a small ocean swallowed presents six artists whose work embodies states of ecological entwinement, poetically and experimentally reorienting human relationships to water. Presented in conjunction with SJMA’s Sowing Sustainability initiative, the exhibition threads together plant, animal, and human life and celebrates water as a model of interconnectivity across space and time.
March 12, 2027 – Fall 2027
Featuring new works by multidisciplinary artist Kang Seung Lee and seldom-exhibited works by the late Bay Area artist and gardener Ed Aulerich-Sugai (1950–1994), Beta Space: Kang Seung Lee and Ed Aulerich-Sugai celebrates the communal work of remembrance. Featuring paintings, drawings, and mixed-media works alongside plants and personal objects, the exhibition offers an expanded model of archives as living, distributed networks.
