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Carl Berg Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA (2026)

06/02/2026

CMAY GALLERY - 5828 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Figuratively Speaking is an exhibition by Jody Zellen featuring pieces from an ongoing body of work: All too Human. On view are small monitors each showing a different set of short animations, lenticular images, one-inch HolaCubes displaying animated GIFs, and an interactive sculpture. Figuratively Speaking refers to the aim to go beyond literal meaning focusing on creative and symbolic expression.

In this exhibition, Zellen explores the animated movements of silhouetted figures — a
combination of simple shapes — a circle, an oval and three rectangles. The silhouettes amble within the frame, changing colors, encountering other figures, moving through cityscapes, falling through holes, and morphing into multiple iterations, only to disappear and begin all over again, caught in an infinite loop. Zellen’s anonymous figures enact
scenarios that are metaphors for lived experiences and convey emotions that sign for us all.

06/02/2026

CMAY GALLERY - 5828 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Exhibition Dates: June 6 - July 11, 2026
Reception: Saturday, June 6 from 3-6PM.

CMAY Gallery is pleased to present Alex Parrasch in his first solo exhibition at the gallery.Parrasch is a recent graduate of Claremont Graduate University, where he received his MFAand was awarded the President’s Art Award for the 2026 graduating class.

Alex Parrasch (b. 1997, New York, NY) is a visual artist whose paintings and drawings
investigate the fragility, resilience, and physical presence of the human body. His work reflectsupon the tension and release embedded within anatomical structures—ligaments, joints,muscles, and skeletal forms—while simultaneously transforming these physical references intodynamic and highly stylized visual compositions. Through a language of abstraction rooted in corporeal experience, Parrasch explores the relationship between movement, balance,
compression, and expansion.

05/22/2026

BOOK SIGNING - CLOSING RECEPTION -
Saturday, May 30, from 3 - 5PM

CMAY Gallery 5828 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles,
CA 90036

Donnie Molls"Sketches: Life in Landscape"
April 18 - May 30, 2026

CMAY Gallery is pleased to present "Sketches: Life in
Landscape", the second solo exhibition by Los
Angeles–based artist Donnie Molls. The exhibition
introduces a new body of mixed-media works on paper
that the artist refers to as “sketches”—intimate,
immediate studies of the California landscape drawn
from his ongoing travels.

For more information: email: [email protected] -
phone: (213) 528-4501

04/14/2026

CMAY Gallery 5828 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Donnie Molls�"Sketches: Life in Landscape"

April 18 - May 30, 2026�Opening Reception: Saturday, April 18 3-6pm

CMAY Gallery is pleased to present "Sketches: Life in Landscape", the second solo exhibition by Los Angeles–based artist Donnie Molls. The exhibition introduces a new body of mixed-media works on paper that the artist refers to as “sketches”—intimate, immediate studies of the California landscape drawn from his ongoing travels.

Working from photographic images captured across the varied terrains of California, Molls employs a range of transfer processes to translate these moments onto paper. These works extend the visual language of his larger canvases, yet operate with a heightened sense of immediacy and experimentation. The resulting images retain traces of their photographic origins while embracing the material unpredictability of the transfer process, allowing chance, texture, and fragmentation to play an active role in the composition.

In Sketches, Molls turns his attention to the subtle and often overlooked qualities of the everyday landscape. His subjects—roadside vistas, quiet horizons, and transitional spaces—reflect a sustained engagement with the peripheral and the mundane. Rather than monumentalizing the landscape, Molls captures fleeting impressions, emphasizing atmosphere, light, and the passage of time.

More spontaneous and direct than his larger works, these sketches function as both independent artworks and a parallel record of the artist’s process. They offer glimpses into his movement through the landscape—moments observed, collected, and reinterpreted—revealing a practice rooted in both observation and transformation.

"Sketches: Life in Landscape" continues Molls’ exploration of place, memory, and perception, presenting a body of work that is at once personal and reflective of the broader visual language of California.

For more information: email: [email protected] - phone:(213) 528-4501

03/31/2026

CMAY Gallery, 5828 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Cynthia Minet - Land / Air / Sea - Exhibition Dates: February 7 - April 4, 2026

Los Angeles, CA — CMAY Gallery is pleased to present Land / Air / Sea, the inaugural solo exhibition by Los Angeles–based artist Cynthia Minet. The exhibition
features six new cast aluminum sculptures that explore the fragile interdependence between human activity and the natural world. Minet is best known for her illuminated, site-responsive sculptures and installations of life-sized animals made from recycled
plastics. Her practice draws attention to the escalating effects of climate change and industrial pollution on species extinction and ecological balance, employing a
research-based visual language that resonates emotionally with viewers.

