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OFF ALONDRA AND HICKORY
Jerry Peña, 2021

"Alondra is the street I grew up on, where I worked out of a makeshift studio in my mom’s backyard for years until I was able to afford a studio. Hickory St. has felt reminiscent of that and has evoked a lot of things I haven’t done in my work since those days on Alondra."
- Jerry Peña, 2021.


who's behind the wheel

ask directions
it’s about business
who’s behind this industry
two different streets a thousand miles apart

contemporary archeology 

excavating these things

diving into a place

exploring neighborhoods
exploring the people

the city
where the flag is from

a flag outside
a business selling windshields

and…BOOM

that’s it

the business has two meanings
I climbed up the pole

explore and leave home

to find my way back to LA

​

​Show Sponsor:
Lucky Bucket Brewing Co.
Photos Courtesy of Dan Schwalm
Jerry Peña Studio Visit in Los Angeles, CA:
Photos Courtesy of  Mike Nesbit
Video Courtesy of Jerry Peña
Jerry Peña photos from Omaha, NE:
Photos Courtesy of Jerry Peña
Email conversation between Jerry Peña and Mike Nesbit regarding this exhibition:

About the Artist:
From North Long Beach California, Jerry Peña explores what defines his cultural identity as a first generation Mexican American in his work. Jerry incorporates materials rooted in the manual labor jobs his parents have held since arriving in the country. Along with these materials Jerry also integrates found objects from flea markets and swap meets as well as items collected from his daily scavenging around the city of Los Angeles. These items stem from the various subcultures that have shaped his upbringing. American nostalgia, Kustom Kulture, and the Chicano experience all come together in conversation with art movements like Minimalism, Rasquachismo,  and Abstract Expressionism to engulf the viewer in texture, color, and imagery that feel specific to a certain place and context.
www.jerryalexispena.com
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  • ABOUT
    • BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    • THE SPACE
  • EXHIBITIONS
    • SEASON 8 (2025) >
      • PICTURES OF NOTHING
    • SEASON 7 (2024) >
      • THE SILENCE OF LIGHT
      • SEASONS
      • HOME ON THE RANGE
      • DE STIJL TRANS AM
      • SITE WORK
      • FOR RICHER, FOR POORER
      • MATTER SHIFTING SHAPE
    • SEASON 6 (2023) >
      • OPEN STUDIO V
      • NEBRASKAFLAT
      • WORDS HAVE GONE TO SLEEP INSIDE...
      • EN SILENCIO
      • SHOW AND GO
      • OPEN STUDIO IV
      • POST FACADE
      • GANDZASAR AT HIGHLAND
    • SEASON 5 (2022) >
      • WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPEN
      • VENTURING MIDWEST
      • OPEN STUDIO III
      • BROKE EVEN WHEN I BET THE FIELD
      • HARMONY AND DISSONANCE
      • OPEN STUDIO II
      • THE FADE
      • SPIRALING SOLITUDE
      • IMPROVISE
      • OPEN STUDIO
    • SEASON 4 (2021) >
      • Automatic Composition
      • This Will Get Us Somewhere
      • CRUISE CONTROL
      • Off Alondra and Hickory
      • DIG
      • Unfamiliar Appearing
      • Floral Rodeo
      • Shiny Side Up
      • Expecting Snow
      • FORWARD
    • SEASON 3 (2020) >
      • EMPTY SPACES
      • Winter Saturdays are for Spring
      • A High Disregard
      • Between the Void
      • 12:38
      • Precarious as Obtained by Entreaty or Prayer
      • A Morning in Little Italy
      • Past Grounded in Nature
      • Silence and Intimacy
      • Highway Hypnosis
      • Between Nonchalant and Relaxed
      • The Fickle Crowd
      • High Peak Monocacy
      • 251,000 Trees
      • Textured Sound
      • The Room and The Landscape
      • VERNACULAR
      • MOVEMENTS
    • SEASON 2 (2019) >
      • FOUNDATION DRAWINGS
      • DANIEL IN OMAHA
      • SHED
      • Little Italy Abstracts
      • CHARRETTE
      • The Hand and The Arm
      • A Surfer's Time
      • Los Angeles Sunsets and Quiet Landscapes
      • Perspective BLUE
      • No Road Most Traveled
      • POST-NOVIS
      • Pairings
    • SEASON 1 (2017-2018) >
      • KATHY
      • Above The Silos
      • THE BLUES
      • To Be Pigeon Holed
      • The Fool's Journey
      • Wall Assembly
      • The Map and its Porcelain Goat
      • Loose Landing
      • Long Ago, Far Away
      • Victories Over The Sun & Campus Stories
      • Perspective Flood
      • Falling Vertical
      • Textured Blue
      • FLOOD
  • LECTURES
    • 2025
    • 2024
    • 2023
  • SUPPORT
  • PRESS
  • SHOP
    • MERCHANDISE
    • PUBLICATIONS
    • PICTURES OF NOTHING ARTWORKS
    • THE SILENCE OF LIGHT ARTWORKS
    • 2025 MSC Design Lecture Series Sponsorship
  • CONTACT