BIG BLOOM

Glass Rice Gallery, San Francisco, CA May 2024

Glass Rice is proud to present Big Bloom, a group exhibition co-curated with Vanessa Indies, featuring paintings by eight artists whose works each offer a unique, subtle nod to the season of Spring. Artists include Amelia Briggs, Brittany Fanning, Nahyun Kim, Demitrius Omphroy, Caroline Pinney, Jeremy Shockley, and Shingo Yamazaki.

Bringing together a diverse group of artists to pay homage to Spring’s abundant and transformative qualities, Big Bloom captures a multitude of reflections. Some of the artists’ works depict introspection leading to deep growth - tackling the complexities of identity and cultural hybridity, or the burgeoning confidence a woman gains from empowerment and fearlessness with maturity. In others, flowers animate and take on a curious life of their own. Playful scenes of figures dancing with foliage and flowers swirling amongst them mark radiant moments of beauty and joy. Together, the paintings in this exhibition represent the myriad possibilities when you let something bloom naturally.

In addition to this exhibition, Big Bloom also coincides with the opening of Strip Mall, a new concept shop located within the gallery. With spring as the season of growth and vitality, aligning the opening of our new endeavor with a radiant exhibition like this will hopefully bring us a season of prosperity and vigor during this time of change and growth.