In Land / Air / Sea, Minet presents abstracted yet recognizable sculptural forms derived from close observation of fauna—human, bird, fish, and insect. The works originate as constructions assembled from fragments of discarded polystyrene packing materials,
a substance rarely recycled and emblematic of contemporary consumer waste. Cast in aluminum, the sculptures retain animated surface textures embedded with embossed recycling symbols and commercial logos, preserving traces of their original material
history. Through this transformation, Minet underscores humanity’s role in the degradation of land, air, and sea, while giving permanence to what is typically disposable.

This body of work extends Minet’s polystyrene-to-aluminum casting process first realized in her public artwork Stacked (2025–2027), an eight-foot sculpture commissioned for Kite Pharma’s sculpture garden in Santa Monica, California. Originally constructed from discarded polystyrene, Stacked depicts a vertical arrangement of three endangered animals—a Galápagos tortoise, a Mexican red wolf,
and a Przewalski’s horse—topped by a human rider. Referencing carved First Nations totem poles and Italian Renaissance monuments, the work addresses themes of hierarchy, dominance, and responsibility within the natural world.

03/30/2026

IMAGE: Jeremy Kidd Coronado Arch 1, 2026, Acrylic on panel, 20 x 16 in / 40.64 x 50.8 cm

CMAY GALLERY, 5828 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Jeremy Kidd, Between Observation & Artifice (Internal Landscapes)

Exhibition Dates: February 7 – April 4 , 2026.

Los Angeles, CA — CMAY Gallery is pleased to present Between Observation & Artifice, the inaugural solo exhibition by Los Angeles–based artist Jeremy Kidd.

The exhibition brings together a new body of landscape paintings alongside an animated video work that has emerged from Kidd’s photographic practice,
which he has been developing for more than two decades.

While Kidd’s photographs are not directly represented in the exhibition, they remain foundational to the work on view. His photographic practice has long resisted
the notion of the single, decisive image, instead constructing landscapes from multiple photographs taken at different times of day. This process of accumulation and temporal layering informs his paintings, which are similarly built through an assemblage of marks that coalesce into images of quiet sublimity. In these new works, Kidd departs from photography as a literal source, using it instead as a
conceptual point of departure. The paintings are driven less by depiction than by sensation, prioritizing atmosphere, light, and elemental force over narrative
description.

Kidd’s most recent works were inspired by a visit to St.Ives in Cornwall, and more specifically Porthmeor Beach—a place that has served as a lifelong source of elemental inspiration. Reflecting on the experience, Kidd notes: “My senses sharpen, colors intensify, light becomes more vivid, and my perception feels fully alive. I am more engaged.”
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03/28/2026

IMAGES CYNTHIA MINET - Rider, 2026, Cast aluminum, 19 x 36 x 25 in / 48.26 x 91.44 x 63.5 cm

CMAY Gallery - 5828 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 - www.prjctla.com.

CYNTHIA MINET, Land / Air / Sea CMAY Gallery is pleased to present Land / Air / Sea, the inaugural solo exhibition by Los Angeles–based artist Cynthia Minet. The exhibition features six new cast aluminum sculptures that explore the fragile
interdependence between human activity and the natural world.

Minet is best known for her illuminated, site-responsive sculptures and installations of life-sized animals made from recycled plastics. Her practice draws attention to the escalating effects of climate change and industrial pollution on species
extinction and ecological balance, employing a research-based visual language that resonates emotionally with viewers.

For more information please contact the gallery at [email protected], (213) 528-4501 Gallery Hours: Thursday - Saturday: 12 pm - 5 pm
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03/27/2026

BOOK SIGNING with artists Jeremy Kidd and Cynthia Minet at CMAY Gallery - Moderated by gallery curator Carl Berg - Saturday, April 4 from 3-5PM

5828 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036. www.prjctla.com

JEREMY KIDD, Between Observation & Artifice CMAY Gallery is pleased to present Between Observation & Artifice, the inaugural solo exhibition by Los Angeles–based artist Jeremy Kidd. The exhibition brings together a new body of landscape paintings
alongside an animated video work that has emerged from Kidd’s photographic practice, which he has been developing for more than two decades.

CYNTHIA MINET, Land / Air / Sea
CMAY Gallery is pleased to present Land / Air / Sea, the inaugural solo exhibition by Los Angeles–based artist Cynthia Minet. The exhibition features six new
cast aluminum sculptures that explore the fragile interdependence between human activity and the natural world.

Minet is best known for her illuminated, site-responsive sculptures and installations of life-sized animals made from recycled plastics. Her practice draws attention to the escalating effects of climate change and industrial pollution on species
extinction and ecological balance, employing a research-based visual language that resonates emotionally with viewers.

For more information please contact the gallery at [email protected], (213) 528-4501 - Gallery Hours: Thursday - Saturday: 12 pm - 5 pm
, .kidd.photo,

02/24/2026

Jeremy Kidd interview at his studio in Venice, California for his exhibition "Between Observation & Artifice" (Internal Landscapes) at CMAY Gallery in Los Angeles.

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