Past Exhibitions

yellow, ochre, and brown geometric patterned quilt

Fabric, Dye, and Serendipity

March 5 – April 18, 2026 // Gallery 2

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wall hanging made up of a grid of connected circles each containing a small drawing, and blue tassels along the bottom edge

Inventing a Homeland

February 6 – April 4, 2026 // Upfront Gallery 

Quilt of a mother holding a child. The mother has tan skin, dark hair, and is wearing a colorful floral dress. There are silhouettes of children running in the background.

A Portrait is a Prayer

February 21 – March 25, 2026 // Gallery 1

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gold metal block with floral wires coming out of the top

Built to Remember

December 5, 2025 – February 22, 2026 // Gallery 2

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Abstract multicolored scribbles on beige paper

A Fine State of Disrepair

November 21, 2025 – February 15, 2026 // Gallery 1

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ID photo of artist Anna Lee surrounded by falling text which reads "When I can't be here anymore"

My notifs are off, come to my art show

Anna Lee, 2024 North Carolina Emerging Artist in Residence

December 5, 2025 – February 1, 2026 // Upfront Gallery

blue mesh-like net sculpture made of plastic bags, rope, and repurposed materials

Sacred Sanctuaries

Patrizia Ferreira, 2024 North Carolina Emerging Artist in Residence

October 3 – November 30, 2025 // Upfront Gallery

Carolina Roots - Artspace

Carolina Roots

Juried by Mavis Gragg + Laura Ritchie, Pop Box Gallery

October 3 – November 30, 2025 // Gallery 2

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bright green painting of a waterfall scene

Year of the Zebra

Molly Lastra, 2025 Universal Access Artist in Residence

August 1 – September 28, 2025 // Upfront Gallery

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blurry photo of woman with short black hair

辫 (biān) / 彼岸 (bǐ àn)

— “for those of us who live at the shoreline” (Audre Lorde, A Litany for Survival)

August 1 – September 28, 2025 // Gallery 1

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Pattern of neon geometric shapes and lines

Find Your Glimmer

July 12-26, 2025 // Gallery 1

drawing of olmec head

Full Spectrum Dominance

André Leon Gray, 2000 Regional Emerging Artist in Residence

May 2 – June 29, 2025 // Gallery 1

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linocut portrait of a boy in black and white surrounded by a blue background and a yellow halo

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

May 2 – June 29, 2025 // Upfront Gallery

Yellow Serving Coaster by Kevin Kao

Shape, Shape, Serve

April 4-June 1, 2025 // Gallery 2

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Bottoms Up: Contemporary Ceramics in the South, A Juried Cup Show

Juried by Takuro Shibata of Studio Touya + Starworks Ceramics

April 4-27, 2025 // Upfront Gallery

sculpture of a woman with an afro of roses seated next to a goat

Mom

March 7-April 27, 2025 // Gallery 1

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colorful overlapping circular shapes filled with patterns

Shape Language

February 7-March 30, 2025 // Upfront Gallery

painting of a large sequined crow watching over the silhouettes of two girls playing hopscotch

IN KIND

Curated by Anna Weaver and Morrow Dowdle

January 10 – March 2, 2025 // Gallery 2

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WAR: New York 2000-2003

December 6, 2024 – February 23, 2025 // Gallery 1

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Life Lines

December 6, 2024 – February 2, 2025 // Upfront Gallery

FRESH

Non-juried exhibition October 4 – 27, 2024 // Galleries 1 + 2

Juried exhibition November 1, 2024 – January 5, 2025 // Gallery 2

Juried by Jessica Orzulak, Associate Curator of the Asheville Art Museum

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Just in Case You Leave Your Shell

October 4 – December 1, 2024 // Upfront Gallery

detail of sculpture by Mark Anthony Brown Jr.

Sing About Me

Mark Anthony Brown Jr. , 2024 Summer Artist in Residence

August 16 – September 29, 2024 // Upfront Gallery

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Magnetic Braille, Owen Lowery

Access Projects

Owen Lowery, 2024 Universal Access Artist in Residence

August 3 – September 29, 2024 // Gallery 1

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Your Ocean Is On Fire

May 3 – June 29, 2024 // Upfront Gallery

detail of work by Grasham Studio

Fluxums' Frolic

Eric + Morgan Grasham

May 3 – June 29, 2024 // Gallery 1

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Painting by Allison Coleman

Teaching Artist Showcase

Current + Past Artspace Teaching Artists

April 5 – June 2, 2024 // Gallery 2

painting of an orange house with a turquoise roof against a circular tangerine-colored background

Home/Life

March 1 – April 28, 2024 // Upfront Gallery

detail of work by Nathan Grimes

Pillows and Cradles

Nathan Grimes + Todd Jones

March 1 – April 28, 2024 // Gallery 1

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detail of painted quilt by Aliyah Bonnette

Onslaught

Aliyah Bonnette

February 2 – March 30, 2024 // Gallery 2

This is More Than a Test

Steven Cozart

January 5 – February 25, 2024 // Gallery 1

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painting by Lamar Whidbee

Amygdala

Lamar Whidbee

December 1 – January 28, 2023 // Gallery 1

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Carolina Roots

October 6 – December 30, 2023 // Gallery 1

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Art Bash

Art Bash

Live Bid Preview

November 3 – 18, 2023 // Gallery 2

by HTY Jewelry

Studio Artist Showcase

Artspace Studio Artists

September 1 – October 29, 2023 // Gallery 2

Draw/Cut

Katie Knoeringer, 2023 Summer Artist in Residence

August 4 – September 24, 2023 // Gallery 1

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13 Moons

Jimena Vergara-Sanz, 2023 Universal Access Artist in Residence

August 4 – September 24, 2023 // Upfront Gallery 

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Maroon, Maroon

Curated by Duane Cyrus

April 14 – June 25, 2023 // Gallery 1

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Act V: Myth is to History as History is to Myth

