Curated by Alena Alekseeva

In the grand narratives of art collecting, we often encounter stories of wealthy patrons and prestigious institutions. Yet there exists another, more intimate history of collecting—one that unfolds in artists’ studios, homes, and personal spaces. This exhibition turns our attention to artists not only as creators but as collectors, revealing how their gathering of objects shapes their creative vision and practice.

Here, you will find yourself transported beyond the conventional white cube gallery space into something more akin to an artist’s private domain. Each installation functions as a personal cabinet of curiosities, where artworks coexist with collected objects in arrangements that follow the artists’ own internal logic.

The collections on display are as diverse as the artists themselves—ranging from everyday objects to rare findings, from digital archives to physical artifacts. What unites them is not their monetary value or historical significance, but rather their role in the creative ecosystem of each artist’s practice. These collections serve as sources of inspiration, repositories of memory, and material manifestations of artistic inquiry.

As you move through the exhibition, you’ll notice that objects are not individually labeled. Instead, each artist has shared their personal narrative about their collection and its relationship to their work. This deliberate choice invites you to engage more deeply with the installations, discovering connections between the artists' created works and collected items, and perhaps reflecting on your own relationships with the objects that surround you.

In presenting these intimate dialogues between artists, their collections, and their creative output, we hope to reveal how the act of collecting can be not just an accumulation of objects, but a form of artistic practice in itself—one that speaks to identity, memory, and the countless ways we make meaning through material culture.

Amy Talluto, Anna Fine Foer, Chris Baker, Katia Rozenberg, Jude Griebel, Tatiana Mesa Paján, Sahar Alizadeh, Sheldon Campbell, Sor Elizabeth Ochoa-Zavala, Ying Hung