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SUMMARY:Opening at Atlantic Works Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception for\nORIGINS\nby\nJonathan Peña Tabares\n
 Chris Chou\nClyde D’Mello\nAtlantic Works Gallery is pleased to presen
 t ORIGINS\, a group exhibition showcasing the newest members of our gal
 lery: Jonathan Peña Tabares\, Chris Chou\, and Clyde D’Mello. Through
  painting\, collage\, and experimental mark-making\, the exhibition expl
 ores identity\, migration\, memory\, and the emotional landscapes we car
 ry with us as we move through the world.\n\nWhile each artist brings a d
 istinct visual language and lived experience\, ORIGINS unites their prac
 tices through a shared inquiry into belonging and transition. Rather tha
 n pointing to a single place or fixed beginning\, the exhibition reflect
 s on origins as layered\, evolving\, and deeply persona-shaped by cultur
 e\, movement\, faith\, and resilience.\n\nJonathan Peña Tabares\, a Col
 ombian American artist based in East Boston\, approaches art as a primar
 y language—one that communicates through color\, form\, and emotion ra
 ther than explanation. His work in the exhibition explores the inner lan
 dscapes formed through cultural identity\, transition\, and growth. Thro
 ugh experimentation with color and mixed media\, Peña Tabares creates s
 paces of vulnerability and connection\, inviting viewers into moments of
  shared emotional truth.\n\nChris Chou\, born in Taipei\, Taiwan and bas
 ed in Boston\, brings over two decades of painting practice shaped by he
 r American journey from Honolulu to New York to Boston. A Guggenheim Fel
 low (2007)\, Chou builds her paintings through luminous layers of color\
 , each holding memories\, relationships\, and personal symbols drawn fro
 m nature and faith. For Chou\, painting is both a discipline and a way o
 f life—one that offers humility\, strength\, and joy\, and invites vie
 wers to experience color as memory\, sensation\, and comfort.\n\nClyde D
 ’Mello presents new works from his ongoing Flight Paths series—atmos
 pheric investigations of migration that reject clean\, cartographic repr
 esentation. Using airplane stamps sourced from office supply stores\, D�
 ��Mello layers impressions that collide\, blur\, spiral\, and fail to ar
 rive. These works do not map literal journeys but instead trace the psyc
 hological weight of displacement and movement across borders. “Flight 
 Paths doesn’t map actual routes I’ve traveled\, it investigates the 
 atmospheric condition of displacement itself… This is what migration f
 eels like: turbulence\, failed movement\, uncertain arrival.”\n\nToget
 her\, the artists in ORIGINS offer a nuanced meditation on what it means
  to come from somewhere—and to carry that “somewhere” forward. The
  exhibition invites viewers to reflect on their own origins not as fixed
  points\, but as ongoing processes shaped by experience\, memory\, and c
 onnection.\n\nThe show will run between February 7 – 28\, 2026. After
  the Opening Reception this Saturday 2 – 6 pm (February 7)\, there w
 ill be a Third Thursday reception on February 19\, 2025\, 6 – 9 p
 m and a Closing Reception on February 28\, 2025\, 6 – 8 pm.
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