The Set Theory series of exhibitions deals with the overlapping personal dialogues between artists, over a period of time and based around a central nexus-point artist, engaging with the intellectual and practical shared concerns and discussions held between them.

This year’s inaugural choice as the nexus point artist is Roland Reiss with artists:
Dion Johnson, Brad Eberhard, Dawn Arrowsmith, Lisa Adams, Terri Friedman, Jacci Den Hartog, Aitor Lajarin, Enid Baxter Blader, Dean DeCocker, Kristi Lippire, Margaret Adachi, Wendell Gladstone, Jason Eoff and Michael Salerno

The ZOOM sereis seeks to reflect current trends, track developments in contemporary practices, and explore associations between the regional geographical areas. But more importantly ZOOM evens the playing field to give voice to new artists, alongside more established names, via the open call process.

Erupting from the Californian surf scene and branching out into music, language, street art and street clothing, skateboard culture has spanned the globe with its focus on individuality, freedom and a transgressive mixture of sport and play. This exhibition will focus on contemporary art that can trace its roots to this sub-culture-gone-mainstream, exploring urban architecture, resistance, and the core values of the skate phenomenon through the matrix of urban theory and politics. It will utilize theoretical, historical, sociological and contemporary art facets to fully explore how a Californian children’s toy went through technological advances that led to a revolution throughout youth culture and, in turn, spread to the world and impacted culture from the street to the museum.