Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, "Four Planet Parade," a group exhibition of new paintings, fiber works and sculptures by Tomory Dodge, Rema Ghuloum, David McDonald, Christy Matson, Aaron Morse, Laurie Nye, Sophie Treppendahl, Sung Jik Yang. In their respective practices, these eight artists consider personal expression and object-making as means by which to consider contemporary life and interiority in the 21st-Century.
Tomory DODGE (b. 1974, Denver, CO) makes dynamic abstract paintings that explore deep pictorial space, striking color combinations and active mark-making. Tomory Dodge’s recent and upcoming solo and group exhibitions include Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); Miles McEnery Gallery (New York, NY); LUX Art Institute (Encinitas, CA); “Stranger Than Paradise,” Rhode Island School of Design Museum (Providence, RI); “Grafforists,” Torrance Art Museum (Torrance, CA); “Nowism,” Pizzuti Collection (Columbus, OH); “An Appetite For Painting,” National Museum (Oslo, Norway); “Pouring It On,” Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA); “Directions to a Dirty Place,” Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (Winston-Salem, NC); “Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape,” Neuberger Museum of Art (Purchase, NY); “American Soil,” Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (Overland Park, KS); and Sheldon Memorial Gallery, University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE). Dodge’s work is in the collections of such museums as Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA); Orange County Museum of Art (Newport Beach, CA); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, (San Francisco, CA); Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley, CA); Henry Art Gallery (Seattle, WA); Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, TX); Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (Overland Park, KS); Weisman Art Museum (Minneapolis, MN); Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, MN); Orlando Museum of Art (Orlando, FL); Knoxville Museum of Art (Knoxville, TN); Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, AL); Weatherspoon Art Museum (Greensboro, NC); Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC); RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI); Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT); and Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY). Dodge’s work is the subject of several monographic catalogs and has been discussed in such publications as Artforum, Flash Art, Modern Painters, Art Review, Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. Dodge lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Rema GHULOUM (b. 1978, North Hollywood, CA) paintings investigate painterly abstraction as an experiential space of action, color and atmosphere. Rema Ghuloum’s recent and upcoming exhibitions include Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); Tabari Artspace (Dubai, UAE); David De Boer, (Antwerp, Belgium); Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach, CA); Forest Lawn Museum (Los Angeles, CA); Et al. (San Francisco, CA); Emma Grey HQ (Los Angeles, CA); Edward Cella Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); Five Car Garage (Santa Monica, CA); Sargent’s Daughters (New York, NY); Contemporary Art Matters (Columbus, OH); Hawthorn Contemporary (Milwaukee, WI); Jacob’s (Los Angeles, CA); Sonce Alexander Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); The Pit (Los Angeles, CA); Make Room (Los Angeles, CA); La Loma Projects (Los Angeles, CA); Odd Ark LA (Los Angeles, CA); Part 2 Gallery (Oakland, CA); Harris Gallery, University of Laverne (Laverne, CA); Nathalie Karg (New York, NY); Mother Gallery (Beacon, NY); Taymore Grahne Projects (London, UK); Meyer Reigger (Berlin, Germany) and Baik Gallery (Seoul, Korea). Ghuloum’s work is included in the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Works on Paper Collection at the Legion of Honor Museum (San Francisco, CA). Ghuloum’s work has been reviewed in Art Forum, Hyperallergic, CARLA, the Los Angeles Times, Fabrik, and LA Weekly. Ghuloum lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Christy MATSON (b. 1979, Seattle, WA) makes woven paper pieces that explore both objective and non-objective motifs alike with an eye towards not only landscape, but also abstraction. Christy Matson's work is the subject of "Index Color," a new book published by Philip Martin Gallery. Recent exhibitions include Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee, WI); Cranbook Museum of Art (Bloomfield Hills, MI); Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach, CA); "Beyond: Tapestry Expanded," Peeler Art Center, DePauw University (Greencastle, IN); "Arcadia and Elsewhere," James Cohan Gallery (New York, NY); "Seeing Chicago," curated by Duro Olowu, Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL); "40 Under 40: Craft Futuresr," Smithsonian Museum of American Art (Washington, DC); John Michael Kohler Art Center (Sheboygan, WI); Contemporary Arts Museum (Houston, TX); Knoxville Museum of Art (Knoxville, TN); Municipio di Maniago, (Pordenone Italy); Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA); Ciurlionis National Museum of Art (Kaunas, Lithuania); Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago, IL); Bakersfield Museum of Art (Bakersfield, CA); Craft and Folk Art Museum, (Los Angeles, CA); and Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco, CA). Articles and reviews on Christy Matson’s work have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Sculpture, Fiber Arts, Textile, Artillery, Surface Design Journal and Time Out. Christy Matson lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
David McDONALD (b. 1962, Liverpool, UK) makes mixed media sculptures and other works that consider form, color and texture, with an eye to process and the passage of time in the act of making. Recent solo and group exhibitions include Timothy Hawkinson Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); 5. Gallery (Santa Fe, NM); Five Car Garage (Los Angeles, CA); Ochi Projects (Los Angeles, CA); Carter and Citizen (Los Angeles, CA); ACME (Los Angeles, CA); Newspace (Los Angeles, CA); Elizabeth Harris (New York, NY); and Thomas Solomon's Garage (Los Angeles, CA). David McDonald's work has been reviewed in Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Artweek, Art in America and Sculpture Magazine. David McDonald lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
