T h r e e V i s i t s gathers a trio of Denver-based artists whose work grips and infiltrates the boundaries of narrative based experience and body-objectness.

In many fairy tales, the character of the visitor , helpful or mischievous, encounters the (pseudo) protagonist multiple times over the course of the story. This visit becomes a marker in time and the focus of narrative story-telling while actual transformation of characters are implied within these gaps. This exhibition aims to spotlight the magic that happens when makers are given the softest push beyond the confines of their normal practice.

British born Sofie Birkin creates powerful vignettes of queer feminine bodies in space. Working as a professional freelance illustrator , their developed style of stark and colorful compositions mesh the figure form with contemporary and antiquated accessories creating complex cultural narratives that allow the viewer to imagine the characters’ expansive lives. With a combination of painting, animation and applique tapestries, Birkin frames and sometimes crops complex forms to push back against historical conventions of femininity. In their series of paintings, they are reacting to the almost 550 anti-trans bills that have already been introduced this year into legislatures across the country. The bright color palette contrasts the serious and horrific nature of the subject matter at hand.

Saul Acevedo Gomez is a Mexican born artist who works in painting and drawing. Using the conceptual and visual language of art theory and art history, he imagines a world rooted in the reality of hyper-aware hyperobjects. Hyperobjects are phenomena that are too vast for humans to wrap their minds around and will likely outlast our own existence. Some examples of hyperobjects are capitalism, black holes, or all plastic ever created. Acevedo Gomez bleeds this idea into art objects we create and preserve in museums or collections by giving them a level of sentience. They become proxies for our anxiety and self-development, questioning our existence and the way we affect our surroundings.

Madeline Wheeler, who goes by NonPorous Ceramics, is a self-learned ceramicist typically making colorful functional cups, mugs and bowls. Inspired by the indulgence of morning routines, she creates vessels that bring joy and comfort to the user . Being afraid of the dark and desiring to dive into the world of making lamps to combat this fear we nudged her into this larger-scale object making. Using lumps, grids and gradients, Madeline is creating lighting fixtures that seem to grow from the ground taking the form of mushrooms or tree stalks from a fantastical world.

Curated by Derrick Velasquez and Lauren Hartog