Unsettled Territories

An exhibition featuring the work of:

Kathryn Hempel
Michael Anthony Garcia
& Jeannie Hua

EXHIBITION: July 3 – 26, 2026

OPENING RECEPTION :: July 3 / 6:00 – 10:00 pm

Unsettled Territories confront the strata of displacement, memory and embodiment by using a vocabulary of visual strategies that disrupt stability, unsettle dominant narratives, and create new spaces for collective witnessing. Across photography, mixed media, and sculptural intervention, the artists reveal the unseen infrastructures—emotional and physical, political and personal—that govern how we inhabit the world. Their works do not merely depict fragmented realities; they inhabit them, making visible the ruptures and possibilities that form contemporary lived experience. 

This exhibition was curated by Jeannie Hua, Michael Anthony Garcia and Kathryn Hempel with assistance from Agitator Members: Alex Wilson & Jason Greenberg.


The exhibition also includes these events:

– ARTISTS TALK & Dialogue :: July 25 / 3:00 – 4:00 pm
A moderated panel & group critique featuring all three artists discussing their art practices.

– COLLAGE WORKSHOP :: July 26 / 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Collaborate with the Artists to make collages in this incubator / salon workshop. Participants use printed matter (newspapers, magazines, discarded books) to create new works of art.

Exhibition photos by Michael Anthony Garcia / Detail: Access to Meaning by Jeannie Hua >>

Scroll through artwork documentation & installation views below.

ARTIST PROFILES:

Kathryn Hempel’s palette and forms act as frameworks through which we consider the infrastructures of power. The images suggest maintenance and repair, yet also deterioration. —

Jeannie Hua’s images question the possibility of comprehension and understanding despite personal and public impairment of access to information and knowledge. —

Michael Anthony Garcia’s sculptural photographs integrate textiles, organic forms, ritualistic elements, and altered environments. The result is a visceral dialogue with presence, vulnerability, and the politics of the body as territory. —

EXHIBITING ARTISTS:

Jeannie Hua - @jeanniehuastudio

Michael Anthony Garcia @mrmichaelme

Kathryn Hempel @kathrynhempel