In the work of Aaron MORSE (b. 1974, Tucson, AZ) landscape is non-hierarchical; time is fluid; and imagery, both abstract and representational - whether drawn from textbooks, postcards, advertising, comic books, collage, drawings, paintings, or range of lived experiences - is a multiverse of possibility and interpretation. Aaron Morse’s recent solo and group exhibitions include Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, TX); Hammer Museum (Los Angeles, CA); Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley, CA); Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, CA); Contemporary Arts Museum (Houston, TX); Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (Overland Park, KS); Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (Logan, UT); Weatherspoon Art Museum (Greensboro, NC); Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery At Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY). Aaron Morse is included in the Museum Collections of Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley, CA); Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, CA); Henry Art Gallery (Seattle, WA); Hammer Museum (Los Angeles, CA); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA); Hilbert Museum of California Art (Orange, CA); Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (Logan, UT); Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (Overland Park, KS); Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, TX); Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY); Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY); Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY); Rhode Island School of Design, (Providence, RI). Morse’s work has been reviewed in such publications as Los Angeles Times, Time Out, Flaunt, Tema Celeste, and Artweek. Aaron Morse lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
For Laurie NYE (b. 1972, Memphis, TN), nature is a place of self-discovery, connection and celebration. Her vivid brushwork, succinct color, and sophisticated use of line breaks up the picture plane, emphasizing its materiality, flatness, and the construction of painterly space. Recent exhibitions include "This World Only" (Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA); "The Battlefield Where the Moon says I Love You" (Rachel Uffner Gallery, NY); “A Particular Kind of Heaven,” Parrasch Heijnen (Los Angeles, CA); "The Moth & The Thunderclap,” Modern Art (London, UK); “BodyLand,” Galerie Max Hetzler (Berlin, Germany); "Unnatural Nature: Post-Pop Landscapes,” Acquavella (New York, NY); Van Doren Waxter (New York, NY); Bark Berlin Gallery (Berlin, Germany); The Pit (Glendale, CA); Odd Ark (Los Angeles, CA); Big Pictures LA (Los Angeles, CA); Blake and Vargas, (Berlin, Germany); The Dot Project, (London, UK); Day and Night Gallery (Atlanta, GA); La Loma Projects, (Pasadena, CA); and Unpaved Gallery (Yucca Valley, CA). Laurie Nye’s artist project, “Chickasaw Moon,” at Odd Ark (Los Angeles, CA) was an Artforum Critics Pick. Laurie Nye’s solo exhibition at Philip Martin Gallery was Artforum Best of Year 2021 feature. Nye has work in the OZ Art Northwest Arkansas, (Bentonville, AR) collection. Her work has been reviewed in such publications as Artillery, Los Angeles Times, Artforum, FAD Magazine and LA Weekly. Laurie Nye lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Sophie TREPPENDAHL (b. 1991, Baton Rouge, LA) captures the warmth and emotional gravity of everyday domestic spaces. Intimately tuned to the behavior of light and shadow, Treppendahl paints lived-in interiors, sun-dappled tables, and quiet gatherings. Her expressive brushwork and rich palette transform ordinary, fleeting moments into generous visual meditations on intimacy, memory, and presence. Treppendahl's work was featured in The New York Times front-page Arts Section. Recent and upcoming solo and group exhibitions include Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); James Cohan (New York, NY); Haverkampf Leistenschneider (Berlin, Germany); Jack Hanley Gallery (New York, NY); Hashimoto Contemporary (New York, NY); Johansson Projects (Oakland, CA); Quirk Gallery (Richmond, VA); Kenise Barnes Fine Art (Larchmont, NY); 1969 Gallery (New York, NY); Carrie Secrist Gallery (Chicago, IL); Heaven Gallery (Chicago, IL); Indianapolis Art Center (Indianapolis, IN); Ada Gallery (Richmond, VA); Dread Lounge (Los Angeles, CA); The Broad (Richmond, CA); How’s Howard (Boston, MA); The Southern Gallery (Charleston, SC); Gildar Gallery (Denver, CO); and Richard and Dolly Mass Gallery (Purchase, NY). Treppendahl has been awarded residencies with the Golden Foundation (New Berlin, NY); 100 W Corsicana (Corsicana, TX); The Provincial (Chief, MI); and The Wassaic Project (Wassais, NY). Her work has been reviewed in publications such as Booooooom, White Hot Magazine of Contemporary Art, Hyperallergic, and Chicago Reader. Treppendahl lives and works in New Orleans, LA.
South Korean–born painter Sung Jik YANG creates evocative paintings that capture the quiet intimacy, psychological depth, and spontaneous energy of modern life. Working primarily in the alla prima (wet-on-wet) oil painting technique, Yang applies quick, decisive brushstrokes in a single sitting, channeling the fluid immediacy of figures like Édouard Manet. Sung Jik Yang’s recent and upcoming exhibitions include Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); Sim Smith (London, UK); X Museum (Beijing, China); Flag Foundation (New York, NY); Friends Indeed Gallery (San Francisco, CA). Yang lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
"Four Planet Parade" is on view November 14 - December 12, 2026. There will be a reception for the artists Saturday, November 14 from 5-8pm.
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