LeXander Bryant (b. 1989), Wash Away My Fears, 2020. Archival pigment print. 30 x 45 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Coming Home
July 4, 2026 – January 3, 2027
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Overview
Coming Home explores the layered and evolving meanings of home through the work of three contemporary artists with deep ties to Huntsville, Alabama—LeXander Bryant, Jahni Moore, and Toyin Ojih Odutola.
Through painting, photography, and mixed media, the exhibition reflects on how memory, experience, and imagination shape our sense of belonging and place.
Rather than offering a single or nostalgic view, Coming Home presents home as fluid, both physical and emotional, rooted and reimagined. Each artist approaches this theme through a distinct visual language, weaving constructed narratives that speak to personal and collective identity.
Across the exhibition, the figure serves as a point of connection, embodying the complexity of return, displacement, and renewal.
Together, these artists trace the tension between longing and belonging, revealing home as something continually made and remade.
Ultimately, Coming Home invites reflection on what it means to find, leave, or reclaim home.
Is it a place on a map, a feeling carried within us, or a story we continue to tell?
Gallery
Vague
John "Jahni" Moore (b. 1967), Vague, 2024. Acrylic and red clay on canvas. 36 x 48 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Wash Away My Fears
LeXander Bryant (b. 1989), Wash Away My Fears, 2020. Archival pigment print. 30 x 45 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Congregation
Toyin Ojih Odutola (b. 1985), Congregation, 2023. Pastel and charcoal on gessoed linen. 26 3/4 x 38 3/4 in. Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery.
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