Exhibitions
Girlfriend Fund champions artists and ideas that expand how we see, feel, and connect. From museum galleries to public parks, each collaboration reflects a shared belief that art shapes culture—and that generosity fuels creativity. Explore exhibitions by institution, year, or theme, and discover the stories, materials, and voices behind each project.
Janiva Ellis — Fear Corroded Ape
Janiva Ellis turns myth, ruin, and cartoon into a charged landscape where Western painting collides with cultural collapse. In Fear Corroded Ape, unfinished canvases become alive again, asking what it means for images to resist resolution. Supported by Girlfriend Fund, the show revels in the messy, uncertain space between history and possibility.
Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork — Poems of Electronic Air
Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork turns sound into sculpture you can walk through, lean against, and even feel beneath your feet. Poems of Electronic Air transforms the Carpenter Center into a playground of sonic blankets, inflatable architecture, and stone-crunching floors. Supported by Girlfriend Fund, it’s an invitation to listen with your whole body.
B. Ingrid Olson — History Mother and Little Sister
B. Ingrid Olson bends architecture and the body until both start to shimmer. With History Mother and Little Sister, the Carpenter Center becomes a stage for mirrored limbs, carved reliefs, and architectural riffs that press photography and sculpture into playful, feminist conversation. Supported by Girlfriend Fund, these twin exhibitions are as sly as they are structural.