Exhibitions Coming to South Texas this Fall

Fall exhibitions are well underway across the state and institutions across South Texas, including the Rockport Center for the Arts, the International Museum of Art & Science, and the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, have a slew of solo shows and group exhibitions opening soon.

Last month, the San Benito Cultural Center opened Cruzando Fronteras (Crossing Borders), a solo exhibition featuring textiles by South Texas College professor Leila Hernandez. The show includes Ms. Hernandez’s two series The Tapestries, looking at personal perspectives, and Las Labores, representing various forms of household work. 

Aleida Garcia, the Director of the San Benito Cultural Center and the Department of Cultural Arts, said, “This exhibition is an artistic response to the cultural physical fluidity of this border region. The work utilizes traditional craft techniques through a contemporary lens to initiate a dialogue about migration and immigration.”

Cruzando Fronteras is on view through October 12 at the San Benito Cultural Center.

Also in August the Rockport Center for the Arts (RCA) opened solo shows by Sam Modder and Jesse Moreno. Coastal Mementos features wooden book sculptures created by San Antonio-based Jesse Moreno. Source of All Hair, Wearer of All Socks brings together works in pen, collage, and digital media by Nigerian-Sri Lankan artist Sam Modder. Next week RCA will debut Juxtapositions, a solo exhibition of works by local painter Rebecca Bridges Rice.

Source of All Hair, Wearer of All Socks will be on view through September 22, Coastal Mementos will be on view through October 6, and Juxtapositions will be on view through October 27.

This weekend K Space Contemporary in Corpus Christi will open two exhibitions, Seeding Soil and Pretty Moxie. Seeding Soil is a part of the 2024 Texas Biennial, which is being presented at various venues in Houston and the coastal region. The group show will also have an installation by Alexandra Robinson in the gallery’s project space. Simultaneously, K Space will present Pretty Moxie, an Oso Bay Biennial Exhibition featuring works by Ashley Burnett, Mariana Ruvalcaba Cruz, and Saffron Williams. 

Seeding Soil and Pretty Moxie will be on view from September 6 through October 4.

Later this month the International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS) in McAllen will present Rompiendo el Cielo, a solo exhibition of works by Edinburg-born Uriel Landeros “Conquista.” Mr. Landeros might be best known as the artist who spray painted over Pablo Picasso’s Woman in a Red Armchair at the Menil Collection in Houston. The show is composed of portraits of people the artist considers icons, such as José M. Hernández, a Mexican-American engineer and astronaut; Lionel Messi, an Argentinian soccer player; and Julie Morales, a nurse and one of few women who have been licensed dealers through the state and federal government for the cultivation, harvest, and trade of peyote for consumption by members of the Native American Church. The exhibition also includes works from Mr. Landeros’ private collection that he has altered, including pieces by Picasso, Banksy, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí, Julian Schnabel, and more.

Marcelo Ramirez Garcia-Rojas, curator at IMAS, told Glasstire, “Landeros’ work presents a reflection of contemporary icons of the Latin American community as critical analysis of attitudes towards the Latin American community in the current sociopolitical climate. In this exhibition, viewers will question their preconceived notions of value and success as defined by the hyper-capitalist, consumerist culture of the United States. Rompiendo el Cielo is meant to empower the community of the Rio Grande Valley and the Latin American community as a whole by presenting universal narratives of overcoming the odds, success, and the journey necessary to reach your goals.”

Rompiendo el Cielo will be on view from September 18, 2024, through January 19, 2025.

Toward the end of September, the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art (BMFA) will present Oxana Kovalchuk: A Journey to Be Continued and The 49th International Art Show. A Journey to Be Continued is a solo show featuring work by Kazakhstan-born New York-based artist Oxana Kovalchuk. Her mixed media works and glass collages explore themes of time, memory, and personal transformation.

The 49th International Art Show will feature 62 artists from across North America. The exhibition was juried by Alison de Lima Greene, the Isabel Brown Wilson Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Among the selected artists are 24 Texas-based artists.

Oxana Kovalchuk: A Journey to Be Continued and The 49th International Art Show and The 49th International Art Show will be on view from September 20 through October 23, 2024. A reception will be held on September 20 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.