Sixth Annual Group Exhibition by Strata Gallery Members

Sixth Annual Group Exhibition by Strata Gallery Members

June 26 - July 17, 2026

Opening Reception: Friday, June 26, 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Closing Reception: Friday, July 17, 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Strata Gallery is pleased to announce its Sixth Annual Group Exhibition, featuring new and recent work from Strata Members from across the country. The exhibition opens Friday, June 26 and will run through July 17. Celebrate with us during our opening reception on Friday, June 26, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. In addition, we will have a closing reception on July 17, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. This summer show highlights the range and vitality of artistic practices represented within the Strata community.

Founded in 2021 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Strata Gallery has established itself as a space dedicated to showcasing work based on merit rather than market trends. Located in the heart of Santa Fe’s downtown plaza, Strata provides a platform for artists who continue to push their practices in bold and thoughtful directions. 

This year’s exhibition features the work of thirteen artists: Brianna Tadeo (NM), C.J. Rosenthal (NM), claudia hermano (NM), Cody Kamrowski (CA), David Olivant (NM), Diana Noh (IL), Elaine Duncan (NM), Frank Trocino (NM), Jeannine Spooner Kitzhaber (MN), Jennifer Van (CA), Lita Kenyon (WA), Michael Donnelly (NM), and Taylor Thomas (CA).

The works in this year’s exhibition reflect a wide-ranging engagement with memory, identity, perception, and the rapidly shifting world around us. Through photography, painting, collage, and mixed media, the artists explore both personal experience and broader cultural realities.

Some artists turn toward questions of identity and self-construction. claudia hermano examines the complexities of race, gender, and embodiment, while Taylor Thomas reflects on representation and Black interiority through archival imagery and cultural memory. Diana Noh reconstructs photographs to navigate displacement, vulnerability, and repair. Jennifer Van’s photographic works similarly consider memory, preservation, and the emotional weight carried by personal spaces and landmarks.

Others investigate humanity’s relationship to the natural and built environment. C.J. Rosenthal confronts ecological instability and human fragility. Jeannine Spooner Kitzhaber responds to rapidly changing landscapes shaped by suburban expansion, incorporating reclaimed materials that carry traces of place and history. Cody Kamrowski focuses on quiet moments of contemporary life, elevating ordinary subjects through carefully constructed compositions.

Material experimentation and process play a central role throughout the exhibition. Brianna Tadeo embraces impermanence within analog photography, allowing light, deterioration, and fragmentation to shape the image. Elaine Duncan approaches painting through movement, texture, and spontaneity, while Lita Kenyon’s intuitive works evolve through layering, scraping, and collage. Frank Trocino draws from architecture, music, and Cubism to create compositions rooted in rhythm and structure.

Photography remains an important thread throughout the exhibition. David Olivant combines fragmented imagery and shifting realities to explore emotional and psychological uncertainty, while Michael Donnelly’s photographs draw from decades of observation across landscapes.

Together, the artists in this exhibition offer distinct yet interconnected perspectives on contemporary life, inviting viewers to reflect on transformation, connection, memory, and the changing conditions of the world around us.
Join us this summer at Strata Gallery to experience artists' work that challenge, question, and reimagine contemporary experience.

Strata Gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday. For more information about Strata Gallery, the current exhibit, and the future schedule of events, please visit the Strata Gallery website, Instagram, or Facebook.

https://www.stratagallerysantafe.com/exhibitions/strata-gallery-member-show-2026