilled just for me*, 2024

**Joachim Castaneda**
*“You’re Gonna Win*”, 2024

**Dallas Havoc**
*A Little Condemnation for The Soul*, 2024

**Joshua Stasik Prince**
*slice of life*, 2024

**Gabby Sones**
*The Big One Is Coming*, 2024

**Advik Beni & Nehal Vyas**
*unidentified familial objects*, 2024

**Siena Foster-Soltis**
*my friend’s dad’s bussy*, 2024

**Christine Yerie Lee**
*Slice, Savor, Smile*, 2024

**Liz Lee & Emma Pryde**
*beautiful painting*, 2024

**Meat Stevens**
*Twink Death In SoHo House (DTLA)*, 2024

Exhibition Text & Checklist
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People

Grand Opening
Credits

Supported in part by an arts grant from the City of West Hollywood

Curated by Greg Jenkins - @gregjenkins__

Marcel Humberto Monroy & B. Anele -
@marcelhumbertomonroy & @surprisinghealthbenefits
Joachim Castaneda - @one800joachim
Siena Foster-Soltis - @sienafs
Jake Freilich - @jakefreilich
Luke Haeger - @revolutionarytechnology
Dallas Havoc - @pillar_of_dance
Christine Yerie Lee - @yeriesh
Nikki Ochoa - @vomitchild
Joshua Stasik Prince - @joshuastasikprince
Liz Lee & Emma Pryde - @lizleewastaken & @emmapryde_
Naomi Sam - @oida_kalashnikov
Gabby Sones - @dow_sones
Meat Stevens - @meat_stevens
Ethan Tate - @scooternet
Advik Beni & Nehal Vyas - @advikbeni & @nehalvyas
Jacob Wolff - @jacobxolff