Shawn Campbell

April 14 – June 4, 2023 // Gallery 2

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Spectacle

Louisa Armbrust

February 17 – April 2, 2023 // Gallery 2

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Here Goes Everything

Guen Montgomery + Sage Perrott

February 17 – April 9, 2023 // Gallery 1

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detail of film by Jan-Ru Wan

When We Are Still Together

Jan-Ru Wan

December 2, 2022 – February 12, 2023 // Gallery 1

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detail of sculpture by Allan Rosenbaum and quilt by Regina Jestrow

A-Piece-A-Part

Regina Jestrow + Allan Rosenbaum

December 2, 2022 – February 12, 2023 // Gallery 2

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Sasss, Omi, detail

fantasy irl

SASSS

October 21 – November 27, 2022 // Gallery 2

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detail of works by Rosa Leff + Kelly Walker

Defaced/Enshrined

Rosa Leff + Kelly Walker

October 7 – November 27, 2022 // Gallery 1

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Corrientes Latinas / Latin Currents

Inter-Latin American Artists Collaborative ​

September 2 – October 9, 2022 // Gallery 2

Woman in profile with plants adorning her hair

Anti-Solo

Claire Alexandre, 2022 Summer Artist in Residence, + Fruit of the Cosmos

August 5 – September 25, 2022 // Gallery 1

Serendipity

Ann Roth, 2022 Universal Access Artist in Residence

July 1 – August 28, 2022 // Upfront Gallery 

FRESH 2022

FRESH

Non-juried exhibition May 6 – 28, 2022 // Galleries 1 + 2

Juried exhibition June 3 – 25, 2022 // Gallery 1

Juried by Jonell Logan, VP + Creative Director of the McColl Center

detail of work by Zipporah Thompson

Shape Shifting

Zipporah C. Thompson

Feb 23 – April 16, 2022 // Gallery 1

House with the entire front covered in a quilt by Carson Whitmore

Ex residence

Carson Whitmore

Feb 18 – Apr 24, 2022 // Gallery 2

Fleshmap: My Unraveling Geographies

Jennifer Markowitz

Dec 3 2021 – Jan 30, 2022 // Gallery 2

There's Black People in Milwaukee: Rose Theatre

Vonnie Quest

Dec 3 2021 – Feb 6, 2022 // Gallery 1

Exhibition and Residency is funded, in part, by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. 

MMXIX: I'm Glad You Believed in Me

Marcus Kiser

Oct 1 – 31 2021 // Gallery 1

Curated by Alexys J. Taylor. Presented by The Black on Black Project with the support of The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation.

This Ain't That

Byron Johnson, Daniel Hall, + Brittany Santiago

Sept 18 – Nov 13, 2021 // Gallery 2

The Time Becoming

Alicia Eggert

July 2 – August 28, 2021 // Gallery 1

Schmistory: A Project About History and its History and His Story

Mike Calway-Fagen

April 30 – June 26, 2021 // Gallery 1

Forgetting is Easy The Remembering is What Hurts

Tim Lytvinenko + Pete Sack

April 30 – June 26, 2021 // Gallery 1

Trophy Vistas

Maja Godlewska

December 4, 2020 – February 13, 2021 // Gallery 1

Cross Currents

Catherine + Clyde Edgerton

November 6, 2020 – February 13, 2021 // Gallery 2

Surviving Art

Paris Alexander, Gayle Stott Lowry, Gerry Lynch + Pat Scull

October 2 – November 28, 2020 // Gallery 1

Celebrating 20 years of the Regional Emerging Artist Residency

Online Exhibition

October 2 – 31, 2020 // Online

Black Wholes: The Darkness This Time

Derrick Beasley

October 2 – November 28, 2020 // Upfront Gallery

Dirty White Matter

Meg Stein

September 18 – October 31, 2020 // Gallery 2

FRESH

Online Exhibition

April 10 – June 30, 2020 // Online

Rubber Donkey Party

Chance Murray

March 6 – May 30, 2020 // Gallery 2

Domestic Demise

Elizabeth Alexander + Patty Carroll

February 15 – June 27, 2020 // Gallery 1

Hairstory

Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, Megan Bostic + Andy Mauery

January 3 – February 29, 2020 // Gallery 2

Fine Contemporary Craft

National Biennial Juried Exhibition

December 6 – February 1, 2019 // Gallery 1

Heirloom

Coulter Fussell + Antonia Perez

November 1 – December 28, 2019 // Gallery 2

Dirty South

Jasmine Best, Laura Little, Aaron McIntosh + Renzo Ortega

October 4 – November 30, 2019 // Gallery 1

Dark Days

Andrew Kozlowski

September 6 – October 26, 2019 // Gallery 2

Giving What Takes

Nicole Simpkins, Summer Artist in Residence

August 2 – September 28, 2019 // Gallery 1

The Sky is Not Sacred

Lien Truong

April 19 – June 22, 2019 // Gallery 1

Consequential Stranger

Michela Martello

April 12 – June 1, 2019 // Gallery 2

In the Arches, We Cave

Mariam Stephan

February 15 – April 6, 2019 // Gallery 1