09/13/2026
The gallery is happy to announce "pick-up-sticks," a solo exhibition by American artist and jeweler Steven KP. Opening October 24th, this exhibition marks KP's return to the gallery for the first time since his 2022 solo exhibition “Over, Onto Itself."
Gallery Loupe will show selected works from this solo exhibition during New York City Jewelry Week 2026.
Steven KP’s practice is focused on q***r experience, empathy, and material culture. Q***r bodies, KP states, are often forced to “pass,” considered the “other,” and are, therefore, undesirable. His powerful yet elegant jewelry may be interpreted as a metaphor for this lived experience.
KP received a BFA in Art Metals and Print Media from University of Wisconsin, Madison (2017) and MFA from Rhode Island School of Design in Metalsmithing and Jewelry (2020). He is currently a Visiting Lecturer in Jewelry and Metalsmithing at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA. He has been included in several group exhibitions, including Talente 2021 (Munich, DE); in 2020 his work was seen in the Marzee International Graduate Show (Nijmegen, NL) and “SO MINT! bundles and blanks and binds and bends, Steven KP,” Current Obsession Magazine. KP was the recipient of the Marzee Prize 2020, Gallery Marzee,