The New World

Group Exhibition Curated by Sandra Phillips,
Curator Emerita of Photography, SFMOMA

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Member News

Timofey Glinin and Anastasia Shubina in “Mondo Fauna” at Wessling Contemporary

01/03/2026/in Member News /by Neo Serafimidis

Mondo Fauna: All Creatures Weird and Wonderful opens at Wessling Contemporary in San Francisco this Sunday, January 4, 2–4 PM. 11 works from their Fantastic Encyclopedia series will be on view. These are AI-based digital artworks inspired by Amanita mushrooms.

Description:
A group invitational with creatures, real and imagined, as the subject matter, and Muttville, a senior dog rescue organization, as a beneficiary.

Featuring a furry roster of West Coast artists including (in no particular order): Phe Ruiz, Libby Mitchell, Myke Reilly, Ali Saif, Kristina Lazar, William Hooper, Tino Rodriguez & Virgo, Michael McConnell, Victoria Chaban, Connor Wright, Katie McCann, Kara Maria, Nimisha Doongarwal, Marianna Kiraly, GLISH, Sharry Wright, John Goodman, and House of Harri, among others.

In addition to the exhibition, there will be a live auction the afternoon of Sunday 04 Jan with all proceeds from the auction and partial proceeds from the show benefiting Muttville.

Opening reception: Sunday, January 4, 2026, from 2:00 to 4:30 PM.
Dates: January 4 – February 3, 2026
Address: Wessling Contemporary, 39 Grant Ave, San Francisco

Allyson Ely in LACP Incubator “Reservoir”

01/03/2026/in Member News /by Neo Serafimidis

Allyson is among the participating artists in Los Angeles Center of Photography’s photographic incubator Reservoir that opens this month at their Downtown Los Angeles headquarters.

Opening Reception

Thursday, January 29, 2026, 6pm to 8pm @ LACP, 252 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Exhibition Run Dates

Thursday, January 29, 2026 – Saturday, March 14, 2026 @ LACP, 252 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Reservoir, a new photographic generator by LACP, offers a shared repository of responses to the global crisis of loneliness through visual storytelling. Over 40 artists and mentors that represent a wide array of geographies, approaches, ages, nationalities and lived experiences, create new work and creative response that will be featured in a publication and traveling exhibition that will launch at LACP’s DTLA gallery.